domestic terrorists this was an illegal occupation of a country what they're doing is they're removing or just historical truth in this history where a global audience becomes a global community on al-jazeera. the world's answering india's call for help but there are questions on what's happening with plane loads of emergency covert 900 supplies. across the border in nepal hospitals are overwhelmed and there are warnings of a catastrophe. columns are running you want yours is there a line from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes. calls for an investigation after 25 people were killed in

a drug sting by brazilian police rights groups say it's a massacre. and a warning of worse to come as flooding already forces tens of thousands of people from their homes in burundi. welcome to the program the country confronting the toughest battle in the world to contain coronavirus is facing questions over what's happened with millions of dollars worth of foreign aid plane loads of emergency equipment and medicines have been flown into india in the past week but some states say they're still waiting for supplies to reach their hospitals it comes as the health ministry reports another record daily rise in covert 19 cases let's get the very latest on this from our india correspondent elizabeth cohen joins me now from new delhi morning liz more aid arriving and yet the death toll increases is any of the aid having any

impact. hello so well those are the questions being asked here and that's why the indian government was forced to release its 2nd statement this week saying that it is. distributing the aid that's arriving and it's doing it as soon as it can but the reason why these questions are being asked because earlier this week a local investigation showed that 6 days including delhi where that aid is landing hadn't received any of it now the situation has been rectified in delhi at least another local media investigation shows that until the 2nd of may the government had informed the standard operating procedures to distribute this aid now why is that an issue it's because the international aid started arriving on the 25th of april the government says that there has been no delays that it began distribution the aid even before forming these standard operating procedures but

these questions are asked because people are still continuing to die in india from things like a lack of oxygen when hundreds of tons of aid has been an aid has been sent from at least 40 countries one $100000000.00 worth of aid from the u.s. a lot of that is oxygen supply and the governments of the u.s. and the u.k. are being asked if they know where their taxpayer money is going in india interesting because commentators now across india are also connecting the fact that indian states local elections are now bearing the brunt of a new wave of infections what more do you know about bot. if 4 of the 11 states which have a court in the highest number of cases in india right now are the 4 states where elections took place in april that catalan and dublin large in the south and west

bengal and in the east kettler has imposed a very strict lockdown on saturday because of those very high number of cases in the southern city of chennai which is the capital of thumb a lot of the starting to see very long lines of ambulances outside hospitals carrying covert 9000 patients because the hospitals are full remember we saw these scenes in the western state of gujarat a few weeks ago all of the southern states are recording very high number of cases that's why delhi has taken the step of imposing a 2 week institutional quarantine for anyone coming from the southern states of entrepreneur and talent ghana they didn't go to the polls but there is a variant. in those states and delhi is concerned by that even though scientists there say that it's not more virulent doesn't want to take any chances because of how hospitals are struggling here elizabeth thanks very much for the update of course we'll check in with you through the day elizabeth problem of course in new delhi well there are fears that neighboring nepal is becoming as bad if not as

worse as india it has 57 times more coronavirus cases than it had a month ago and it's reporting about 20 new infections a day for every 100000 people that's roughly equal to india 2 weeks ago now lockdown has been extended in the capital can do a nearly 3500 people have died limbo joins me now from katmandu the focus for the authorities really does seem to be those arriving back from india along a very long border area. yes and we share 80 kilometers 80100 kilometer border of poorest border with india and part of the 10 of the checkpoints are open most of them are closed because of coronavirus. the health ministry or health authorities have the district health officials in to deal with those coming across the border taking temperatures handing out sanitizers

must but you must understand that people are coming in you know in 100 still with the very healthily leaves and human resources in case it is very challenging. for. the 'd existing health infrastructure they have to deal with these people who are coming in from states like my rushed or not at the british where that will get. a virus is out of well spiraling out of control the least that these health officials although weren't overwhelmed health officials can do is tell these people to go home and warranty or self isolate and this is what someone from the health ministry told me earlier but yes they are overwhelmed the just tell us what the situation is in terms of the preparations that the poll has made for those that are infected within the country both not just in the urban areas like the capital katmandu but also the rural areas where it's difficult to get aid to sometimes.

