southern areas of the country toward the gang c. valley toward the pearl as well and this is creeping close to shanghai so we'll have to watch for some deteriorating conditions there. al-jazeera. color on the tail of this is the al jazeera news hour live from london coming up u.s. president joe biden backs a waiver of intellectual property rights for corona virus vaccines a move that could unlock access for millions around the world. deciding who lives and who dies trainee doctors step up to the front line of india's coronavirus crisis. still banned from facebook an oversight board upholds donald trump

suspension for now. lost in space scientists monitor a large chunk of dead brief from china's latest space launch which could soon come crashing back to earth i'm generous with the sports it'll be annoying less champions league final chelsea be around madrid in that semifinal to set up a showdown with manchester city in istanbul. to begin with developments in the us which have the potential to change the course of the coronavirus pandemic president joe biden has thrown his support behind a proposal that would temporarily waive intellectual property rights for covert 19 vaccines it could unlock access for millions of people around the world the call to remove intellectual property rights on vaccines has grown louder in recent months but the u.s.

and other countries had until now blocked measures championed by india and south africa at the world trade organization which would have seen patents waived the director general of the world health organization to address. has called the move a monumental moment in the fight against kobe 19 and that the commitment to support the waiver is a powerful example of u.s. leadership to address global health challenges. what hanna is live from washington d.c. now might the by an administration face pressure both at home and abroad to make a move why the change of mind well president biden had made this an issue during his campaign saying during his campaign that he may be willing to waive these intellectual property rights now it's been made official in terms of a statement coming from the world trade u.s. representative catherine tai making clear that the u.s. administration would now back to world trade organization moves to waive these

intellectual property rights for a period of time yet to be decided the about turn not as much as one but there has been considerable pressure on president biden from members of his own party who wanted to see this happen so now it has happened but it's a long way from becoming a reality the world trade representative in the u.s. got some type wants out that the w t o is a body that works on consensus so there will be a long period of negotiation to actually get the text on which all members of the world trade organization can agree but certainly the u.s. agreeing to put its weight behind this particular call a very very strong move indeed mike hanna thank you very much indeed. the world health organization says nearly half of the world's coronavirus infections during the past week have been in india the country also accounts for

a quarter of all deaths reported last week all the while hospitals are seeing shortages not just of beds and oxygen but health care workers to elizabeth cohen and reports from new delhi. when rowan decided to be a doctor he didn't expect to have to choose who lives and who dies a year before completing his medical training at the age of 26 he's in charge of an emergency room in a new delhi hospital on the night shifts with a shortage of beds oxygen and ventilators he has to make heart breaking decisions. what gold we had a friend is what is the conservative record going to receive the marchese of the year mark me for that we are just human. at this point of saying we are being forced to do this president. patients are continuing to die in india because of a lack of critical care facilities 5 died of the state of iraq had when their

oxygen supply ran out of wednesday and is air force and navy and now transported oxygen and other aid while the army has joined the efforts to create more facilities. this is one of india's biggest public hospitals where that money is setting up an oxygen plant based on technology developed for its fighter jets it says it will set up $500.00 similar plots all over the country within 3 months. the plant can generate 1000 liters of oxygen every minute. operative this will operate continuously so wherever such plants will be stored those hospitals will not have to depend on suppliers anymore these plants are capable of transmitting oxygen to patients directly. but health experts say there is also a shortage of medical workers with the expertise to administer the 8 there are these are unprecedented times we have never seen

a pandemic of this size and scale and definitely a pandemic that that stresses the infrastructure not only. basics but in terms of manpower and. other vall takes a brief break to have his lunch but says the intensive care unit or i.c.u. is never far from his mind the song list continues to be not even ready yes do you think that the beep beep beep beep that they are going to be noisy ice tonight that continues to be it was enough. every time we read. but hospitals and they work is it breaking point and his main opposition party the congress is the latest to urge the government to impose a nationwide lockdown elizabeth piron of al-jazeera new delhi. is free to talk to a new take up and pie who is an associate professor of medicine at mcgill university she joins us live via skype from montreal thank you very much for being

