sisters these are hindu refugees are terrified that they may be forced to return to me and mark. celebrations in india as the prime minister's party suffer as a setback in state elections held despite the covert crisis engulfing his country. and i know i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program after days of violent protests colombia's president says he's withdrawing his tax reform plan. 3 months after me and moscow to

protest as a back out in force with reports of at least 8 people killed at the hands of security forces. manchester united fans invade the pitch at old trafford in a protest against the club's owners. welcome to the program india has suffered its deadliest day yet of the coronavirus pandemic and the prime minister in a renter modi appears to be paying the price for prioritizing elections over the health crisis in his country his party was defeated in west bengal in one of 4 state elections partly by the fuelling the current surge in covert cases india recorded a new high of 3689 covert deaths in the past day alone more than 215000 people are now confirmed to have died all together in india

a total that is widely accepted as being far below the real number and then the past day also saw more than 392000 new cases which is a slight dip from the day before but it does push the total kovan 1000 cases recorded in the country to 19 and a half 1000000 people with no end to the search in sight or nearly 10 indian states and territories of impose some sort of lockdown or restrictions and. that's what's happening now local media say the country's kovan 1000 task force is advising a national lockdown something the government isn't keen on this desperate need oxygen supplies are also starting to arrive from countries like the u.k. and france many people have died at home and in hospital because of the nationwide shortage of oxygen they really need to do is there's a lack of logistics for handling the covert 900 situation across the country an ongoing difficult and desperate situation in india a lack of oxygen supply and all of the necessary medical facilities that should be

provided to treat people well the electoral setback for india's ruling party follows criticism of neurons or modi for allowing large gatherings to take place despite surging coronavirus cases and warnings not to do so elizabeth brannon reports from new delhi. the supporters of west bengal's governing trinamool congress party the t.n.c. celebrate a victory in the capital kolkata that's despite the election commission banning all celebrations because of n.d.s. high number of carnival iris cases. but supporters said they wanted to mark a month about a g.'s reelection for a 3rd term as chief minister. from a hard we have good wishes from above energy and that is why vs celebrating we already knew that the mc would have been because the development has been done by the n.t. and he went out on the other left wasn't bottle but they did not think. 175000000 people were eligible to vote in the states off west bengal. and put

a cherry politicians including prime minister on that in the modi had been criticised for holding large election rallies during a 2nd wave of coronavirus the world health organization said such gatherings are one of the reasons for india's surge in cases for candidates died in west bengal after contracting a car that 19. political analysts say the government focused on winning elections instead of preparing for the latest search the central government was wholly unprepared slaughtered in surgery on february 21st. not their national exam i covered that egypt is who i know they passed a political resolution to be chippy saying meaning the prime minister knowing that what he did and there were all these claims that goto in getting unity is so strong you know it's like the best word we're. going to make sense on.

india is now the line on international aid as its hospitals are struggling with shortages of tents oxygen equipment and medicines promised in the in the morning held a meeting with health experts about the sure to just not just of beds and supplies but also health care workers that says reports emerge from rural areas of people dying as lifesaving equipment including ventilators i'm lying on this without the doctors who have the expertise to use them and there's a big pull on al-jazeera new delhi when all the developments australians who have been to india in the past 2 weeks are now banned from returning to their own country they face up to 5 years in prison and fines under a temporary emergency order it's the 1st time australia has made it a criminal offense for its own citizens to return to their country australia as current 7 day rolling average of new covert cases stands at just 23 or pakistan which is also seen a warring rise in infections has received

a 1000000 coronavirus vaccine doses from china they are part of 17000000 doses purchased from 3 chinese companies the delivery supplements the astra zeneca vaccines being delivered through the kovacs program for poorer nations pakistan is inoculated just over 2000000 people out of its population of 2221000000 people hyder is a hospital in islamabad and says that pakistan hopes to start domestic vaccine production. 1000000 dollar. 19 rackin from china most of the vaccine their deaths. are donation or a gift from the chinese government done however. recognition from china which are likely to arrive next month and it also going to be producing a vaccine which i need. on the border david to rate 10 percent which.

