police are trying very hard to both rent a scenario that happened last week and thousands were rioting in cities across the land. after some protesters started throwing stones at letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area. you're. india calls in the army to help boost oxygen supplies as coronavirus sought to record its. columcille robin you're watching out is there a lot of my headquarters here in doha also coming up. many more mouths to feed are warning the virus conflict and climate change are contributing to a growing world hunger crisis also israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu misses a deadline to form a government giving his opponents

a chance to end his political dominance. and a wave of anti-government protests across colombia with the threat of more to come . welcome to the program india's coronavirus crisis is now affecting the 1st face to face meeting in 2 years of foreign ministers from the world's wealthiest industrialized nations 2 of india's diplomats have tested positive so its delegation is taking part in the g. 7 summit in london from their hotel rooms this is happening as pressure mounts on prime minister narendra modi to impose a national lockdown back in india a quarter of all covert 19 deaths in the world last week were in the country that's almost half of the new cases we've parker joins me now from the g. 7 venue in london as the u.k. hosts this event supposedly a return to

a sort of in person diplomacy but it's not quite worked out that way for the indian delegation. yes an awful lot of planning has gone into making sure that the return to face to face diplomacy goes off without a hitch we know that according to the organizers including the vaccines minister that the aims are always been seek speaking this morning that delegates of have to have daily 19 tests. meetings have been restricted then their number that all delegates have had to wear masks throughout and many meetings have taken place behind puppet prospect screens despite regular testing and the urgency to to isolate if any positive test was found nevertheless. despite all that protocol in place 2 delegates from the indian delegation have tested positive we don't know what variant of the virus has been detected we don't know exactly when they are

believed to contract coronavirus or indeed what kind of contact they may have had with other delegates from other countries over the last couple of days but the house forced the entire indian team including foreign minister john shanker to sit it out and carry on taking part remotely from their hotel rooms they already is that india was here to seek more support from the g 7 countries when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus situation that is deepening and worsening in the country india has seen very much by the g 7 as a key ally when it comes to trade and also a security ally when it comes to containing an increasingly assertive china it had been a key decision a key bold decision perhaps to hold these face to face talks but it looks like now one step forward has led to 2 steps back it raises big questions about the kind of protocols that may need to be in place for forthcoming meetings not only here in the u.k. but elsewhere we know that the g 7 finance ministers meeting will take place the

beginning of june before the full leaders' summit in the middle of june where many many delegates from around the world will descend on cornwall for talks there this is of course a key reminder that we are still in the midst of a global pandemic even if here in the u.k. it does feel as if the country is a merging out of it for the barker for us there in london. thraldom is in new delhi with the worsening situation in india. we are outside one of india's biggest public hospitals where the army is setting up an oxygen generation plant it's using technology based on oxygen generation found on its fighter jets and it says in up $500.00 of these in the country over the next 3 months as hospitals struggle with shortages of oxygen 5 patients in the state of the truck and other latest to lose their lives after the oxygen supply ran out in

the southern city of bengal lou do hospitals are telling patients to make other arrangements but there are no intensive care unit beds left in the city like many of india's cities banga lose in the state of karnataka with 24 patients died when they are in the supply ran out on monday the state's former leader has written to prime minister in the interim already asking him to prevent this tragedy and the government is facing a lot of criticism from across the country from many high court the delhi high court said to the government that it's living in an ivory tower of all people die from a lack of oxygen the alarm about high court in the state of altered where they should be as most populous but also one of its least developed where people are also dying because of shortages of hospital beds and oxygen but with the government the local government denies there are any shortages the a lot about the high court said that it is a criminal act the deaths of people because of a lack of oxygen as

