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no more than in the world needs w h. making a healthy world to use for every one. ah, ah, india crosses the threshold of 20000000 confirmed cases of corona virus where the death toll passing. 220000. ah, i'm fully back people where you're watching ology their life from. also coming out a bridge collapses in mexico's capital at be 13, are killed in 70 engine. president joe biden raises the cap on the us refugee cota,
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ending the us rec low numbers. and after almost 3 decades of marriage, billionaire philanthropists spell and melinda gate getting divorce. thank you for joining us. the number of corona virus cases reported in india since the start of the pandemic has exceeded 20000000. it came as the health ministry announced more than 300000 infections for the 13 straight day and with nearly 3500 deaths in the last 24 hours. the number of fatality has top 220000. the surgeon cases as broad hospitals close to collapse on monday 24 patients died after yet another health facility ran out of oxygen that speak to our india correspondence. elizabeth runner, who joins us live from new delhi. so india passing 20000000 cases lives. but the government saying infection rates are slowing down.
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that's right, folly, we heard from the health minister on monday, the health ministry rather. and they were talking about how cases and some of the worst effect places, mot, austria, has been the worst effected throughout the pandemic over the past year. but also in delhi and chuck this go that they are beginning to see that cases off tossing to plateau. there, but the problem is that india is still not conducting enough tests to know the real number of infection that's being the story in india. again, throughout the pandemic. but even just more recently, testing has dropped and so we can't take the numbers to be exactly as they are. the health ministry also said that, as well as cases maybe beginning to plateau in the states that they are going up and at least 10 states, including the poorest be hard, which has some of the worst health care infrastructure in the country and only one
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doctor for every 28000 patients. they also spoke about the situation with the oxygen in the country and reiterated that there is the oxygen shortage. but again, if you look at what the government is doing, the health ministry spoke. people was saying that the government is still doing everything. it can now to bring as much oxygen and to the country and transport it using planes using the indian air force using trains. because as we've been reporting, people are continuing to lose their lives from oxygen shortages. and more criticism lays as being level that the government that's right. following the government is going ahead with a huge project to rebuild one of the most iconic areas, which also has the indian parliament building, which was built by the british in the $930.00 that was announced on monday that the project which is going to cost more than $2000000000.00 and include
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a new home for the prime minister that the prime minister's new residence will be completed by the end of next year. now, despite they being a very strict locked out in delhi, with only essential services are allowed and construction is only allowed to work live on the premises. work as being bossed into the big, central new delhi. and critics of the project of whom there are many say that environmental clearances for those for rushed through without proper consultation. but perhaps more importantly, that this is an area that doesn't need to be rebuild, that attracts many international tours, but also local residents who built and spend time there. and that it shouldn't, that this shouldn't be going ahead. when at a time when the economy is doing so poorly because of the pandemic over the past year. elizabeth, thank you very much for that. elizabeth brought him is correspondent in new delhi. australia's foreign minister has promised to review a temporary ban on travelers from india,
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including its own citizens. the move sparked widespread outrage including accusations of racism. flies from india were also suspended because of the surgeon covered 19 infections. they're got moisten, says it's highly unlikely. any travelers breaking border rules or face harsh prison sentences, all fines. we will constantly review this implies till the 15th of my that's what they're the by security order, signed by the health minister these. and we need that time. that's their advice. to ensure that we can prepare for the repair creation flight that we had to start soon after the 15th, the by that will take the health advice on that. we are already seeing in house springs, the number of confirmed cases starting to come off. that's what we want to see over the next couple of weeks. the, the last flights that we saw come in, we had one and one night of those who arrived had had kelly. and now the world news, the train has fallen on to cause in mexico's capital after the bridge it was