turned out it made by the like which india had already in countering and there are of course feared the. drug now because we are toward over $5000.00 patients that right now are not cured which is 57 percent right june there will of course be a cautious approach because budgets on the local planning to go up international flights into the country up to the tune of 80 percent and there will be restrictions read in the provinces far as travel is concerned and. starting on the 8th of may going all the way up to the 50. colombia's president has withdrawn a controversial tax reform and after days of protests in a audit the proposal to be amended on friday but fail to satisfy protestations that the changes were made poorer at least 6 people have died in demonstrations since

wednesday 5 protest as in one police officer hundreds more have been injured. is this who moment do they get on this this is a moment of greatness and protecting the most vulnerable of important destructive tools and not hatred and destruction it is a moment for all of us to work together with us in the path of this consensus clear perceptions and well i was to say clearly there will not be i mean crazy goods and services nor will the existing rules be changed. is in bogota ryan says the process a likely to continue it's clear that it's quite isolated politically this was expected to be a landmark could be a legacy bill that's the way he presented it at the time evidently that's not the case and protesters are saying that this is not the end that while the tax reform

was the main try to begin these protests now that they have started now that they've seen that they can achieve things they're saying that they want to continue because they have a long list of grievances that has to do obviously with the economic situation in the country poverty has gone on unemployment also consequences and then make the feeling that the government hasn't done enough to help poor people the people most in need to during this pandemic and that's why there is the expectation that these protests will continue now even saying that reform is necessary that he's going to try to build consensus in congress for a new reform but the reality is that given the fact that we are less than a year from the next congressional elections in a little over a year before presidential elections are

a reality that the political reality both on the streets and in congress will most likely make that impossible. will we go to protests and security forces that are reported to have opened fire killing 8 people as and she could protest as marched around the country they were mocking what according the global me and mosque bring revolution along with expatriates from around the world calling for a return to democracy in the release of political prisoners more than 750 protesters have been killed since the military seized power in february despite its own go to use of force the gingers failed to stop these demonstrations taking place . elsewhere hundreds of people took to the streets in the taiwanese capital taipei to demand a free and democratic me and ma protest is that held and does and wave the flag of me and my similar solidarity protests also took place in tokyo and seoul meanwhile the xcel civilian government is saying it's investigating allegations of sexual violence against protesters by the military nor. is the minister for women youth

and children's affairs in the national unity government and says there have been a number of reports of sexual abuse. we got a lot all of our complaints and also a lot in the social media in the news. a lot of sexual assault and why i went to the detain. the met face to say that the terms of the survivor so that we can affirm that this any the same military dead sea have genset set your highness to i think is yes in 2017 in rakhine state they committed these visas which of wine is to say your kind people including you really enjoy women so not again 2001 in supreme revolution so the our duty not just the teaching women the also all doing that sexual violence

to the image source who are on the we to their full on are on the very go on them up motorcycle that they make so many bad things to the girls and women right now. calls are growing for an independent commission to investigate a deadly stampede at a religious festival in israel the country's held a day of mourning for the $45.00 men and boys killed during the cherished orthodox event on friday a group of retired police commissioner says any commission should have wide ranging powers to investigate senior politicians and decision makers critics are angry that the event took place despite repeated warnings about the venue safety over the last few years. heartbroken shattered into a 1000000 pieces there's no words to describe the feeling of the entire country it's like. bailing on 3 or hugo whatever part of the country

people talk about one topic what happened here miron on the night of the break. that the entire country waits for and you have approximately half a 1000000 people coming for the 1st of all to celebrate. it with al jazeera live from london still ahead on the program we'll look at the free will by exchanging how women do business in zimbabwe and space x. returns for from the international space station and i'll read nighttime splashdown . however we've got some rather what weather in the forecast across southern parts of australia at the moment little line of cloud coming out of tasmania victoria just running right back into work w. way north of that it is generally looking dry that will be the case as we go on through the next couple days but there's that was the weather coming outs of

western australia just to the north of perth running down across south australia down into the southeastern corner not seep out into new south wales but the wrist some wet weather coming through here for southern parts on monday and i'll just make its way further north which and the swiss popping up in the. process as we go on through choose die northern parts of the country jen resty fine android and fair bit of rain actually coming into the way as we go on through choose die a chance of some rain for a time to south island of new zealand but a sense it has that bad lots of autumn sunshine coming through temperatures into the mid he's pretty spring sunshine meanwhile for japan over the next cloud right now in the process of pulling out of the way we're going to few showers into northern hunchy maybe the a wintry flurry there into northern parts of colorado but the really wet weather that is pushing its way across central parts of china as we go through monday into tuesday that what's the weather any rot across shanghai and telling very unsettled the korean peninsula.

from the al-jazeera london bureau costs and tax to special guests in conversation when societies declines when women are to title the only thing that benefits from this contract itself unprompted fun interrupted for the 1st $1.00 scared girls are those who are who don't court foreigners in fact me and kathy who like to think that there's nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's nationalising part to be unscripted.

