al jazeera. after. more than 20000000 covert 1000 infections and 220000 deaths india's latest official figures paint a tragic yet vastly underestimated picture of its outbreak. hello again welcome back to the newsroom i'm peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from the also coming up a railway overpass collapses in mexico city sending train carriages plunging onto the road below at least 23 people were killed. 6 months since ethiopia's 2 green

region became a battleground tens of thousands of people are still sheltering in neighboring sudan. tanzania's president overhauls the government's covert 19 response turning the page on the late predecessor. india has now confirmed 20000000 cases of covert nineteen's since the pandemic began half of those cases were in just the past 4 months but the numbers are likely to be higher because of a lack of testing the worst hit state is maharashtra followed by delhi and was a pradesh the government says cases are plateau in but the rate of testing has dropped in the past few days almost 3 quarters of the people who died in the period of 24 hours this week came from 10 states one of them is bihar where there's only one doctor for every 28000 people about 300 tons of aid and supplies have come in

from other countries however a handful of states say they haven't received any of it and airport and medical workers in new delhi say the aid shipments are just sitting at the airport. begins our coverage. this scene in india's southern state have come attack is not the traditional hindu cremation ceremony with the usual rituals and attended by all the family friends and neighbors india is getting rid of its covert 1000 victims in a hurry and in mass with more than $350000.00 new infections and 3 and a half 1000 dead each day the country is facing aerial challenge india's tally of more than $20000000.00 cases so far makes it the 2nd most infected country after the united states and its fear of the actual figure could be much higher with many cases going on reported. the surge in infections began in february and has been

blamed on more contagious variants of the virus as well as government decisions to allow people to gather in large crowds for him to religious festivals and political rallies the head of state elections have been speaking to some senior policymakers in india and many of them still have a mental model that this will all turn around in the next year. and i have been trying to say that it's everything goes very well things will be horrible for the next several weeks into says it has been vaccinated got least 2000000 people a day but vaccines are hard to come by there there shortage of vaccine there shortage of it for the. people who are offered the fabulous that they are about to get before so there he was confusion though you had all the program but we were going to the vaccine and hundreds of millions of indians don't have the technology to complete the online registration process needed for those aged between 18 and 45

to get their jobs in a country of nearly 1400000000 and with a new violence of cope with 19 emerging the situation continues to nuclear extremely bleak. and disease well earlier i spoke to should and should mittal a senior leader in india's governing bulleteer john's a party the b.g.p. he does insist the government has done well and should not be blamed for this crisis. the extent of the mic would not have been there. anybody. who would wait because the long view of the situation. everybody given the fact that yes it's a huge population i thought if they actually just concerning. everybody in recognition but right now. and how it is affecting people exactly something we are all facing information i think is a study of everybody not going to see when you look at our population which is

1600000000 the solution lucky if you become ok can i just thought you there for a 2nd sir if i made 2 points point number one india has not done everyone when it comes to vaccinating your population that is simply an untruth that you are repeating that you think that no hang on stop point to point number 2 point number 2 when it comes to mr modi the prime minister mid to late april he goes on national television he says it is under control he says normality is just around the corner but was never ever going to be the case firstly you said that. about 1.414 exhibition 140000000 vaccinations. which is then decade of exploration program as a percentage of the population as a percentage of the population so you are not it doesn't matter you are not you are

simply not at the leading edge of vaccinating a population like you have not been let me finish the point so you have not been not nor are you because you are you are running out of vaccines. so i couldn't really out of that scene because you want to believe this you want to keep back now a country which the infrastructure has successfully done 140000000 wrecks missions and you think that's something that's what it accomplished i mean i am i'm missing that what kind of mindset and that you want to find the president me i mean india should have been applauded for the fact that why the investor good has been able to find a solution what also i don't want them to find out the old solution for the. one like centers from. these vaccinations lights east this morning human this oppositional low but only because no country even mice

these parameters but that's that part we have challenges and here's an issue i is this is this challenge as you said that the prime minister sake if you think it's going to was only because yes there was a time bill because look this is a dummy drastically decree not yet creating in unfamiliar territory is there a lot dissidence a stupid owner in this is that. an elevated metro line has collapsed in make the mexican capital sending a train crashing down on to the cars below these are live pictures of the crash site where the crews are working to clear the tangled mess at least $23.00 people were killed the president says there will be a thorough investigation into what went wrong and who's to blame. reports now from mexico city. a chaotic scene in the mexican capital emergency crews responding to an accident involving a metro rail train on an overpass friends and family of possible victims searched

frantically for their loved ones back along with my brothers still under the rubble imagine how many tons they have to move that's what we want to know what's going on the. surveillance footage captured the harrowing moments as the structure supporting the train cars collapsed above a busy freeway filling the air with dust and debris. but advantage when we arrived at the scene people were crying out for help a vehicle was crushed under the subway car with 2 people inside the driver looked fine but the others were trapped. local residents say this rail line has faced structural problems in the past and had reported their fears of a possible collapse to authorities it's been several hours since the accident and emergency workers are still here trying to clear the scene you can clearly see those 2 train cars hanging precariously over the freeway authorities are asking people to stay back worry that the structure itself could still collapse further.

