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plus thousands of our programs go between documentaries and these are folks. subscribed to you she would slash al-jazeera english. another record rise in covert 19 deaths in india is a trickles in from other countries but it can't come fast enough prime minister narendra modi will soon find out what people think of his leadership during the pandemic the state election results to later on sunday. hello there i have a hit and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a new low in history or threatens people with jail time if they return from india
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has been met with the growing resistance yet most governments in exile says it's investigating allegations that women were subjected to sexual violence by the military jinsa and splash landing american astronauts aboard a space x. capsule because midterm started in the gulf of mexico after 167 days in space. and is covered 19 catastrophe has worsened yet again almost $3700.00 people have died in a single day the highest figure since the pandemic began well that is the official records and accounts for the deaths of people who tested positive for the virus but workers a criminal jury and say the number is much higher on sunday 392000 new infections were recorded that's 4 times higher than it was
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a month ago the government's trying to expand its vaccination program and even though india produces the most vaccines in the world that just aren't enough jobs more aid is coming in from abroad through the hospital beds medicine and oxygen are still critically shorts with piron and has all the latest from new delhi. we are outside a hospital in new delhi which tweeted on sunday morning saying they only had enough oxygen to last them just a few hours this hospital is treating pregnant women and children with quote the 19 the delhi administration has responded by saying that it's sending 5 large oxygen cylinders to the hospital immediately but that aid still hasn't arrived and people are continuing to die in delhi and beyond both because of a shortage of hospital beds but also oxygen on saturday 12 patients died in hospital including one of the hospitals doctors because the oxygen brad out and the
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delivery was made government is saying the shortage here is because the central government still isn't sending it the supplies that it needs the delhi high court has asked the central government to do so immediately and that enough is enough is being asked to do so for the past 10 days and that it will be forced to initiate contempt proceedings against the government if it doesn't do so international aid is arriving including oxygen supplies planes from france and belgium arrived on sunday but the needs are just so great with cases rising as much as they are that people are still dying before that aid can reach them. kinds it is on the way in several states elections in india were held in march and april large political rallies in the build up are being blamed for contributing to the 2nd wave of the results is seen as a test of support for prime minister narendra modi and his
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b j p party well he's been criticized for focusing on the votes instead of making the pandemic his top priority. she is a. business line she says infections are expected to get worse in the states that held elections recently. they have been doing good for good despite warnings especially in a state they spend on beaches but of the most populous states in the country they have not only gained the election saying that the 4 students in bengal are the same in. each case since and the last thing you did on april 20th are campaigning continue would do the bill. bennett image thing when no election commission was forced to issue warnings against public rallies that's a trap that also all they did after out were a whole lot of new incredible cities but i didn't need the concern that the various
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doctors etc had. these has been. said this is contributing to the search this bangle of the cases have been have been crazy but a 1000 kisses and more but hey it's also a stooge which is the vaccinating that i'm sitting there all on the base. to out in the since ever since vaccination started. the are now waiting for art for the sauce to explored in calcutta which is a popular city it has now said infrastructure that even dead even just starting the bucket with a pandemic as you heard this or that i court has been issuing warning warnings to the central government which is not providing enough socks that incident us and supplies to the city hospitals why don't people die you know you know hospital including a doctor are you know so far 747 doctors are going to get in the last one. a contentious new australian law which threatens jail time for people
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returning from india is facing a growing backlash before it sinks affects on monday anyone who's been in india within 14 days of their plans dates of return or be banned from entering the string of the those who disobey they could be locked up and fines is the 1st time is true there has made it a potential criminal offense for its all citizens to come home someone thousands of strains in india are registered as wanting to return well imperiousness the australia director for human rights watch she says safe quarantine methods should be the government's focus this is really quite outrageous that the government has pinpointed you know these criminal penalties that have very harsh that are very disproportionate on people coming from india i think what the government really needs to be doing is looking at measures to ensure that people astray and who return can safely quarantine because let's remember under international law strains
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do have the right to return to their home country and any restrictions on that right really need to be very sort of carefully thought out they need to be necessary they need caution it and frankly i think criminal penalties just aren't the answer here we need to be looking at safe quarantine facilities of course we don't want to see you know the process that's happening in india you know taking place here but the government had already put in place you know very harsh restrictive measures they'd already blocked direct flights travelling from india earlier in the week until may 15th and i think you know instead of focusing so much energy on changing the law to introduce and outrageous and preset into the proposal to send people to prison if they dare to get on a flight to return to their home country instead they should be actually looking at what are the ways that we can ensure that the strain citizens who do return harm can safely quarantine and that is where i think we're seeing a failure are probably struggling government. pakistan is expected to receive