headlines down india's recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic with a new high of almost 3700 deaths in the past day this is no random ots policy was defeated in a crucial states in action seen as a referendum on his handling of the pandemic. colombia's president has withdrawn a controversial tax reform plan after 4 days of violent protests even duke a had previously wanted to chip amend the proposal but that failed to calm the protests and does add to cool protests continue in ian ma 8 people have reportedly been killed they will marking want to has been described as the global me and last spring revolution along with ex-pats from around the world. some news from iraq now where former fighters have been protesting in baghdad demanding their jobs back former members of the iran backed popular mobilisation forces surrounded the ministry of finance they fought during the war against eisel between 20142019 now they are demanding to be rehired

a deteriorating economic situation has contributed to tensions between iraq's various political and sectarian groups so mona fulton is in baghdad. these kind of protests have been taking place in the capital baghdad for a few days now and the crowds mostly consist of members of the popular mobilization forces which is this umbrella group of paramilitaries that was formed to fight i saw in 2014 and these people are demanding to be hired or rehired by the pm math and this request comes just a few weeks after the iraqi parliament passed its 2021 budget in which to increase the budget chair of the p.m.s. by over 20 percent so now there is a discussion going on within the ranks of the pm of how that money should be used advocates that the salaries of existing fire should be increased what other say that notice should be new people hired and included in the organization now what

is particularly interesting is that this is a budget increase 40 pm as happened despite the country going through a prolonged financial crisis this year's budget features a record deficit of over 20 percent but nevertheless the p.m.s. got a fairly large budget chair and what this episode also highlights is to what extent these groups as well as their related parties in parliament depend on the budgets to really fuel their networks of patroness to really hire and pay the fighters who support and false of course cast their votes for them and what it also highlighted is this interim visions of that within the pm have about how the budget the budget should actually be used now we understand that the siege of the ministry of finance is largely over and what remains to be seen is whether these unrests will continue in the next few days and also how the security forces will respond. kyrgyzstan says

a cease fire with neighboring tajikistan is holding off to a week of intense border fighting both countries afford tova water supplies for decades and that explains from in kyrgyzstan now examining the human cost of these latest skirmish is. the curators ministry of internal affairs has announced that 25 bodies have been found in the town of goal over the noise they're reporting that these people were killed in a mortar attack by the military on april 29th they've also released some statistics on the kind of structural damage damage to homes. during these attacks they're saying that 70 to 78 houses have been burned to schools 3 border posts and 10 petrol stations now the press office for the president so there is your power of they saying that the situation is in their words relatively stable in that area we

are hearing reports that the military have withdrawn back across the border we know that there's been a large mobilization of the curious case of me to that area as you would expect and interestingly some news coming out from the base can local authorities along most borders they're saying that 58000 people were evacuated from the area 52000 of who they are reporting as being women and children so another indication of just how severe how serious these clashes have been. chad's military council has named a transition government following the president's shot death and left at an overnight curfew a military council run by intrastate the sun seize power after his death on the frontline of a fight against rebels last month several opposition is have rejected the new cabinet is a continuation of the old order the country has remained tense since the president's death several people were killed in a military crackdown on protests on choose day so now we go to rural zimbabwe 3

wheels are changing how women do business and you electric motorcycle is helping poor women on an income whilst easing the burden on them of caring for their families as a family task reports from where it's cheap but very effective. charlotte can bring us chickens are ready for the market and this 3 wheeler known as which means to go in zimbabwe is going to help her take them there. the farmer pays an equivalent of $15.00 a month with a group of friends to lease the electric power to 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 sell my chickens and vegetables at a business center that's 20 kilometers away i can get more customers here and more money even carry more goods the bags 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 rural communities because you notice the tree men. under-rated and they spend most of their parent during the whole sort chars instead of. making money and improving their incomes so we thought that if for the partner to test with the riemann to see if they are going to improve their roots 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 a battery so in the community whenever someone has a. they just come in here and swap it for a fully charged one. 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 us into what's up mrs 2 stage will pick up times the drivers say they can make up to $8.00 a day transporting people money that helps make the more financially independent in zimbabwe a country with jobs asking us how to al-jazeera with zimbabwe. republican senator and former presidential candidate mitt romney has been met with a chorus of boos while addressing republican convention in his home state of utah careers 1st. this is what you think said i don't hide the fact that i was. president character issues. the senator was critical of president trump on the only republican to vote to impeach him twice romney was labeled a communist and a traitor when he took to the stage to address a crowd of more than 2000 party delegates despite the outcry the convention