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travelling on could last at least 13 people have been killed. another 70 have been injured in the accident. medical food, searching the wreckage, looking for survivors, bringing our correspondent money of rapid lows on the line from mexico city money. what more do we know about the circumstances of this accident? will fall. we will start with the latest information that we're getting from local forties here in mexico city. that deaf told the official death that we can confirm stands at 13. but we are hearing from local reporters here in the mexican capital that are saying that the death toll could be as high as 19 dead from this accident that occurred at this overpass. this is, of course, a developing story. we know that emergency crews are currently on site rescue workers, members of the mexico city fire department. the mayor of mexico city club yesterday on is expected to be visiting the site. now, as we're speaking, which again involves the collapse of an overpass and the south eastern parts of the
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mexican capital. this is a collapse of what looks like a bridge that passes over over the highway over the free way here in mexico city. and despite the late hours of the night here, if you're able to see from that surveillance footage that shows the moment of the accident, despite the late hours, you can still tell that there's quite a bit of traffic a traveling underneath that overpass at the moment of the collapse at the moment that you see that train car and those 2 train cars that collapse onto that busy freeway underneath. we can't confirm independently whether or not they were people that were injured from that. but again, rescue workers are still on site pulling people from from the wreckage of this accident. and we can confirm that at least 13 have died with some around 70 others injured. manuel rap, hello. thank you very much for that. we'll be checking in with you for regular updates. us president joe biden has finally raised the cap on refugees entering the
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country despite an early decision to keep the limit imposed by the trump administration. more than $62000.00 people can now be admitted to the us this year . up from 15000. abide in administration, face widespread criticism after he said it would maintain the previous limit. my county has more from washington. well, it's a complete turn around by president biden. a mess of u turn, a few weeks ago, he was insisting the cap would stay at $15000.00 established by the trumpet ministration. but now in a memorandum to the department of state, he says that this cap will be lifted to $62.00 and a half 1000. now he says, the change of mind came because the $15000.00 and figure that he agreed to was always an indefinite one. that he was going to take further advice from colleagues and various departments about that particular figure. but the major reason in all likelihood is the immense pressure that was brought to bear by members of his own democrats party. there was absolute fury at the fact that president biden chose to
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stick with that $15000.00 cap. but now you've got a cap of 62500. but there's a caveat with that. the president says that in all possibility, this capital not be reached by the end of this fiscal year, which is october simply because he says there is not enough stuff in departments like homeland security. this he says, is a consequence of the previous administrations pruning of various departments. so although the cap has been increased, the president saying that it may not be fooled, but he then adds, as they will be an even higher cap in the next fiscal year. 2122, and that capital b over 820000 refugees allowed to enter the united states. columbia finance minister has resigned after days of protest against proposed tax increases left at least 17 people dead. they've been called for more mass demonstrations this week,
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despite present even do k withdrawing the plan. it was heavily criticized for punishing the middle class at a time of economic crisis. alessandra pity has more from bogota processors have obtained 2 major victories since the start of these pro, to 6 days ago. yet those victories have not been enough to quell people's anger on the streets so much so that the leaders of the nation strike have announced another major day of demonstrations on wednesday across the country, saying that they have a long list of demands and now is at time to continue putting pressure on the government. unfortunately, it has also now been confirmed that at least 17 people have died since wednesday, 16 protesters and one policemen. and that the real dental might be even higher human rights organizations here in columbia and internationally or accusing the police for much of the violence saying that the police has been illegally using
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fire, arms accusing them also of illegal tensions and a long list of abuses on the other hand, the government, and in particular the minister of defense on monday, said that it wasn't simple protesters that were responsible for some of the looting and the destruction of the public properties that we've seen in the past days. but that he said this was a coordinated plan by illegal on groups operating in the country. soon it was bundles, it is those vandals who camouflage themselves and have develop premeditated ex, organized and financed by different groups from the fuck and alien could really group who seek to destabilize some regions for particular purposes. the defense minister cited intelligence information, but then offer any further evidence. and these comments will most likely further