a criminal act on the part of those who've been trusted to ensure it's continuous supply australia's prime minister is resisting pressure to lift a temporary ban on flights from india saying it'll continue for at least another 10 days scott morrison says australia has already begun delivering humanitarian aid to india and he wasn't concerned about the travel ban damaging relations between the 2 countries to die. the humanitarian support the very significant humanitarian support for india has already departed city. of the 100 oxygen concentrators we were going to deliver for them the the masks the respirators the humanitarian support more and more people are facing acute food insecurity a new u.n. report says at least 150000000 people in 55 countries are at risk of hunger war and conflict are the main contributing factors but economic shocks exacerbated by the pandemic and climate change are also major causes yemen south sudan and parts of

the kenya fastener northern nigeria is said to be at or approaching catastrophic levels of food insecurity mohammed our reports. it is a survivor of the war that's rabid south sudan for years displaced many times during the conflict she now lives with her husband and 4 members of their extended family in an informal settlements in the border town in the volatile jonglei region they receive some food from charities and supplement that with vegetables from a small garden they turned near their makeshift shelter and that began. enemies always attacking us we have really suffered a lot we're always on the run they kidnap our people mostly women and children now our area is empty we lost our food during the floods now we face hunger i hope this will stop somewhere able to go back to normal life under the gun.

but hunger is a global problem and it's growing every year a new report on food security provides good inbreeding 150000000 people in 55 countries are in crisis say the office the un's world food program and the food and a cutter gonna zation that's an increase of what on 20000000 people from 201-913-3000 people in brooklyn a fossil south sudan and yemen also facing a catastrophe a need a giant action to prevent widespread death and total collapse of livelihoods thousands of people are also dying of hunger in yemen south sudan the north and nigeria the country is highlighted by the report as the was affected to a vote farm and to meet again food needs the world food program says $5500000000.00 will be required this year. covered 1000 has also shown the ever widening gap

between the rich and the poor and how the most economically vulnerable households will be the hardest hit in the food chain. who has undergone we are going to praise the war in the country the hunger in the country the food crisis is getting worse we pray to god to bring these to an end. and then we have climate change in sub-saharan africa where most of the world's food insecure leave the situation is only getting worse punishing countries that did little to cause the problem. here they don't speculate about the crisis they're suffering because of it once proud farmers and hard is have now been reduced to depending on foreign aid how about the world is either. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has run out of time to form a new government putting his political future in question netanyahu has been meeting opposition party leaders in an attempt to secure enough votes to form

a coalition president or even evelyn will now decide what to do next israel has gone through 4 inconclusive elections in the past 2 years how to force it has more from west jerusalem. so what has happened is again he ran out of time to be the person in charge of trying to put a coalition government together at least in public and now it's up to the present riven rivlin to decide who next gets the 4 week opportunity to do so he has 3 options you can either give it to the leader of the opposition party peter has has the next most number of seats in the israeli parliament the knesset he can give it to the right wing leader naftali bennett who's been offered 1st go at prime minister by both. paid and by netanyahu if he joins them in coalition or he could just hand it back to the israeli parliament the knesset and give them 3 weeks to try and come up with something or else there would be an automatic 5th election

triggered so far even has met both of these 2 contenders. and bennett it's likely that he will give it to paid but there is a huge amount of pressure that netanyahu is piling on his fellow right wing and after the bennett not to join lapidus part of the so-called change bloc saying that if he comes on board with netanyahu then there is no question that he can get a couple of extra members of the knesset to come across defect from their parties as well and give them the $61.00 seats required for a majority right wing coalition government so essentially he's saying either do this or we publicly blame you as a right winger for failing to get a right wing government together. government demonstrations under a national strike are expected in colombia on wednesday anger over tax increases has turned into a wider movement against the president's performance more than 20 people have died and dozens more have been reported missing. reports now from.