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1000000 vaccine doses from china on sunday purchases a live 17000000 doses from 3 chinese companies fail supplements the astra zeneca vaccine into liver through the kovacs program has a no kill ac just over 2000000 people that side of a population of 220000000. from hospital only of the slum of that budget on had received another $1000000.00 of their go red 19 rackin from china most of the vaccine that have come in so far are donation or a gift from the chinese government by gets done however it also portrayed in kevin 1000000. 19 recognition from china which are likely to arrive next month and adults are going to be producing a vaccine which i need. on the border david. 10 percent richard alarming. turned out it made by the like which already in
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countering and there are of course. right now because we're doored over $5000.00 patient data right now in our kitchen which is 57 percent right june they will of course be a cautious approach because by get on it also planning to go up international flights into the country up to the tune of 80 percent and there will be restrictions written in the province for a travel it can turn. down starting on the 8th of may going all the way up to the 50. hundreds of antigens of protesters are marching through myanmar's young guns city there marking what they call the global spring revolution along with the dispatch rates around the world's fastest want to return to democracy and the release of political prisoners the military has not been able to stop the demonstrations despite the use of force and 750 people have been killed since the new 3 crew in the in february. miramar as national unity government in exile says
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it's investigating allegations the jinsa has committed acts of sexual violence against protesters and says it's received many reports of abuse torture and sexual assaults carried out by troops in 2019 the united nations fact finding mission accuse the army of widespread and systematic gender based violence against ethnic communities and i show unity government that says it's working to restore democracy in myanmar is demanding the germans ordered a stop to all forms of sexual violence. or not. so as the minister for women youth and children's affairs in the national unity government she says there have been widespread reports of sexual abuse by the military since the february coup. we got a lot of complaints and also a lot in the social media. in the news there's
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a lot of sexual assault and a white man's to be detained. but now you're. on that in even the met face to face with the victims of libel. affirmed get this i mean the same military that have dan that set your highness to i think ilia and last 5060 years ago in korea and in chile in shan in rakhine chin states they said we got a lot of reports and information and i don't for example in 2001 we got a report on what's in 2 ring why i don't buy and so on and women action network they have interviewed more than $600.00 jungle it's. just day and then
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it's different the record systematic only and then they also mention their name of the country and their britannia and their number so this is the very strong evidence that i have that military is doing such a thing for a long time to their ethnic area again in 2017 in rakhine state committed these these asics of wines to the kind people including who are women so not again 2021 in supreme revolution so would be our dream and keep on dreaming to the women and to doing women just yesterday i got the information and complaint that not just the dating women they also do into sexual violence to the women who also are on the we to their full on are on the very go on the motorcycle. they make so many bad things to the girls and women right now. well just
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a few hours ago for arsenal splash the international space station they were helped size of the space x. dragon capsule will board a ship the state of florida is the 1st time a crew has been bought by space x. a private company that partners with nasa and they hope to one day send crews far beyond the i.s.a.'s the space x. and nasa to return to human space flight back to the united states and i think there's a sort of remarkable achievement of a church of a lifetime for many of us something to be proud of thank you nasa and we're looking forward to many more flights with the space station and beyond more now on mars. still ahead here on out of. 100 years ago it was the birth of northern ireland the sun set theory is a cause for celebration but not here in dublin the capital of the obvious republic
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they see it as a disaster i'm andrew symonds about the explaining why. and we can't have electric bikes in rules and bomb players sexy women want to come to perspire we see. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored plan qatar airways hello the weather set fair for japan over the next couple of days ago clout and right now we're in the process of pulling outs of the way where the system just teasing out cool winds for a time just tucking in coming in from a northerly direction fun in trying to cross the korean peninsula and for a drive to into the northeast of charge of a very different story for central and southern parts of china as we go through the next couple of days the rain really gathering here some heavy downpours that is likely to lead to more thunderous showers suppose ability of widespread destruction
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missing some destructive rain over the past couple of days so that a suicide of a child i'm afraid there is more rain in the forecast as we go on through tuesday that wetter weather winning all the way over towards shanghai through the east china sea eventually setting in across the good parts of the korean peninsula ahead of that make the most of the sunshine that we have in japan 25 celsius for tokyo made wake how much we will see some wet weather started to talk its way in here whether to answer southern parts of india at the moment quite a rash a shower see the really heavy showers there up towards bangladesh and the far north east of india and there's more of them as we go on through the next day or so that draped along the foothills of the himalayas some wet weather ground spinning out of afghanistan into pakistan. qatar airways a small boy and his brother rescued from war in gaza by the red cross i held her tongue when we were 1st placed on a red cross truck now