rejected a motion to censure him over the impeachment votes. so yes i understand it's a few folks who don't like the term emotional i'm sure about that but i expressed my my desire to waive is right although my projects is right. for arsenal so safely return to earth from the international space station in a new 1st commercial space travel became the 1st crew to splash down in the sea aboard a croft made by space x. on the masses behalf harding a small. space x. copy of xp or his 1st question after more than 5 months in space for astronauts on board the dragon spacecraft splashed down in the gulf of mexico off the coast of florida. after a 6 and a half hour journey back from the international space station or i assess they landed safely becoming the 1st crew to return from orbit in a space x.

mission in partnership with nasa. the nighttime splashdown was nasa's 1st since 1968 when apollo 8 the 1st mission to send astronauts around the moon returned to earth i think this is a remarkable achievement of the church of a lifetime for many of us and something to be proud of americans michael hopkins victor glover and shannon walker along with gucci of japan are the 4 astronauts on board this was glover's 1st time in space he's also the 1st black nasa astronaut to be a member of an i s s crew after medical checks they were taken to shore and flown to houston texas today it went very well overall i would say almost flawlessly dragon did great you know it was great to hear the crew when they woke up the 1st thing my cop considered is as you know what's the weather going to be like we told them hey maybe a 2 not to win a one foot wave and he was very excited from the very beginning. the crew took off

in november onboard a falcon 9 rocket. the mission is the 1st step in space x. owner planned to commercialize space travel and he continued to be nominal space x. . a looking to go straight to miles without without stopping elsewhere in the middle nasa. looking at using the movie as a test that in some ways they say is baby steps on the ground that ground program that ground to the elements idea of expanding shimon space flight once again. but i think it's still a significant step making their way while the astronauts recover the capsule will be taken back to the launch site at cape canaveral florida and refurbished for another trip to space harding al-jazeera. now any time a crowd of people dancing next to each other and music festival would be normal but

a series of test concerts in the british city of liverpool is the 1st death from more than a year the crowd were able to dance without masks and forget about any social distancing but only if they tested negative for coven 19 1st as part of a government pilot to try and get live events going again as john holl reports i. imagine a time before masks and social distancing elbow greeted him sanitizer. on sunday in the band the blossoms played to a crowd of $5000.00 under the big top tent in liverpool sefton park it was the 1st live gig without restrictions in more than a year part of a series of trials hoping to point the way towards mass gatherings beyond the pandemic the resumption of life as we used to know it is it. does feel a bit uncomfortable almost but i just feel i just feel so happy that it's going to how it's being precautions tests and making sure that everyone's you know before we

even got to the. people make sure that you test the negative entry required proof of a negative test result with tests provided to be taken during the following week. the weekend also saw liverpool's club sea rise temporarily from the dead 3000 people partied like it was 2090 is a really exciting opportunity for liverpool to be part of the event's research programme which is the national program evaluating the impact of holding events in this way we're hoping to learn loads from the events that we've got this afternoon from the ones we've had over the last couple of days certainly around transmission of the virus but also around how people move and react within different venues what the airflow in the ventilation looks like within different venues and how you need to organize events to be coped safe in the future other events have included football in front of act. will firms the 8000 who were allowed to attend last weekend's kind of cup final at wembley open in the days of care and crowd applause

all numbered various test events will culminate at london's wembley stadium again when a quarter capacity crowd of $21000.00 fans will gather for football's afraid cup final on may the 15th that'll be just 2 days before england reopens further with the planned resumption of international travel heading into a summer in which the government hopes for pandemic restrictions may be lifted by late june jonah how al-jazeera. an english premier league matches had to be perspire and after thousands of fans overpowered stewards and broke into the grounds manchester united fans are angry at the owners of their car who they say valued profits above football the american glazer families face criticism after the club was one of those to join the ill fated european super league efforts founded after just 3 days with several clubs pulling out after it was branded and competitive a match against liverpool at old trafford was due to be held behind closed doors

because of u.k. coronavirus restrictions. revealed this but says it is a lot different direct you going to take it away from the fans. leaving the boy because he was. the girl next to the girl. there's more never they were covering right here al jazeera dot com you can find analysis that takes you behind the headlines and also the option of watching us on life streaming. reminder of the main stories now india has suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic so far and the prime minister appears to be paying the price the country recorded a new high of almost 3700 cars.