mexico city mayor claudia sheen has promised a thorough investigation into what went wrong. al-jazeera mexico city now 6 months since the conflict started in ethiopia's to gray region refugees continue to flee bringing with them allegations of atrocities the violence broke out last november between the national army and the to grain people's liberation. front the t.p. l f a dominated ethiopia's politics and military for nearly 30 years until the prime minister took power 3 years ago the team says its leaders were unfairly targeted his government says the t. p.l.f. provoked the conflict by attacking army bases in the great degree opposition parties say 50000 people have died in the fighting and nearly 62000 to fled to neighboring saddam in january the un reported a high number of rapes in 2 great soldiers are accused of sexually assaulting internally displaced people in exchange for basic commodities such as food supply

amnesty international today publishing a report which says the lack of international response to the crisis integrate has led to a number of human rights violations for nasa to say here is a horn of africa campaign a amnesty she says human rights violations will keep happening if those responsible are not held accountable i mean i think when you look at situation and the guy you've seen a place that's been cut off from the rest of the world at the beginning of the conflict it was completely inaccessible to humanitarian organizations your rights organizations are honest and with time you got a better idea of how the bad situation is. despite these restrictions we've been able to document to record the rights atrocities from all sides of the conflict we meant a situation has gone from bad to worse the accessibility to the region or humanitarian organizations might him proved but situation right now is catastrophic on but i think this situation is partly. a result of or parties of the conflict acting with

a sense of impunity the lack of access or you might have organizations to document and the whole purpose accountable is providing the sense that they're going to get away with what they're doing and it's just allowing them to continue to operate which will continue as long as there's not adequate pressure on all parts of the conflict and violence is of the marts law and humanitarian law will go. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is mandate to form a government is set to expire later today in a singer who's been messing with opposition party leaders to secure enough votes to form a coalition that if he fails then power will revert to the president rubin rivlin who decide what to do next israel has gone through 4 inconclusive elections in the past 2 years or a force that has more now from west jerusalem. well certainly a lot of moving parts on this last day netanyahu won his policy 130 seats in israeli parliament the knesset making him the leader of the biggest party in the israeli parliament so that is why he was given the 1st opportunity but try as he

might he certainly tried over the last few weeks to try to assemble a coalition he can't get the magic number which is 61 a majority in the 120 c. class it so if that maintains all the way through until midnight tonight local time then riven rivlin the president will have to decide who to give it to next whether that would be the opposition leader who leads a party was 17 seats the 2nd biggest party in the knesset or potentially to another right wing leader naftali bennett who only has 7 seats for his party but for whom there is some right wing support reports even that netanyahu may well try to recommend him to the president and his party to be given the mandate next the other option is for the president simply to give it to the parliament itself for anybody to come forward potentially with a viable coalition still to come here on al-jazeera 50 days of hunger strike supporters of

a detained type protest leader fear for his health and opportunity for the opposition in chad but it's a long way away from stability will tell you why. hello there that show you where the heaviest rain is falling right now in china it's towards southern areas of the country concerning a bit is while because this is falling the bulk of the moisture falling over the pearl river and this is like a firehose of moisture that we're dealing with across taiwan pushing into japan so some soggy weather on tap there on wednesday for osaka for honshu tokyo 24 degrees but it's a quick moving system so by thursday the bulk of that moisture out toward the pacific northwest ok we've got some heavier spells of rain drenching rain for

sumatra getting into some breaks now for central and southern parts of indochina but still seeing some heavier concentrations particularly for northern laos on wednesday where you could see some downpours of rain off to india then and once again the area of concern really west bengal into bangladesh where we could see some severe thunderstorms spark up here on wednesday in the middle east we've got this cloud here and we got just the right wind to what pop and look what it did this severe storm in moscow it's on monday and as we head toward wednesday there is a risk of seeing some weather like that as we head toward the border with the united arab emirates. killing the debate. and amplified you will fully secure only human narrative the media will miss the true story no topic is off the table why in the

world would we humanize an individual domestic terrorist this was an illegal occupation of a country what they're doing is they're removing all its historical revisionism this is where a global audience becomes a global community on al-jazeera. ok let's update your top stories for you so far this half hour india's official count of corona virus infections since the start of the pandemic as a past 20000000 with more than 220000 deaths a surge in infections has been blamed on government mismanagement and more contagious covert 19 variants. an elevated metro line has collapsed in mexico city

