and the lines of france's 2021 contentious so-called separatism as we look back at the history of muslim immigration to the country in a 3 part series muslims affronts episode 2 on al-jazeera. the horn. a lympics city confront together coronavirus emergency restrictions are extended in tokyo just 2 and a half months out from the games. alexander rommany watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes warnings of a catastrophe hospitals are overwhelmed in nepal after an alarming rise in the rate of coronavirus infections. the world's answering india's call for medical help i

said battles and increasing death toll. also a forecast of worse to come most flooding already forces tens of thousands of people from their homes in burundi. welcome to the pro credible restrictions have been extended in japan's capital just 77 days before the show jewel start of the olympic games a state of emergency was due to end in 4 days but cases are still searching and there are fears about how prepared tokyo will be for the olympiad well let's cross over to tokyo for the very latest from our correspondent. just tell us more about the implications now of the decision so close to the olympic games. this decision has been there will expected as we have been seen as we have been

seeing increasing numbers of infections not only in tokyo but also in it has seen one of the highest infection numbers during the last few weeks and even though the government has issued a state of emergency and. should be till the 11th of this month but the numbers of infections they didn't go down the government was hoping that. the so-called golden week it's the set of 40 days. where people enjoy like this don't go to the in japan and the government was hoping that people would stay out of their homes and that this will help to reduce the number of infections but actually the opposite has been many people haven't been. haven't been. blind to the government schools to stay at home and we have seen the use numbers of people like going out for a big mix going out for holidays and even in train stations it has been reported

that the number of people in should be a station one of the busiest stations in tokyo has seen about 300 percent increase from betting with the state of it but the numbers out the state of emergency last year so very clearly that people were not taking enough proportions during this video and it seems that the government has realised that with the situation going on maybe more and more that the situation which. would be worse more than water and this is why they have decided to extend the state of emergency to the till the end of the month ok for the i mean how will this impact now will the debate around the olympic games to go ahead because there is divided opinion and it's been divided for quite some time. of course it does increase the debate about the possibility of holding the games

and certainly it has weakened position on. being very keen to hold. on date he has promised saw in a safe and secure way and very clearly that 2 and a half months to the games that the situation is deteriorating creating and it's not. under control so the bit at the time is that has promised so for the olympics to be a declaration of their humanity overcoming the ban to make but also again this is very clear that that's not the situation and in one hour we're going to see him talking in about the details about the new extension of state of emergency in a press conference but i mean is this probably salome our correspondent in tokyo thanks very much now there are fears that nepal's quote a virus crisis is becoming as bad if not as worse as neighboring india it has

$57.00 times more crowded virus cases than a month ago it is reporting about 20 new infections a day for every 100000 people that's roughly equal to india 2 weeks ago has been extended in the capital katmandu and only 3500 people have died. as more from katmandu. we share 80 kilometers 80100 kilometer border the poorest border with india and currently 10 of the checkpoints are open most of them are closed because of corona virus. 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 mass but you must understand that people are coming in you know in 100. with the very weak health peace and human resources in case it is very talented. or. the 'd existing health infrastructure there to deal with these people who are coming in from states like my rushed iraq are not

a leash where the. virus is out of well spiraling out of control it took a couple of decisions to round up oxygen cylinders in the capital so that it could distribute it to the hospitals in in katmandu in the valley it has decided to look for space to manage 4 bodies of people who have passed away or died from coronavirus and it is so it is so i don't think it's actually thought that far and it is of course there's a lockdown in lockdown which is being. rather for another week and we have wanted international flights and domestic flights for the time being but i think it's a little a little too late this is what critics and health boards and the public are saying . nearly 3 people are dying of covert 19 every minute in india there remains the

toughest battle in the world right now against the virus reporting another record daily rise of more than 410000 cases on friday millions of dollars worth of emergency equipment and medicines continue to pour into the country from governments from around the world but the situation remains di with many states still saying they're waiting for supplies to reach their hospitals let's get more on this more india correspondent problem who joins us now from new delhi holism it seems that the much needed aid is finally getting through to the people and to some states but there's still a lot more work to do. absolutely so we have a number of states including quetta love one of the worst affected which recorded more than 40000 cases on thursday they said that they still haven't received any aid and the indian government has been forced to release 2 statements this week the 1st on tuesday the 2nd on thursday night saying that everything that was received up until 2 days ago has been allocated has been dispatched and this is an ongoing