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a world leader in crisis management and a highly regarded doctor in chicago who still misses her homeland just one day possibly only thinking of returning to jordan al-jazeera world meets 2 successful arab doctors in north america arabs abroad the humanitarian and the healer on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera quick rise of the sob stories this hour india has recorded the highest number of daily deaths from covert 19 the health ministry says these 3700 people died in the past 24 hours in the 30100000 new infections down slightly from
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saturday a contentious news truly a law which threatens jail time for people returning from india is facing a growing backlash before it takes effect on monday anyone who's been in india within 14 days of their planned date of return will be banned from entering this trailer and pakistan is expected to receive 1000000 vaccines from china on sunday it's purchased a total of 17000000 doses from 3 chinese companies exxon has not only slightly more than 2000000 people the lowest number in the south asia. violence has broken out during mayday marches in colombia as people demonstrated for better workers' rights and against proposed tax changes president island has backed down some of the changes but people say they'll still be worse off. the reports from bogota. despite rising coby in 1000 infections in the risk of
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violence tens of thousands of colombians took to the streets for a 4th straight day on saturday in but with one group gathered at a national park to continue protesting against a controversial tax reform that they say would raise taxes on the middle class at a time of great economic pain among them 28 year old money cup or a this who lost their job during the pandemic dangling me were an area that i still haven't been able to pay my 9 year old son school tuition because last year has been horrible for me and what tired of not having a decent health system over not having institutions that who work in our favor. rising poverty and unemployment following covered 1000 restrictions of people increasingly venting their anger in the streets openly defying official pleas to stay home. it's easy to stay home when you're not hungry but poor head of household women don't have that luxury and have to start on the streets to survive that's why we're marching to tell does call them and we're hungry and we need help. i selected
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looting vandalism and clashes marked the previous days especially in colombia's 3rd largest city cali where at least 3 people have died allegedly shot by the police but human rights organizations say the real death toll could be much higher on saturday most of the day was peaceful until the police stopped a group of demonstrators. the protesters are now trying to recapture the private home of president their van which is roughly a couple of blocks up here there's a huge police presence in front of this condominium and as you can see here the police say riot gear is stopping the protesters from moving forward. as protesters tried to move on the police shot tear gas and stun grenades protesters responded herding rocks and burning barricades. the chaos as force president took it to back pedal on the tax reform plans promising to rewrite the bill excluding
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taxes on basic food items utilities and gasoline that angered protesters but some analysts believe it will not be enough and i think that a woman hasn't understood that the political class is not discussing that they think that just we draw in the tax reform is going to be nasty to appease the practiced but i think when. basically the sort of over station though we need from the small and on has to deal with many more issues than the tax reform. once again clashes continued into the evening signaling the protesters will not easily stop i was in the room and just you know. and and see government protests as in venezuela say may day used to be a celebration but workers are now suffering the country's years in deep economic crisis governments and einsteins most quadrupling the minimum wage that still doesn't match the surge in cost of living pro-government protesters also marched
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calling for an enhanced international sanctions against venezuela. the international organization of migration says its concerns more people attempts the dangerous mediterranean crossing from libya as best summer weather approaches on saturday the libyan coast guard rescued 334 refugees and migrants iran for small boats heading for europe crew members on board another rescue ship the sea watch for say they saw libya's call scar violently detaining people taking them back against their will. and more than 200 people from 15 countries have arrived on the italian island of sicily and were picked up by the ocean viking charity ship rescue groups are pleading for european countries to open their doors. northern ireland's turns $100.00 so monday scenery that sun likely to be acknowledged south of the border of former rivals president has told al jazeera that the partition in 1921
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was a tragedy that continues to have consequences today under simmons reports from dublin mary mcaleese is unlike any other former irish president she grew up in northern ireland a catholic living in a protestant area in the seventy's her family forced to move out sectarian conflict group. the irish war of independence from britain between 1919 to 921 had led to the partitioning of the country and the birth of northern ireland exactly 100 years ago thousands of civilian lives were lost in the interim isn't conflict that followed mary mcaleese is calling on protestants not to mark monday's sent tina ri with triumphalism language that is used is so important to be to use language that that doesn't other the people that you share the island with or your share northern ireland with but language that shows that you're sensitive to their
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concerns one word the right way can you know it can open people up and it can make them consult them hearts where as one word the wrong way and you can harden hearts some are using the word celebration that is a difficult word and so for very far most of the centenary is that we have been through we haven't used those words we've used the word commemoration we've used softer words we've used words that open up to inclusion and that understand that there are some for whom this was a tragedy and not a when some feel it's ironic that the santini comes at a time when irish unity is edging back onto the agenda helped by bricks at the puts an e.u. trade border in the irish sea separating the u.k. mainland from the island protestants fear alienation the government here in dublin sees ari's unity as a distant prospect officially at least could it happen sooner rather than later