sending a train crashing down on to the cars below at least $23.00 people were killed the president says there will be a thorough investigation into what went wrong and who's to blame. it's been 6 months since the start of the conflict in ethiopia's 2 gray region amnesty international has just published a report which says a lack of international response to the crisis in ukraine has led to a number of human rights violations. foreign ministers from the group of 7 western democracies or g 7 a meeting right now in london for the 1st time since the pandemic began their hashing out policies to deal with covert 19 global security and climate change relations with russia and china are also expected to dominate much of their 2 day summit in the parker joins us live from london soon leave their list of the topics they're going through it's a biggie. it's pretty packed isn't it this of course is the 1st return to face to face diplomacy in 2 years there's an

awful lot of ground to cover although the talks of course taking place behind mosque behind pushbikes screens many of them meetings bilateral talks rather than group discussions and the delegates will have to take regular covert tests as well such are all the times that we are in at the moment but the hope is at least that zoom diplomacy will be something of the past they are setting new milestones for the g. step the g. 7 they began the day by talking about myanmar. discussions about putting more pressure on the military john to that before shifting discussions to syria and libya now oh to the brink of the u.s. actually a state at least is holding talks about eastern europe about russia ukraine. many many months of violent protests against the reelection of alexander look at shanghai one of europe's last political strongman that concerns to about the military buildup on the border between ukraine and russia tensions between moscow

and the g 7 remain high and have been very high ever since russia was kicked out of what used to be the g. 8 after it invaded crimea many g 7 countries are of course members of nato and nato in moskos eyes is trying to encroach on russia's form of post soviet sphere of influence there are other issues on the table as well from climate change afghanistan and also the global pandemic and trying to get vaccines out to those countries that need them most it bodes for an incredibly busy g 7 leaders summit which is in may june in cornwall before that of course g 7 finance ministers will meet at the beginning of june as well 2 days incredibly busy time for the diplomats here need many thanks the bulk of their reporting live from london. tanzania's new president. who is following through with

a promise to drastically change the government's covert 19 response amanda 314 day quarantine will be required for travelers coming from countries with new variants will also have to present negative test of border points it does mark a significant shift from the late president john michael fully he openly discourage the use of face masks and vaccines as a western conspiracy malcolm was following that story from neighboring kenya. the rules that a statement from the ministry of health say that they are intended to prevent the importation of new variants and new strains so they apply to incoming travelers tanzania foreigners corinth even with a requirement to provide a negative test we're not yet seeing rules regarding or to prevent transmission domestically but this is indeed a significant change to what we saw on the pre the president john magaw fairly this time a year ago he was saying that tanzania had defeated with prayer at that time we were

seeing league videos of secret burials happening at night with people wearing protective suits burying dead bodies that no data was published since about a year ago magnifier really will so advocated musing herbal concoctions and steam inhalation now since he died 2 months ago we do seem to be seeing a slow but steady change in direction from tanzania's new leader president samir salut who has. brazil's facing a new challenge in its battle against cope with 19 disappears many who've had the 1st dose of the vaccine haven't shown up for the 2nd one or those who did soon find out there were none available monica kiev has more now from rio de janeiro. recently and had to wait much longer than expected to get their vaccines the mass inoculation campaign in latin america's largest country got off to

a late and rocky start in mid january so far only 15 percent of the population has received the 1st dose according to media consortium 6 percent of those lucky ones never showed up for the 2nd shot. to be losing to me i almost didn't i had to take an inside the pill to make it here for my 2nd shot of astra zeneca i was so scared as were. many standing in line with me we were hearing all these stories about blood clots and now i'm glad i came. doctors say that some people have not come back because they forgot or simply thought that one shot was enough. being either block of information into fake news spread by thoughts who deny the pandemic part of the problem but we are also facing problems with the 2nd dose because of poor government planning. 16 states have run out of china's corona vaccine one of the 2 most used in brazil many showed up for their

2nd dose only to be told they were none. have a portion and they told me to return another day but will there be any war. it's an embarrassment this is a joke for those bloody politicians. doctors and scientists blame former health minister it will for the problem. you see as your programme of the health ministry instructed mayors and governors to use all their supplies to speed up the delivery of 1st dose instead of telling them to save part of the stock to go into the 2nd dose the government was hoping more faxes would arrive in time that did not happen there have been delays in the delivery of vaccines and of supplies to produce them oakley india one of brazil's main suppliers is at the center of the epidemic now in dealing with the health catastrophe but brazil has just received the 1st batch of