with us or talk about situation in india in a moment but but i want to ask you 1st of all about your reaction to the move by the u.s. to bachata riccio waiver for intellectual property on cave in 1900 it's almost like a fish that i sent out to the universe 2 days ago we've been advocating for it for the past 2 weeks and news so so happy that president biden is considering this. we also are hope that g 7 countries can also push for that. they should join us in pushing for these favors it's extremely important because india and south africa and a host of other countries had applied for it and and were wondering whether state what the status of that application was india in particular they're less than i mean less than 5 percent of the population has received you know collation so has you see vaccination so we need to make sure that the president can start in the country so this little bit incredibly health it will inspire a lot of other companies to manufacture and take care of the stock out and you know

the supplies in the country tell me about the situation in india i mean given the levels of infection at the moment where do you expect the peak to come. so if the knock down estimate suggested that it would only take end of june to really let the co of fall and to its creep pretty epidemic level and now it seems that with the lock down with lockdown in place the number of infections going to be approximately how fast and the number of deaths will be reduced by the 100000 so. so the thing is we do hope that they help but the lockdown is not great for the marginalized sections of the society what actually going to be pushed to the fringes of poverty. i gather you've been speaking to a colleague's in in hospitals what sort of parts particular issues are there in hospitals at the moment in the hospitals i think supplies are an issue in the state

of the british oxygen is a major issue in fact the other but i pod has recently passed an all an order that anybody who's denied oxygen you know this is like it's a violation of human rights of people should not be denied oxygen. and there's a black market that is updating and in the province and and sometimes it is hard to figure out with that it is it is a real shortage ordered it is a creative there is also there are also stock outs of steroids and of buzzcocks image doesn't need it so i think that if he could figure out a way to. get some of those 2 people who would like to monitor themselves at home i think i'd be fantastic i know hospitals most of the health care workers are infected so that is an acute shortage of stuff and p.c.r. test results continue to be to. why much of infection spilling over now into neighboring countries. so as you can see if you look at the graphs from pakistan

from nepal from sri lanka and from bangladesh they a battle that they are most of the same you know on an incline of course the level of the pandemic in these 4 countries is not to the extent in terms of absolute number of infections that you seeing in india but the sad part is that these countries do not have the capacity as much as india has to deal with and demi i mean imagine if it's going to be so many people who are going to be decimated because of this pandemic i don't own a ticket punched by thank you very much indeed to fiddle thank you thank you. india's entire delegation in london for the g. 7 summit has been forced to isolate after 2 members tested positive for corona virus is the 1st time in 2 years that representatives of the world's richest countries a meeting in person india is not part of the group of 7 but was invited to attend as a guest if barker reports. the return of face to face diplomacy after

a long hiatus albeit behind masks and shakes swapped for elbow bumps the family photo requiring the widest of wide lenses but despite tight protocols for all attendees including daily tasks for delegates the indian team confirmed 2 of its diplomats tested positive for seeing the entire mission including the country's foreign minister enjoy shanker seen here with the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken on monday it is self isolation speaking in northern england before arriving at the g. 7 in person later in the day the british prime minister insisted the show must go on i think it's very important to try to continue as much business as you as you can as a government we have a very important relationship with india with our r g 7 partners as i understand it what's happened is that the the individuals concerned there were isolating india isn't a g 7 member but it is increasingly

a pivotal ally of the group as a trade partner for the united kingdom especially post breaks it and secondly as a regional security ally in the face of an increasingly aggressive china. india meanwhile has been looking for greater international support in tackling the crisis in the gulf in the country with the promise of oxygen concentrator isn't ventilators from germany the u.k. and others. the virus has been on a long list of topics covered during the summit with the g 7 promising to boost support for the un's kovacs scheme aimed to getting vaccines to some of the world's poorest countries of the $1000000000.00 doses delivered worldwide only one percent of so far gone to low income countries in a final communique ministers are also pledged to support peace efforts in syria to the sahara ethiopia to eastern europe and to restore a rules based international system in the aftermath of the trumpet ministration and

russia and china's more aggressive foreign policies we stood up for trade we've agreed a series of concrete tangible mechanisms to promote human rights and democracy around the world and we brought in if you like the scope of the normal g 7 but the in person absence of india from the summit will inevitably force host the u.k. to rethink ovid protocols ahead of the g 7 leaders summit in june every mind while many rich western democracies are beginning to emerge from the pandemic of those remain in the midst of a deepening crisis and have back out jazeera london. still to come on the news hour israel's president asks the opposition to form a new government casting doubt over benjamin netanyahu is political future. the u.n. report that says 150000000 people are at risk of hunger because of climate change and now the pandemic. and new york's major league baseball teams give their fans an extreme centive to get vaccinated against 19 general has he tells us.