i and other terrifying night in colombia's 3rd largest city calley video shot by residents of 2 working class neighborhoods apparently show the police shooting indiscriminately against protesters. during the morning after the scenes of destruction around mistake of the mayor said at least 5 people were killed and 33 injured. in an absolute way any expression of violence an expression that puts the life and the gritty and property of the men and women of this risk the western city of cali has become the epicenter of the ongoing protests against the social and economic policies of president de ronde due care on tuesday the united nations and the european union condemned the excessive use of force and part of colombia security forces to try and contain the unrest we are deeply alarm at developments in the city of in colombia where police opened fire on the ministrations

protesting against tax reforms reportedly killing and injuring a number of people we express our profound shock at the dance there and stress our solidarity with those who have lost their lives as well as the insurer and their families the white house also issued a statement urging the at most restraint by public forces and asking the government to investigate any human rights violation but colombia's defense minister responded saying colombia's forces respect human rights and blamed criminal gangs for to violence. our national police our army and navy act in strict compliance with the law these vandals that we have already did now nst acts systematically deliberately and are financed by criminal organizations and they have the objective of destabilizing certain regions every day they change their objectives yesterday if you objective was the police orders to shoot out police officers the spike the

violence the demonstrations will continue with started this approach tax hikes has billowed to a nationwide cry against inequalities and now police brutality major unions have called for another nation wide demonstrations on wednesday while cities like cali are bracing for what could be another night of terror alison. well still ahead here on al-jazeera rewarded for her defiance her campaign of freedom the right wing government told on spain's capital. and hope of greener pastures as south korea launches a scheme to boost tourism to stay with us here just so. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways hello

there the heavy rain that we had over japan has now pushed off to the pacific let me show you this is our satellite picture these are the clouds hanging over the island but it's a dry day in store for thursday so where can we find some what weather this breakthrough taiwan taipei we can expect that in the forecast for you on thursday and we've also got some bouts of heavier rain toward the yangtze valley and the pearl valley shanghai you're going to get into this wet weather on thursday as well with a high of 24 degrees off to india were much like we've been experiencing over the last few days the zones of. concern or toward the south of the country toward the east west bengal into bangladesh but i do think that the severe storms will stay centered over west bengal through calcutta and bangladesh i think that you're going to escape the worst of these storms on thursday that's to say that you still won't get severe thunderstorms they just won't be as bad as what we've experienced over

through north northern afghanistan into northern pakistan we've got somewhat weather in store have your pockets of rain can be expected here and i did want to show you this put this on the radar for you ahead of the bouts of rain through the caucuses in particular azerbaijan heavy rain and we've got snow for a higher elevation. at ways. heroes and humanitarian. rule for the. you know me who defended sorry able against attack by substance use. looks back to the life of the late you find do the. show you know mind. just you.

welcome back you're watching officer with the cell robin a reminder of our top stories the indian delegation to a g. 7 summit in the u.k. is self isolating after 2 members tested positive for corona virus the group of 7 wealthy democracies are discussing that scenes as they face growing pressure to share stockpiles. and india has reported another record number of quote a virus deaths with almost 3800 in the past 24 hours it accounted for one in 4 of the walls cope with 19 deaths last week. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a lot of time to form a new coalition government putting his political future in question israel's hard for inconclusive elections in 2 years. spanish voters have returned the rightwing

government to power in madrid's regional elections the regional leader of the conservative party is about the as they used to fight pressure from the national government to impose lock downs and kept bars open the vote saw a record turnout despite the credit i was pandemic the leader of the left wing alliance public says that he'll leave politics after his party's poor result miguel and acts on what i don't know is a spanish journalist and political commentator he says it's likely the result will have a huge effect on the central government. the conservative party has got 44 percent of the vote they certainly don't have 44 percent of the vote in the whole of spain but what is significant is the collapse of the socialist start i think. really sense a very very strong signal for what is going to happen if there is a general election because the socialist party is in power and it was the 1st political force in madrid now it's the 3rd and it has lost