1000005 x. seen doses the lack of planning will be discussed this week by the senate committee investigating the government's handling of the pandemic former health minister abbas will be called to testify on wednesday. he will be asked to explain why brazil took so long to accept pfizer's offer to begin providing millions of doses last year doses that only just started to arrive. al-jazeera rio de janeiro australia's prime minister talking on the likelihood that anyone will be heavily fined or jailed for returning home from india the government is imposing a strict travel ban including australian citizens and residents outrage from critics who say the move sets a dangerous precedent chance military rulers have appointed 2 members of the opposition to the new transitional government there's now a promise of national dialogue but as reports from the capital and to many the country is far from stable. the crack in charge of the united

opposition is widening there are no more into government demonstrations on the streets and on to belittle rhetoric has been torn down. and opposition candidate in the last presidential election has been appointed as transitional prime minister and is currently selling the idea of dialogue and unity to others who are opposed to military takeover. we need to come together for the nation's interest everyone is their role to play for the peace of the country we need to do that to restore democracy where from now on will count from the ballot box it's a call that resonated with some physicians leaders. and. we almost agree with the process what is more important to these national accounts at the moment i can say we are united in their greed on a peaceful transition and the organisation of

a national dialogue conference. opposition leaders are now in the cabinet that's also made up of the late president idriss deby his ministers and loyalists a move described by analysts as significant. the parliament which is suspended along with the constitution is back in business an indication that the military rulers are desperate to win as many civilians as they can. it is quite the progress made politically the situation in charge remains volatile in the north of the country rebels remain a significant threat so to the armed groups. the military leadership here hopes that the appointment of a respected former foreign minister to head national dialogue will persuade some rebels to go in. the african union has strongly condemned the military's crackdown on protesters that resulted in a number of deaths it's now urging caution i see events unfold. in the bus of of what we shouldn't rush we are gathering data that will allow the council to take

the best decision we have to weigh the pros and cons to decide and with the to ban suspend chad is easy but will that help the country that is facing the most difficult period of. allies including former colonial power for fear that if the country descends into chaos the entire chart in sale regions will see a rise in attacks by armed groups that they say is why they supported the military take over for now the country's military leaders may have bought them serve some time but analysts say how they utilize that time and organize proper elections within 18 months will be critical to greece al-jazeera jimena. one of the main pro-reform protest leaders in thailand has been on hunger strike for 50 days. has been detained since february on charges of insulting the monarchy and

judges have rejected multiple bail requests dozens of protesters pushing for reform in the government and the monarchy and are facing similar charges from bangkok. for the 10th time a request for bail was submitted at bangkok's criminal court and for a 10th time pro reform protesters gathered outside. their there to support prodded known as penguin and the movement calling for reform in the government and monarchy . she has been detained since february and faces multiple charges of defaming the monarchy or less majesté each count carries a 15 year prison sentence one of those in the crowd is chief mother. i want to ask the president of the supreme court to direct this in a role or anybody who has power to police i'm certain explained a video reason to dismiss why my son doesn't get bell. the 22 year old has been on hunger strike for 50 days his personal protest against the court rejecting

barrow i spoke to a defiant in january just a few weeks before he was arrested he was not concerned about less magistrate also known as article 1121 you know. less about just day is something that is written on a piece of toilet paper nobody stuff is this law no matter how hard they're trying to enforce this law it won't have suppressed criticism of the monarchy. the human rights group amnesty international believes the strict law has been weaponized by the authorities nearly 80 people have been recently charged including 6 children. the reason that they do not get them get because while it was a tough game last night this was always seen as one of the political tools to put. one of the latest complaints filed against she followed this protest in front of a pharmaceutical firm owned by the king she was accusing the royal family of using

its influence for the selection and manufacture of coded 1000 vaccines there's a section of society here that strongly supports the monarchy and they see this movement calling for reform within the marquee as an attack on the foundation of tight culture to know that. even though there have been many role families without a monarchy tolland would no longer be thailand and be a different country and i believe that the law isn't used to police. who think differently it's based on facts. there are also health concerns for another protest leader. known as room she's been on hunger strike for more than a month after being denied bail 5 times. what appears to be an attempt to keep protesters off the streets of stories continue to deny bail for the program former leader ship. but the move is having the opposite effect giving protesters a reason to gather scotland al-jazeera bangkok. 2 of the world's top

philanthropists bill and melinda gates ending their 27 year marriage in that time they've given billions of dollars to charity they say they'll keep working together at the bill and melinda gates foundation the largest private charitable organization in the world this committee's $1750000000.00 to the fight against covert 19. updating your top stories so far today india's official count of corona virus infections and the start of the pandemic has a pos 20000000 with more than 220000 deaths experts say the actual figures almost certainly much higher than that a surge in infections is being blamed on government mismanagement and more contagious variance and external investigation is being opened in mexico city after an elevated metro line collapsed sending a train crashing down on to the cars and vehicles bill.