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well there's a growing body of opinion that it could do you will never solve the problems of northern ireland by violence the good friday peace agreement recognise something that fighting couldn't achieve a referendum on irish unity dependent on catholics becoming a majority that's likely to be confirmed that a new u.k. census then brit. and besides if there is a referendum this is the birthplace of irish democracy and there's another factor bragg's it took northern ireland against its will out of the european union so for a lot of center middle ground people a united ireland is the only route back to the european union and the advantages which they enjoyed as european union citizens and many young people in the south support reunification and what their leaders to put more emphasis on the cheating and i think that the planning and preparation for a should be because immediately to mitigate some of the damaging impacts of breaks it particularly and what we've seen with solar political leaders at the time is
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putting it on the long finger and pointed to some indiscriminate data in the future but irish history with all of its overwhelming violence baby the biggest obstacle for now on both sides of the divide many feel reconciliation still has some way to go under simmons i'll just dump. the u.s. cans are a foreign forces in afghanistan says it would be a mistake for armed groups to attack american troops in the country it comes after the passing of the may 1st deadline for soldiers to leave the country but last month president joe biden said troop withdrawal will be complete is a september the 11th a return to violence would be one senseless and tragic but make no mistake we have the military means to respond forcefully. to any type of attacks against the coalition and the military main sport the afghan security forces that would be a mistake the taliban spokesman sahara shaheen has told al jazeera all foreign troops must leave immediately we have not. stepped
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indeed a 2nd person that really is normal in. the city so that's very very real and we will not only work for us as well if you are so they are. maybe i missed it but that is getting what and also events that got me to talk about equipment that clearly they did not to. tell you what they had to make the commitment about supro now but with changes in sending out water literature what big factories and creature that would be implemented we are a great team we have to take that off our bench others have been following the negotiations in doha. there is little progress on the ground you've seen the
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attacks spiking you've seen the scathing criticism coming from the afghan government and if statements are anything to go by you heard the taliban spokesman there talk about investigating the logar attack which in which civilians were killed and you heard from the afghan president saying that the taliban were responsible so it is going to be a continuation of competing narratives in a very divided space in a going to stand as u.s. forces prepare to leave their formal drawl has begun from me the 1st and the cording to the u.s. president will be completed by september the 11th and this is this remains to be the sticking point the taliban saying that because they signed an agreement and committed that they will withdraw by me the 1st and the other side saying that the taliban has not really shown enough progress in severing ties building bringing down the level of violence and negotiating in good faith with the afghan government and there's a lot of frustration doing the rounds not just on part of the afghan government but
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other officials as well who have been trying to tone down the taliban's rhetoric in saying that you are a party to the conflict in afghanistan is not going to look like what it did 20 years ago. in rural districts in zimbabwe a new electric powered motorcycle is changing how women do business help improve women get income and easing the burden of caring for families. especially poor from . shallot continuous chickens are ready for the market and this 3 wheeler known as which means to go in zimbabwe is going to help her take the me. the farmer pays an equivalent of $15.00 a month with a group of friends to lease the electric powered motorcycles she can now sell her goods much further away from a small village i had said. before i got this bike i couldn't come this far now i start my chickens and vegetables at a business center that's 20 kilometers away i can get more customers here and more
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money even carry more goods the bikes are being tested by a local startup that's leasing the motorcycles to women in the community our aim was to bring green mobility solutions to women in communities because you notice that you remain. under rated and they spend most of their time doing the whole sword chars instead of. making money and improving their incomes so we thought that for the printer to test with the riemann to see if they are going to improve their labeling rules and if our product is your board to be used by many others. most of the solar charged lithium ion batteries the bikes used are charged in here this is the solar charging station 18 batteries can be charged in here at the same time on a good day when there's lots of sunlight if you take about 7 or 8 hours to charge
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a battery so in the community whenever someone has a. they just come in here and swap it for a fully charged one in the bikes made in china and assembled in the capital harare are proving useful in communities with no reliable public transport or tarred roads . passengers call or send a whatsapp message to pick up times the drivers say they can make up to 8 dollars a day transporting people money that helps make them more financially independent in zimbabwe a country where jobs are scarce had an al-jazeera with zimbabwe. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines india has recorded the highest number of daily deaths from call that 19 the health ministry says nearly 3700 people died in the past day the crime a tory and say the actual number is much higher.

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