2 u.s. senators are in sudan to discuss the country's border crisis with ethiopia they've met some of the refugees who fled the conflict in neighboring to great fighting between ethiopia's government and forces in the northern region broke out in november and is believed to have killed thousands and displaced all 1000000 people have a morgan reports from camp and sudan's got a restage. dawood became a refugee 6 months ago and has been yearning for his old life ever since he was a tailor in. a region but fled at the start of the conflict now settled in a refugee camp in sudan. he has recently been able to rent a searing machine and start working again. heard the shelling going my

hometown and saw dead bodies on the streets during the 1st days of the conflict there was so many people getting killed i couldn't stay i left my sewing machine behind i don't know what happened to it now i have this machine which helps me earn a bitch to urge to what i received from aid organizations. began as a camp for 10000 refugees but now hosts double that all have arrived after the government offensive against the people's liberation front more than 63000 people fled to sudan aid organizations say they are almost 5000000 in need of aid large parts of the region have been cut off from phone and internet access. yet to hear from loved ones they've left behind as they cross the border into sudan. others say they were able to establish connections only to receive news of deaths all arrests of family members and relatives and after 6 months in camps here some hope of returning home anytime soon. declared victory over the take rate people's

liberation front in november and in march that says fighting alongside ethiopian forces are withdrawing from take the united states which has described what's happening in tikrit as ethnic cleansing says that's not the case the biden administration has 2 u.s. senator chris coons to look into how the conflict can be ended there are still eritrean troops all throughout. and other places in ethiopia it is clear the conflict is continuing to grow it is not over and not resolved there still needs to be accountability for human rights violations a cease fire removal of foreign troops are trained troops in particular from tikrit and a path towards a resolution of this conflict aid organizations have set up offices to provide services to refugees but camp officials say with the rainy season starting in the daughter if they're concerned about the coming weeks. while many refugees live in tents and straw huts during the rainy season the witness can blow away the tents

and the huts won't be able to stand the wall to the ground to be able to support the shelters during the right working to relocate the refugees again to higher grounds to minimize any potential rain damage though it remains hopeful he doesn't mind moving his shelter but doesn't want to lose his new workplace after all his loss at home this little space provides him with something to look forward to each morning. there are camps about if the. facebook has a palate its ban on donald trump's account but its oversight board says the decision must be reviewed in 6 months the former u.s. president was suspended in the wake of chinese attack on the capital the verdict could influence how social media. does in the future take a hike reports washington. as his supporters were storming the u.s. capitol then president trump was posting to facebook i know your pain i know you're

hurt. we had an election that was stolen from us. urging his supporters to go home while calling them special and telling them he loves them for facebook's leadership it was too much facebook and instagram suspended his account indefinitely twitter permanently banned him as well but facebook wanted a board it's set up to decide if their decision was the right $120.00 experts in the field to free speech their ruling the ban is appropriate but facebook will have to review the decision in 6 months i mean the decision is very clear and so far as you know the board has found that the suspension of former president trump was necessary to keep people safe former president donald trump released a statement calling the decision a total disgrace and an embarrassment adding these corrupt social media companies must pay a political price experts say this move was designed to keep that from happening every bit of criticism that's directed at the oversight board is

a bit of criticism that's not being directed at facebook so in many ways i think this really looks like a quite a smart move that mark zuckerberg and facebook you know have the foresight to understand look these are really incredibly difficult issues you're going to be criticized no matter what you do we should create a quasi independent board but it will do little to blunt the criticism the facebook faces on many fronts lawmakers have been debating for a while about whether or not these tech companies are just simply too big too powerful and need to be broken up this decision will likely move that question to the forefront for many of the former president's allies on capitol hill patty kahane al-jazeera washington. benjamin netanyahu his 12 year run as israeli prime minister could be over after the president asked his political rival to form a new government president rubin rivlin a says yeah and they had a centrist party secured the support of 56 of the knesset 120 members