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anger protests. there's on the streets in a protest that has gone well beyond the anger against tax hikes and come a national outcry against that rising unemployment, poverty and equality that was parked by the corona virus and the government's response to a still ahead on al jazeera natasha in west and from the french president says he's a climate change leader critic saying he's new. we know is a disappointment and a need sweep. what appears to reveal new details about the death of argent time football legend gave america. ah, how i once again still no shortage of heat across much of the middle east. we have
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got some rather wet weather to northern parts of the region to favor the cloud just around 30, eating over towards the black sea, the caspian sea, unnoticed and wet weather there into northern parts of iran. easing over towards afghanistan as we go on into wet wet and stay, when rain becomes a little more active just around the caucasus. so we could see some snow here. over the high ground in that range is draped over towards the eastern side of turkey. still plenty of warmth, just around the levant, getting up into the mid high twenty's. many may be touching 30 degrees celsius around that east side of the but it's right in heat in lie 40 celsius q way to 39 in baghdad. not too far, i saw that here in doha with high around 37 celsius. for the south is generally try . we have seen fighting recently, it's eastern parts of yemen. western areas could still see a few showers as we go on through the next day or so. joining up with that figure cloud sharon, that we have around the p o. p in highlands and those showers continue all the way
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across into the gulf of kinney. some heavy showers continue across the towns in the northern parts of mays and big might even see a little bit of weather making his way towards southern parts. south africa, the on counting the costs of china's navy maritime militia, dominate the china sea. us lost control. could the pandemic customer in the 4 day was a week, and environmental racism opposition grows to a us pipeline. counting the costs on al jazeera, we understand the differences in the cultures, the cost to move with the news and current. does that matter to you? oh,
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the recap of the top stories on the number of current cases reported in india since it's not a fan that me because now past 20000000 it came as a health ministry announce more than 300000 infections for the 13 straight day and with nearly 3500 deaths in the last 24 hours, the number of fatalities has pumped 200. 20000 train has fallen on 2 cars in mexico capital after the bridge. it was traveling on collapse. at least 15 people have been killed according to the cities mer. another 70 have been injured medical cause i still searching the search the wreckage, looking for survivors. and us present, joe biden has raised the cap on refugees entering the country despite an early
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decision to keep the limit imposed by the trumpet, ministration. 62000 people can now be admitted this year, up from 15000. having use a cease fire long a disputed border between curious on energy star is holding after clashes last week killed more than 50 people. more than $60000.00 fled their homes, both guffman say they want an end to hostilities. but there's little sign of a political solution of corresponding char stratford has more from the village of cock tash on the cookies to jake border. this is the 1st time zip annisa has returned to her home since she and her family flip for their lives, it is completely destroyed. zip and he says categories. she has lived in the village of comp. tasha on the disputed border with tears. you could song all her life they have been clashes between the curious antarctic communities in this region before but never as military involvement let destruction on this scale. and
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i says in kelowna softball, called after. i had hoped that when i came back there would be something left. but i'm devastated. god willing with help of the people we will rebuild our lives instead of moving. i want to rebuild here. this place has always been home. i will never leave hope gets here in the categories and touch it. governments accuse each other of escalating the situation. video shot on mobile phones show the taj military moving into disputed villages. natasha combs were destroyed in the attacks in this village. this is one of 17 homes in this particular village that has been destroyed and people have begun to come back to inspect the damage or in this case, what remains of their properties. and one thing they will tell you is that there was no animosity in the community during the period of the soviets. problem started
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with the breakup of the soviet union independence and a border problem that lasted 30 years. the violence respond by arguments between local communities and tactic. residents over control of water from this reservoir kyrgyzstan, his tragic soldiers killed more than 50 people, destroyed government and private property. got up, come on by, inspect the damage to his home has good at the main elephant to call up. we are afraid of my family and children can't live here much. jake, neighbors were also evacuated, but into the territory. the relationship between us has not been good for years, but now it's worse than ever. some of the estimated 60000 people who were evacuated, sheltering schools. i've been here with my sister in law and grandchildren for 4 days. i don't know what's happening in my village. thank god, we are being looked house to here with little sign of a comprehensive settlement to this complicated border dispute. zip annisa,