frankly i don't think the government thought that far. recently it took a couple of decisions to round up the lenders in the capital so that it could distribute it to the hospitals in in katmandu in the valley it has decided to look force base to manage 4 bodies of people who have. passed away or died from a virus and it is. so it is so i don't think it's actually thought that far and it is of course that there's a lot down in these it's not down which is being. rather for another week and we have all get international flights and domestic flights all the time but i think it's a little a little too late this is what critics and health boards and the public. i mean at

the limbo it's good to have the update from katmandu thanks for joining us germany's chancellor angela merkel is pushing back against growing demands to suspend patents for covert 1000 vaccines the european union is expected to discuss the issue at a summit on friday the us canada and spain are among those supporting the plan but germany says the problems are down to production capacity limits and not peyton protections it's a concern echoed by some of the drug companies but poor countries continue to push for the waiver with some saying it could be a game changer in the fight against the pandemic but many rely on the kovacs scheme which aims to ensure vaccines are shared fairly amongst all nations but the program has faced setbacks its main supplier india has cut exports as demand rises at home . this development continue to be a beauty a momentum necessary to enable us to achieve that goal is a step in the right direction and we believe that when the history of this pandemic

is written history will remember it is moved to action by the u.s. government doing the right thing at the right time. amidst international is calling a police operation that killed 25 people in brazil justifiable massacre another human rights groups wants an independent investigation into one of the state's deadliest raids police say those killed in a rio de janeiro's slum include leaders of the city's biggest criminal gang treason by reports. of a law it was the deadliest operation in rio de janeiro in years the police entered the 5. allegedly to fight the recruitment of children and teenagers by a criminal organization suspects try to escape across rooftops as police entered a slum in our more vehicles and helicopters flew over the area the intense fire fight left at least 25 people dead among them up in his office or rio has suffered

for years from drug related violence and attempts by different administrations have failed to control the police agent at a senior us one of the bases of. the most powerful drug trafficking group in the country was they say among the dead were leaders of the gang that dominated life in the slum at least 10 suspects were arrested. all the protocols established by the federal supreme court were complied with without exception all protocols were complied with unfortunately there were many clashes in the community we should not celebrate the outcome due to the number of people who died there is no way to console ourselves of to the death of a policeman but human rights groups say the operation was mounted to avenge the deaths of 4 police officers a few days earlier the supreme court has banned security operation. in rio slums because of the abuses and killings denounced by residents in the city's poorest areas the institute of public security says almost $500.00 people have been killed

so far this year at the hands of the police. some of the rest in durango they say the police committed a massacre and are demanding an investigation joy you said is a human rights lawyer in rio. the end to do the same dynamic to 5 or 6 houses houses destroyed shootings executions there was an execution one man died sitting on a chair from a chair nobody shoot it was cruel barbaric this has no solution. senor is one of the poorest communities in rio most residents here are caught in the middle of a conflict between criminal organizations and the police that he said and. more than 25000 people in burundi have been forced from their homes after water levels in lake tanganyika rose to nearly historic levels flooding multiple western provinces the u.n. is warning of an unprecedented emergency with heavy rain expected for weeks and

xander byers reports. they've watched the water rising for months lake tangney harnessed by so many in landlocked burundi as a source of life and livelihoods but grown wild and beyond their control now the lakes turned against its people reaching hundreds of meters inland pushing them out . when we woke up the house was already starting to collapse we couldn't salvage anything tens of thousands of people down the western side of the country have evacuated their homes and food stocks destroyed without any way to earn a living others have stayed put. defiant in submerged houses children learning as waves lap at the school door all this despite the real risk of disease or worse. each time the children try to get to the rest of the house

to see what they can say the crocodiles chased them away crocodiles are hunting everywhere and these waters like the water aid agencies are rushing in the task is monumental burundi is one of the most densely populated and poorest countries in africa the amount of usable land and resources are low. only 15 percent of its humanitarian funding has been met for 2021 there's just one month worth of emergency stocks in the covered short term what worries me the worst is the fact that the statistics and the experts are saying that the rains will continue which means a greater number of people in need emergency assistance and most critical about emergency assistance is access to shelter it is safe drinking water it is better hygiene and sanitation services and while tides may change this situation will not experts blame climate change for new more damaging rainy seasons much of the

windies coastline will have to be permanently abandoned here one of the world's most vulnerable populations is already shouldering the burden of its new normal. alexandra byers al-jazeera. well still ahead here on al-jazeera the talk of democracy the moldings president announces an explosion that injured his predecessor. the swans a coke a bottle of wine a moved in space is up for auction we'll tell you what it's expected to fetch. hello there let's try the what weather across europe on friday we can see some pretty heavy pockets towards slovenia and croatia we track that through western romania into ukraine and bella ruse also some rain for poland where there is the

risk of flooding just because we have seen drenching rains over the last few days across the iberian peninsula temperatures are warming up madrid 26 degrees and france in germany give it a bit because your temperatures are on the way up so berlin by monday you're 27 degrees. that is a good 10 degrees above average unfortunately the same cannot be said for the united kingdom we have this deep area of low pressure sliding in over the weekend it is associated with the southerly flow so it's going to bump up the temperature in london to 19 degrees and there's those high temperatures paris $27.00 brussels $24.00 so the heavy rain in the u.k. we're also seeing flooding rains start to ease for areas of northern algeria and northern tunisia particularly in algeria where it has been deadly we also running the risk of a sandstorm across areas of libya benghazi this will impact you with

a high of $42.00 degrees on friday. but. it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy impacts all of our key if you're putting more money into the hands of some 1st keiki money out of the hands of other workers everyone goes to their camp he becomes a us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the bottom line that they questions on out is the. be the hero world news. washington.