a 3rd of its votes and many of them actually have gone to the conservatives and another very important development the disappearance of the centrist party citizens party now what is important about this is that not only the party disappears but actually almost all of his vote goes to the conservatives it's not split between them and the socialists as you would expect so these 2 things combined i think bodes very badly for the government which also well again it's junior partner in government has had a very bad result as a radical left but i must party so it's bad news for the central government it doesn't mean that they are going to lose power immediately not at all but it's certainly a forwarding of things to come in to your judge say yes time when an election and yet election camps for and far later the pen has been acquitted of breaking hate speech laws the person who is charged in 2015 to she posted islamic state atrocities on her twitter account her lawyers say the verdict is

a victory for freedom of expression opinion polls show a penalty possible challenger to president in next year's elections. mexico's president has announced an investigation into one of the worst train disasters in recent years at least 24 people were killed when mexico city's newest metro line collapsed and crashed onto a busy streets below concerns over possible structural failures had been raised earlier present and there is manuel lopez obrador says the investigation should be done quickly and transparently. the southern united states has been battered by heavy rain and tornadoes flash flooding in the state of alabama left cars submerged some people had to be rescued from their homes strong winds damaged buildings and brought down electricity lines in several states hundreds of thousands of people have not been affected by power outages. in the u.s. former minneapolis police officer derek show ever convicted of killing a georgia floyd wants

a new trial citing multiple grounds including jury misconduct busman's jovan was found guilty of 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as manslaughter the police officer was filmed kneeling on george for its neck for more than 9 minutes during an arrest last may his death led to huge protests around the world on wednesday facebook will announce whether it's a spend sion of donald trump's account will continue the tech firm down the former u.s. president 4 months ago after he was accused of inciting supporters to attack the capitol building on january the 6th some praise the decision while others accuse the company of censorship and applying double standards to world leaders. senators from the u.s. from relations committees are visiting new sudan's. for ethiopian refugees it's been 6 months since ethiopia's government began an offensive in the northern region during that time more than $60000.00 refugees have fled to neighboring sudan al-jazeera to the war can report from the 8. states near the border with ethiopia.

semite it remembers the evening when she used to prepare coffees for her family in her hometown of ethiopia's to great region she says when the conflicts reached she and her family sought refuge nearby but 2 months ago she left to seek refuge in sudan scott said i state it was a little a little odd but we left off which is also in t. grey but when the new administration started issuing a temporary dentity cards it didn't bear our identity as a grey and i became uncomfortable the card identified as an harra which we're not i felt they were raising our identity so when i got mine i used it to move to the border and then fled to come here with my unborn child leaving the rest of my family behind that new administration was put in place a month after the to great conflict began in early november between the ethiopian government and the regional to great people's liberation front or t.p. l.f.

more than 20000 refugees are now here at this reception center in castle estate more than 63000 have arrived in sudan since the start of the conflict many say they feared for their lives despite the philippine government declaring victory over the t.p.o. left in late november. was a sunday schoolteacher in his town of buffett integrate he says he witnessed if the european forces arresting people simply because they were to grant. them their own deny election we saw them arresting more than 60 people at once as someone who works for the church i went to the prison to talk to them and found more than 100 others arrested some were beaten some were badly hurt and it was clear they had been tortured or heard the soldiers accuse the prisoners of being spies and some saying they were arrested because of their ethnicity when a friend told me they may come for me i ran away to great. since the start of their arrival many have reported witnessing people killed and say many have been targeted because of their ethnicity their fear to grow in refugees arriving in sudan each

day than when the conflict began but the stories of the horrors there witnessed continue then as the scribes what's happening in parts of the great as ethnic cleansing a charge to my but if your peers government says it's willing to work with international experts to investigate any claims of human rights violations some refugees have been relocated from this camp to neighboring got out of state but authorities say not all are willing to leave here. some say they won't go to the new camps despite dwindling services here they're holding on to the hope that the conflict and soon so they can return home but we're protein the rainy season and this place is going to be cut off to providing them with aid will get more and more difficult summer it says even if the conflict ends she'll wait to see all those who've been identified as i'm here as recognised as the grants again she says if not she'd rather her child live as a refugee in sudan but with his real if mid-city recognised he will morgan al-jazeera one day aid from the sudan ethiopia border syrian state media say the country's defenses have intercepted an israeli attack on several more western areas