is the latest bid to end israel's political deadlock after 4 inconclusive elections in the past 2 years are a force that has more from west jerusalem on netanya his response. rivlin the president has given the mandate to lockheed the head of the opposition but neither of those people are involved in what is the real battle that seems to be going on here which is between benjamin netanyahu and the leader of a smaller right wing party young mena natale bennett he doesn't yahoo has been absolutely ripping into bennett saying that he's being driven by personal ambition that he's essentially selling out by wanting to years as prime minister in a potential deal with lockheed for a change coalition block in the israeli parliament the knesset that he is going back on various promises he gave jury in the election campaign about not working with a left wing government and that is being driven by his lust for power now set aside

what some people are pointing out when they look at benjamin netanyahu accusing someone else of personal political ambition this is a real bid by you to try to stop this this coalition building before it's even really got under way he is appealing for both bennett and for other members of his party some of whom have been expressing doubts about entering into this very broad coalition with members of the israeli left which would probably have to be supported from the outside by palestinian israeli parties this right wing party does appear to be split within itself as to whether this is a good idea despite the fact that bennett has committed to having said that you know failed to form a right wing government to trying to form a national unity government. 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 at the main contributing factors but economic shocks exacerbated by the pandemic and climate change are also major causes yemen south sudan and parts of booking a fast so a norwegian northern nigeria a said to be at or approaching catastrophic levels of food insecurity i had to do reports. it is a survival of the wall 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 settlement in b. border tom in the volatile jonglei region they receive some food from charities and supplement but with vegetables from a small garden they turn near their makeshift shelter and that they're going. out on my 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 grim reading 150000000 people in 55 countries are in crisis say the office the un's world food program and the food on a cutoff. that's an increase of 20000000 people from 201-913-3000 people in brooklyn a fossil sold saddam and yemen also facing a catastrophe and need a giant action to prevent widespread death and total collapse of livelihoods. thousands of people also dying of hunger in yemen south sudan the north and nigeria the countries highlighted by the report as the was affected to a vote farm and to meet

a giant 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. and somebody 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 the suffering because of it once proud from a somehow does have now been reduced to depending on foreign aid.

this is the news hour from london still ahead 7 years ago that said no but could tomorrow's election in scotland be that closer to saying yes to independence. president in one year i'm at home says france should come to terms with napoleon's controversial legacy as he knocks 200 years since his death. and the f one driver who walked out of the frame this gets one last drive thanks to his own rivals that's coming up in sport. hello nice to see you there's a few areas of disturbance weather makers were watching in europe let me show you the 1st it's this stream of moisture off the atlantic slamming into france we call it the heaviest rain from bordeaux rate through to the border with switzerland but you head now to friday and we'll see where that wet weather starts to transfer spilling into hungry will see

a push into ukraine up through the roof but really widespread unsettled conditions across europe and ok you probably noticed this too right this disturbance has its sights set on the united kingdom so i'm going to take you out a few day future cast will show us friday saturday as we head toward the weekend this deep area of low pressure spinning toward the united kingdom what this means you know the name of the game by now all right blustery conditions heavy rain and unusually low temperatures paris however your temperature is bouncing back up to 22 and you could get brush with some of these showers that's what we're dealing with heavy pockets of rain toward northern algeria that's starting to dance into northern. 19 degrees on thursday with some heavy bouts of rain but by friday most of that rain starts to back off and we get back into the sunshine for tunis temperature up a bit at 23 degrees. from

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i'm going to top stories here on araa 0 the u.s. government has thrown its weight behind a plan for the world trade organization to lift patent protections on coronavirus vaccines it would make them cheaper to make for low income nations the world health organization says nearly half of the world's corona virus infections during the past week have been in india meanwhile hospitals are under extreme stress the shortages of beds of oxygen and staff to. canada has become the 1st country in the world to approve the pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 or above the drug firms

says trials on 12 to 15 year olds show the job as 100 percent effective against code 19 canada has seen a surge in cases in recent weeks and its infection rate has passed out of the u.s. for the 1st time since the pandemic began the same vaccine is also set for approval for teenagers in the u.s. our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat has more. the pirs health canada is placing a high priority on getting the broad population vaccinated verses making sure that adults have both of their doses in fact the data shows that when it comes to canada and its adult population being vaccinated just 34 percent of canadian adults have one dose so there's still a long way to go in getting that higher risk group vaccinated but the decision by the public health officials in canada is that they want to see children being vaccinated as well even though the study has just a very small sample and we really don't know the long term impacts the feeling is