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and many like her will struggle to rebuild their lives. john, strap it down to 0. hop tash on the kid against caching border. the french parliament is expected to approve a controversial new climate change law. later tuesday, president demand mccoy's aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a deadline in 2030. but environmental growth say it doesn't go far enough. natasha butler reports from western france. the high speed trained from paris to the western french city of non takes 2 and a half hours. people can also slowly between the 2 cities, but that is set to change on the french president emanuel macro new climate law. on short, internal flights will be banned to help lower carbon emissions. so this is one of 5 into city journeys and from which will now only be possible by road or train. the climate law aims to reduce carbon emissions in france by 40 percent by 2030 with
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measures targeting industries, food and housing. it will also encourage grassroots projects like this wind farm located an hour from not it financed and co owned by nearly $400.00 local residents and renewable energy company. and the traditional will change everything, but at least we consider it as a good 1st step towards a model where we have more and more and look homes. we want to take the transition and invest in that kind of thing. my crawl has made tackling climate change a presidential priority. some scientists say that parts of coastal france could be submerged by rising water levels by the end of the century throughout his presidency. emmanuel, mark crowe has projected an image of himself as a leader in the fight against climate change for his support is the new law is proof of his ambition, but not to say that it fails to respond to the climate emergency known to the
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reputation for ineffective environmental policy, the deputy mass is micro law disappointing because it doesn't do enough to cut carbon emissions urgency to review here. we have 10 years to really radically change things and now we're just continuing to take little steps forward. that in fact will move us backwards. we'll you more called was part of the citizens council set up by micro to come up with proposals for the climate law. he says and ignored many of the council suggestions, because of russia from industrial knobby group, we should not clue about climate action. but definitely what happened here is mister box unity to do something big screen parties are on the rise in france and climate change is expected to be a key issue in next year's presidential election. the fence among many environmental campaigners though is the macro, has mr. charles, to win their support. natasha butler,
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i'll just sarah western from the u. k. is hosting the 1st meeting of g 7 foreign ministers in 2 years. britain's foreign secretaries bringing together counterparts from 7 nations, including the u. s. canada japan and germany. us secretary of state antony blinking has held sideline, talks of this british town to font the past single, russia and china for breaking international norms. it is not our purpose to try to contain china or to hold china down. what we're trying to do is to uphold the international rules based order. and when any country china or otherwise takes actions that challenge or undermine or seek to road that rules based order and not make good on the commitments that they've made to that order, we will, we will stand up and, and defend the order. what go to changes rushes behavior against as
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a p 5 member of the security council against the basic norms of international law. whether it's the brinkmann ship and the saber rattling on the board of the crane. whether it's the cyber attack and tax and the misinformation, or indeed, the poisoning of alexi, nevada, which was not just the human rights abuse, but a chemical use of chemical work reference on russian soil. taliban fighters of attacked an army out policy fire, a province in southwest of garrison, killing at least 70 soldiers in capturing another. a bomb has exploded, also near a school in the same province wanting 21. people many of them students again and found his bracing for more violence after may 1st previously agreed deadline for all foreign troops to leave the country. libby as new in term government has called on turkey to withdraw its foreign troops and mercenaries, foreign minister nash le almon, kush urged anchored to comply with un security council resolutions. she made the remark that a joint news conference with the turkish foreign minister,
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turkey deployed troops and ferry and missionaries to libya after wall or holly for half tom launch and offensive on tripoli in 2019. we also stressed the importance of turkey's contribution in stopping the wool and consolidating the cease fire and took her to operate together in regard of ending the presence of foreign forces and mercenaries on libyan lands in order to preserve the sovereignty of the libyans. at least 30 people have been killed by gunmen in the eastern volcano fossil the attack happened in come on jerry province near the border with ne share. the government says gunman surrounded a village and went house to house, killing people and setting homes on fire. why knife want in south africa are worried about renewed poaching of rhinos now that covered 1900 knocked on restrictions are being lifted. poaching was down by iran, a 3rd last year. the lowest it had been in almost a decade. rangers are removing the horns of vine, those to make them useless to poachers who sell them on black markets,