including the coastal city of latakia a number of explosions were heard along the mediterranean coast israel has recently hit targets inside syria where iranian backed fighters a base indonesia's economy has shrunk for a 4th consecutive quarter as it struggles to overcome a pandemic induced recession southeast asia's most populous country has nearly 1700000 cases and more than 46000 deaths and illness warney slovaks the rollout and more restrictions will affect its economic recovery. and an internal travel ban comes into force on thursday in a bid to prevent more spreading of the virus just to washington and also from indonesia's capital jakarta. in needed asian capital thousands packed house of sand and station hoping to get home before it's too late but the mood i'm going today before the start banning people from the 6th of may i'm afraid i won't be able to

get home after that for the 2nd time indonesian authorities have banned the traditional mass exodus of workers before celebrations john and you not return to your home town do not go on holiday in your hometown these travelers are trying to leave jakarta before the ban takes effect later this week only business travelers and those with special exemptions will be permitted to travel under the restrictions under normal circumstances more than $20000000.00 intimations would travel back to their hometowns but the 1st 50 at the chapel were switching to war but that's sort of a mass movement from happening this year the godless indonesian authorities say they have to anticipate the was uncovered 900 cases. in the past 12 months major holidays have coincided with an increase in cases and occupancy rates in intensive care units we should learn from what happened last year so that's why we

want to limit the people mobility because of the potential impact it gets from one area there's. in recent weeks scenes of crowded markets have led to concerns that people are dropping their god during the holiday season health experts warn the situation is far from under control at least if he's going to be have the ones we already have the $670.00 we already have. such as well yeah the decision to cancel travel isn't popular with everyone for many this aid will be a period of financial hardship some transport workers have had their wages cut but some of. the situation has had such a bad impact on my family my income now is only half of my expenditure. for millions this time of year is difficult for other reasons for the 2nd year housekeeper in a washing will be away from her loved ones during what is normally

a family celebration. because i'm so sad thinking about my family back home but i can't go i'm alone i am far away. but the government says it's putting safety 1st that people must be patient and stay put to protect themselves and their families jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. now south korea has lifted compulsory quarantine for returning residents if they can prove that they've been vaccinated against covert 19 and the capital seoul has launched an initiative to boost tourism as well but mcbride reports. a new center to promote tourism has opened in seoul just as south korea prepares to welcome back visitors whether coming here to experience the culture or for so-called medical tourism this is a government supported initiative to help restore the battered tourism sector as it adapts to a post pandemic world. gun to his head on new tourism trends might be different

from the past they could be more local to us and a growing demand for non face to face digital tourism as well as more individual tourists rather than groups. this center is home to start ups like this one developing or mentored reality technology to help visitors when you've downloaded the app onto your smartphone it senses where you are then tells you what's nearby in terms of restaurants cafes tourist attractions and if there are any discounts to be had effectively your own interactive guide but i'm curious and. in order to survive this downturn businesses like ours need help we're also looking at expanding into overseas markets and we can collaborate with other companies located here. a far more significance potentially and also now available for download this vaccination app to prove you've been inoculated it raises the prospect of much

freer movement with other countries that have the pandemic under control and that have similar vaccination passport technology. will have to work with other countries to make sure how to verify the authenticity of certificates issued elsewhere we proceed being given to countries that we visit frequently where the inbound or outbound south korea is preparing to open its doors once more robin bride al-jazeera sold. your geologist 0 if we sell rahman in doha a reminder of our top stories now the indian delegation to the g 7 is self isolating in the u.k. and will turn the meetings virtually to 2 members tested positive for corona virus the group of 7 wealthy democracy as well discuss that scenes as they face growing pressure to share stockpiles needs.