welcome back you're watching officer with me so ho robin a reminder of our top stories india's government is facing tough questions on the whereabouts of billions of dollars worth of foreign aid sent to combat it spiraling coronavirus are break some states say they're still waiting to supplies to reach their hospitals. there are fears quote a virus numbers in neighboring nepal are reaching similar levels to india it has $57.00 times more cases than it had a month ago a lockdown has been extended in the capital kathmandu and at least 25 people are being killed in a police operation targeting drug traffickers in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro human rights activists have called it a massacre accusing officers of carrying out executions. australia's prime minister scott morrison says a repatriation flights for its citizens stranded in india will resume in 8 days last week the government imposed a strict travel ban for citizens and residents with harsh penalties that anyone

breaching the rules it's part of a fierce backlash with critics saying it set a dangerous precedent it was the 1st time australia made coming home a potential criminal offense for its own citizens robbia sadiq is an international humanitarian law if she says the australian government has broken its promise to protect its citizens. i hear stories every day speaking to relatives and friends of the paralyzing fear that they are suffering from and of course that includes you know strain citizens that are that are stuck there as well the stories that you hear that aren't making the news would make anyone wait you know they are all in such a precarious dangerous position they they feel imprisoned because they have to stay in the prison and in their accommodation in order to minimize the risks and they are literally frightened for their lives and as i said in every day that this.

these bears it's being colloquially called is in place ease increasing the harm for the very citizens that this government has a mandate to protect we should have done the opposite we should have been moving heaven and earth to return our citizens to their place of home and you know they were talking about hundreds and hundreds of people out of 8000 citizens that are stuck in india hundreds of people that went to india because they were the only relative that was able to bury their loved one or be with their loved one in their final moments and they went well before the spike so and this ben that might be lifted in 11 days the reality is that it will still take weeks and months to repair these people. britain's ruling conservative party has secured an election victory in an opposition labor stronghold now the parliamentary seat of hotly polled england's industrial law has voted conservative for the 1st time in its history now thursday's local elections are the 1st major test for prime minister

boris johnson's government since $29.00 team several blocks of supporting regions once considered labor safe seats one conservative at the last general election. qatar's foreign minister says no one is above the law following the arrest of the country's finance minister sharif mardy qatar news agency says it's due to suspected misuse of public money and abuse of power now he has been removed from his position pending further investigation. and that the 10000000 on the action taken so far has to do with the finance minister's public office other institutions and companies observe clear and solid policies of governance and they're subject to checks and balances rules and regular audit therefore they are doing business as usual simply because an office cannot be impacted by the absence of a particular office of officials come and go and public institutions are up and running in the same fashion they were originally built to function. the president

of the maltese has described an explosion of injured his predecessor as an attack on democracy bob machine who's the current speaker of parliament is in hospital following the blast near his home in the capital. b. reports. mohammed nasheed had just left home and was about to get into his car when a bomb attached to a motorbike explained it the former president with injured in the blast in the capital mali the sheet he's the current speaker of parliament is being treated in hospital for shrapnel wounds his spokesman says he's in a stable condition this is very significant in terms of scale them terms a target that you have a former president still a very prominent political secure a great prominent democratic leader in a region that's now marked by strong that in our line nationalist so support prominent figures at a pretty big deal he was targeted the president of the moldy abraham mohammed soulé with seen leaving the hospital after visiting his friend and ally in 2008 that she

became the 1st democratically elected president of the mold eves but he was ousted in a coup in 2012 led by abdullah you mean. the motives of political turmoil and do you mean he systematically silenced opposition voices including the sheet he was convicted on terrorism charges human rights watch said during it means presidency criminal gangs and what it called religious extremists enjoyed political protection and she'd was granted asylum in the u.k. in 20162 years later so they ran for president promising change and took 2 thirds of the vote an investigation is underway into the blast no group has so far claimed responsibility it could be some type of political motivation political rivalry that's always a possibility but there is a history a modest history islamised no one can see. in maui there have been several