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mainly in china, and get not only an estimate of 16000 rhinos left in south africa. now 2 of the wealth talk philanthropists saw splitting up bill and melinda gates say they've decided to end their married job to 27 years in that time they've given billions of dollars to charity the to say they'll keep working together at the bill and melinda gates foundation, the largest private charitable organization, the world. it's committed $1700000000.00 towards the fight against go with 19 pencils case. here's a guarantee of the gates foundation. he says, the couple have transformed the way charitable organizations operate. it's enormously consequential in, in that it is directly impacts the most important to improper foundation in the world. and bill and melinda gates are probably the most public, the most prominent gland purpose in the world. so it's,
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it's enormously consequential event. i don't think we get know what the consequences will be. the gates foundation really is the high watermark of a kind of technocratic data driven approach. that's defined philanthropy relief for the last 2 decades. you know, it's, it strikes us as being almost the norm. but for, for quite a while, last half century, the really was not a big tradition of engaged living donors who utilize their, their business competencies and inter door inter renewal talents and channel them towards philanthropy. and bill gates was a real innovator in that respect. and he created a massive bureaucracy, you know, close to 2000 and staff members all over the world directed towards global health and domestic us sir education. and so it really was this incredibly
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powerful philanthropic instrument that they created. and in many respects, created together, the gates foundation became a kind of representation of their marriage, an investigation into the death of origin time football legend diego, my donor, has concluded that his medical team acted in an inappropriate deficient and reckless manner. i don't died of heart failure in december 2 weeks after surgery for blood clot in his brain. teresa boring for somebody, it's been almost 6 months since the home. i don't have passed away. i didn't know was morning as thousands gather to say goodbye, but might have known as death is surrounded in controllers. he, on monday, a panel of 20 experts concluded might, i don't, i received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a prolonged agonizing period before he died. donica, you know,
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video team will be investigated with it, not because they want to be the but for the own benefits. they will taking money from him. but i don't as personal doctor up all the looking. he psychiatrist and he's high quality used among others, are under investigation. prosecutors will have to decide whether there is enough evidence to charge them. the 70 page report reveals that the what the when i became seriously ill at least 12 hours before he was found dead in his bed. it also says that not enough was done to save him. the findings of this report could end up with a case of wrongful death, with a prison sentence of up to 15 years if convicted might own a died just weeks after undergoing brain surgery and a black lot. the report also stated, my brother and i did not have full use of his mental faculties and stated his treatment was rife with deficiencies. and irregularities said almost a year ago and the know it, but we're going to request abandonment of
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a vulnerable person along with simple, negligent homicide. in addition to the facilitation of drugs for consumption, adulteration of a public document and adulteration of diego signature, we're going to need a documentary by info by a local media company. we audio recordings between might known as lawyers, doctors, and caretakers. they show home, i don't have daughters wanting to hospitalized him after his brain surgery, but it's alleged he's into rush. wanted to take him to a private home, so they would lose control over him and the profits he generated. like when the show another, those acute insist they're innocent. to feel that the evidence that was leet, as well as the audio witness testimony, the extracts, including edited audio and chat, involved less than half of the defendant. isn't that striking it would seem, there isn't intend to hold the media trial a trial before the courts have done their work and that is not good at all. i don't
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know. my donor is considered an idling argentina. after helping this country, when it's 2nd world cup in 1986, he struggled with alcohol and drug abuse all his life. but his family and friends, i convinced he was a victim of his caretakers who failed to provide the treatment he needed to survive . but he said, well, i'll just eat, i'm going to fight if ah, hello again. i'm fully back with the headlines on al jazeera, the number of corona virus cases reported in india. since it's not, the panoramic has exceeded 20000000. it came as a health ministry announce more than 300000 infections for the 13 straight day. the overall number of deaths has tops 220000 lives with random has moved from new delhi, the health minister on monday, the health ministry rather.
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