that because children don't get too sick but they can pass it on to these higher risk groups in order to try and contain what is canada's 3rd wave it's been crushing for the country they want to get as many people vaccinated as possible and that's where they're pushing ahead ahead of the european union and the united states in authorizing the age group between 12 and 15 years of age for getting the pfizer vaccine. unions in colombia holding an 8th day of demonstrations across the country with mass marches in major cities and protests is and police clashed outside the national capital building in the center of the capital. it's a live picture coming to us now the tax reforms has turned into why did movement against inequality and rising poverty not nations european union and rights groups have been raising concerns about the heavy handed tactics of security forces more

than 20 people died dozens more have been reported missing in the past week i listen to him was that one peaceful demonstration in the capital hotel. on wednesday demonstrations have been another major show of force some part of the union says students associations that have been leading these protests for now 8 days despite the violence that we've seen in past days again tens of thousands of people took to the streets in different demonstrations both here in the capital but that and across the country the unions have already have managed to try to get the government to withdraw the tax reform that sparked these protests the minister of finance has resigned and now they're saying that they're going after another reform health reform that would promise to further privatized the health system in the country the protesters are also asking for a basic income for people that have been suffering because of the coby the crisis

in the country and they're also now asking for a reform of the police and particularly the anti-riot police that has been responsible for some of the excesses that we've seen and protests in past days as we speak now a number of voter cycles are moving again to the plaza and they're also participating in. the sprout says that that is so far the demonstrations are wednesday have been absolutely peaceful but overnight here in the capital bogota there have been a heavy clashes between the police and demonstrators with demonstrators burning to the ground at a number of neighborhoods that the police as far as the mayor of all that that has said that this kind of radicalism is unacceptable and i've asked for security forces to move that to assist the police that and this situation the government now

is said that they opened an ally dialogue the way that protesters out have but many here are saying that they don't trust the government to truly want to get that demonstration welcome to. join piece of space debris is hurtling towards us and no one knows when or where it will hit as part of the chinese long march 5 b. rocket that north last week to bring the 1st part of its new space station into a bit it's expected to crash down sometime in the next few weeks but scientists have not yet been able to work out the exact details from last year another chinese rocket fell to us landing in the atlantic ocean reportedly leaving a trail of dead in the ivory coast and last month for space 6 astronauts who had just settled into a bit of force to see top because of a potential collision with junk. there are currently almost 3000 artificial satellites orbiting earth space x.

operates 180 satellites the company aims to launch 42000 in the next decade but manmade space junk has been accumulating since the launch of sputnik one in 157 experts say there are currently 34000 pieces of space debris 10 centimeters in diameter or larger than 172 liability convention a u.n. treaty says launching states a liable for any damage caused to earth or other satellites are they space objects but millions of pieces of space junk destined to either orbit out of control for a number of years or burn up in the earth's atmosphere hopefully before contact with terra firma. well joining us now via skype from germany the european space agency's head of space safety holger krug thank you very much need for being with us so i just want to go back to this particular piece of space debris that with you know people being concerned about what is it made up of and how big is it well or

space hardware is mainly a consisting of i mean you but the metal the big using mostly we will also fives you statements to you a photo or mohit with the components like for example the entrance. but of course the blogs are going to you know computer hardware chips circuit boards and plastics and in the case of the part of the chinese a long march 5 b. rocket that people seem to be concerned about. should people be worried about this great chunks of this falling on the heads. it's a remarkable piece so having an object of about 20 tons to be entering is quite rare but if you put it in the context of the overall $150.00 tons of space out there coming down in the year then you have probably the right scale and the whole history of space flight despite of this large loss there was never any casualty so also this case is not very likely people see

a casualty nevertheless i think in spaceflight we should take care and make sure that space objects of all back in a controlled way like this one but they also ways to bring it down in a controlled fashion for example on an. area the oceans and and how is that going to work i mean is that something that people are collaborating on. yes so this is this is something where large space nations are consulting on. certain risk levels on ground seeded by the range of space objects and it has already been of practice to do a maneuver that makes sure that that space object or because basically can be returned over uninhabited area for a specific reason. we see that done in most cases but today there are exceptions where this. or. did you have a kind of a bit of