attacks over the last 2 years including one or 2 claimed by the isis organization the maldives is heavily dependent on tourism analysts say it's relatively stable compared to other countries in the region and the hope is this is an isolated incident but for some the explosion on thursday is a violent reminder of the chaos and uncertainty of the past in a country best known for its tranquil beaches victoria gate and be al jazeera. if europeans parliament has agreed to designate the to great people's liberation front as a terrorist organization it's a major setback for peace talks between the central government and the t.p. l.f. which dominated national politics for 17 years until recently ruled the northern to gray region fighting between the 2 sides broke out 6 months ago the conflicts believed to have killed thousands of people and displaced more than a 1000000. the u.s. has begun its withdrawal of troops from afghanistan but us soldiers had home the

lives of thousands of afghans who worked for the american government to risk their region washington to prioritize the visa applications to move to the us before it's too late filio contra fury reports from kabul. as you knew she was risking it all when she started working as a contractor for the us government her house has been attacked and she's received many threats her supervisor suggested she apply for a special immigrant visa for herself and her family to safely move to the u.s. that was in 2017 she still waiting for approval in this country most of the people are not agony even the woman who worked for afghans the worst thing is that the situation is getting worse the baby and her as we all know with the taliban would take over the government so what will happen to our lives the main thing which i'm concerned is about myself and my family security who would take this responsibility

because most of the people can do good nice me even though i'm hiding myself but i cannot guarantee that i was who is one of about 18000 afghans who have worked alongside u.s. troops diplomats and other government personnel and are awaiting decisions on those special immigrant visas the process is long and grueling a report published in airlie april found the program ineffective in addressing the needs of those applying by law the application process should take 9 months but on average it takes 4 years if not since the announcement of the troop withdrawal the us state department has said it is aware of the risks afghan visa applicants face and that it is committed to the program but it has yet to commit to any concrete reforms to address the backlog or accelerate. as u.s. troops with. draw pressure from congress and organizations including no one left

behind has been mounting if we don't do anything if we do not expect i'd this process i'm pretty much sure after the withdrawal they will be tortured and killed in front of their family and their videos will be uploaded on the social media for other people to not support the u.s. government in the future dozens of afghans who worked with astrology and troops in afghanistan are also pleading to have their protection visa applications processed the taliban considers those afghans who worked with the u.s. and other foreign countries as traitors and has vowed retribution against the. dozens of afghan interpreters and contractors have already been killed several while waiting for their visas i have no option and the option i have is the only way to die here in this country or get my visit to have safe life in the says since

2009 when the visa program was established thousands of afghans many with their families have relocated to the united states and are zoo along with thousands of others desperately want to join them before it's too late fully accounted for al-jazeera kabul. florida has become the latest republican run u.s. state to restrict voting by mail the war imposes new identification rules governor romney to santa signed it live on the right wing fox news channel having bought other media follows 4 were present doldrums unfounded claims about mail in ballot fraud. to this brand this is a voting rights expert an executive director with advancement project a national office she says for his movies yet another effort to prevent minority groups from exercising their right to vote. what governor dissenters and the republican legislature is trying to do is to make it harder for people to vote well

in this country and 2020 was record turnout of voters and what has happened is that republicans especially at the state level have moved to make sure that that doesn't happen again. because they don't like the people who actually turned out places like georgia where you had african-americans turning out in record numbers so now there is this effort to make it harder to vote because they saw too many people coming out and because we know that the changing demographics of the united states shows that black and brown people are increasing in numbers and that we will probably see a shift in power in this country and so this is the attempt to slow that they've done is that they they actually with rescission looked at the laws that affected black voters in particular so for example in texas the they had

a drive through voting in houston texas where over 127 years mostly black and latino voted they want to get rid of them right making early voting back on early voting hours that they know black voters used in places like georgia and in florida they want to get rid of that or limit that. well what would you do you all pay for a bottle of wine that's literally being taken out of this world the spitters 2000 is among stroll bottles of french wine that have all but to the for more than a year it was sent to the international space station as part of a wider research project it's not up for auction at christie's and is expected to fetch a $1000000.00. truly is a unique bottle of a fantastic bordeaux so it's been tasted and assessed so it's a scientific research and so the reports from the tasting i wasn't lucky enough

to be there because it was done in march in bordeaux this year the reports are that it matured fantastically well so so that's great news. and you can follow that story and all the others that we're covering here on our deserve by logging onto our website at al-jazeera dot com it's updated throughout the day with news views reason of course the latest news that we have here are just so. you want your officer with the reminder of our top stories india's government is facing tough questions on the whereabouts of millions of dollars worth of foreign aid sent to combat it spiraling coronavirus are break some states say they're still waiting for supplies to reach their hospitals and that's what purana has more from the capital new delhi on the response from the government they released a statement saying that up until today.