a window for when this particular piece might. there is a very difficult to assess because it depends on the density of the up with fear ridges which is ever changing and very hard to predict but. an average or. window of re-entry is opening. on saturday and closing roughly on monday getting so within these 2 days expect reaction. tell me about the the overall problem with long term sustainability of space activities and how much of the issue is the issue of junk being addressed and because it was we we saw in our report earlier that the they began crease in the number of people are sending stuff up there in the next decade or so. that's right so at the moment we're talking about an object coming down which is a risk on the ground but on the other hand a great axis a situation in space because in space we do have an equation of sex and the

accumulation is a problem because of the high velocities that is associated with any of these small objects so the average velocity of a piece in space point 5 kilometers. that's 25000 kilometers an hour so at least the lawsuit is even as movies of just one city just size like a model will be able to destroy a satellite when it impacts on the spacecraft and we have as you said 34000 large objects but these are the ones that we can observe on the ground we suspect the number of smaller unobservable object is much higher probably these models sized objects that i mentioned that are really dangerous they could be on the order of one movie you know. so we are risking of losing our spacecraft i mean to make sure that we do and hence a problem and that future spaceflight does not leave many objects behind because

every object we leave behind in space can collide with another and then not only lose its function but also break up into pieces and hence. so do you think then i 3 more effort to clean up space and in which case he needs to pay for that. yes i think 1st of all like in all environmental problems it's always cheaper to prevent the production of debris from the start rather than training up but i think they need to do both preventing their very to easy measures to prevent it 1st of all we need to stop explosions abate that's really happened because of residual fuel on board but this is to be released at the end of the mission and of course the objects but so do be disposed as long as we have them and the control once we lose control over that it will be very hard to get rid of them still you know even trying in europe to tackle this ever 1st mission to remove piece of space debris

so building a space truck they can actually capture one of these and the people have to combine all these measures to keep it in burn. all that out from the european space agency really push it on to thank you thank you. adventures in scotland head to the polls on thursday to decide the next government and whether there'll be another push for independence prime minister paris johnson has said he will not allow a 2nd referendum on breaking from the u.k. but the scottish national party says it will push for one if it manages to secure a majority china our ports madam or not for the 1st time in recent years scotland finds itself at a crossroads an election that will set the country's course towards pandemic recovery and possibly open up a path towards independence from the u.k. . first minister nicolas sturgeon her scottish national party is sure to win he has

called it the most important election in the country's history if the s.n.p. wins a majority in scotland's devolved parliament sturgeon will claim a democratic mandate to hold another independence referendum just a few years after the 1st in 2014 opposition parties like the unionist conservatives and labor can only hope to deny her that as they battle it out for 2nd place but there is a big difference between whether they have a majority or whether we have a party where you can need to work with all the unionist parties and that's what we're keen to see if we can deal them that blow hopefully will take independents off the table for the next 5 years because it's yeah obviously something we want to put a stop to but it means they can't force through any referendums of their own the scottish nationalists have been the dominant party fear for 14 years during which critics say the party's achievements in domestic areas like health and education haven't been great but nicholas sturgeon's assured handling of the covert 19 pandemic and the relatively low death toll that's resulted here as one hope praise and respect

serving to largely obscure the party's record in government. so in the oddest of campaigns conducted at arm's length from the voters the s.n.p. central pitch is about leading the country out of the pandemic but there's no obscuring where the real focus lies the proposal is that we should have an independence referendum when we emerge from 12 it and that will be within the next parliamentary term right no we're needing to get nicholas sturgeon the s.n.p. government back to work here in the scottish parliament in the scottish government let's get ourselves out a culvert but let's have the powers to emerge to make the better decisions about economic recovery about public health about rejoining the european union and the international community and there's plenty of the stuff that hasn't been answered as they can thank you and if the election is being watched closely from your vantage. in the independence referendum of 2014 maybe you're a file scots voted to remain part of the u.k.

because they want to stay in the view that calculus has changed getting back into europe now depends on a vote for independence this election could point scotland towards a 2nd chance join a whole al-jazeera edinburgh man mars shadow government of ousted lawmakers says it set up a people's defense force to protect civilians nearly 770 people have been killed in a brutal crackdown since the military coup in february a national unity government is working underground to oppose the jointer and hopes this new force will stop the violence it's also calling for anti cooper testers and the country's armed ethnic groups to unite. the fitness firm peloton is recalling its treadmills after the death of a child have been reports of multiple injuries including children being dragged under treadmills u.s. authorities initially issued a warning in april which peloton called inaccurate and misleading it has since

called that response a mistake it says the tread class model poses a more serious risk to i don't users children pets and objects. it's credited with shaping modern france and even much of europe but on the 200th anniversary of napoleon's death france's current data says it must come to terms with his controversial legacy emanuel was speaking at a solemn ceremony at the military here is to as much about the reports from not in western france. under the sumptuous dome of lizanne of a lead in paris napoleon bonaparte to 200 years after his death the french president led commemorations of one of france's most famous leaders emanuel mike ross said napoleon was a brilliant general a visionary who transformed from us but it was also time to knowledge some of the more brutal aspects of his rule. do not be we have renounced the worst of the

empire and embraced the best of the emperor to commemorate this bicentenary is to save us simply serenely without giving in to an acronym which would consist of dodging the past with the laws of the present napoleon forged his destiny in the french revolution a gifted military leader and fiercely ambitious he was crowned emperor 35 and went on to dominate europe he created many of france's institutions and his napoleonic code still defined civil law but his lust for power cost many lives napoleon bonaparte was a deeply complex person but a progressive and an autocrat so what he should be remembered increasingly divides people in frogs and western port of knowledge was the center of france's slave trade abolished during the french revolution napoleon reinstated slavery in france is colonies an $802.00 it's a part of napoleon's legacy that campaign

a michelle says was ignored for too long but it's very important to have these keys to understand history as it is and not as it as we would like it to be afraid of in this. new way to look at what the past was is is or is the right way to understand what the present his and what the future could be whether regarded as a tyrant or genius fascination with napoleon induce and this is a letter that napoleon brought while he was on center honor yeah. well show you so it's very rare is very very letters like this one written by napoleon 3 years before his death during his exile on the island of st elena a much sought after by collectors. amid through rounds his character it's his glory his military aura it's why he captivates people around the world michael says

it's essential not to erase history but to face it by frankly addressing the many facets of napoleons role he's broken with previous french presidents reassessing napoleon's legacy may frustrate some but he can also offer a richer understanding of france's past. zira non-western from. the musics are known as warner is probably cape greatest cultural export it originated in the islands off the coast of west africa and the 18th century and spread across the world as many of its people left seeking a better life abroad nicholas haq traveled to the cape verde island of service center to see how this unique and powerful music still symbolizes a longing for the motherland. it is a song written by a woman who lived most of her life in poverty abandoned by her mother as a child at the age of 16 she sang in bars for passing sailors on the island of

saudi sente the sole woman in the band of men zahra evora performed barefoot cigarette in hand only attaining fame after recording her 1st album at the age of $47.00 she sang about longing home. abandonment and this feeling of not belonging it's called mourn a and musicals are taught in schools and keep heard and celebrated across the world . and. when i sing more now i think of my how living in portugal we used to sing together i can't explain it but when i am singing i miss and remember her at the same time what i can do is us bring our love and our styles and. more noise more than a voice but a sound that awakens the soul explains instrument maker ani cyclical mess triggered

by what is called the kava kenya otherwise known as the weeping guitar. ready. vented emotions that the voice alone could not trigger this guitar will bring out the feelings he's in a brood inside emotions that don't have words and yet zits can make you weep does guitar is the echo of the song. once is are over i was buried on the island of saudi sente her music traveled the world carried by generally she said keep virgins who left their homeland droughts and famine in search for a better life now there are more of them living abroad on the east coast of the united states and in portugal than on the islands of keep for. the most come virgins long to return home but rarely do they are buried abroad away from their loved ones and it's this feeling known here as so darn or sorrow that is

transmitted from generations to generations and never dies. it is the inspiration of our poets. the princess of our ceremony. come tell me your name the same. let's unite our voices she can sing. a message from a small island in the town talk to all of those suffering really learn you are not forgotten. nicholas hawke al-jazeera mandela south descent. jemison i want to support thank you lauren for the 2nd time in 3 seasons it will be an old english champions league final off the chelsea knocks out around madrid to set up a showdown against manchester city in istanbul at the end of the month chelsea won the 2nd leg of the semifinals tonight on the night and went 331 on africa because that's the team time with us because it's operate she came from the team

a mason mount chelsea make it to the final for the 1st time since they won the competition in 2012 the head coach. thomas today was the 1st battle jets reaching back to back champions league finals with different clubs having done so last season with paris ashura manchester united will play that postponed premier league match against liverpool next thursday the game was called off on sunday after united fans protesting the club's ownership of broke into old trafford stadium and invaded the pitch united's manager says the demonstration that left him in a difficult position we have to listen we have to hear the fans voice it has to be. it's everyone's right to protest it has to be in a civilised manner though it has to be in a peaceful manner and that unfortunately when it's when you break in when you went police officers get injured scarred for life not

to too far that's one step too far and unfortunately there is. no hope when he gets out of hand like this is a police matter it's not it's not about. showing your. opinions any more cricket australia has confirmed organizers of the indian premier league working to repack threat were patrick all players and officials out of india as soon as possible the i.p.l. has been suspended indefinitely amid the covert 19 crisis in the country there were several positives inside the tournament bubble including china's batting coach mike hussey you must stay in quarantine in india for 10 days there maining a $37.00 australians will be moved to another country and way there until australia lifts its ban on rivals from india they're committed to not only the 1st movement or the motives or or trying to but they're also then committed to.

putting on. i charted to bring them back to australia i signed up for india and i signed up with their eyes wide open about some of the challenges and risks when i went in so that starting out upfront i can't speak more highly for. the basics they are but also all of the franchises work to look after our players and put in plans to make sure that they get home safely as quickly as possible they're very hopeful that the government will reopen after the 15th but we're under no illusion that that's a decision that government has to mike and and hopefully they will to not only get the cricket time but to get more strange terms with the president of what athletics is sebastian coe says he's confident the olympic marathon it can be held safely following a test event in support fewer than $100.00 runners took part in the half marathon race and those from abroad that were restricted to their hotel rooms beforehand fans were also encouraged not to watch in person just $79.00 days to go until the

olympics with polls showing the majority of the japanese public don't want the games to take place it is important that the games are delivered successfully and they're delivered safely and i know that each and every international sports federation are absolutely committed to a deering to the protocols and the processes with the rigor not just to protect themselves but acutely conscious that we have a responsibility in our behavior to protect local communities as well. it's not unusual for sports teams that to give out freebies on occasion hat scarves flags maybe t. shirts that in new york baseball teams are providing an extra incentive for fans to get vaccinated against coronavirus the yankees and the mets will give free tickets to those who take out the coded 19 jabba the stadiums before games fellow team at

the seattle mariners also offering fans vaccines on game day of their ballpark 4th time major champion rory mcilroy isn't impressed by renewed proposals it to create a breakaway super gulf league well number one a dustin johnson and justin rose are among the players who reportedly been offered contracts worth 30 it's a $50000000.00 up front if they sign for the saudi arabia backed projects people can see it for what it is which is a which is a money grab which is fine if that's what you're playing golf for is to make as much money as possible totally fine and you know go and do that if that's what makes you happy but i think the top players in the game. you know i'm just speaking of my own personal personal beliefs like i'm playing this game to try to cement my place in history and my legacy and to win major championships and win the biggest tournaments in the world spanish tennis pro tennis player carlos celebrated his 18th birthday by playing against his idol rafael nadal rafa spoiled the party of

the world number to be 6162 to progress into the last 16 of the madrid and it wasn't quite the present our press was hoping for but he was given a cake after the match perhaps just a shame for him the victory was a piece of cake and i doubt sorry i can resist that. quite well with the break here on this. second seeded medvedev made his feelings clear about the clay in madrid but he still went on to beat a 102 sets to one to reach the rounds. in the women's tournament to world number one nash bhatti is into the quarter finals after knocking out patrick a bit of a in 3 sets a 3 time former champion extending her winning streak on red clay to 50 is. a serious accident in november brought an early end to his formula one career the roman groeschel is ready to step back into the cockpit the frenchman is going to

complete a one off test for a while champions in the sadie's version that will do a demonstration run in lewis hamilton's 2019 title winning w 10 caught the french comprehend june 27th before a full day test at the same track a 2 days later which will be exactly 7 months to the day that he crashed his car the bahrain grand prix and suffered significant burns to his hands jumping back into form on coffee is actually quite natural it is a different from moncada don't be driving in the last few years you know it's been watching so much on boards that are gone we just trying to compare what luis inventory were doing was what we were doing and trying to you know go as fast as they as they were. feeling sitting in a methodist almost feels like i've seen it before but you see unique position to be in. and that's all you'll sport for me are thanks very much and that's it for me

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