process the reason why they've had to be on the defensive is the local investigation earlier this week showed that 6 states including delhi which is one of the worst affected will have had the greatest number of people die because of oxygen shortages or that hospitals and those who can't even get admitted to hospitals hadn't received any of the aid that has since been back to fight in delhi though another investigation later on showed that the ministry of health had informed the procedures you know what they call the standard operating procedures for the distribution of this aid until the 2nd of may even though it had started arriving in the country from the 25th of april the government says that well they started distributing the aid even before they formed their procedures this of course is a very long process because not only is there hundreds of tons of aid arriving from 40 different countries but it's the red cross which receives that then it passes it on. to an indian agency which is involved of involved in the storage in the

logistics and it has to be transported around a very big country and of course commentators both political and civil society connecting the dots now are they about the states that held elections and now those very states that the brunt of a new wave of infections. and many health experts warn that the states where elections took place and april would be the worst affected or where we would see the peaks move to and that is what we're seeing the 4 states where elections were held in april the southern states of catalan time and not the eastern state of west bengal or the northeastern state of our some are recording their highest ever cases in some of the highest number of cases in the country that's why cadillac has imposed a very strict lockdown from saturday in chennai in the southern city of chennai the capital of tother not we're seeing those scenes that we saw in the western state of gujarat a few weeks ago which is a very long lines of ambulances carrying sick patients waiting outside hospitals

because hospitals of because hospitals are full there has been a lot of criticism of the government that it allowed large political in the just gatherings to go ahead while there was the world's largest religious gathering in fact a gathering that took place in the state of the hindu festival the comella and kind of according to its highest cases its hospitals are full and people are also dying there. and in tub of lard because of shortages of oxygen and hospitals. always good to get an update of course we'll check in with you later in the day as well live from the forests in new delhi. more than 25000 people in burundi have been forced from their homes after. rose to nearly historic levels flooding multiple western provinces the u.n. is warning of an unprecedented emergency with heavy rain expected for several weeks alexandra buyers rip. 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 they 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 is low. only 15 percent of its humanitarian funding has been met for 2021 there's just one month worth of emergency stocks in the cupboard short term worries me the worst is the fact that the statistics and the experts are saying the rains will continue which means a greater number of people in need of 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 indies

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 out as a historic win for the u.k.'s ruling party why the northern english town of half people $100.00 johnson a landmark election triumph. for him and rights groups are calling it a massacre and calls for an investigation after a deadly drug sting by brazilian police stay with us here on al-jazeera as it was. but. there has been a lot of rain recently in thailand in may and mass sumatra and a good part of malaysia and that's going to continue with fairly heavy downpours in

central and southern philippines as well rather less so in the 0 the so in java but this is more or less seasonally correct tom dear obviously as for australia also seasonally correct what weather comes in tends to come in from the biting clips at least south australia and that latest batch of cloud is a frontal system reduce light showers throughout south australia and new south wales now back really it veers off for the bass strait in tasmania towards new zealand currently there's a southerly or northerly flow into the south island in new zealand which is going to change with a considerably whilst australia sits fairly pretty was sydney's weather improving and nothing like as stormy conditions on the coast of new south wales in new zealand with that northerly breeze which is quite a warm one the rain will become quite heavy in south island yet the orange centers are like to induce flooding not particularly unusual in this part of new zealand but at the same time as the rain moves up the coast you get this induced wants on

the other side the furnace effect and at 25 degrees christchurch is close to a record warm. they traveled down thousands of kilometers from mine to pick berries. to tie workers with exploitation in the forests of sweden when i went east investigates one out to the area. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world i cover foreign policy national security this is a political impasse here's the conflict are we telling a good story. we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feel as if you were there.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me celeron the reminder of our top stories krone virus restrictions have been extended in japan's capital just 77 days before the shuttle start of the olympics a state of emergency was due to end in 4 days but cases are still searching. for their affairs occur and i was numbers in nepal are reaching similar levels to neighboring india it has $57.00 times more cases than a month ago a lockdown has been extended in the capital company do 33 people are dying of quote a virus every minute in india on friday in the boat at another record day the rise of more than 410000 cases. australia's prime minister scott morrison says 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 for anyone

breaching the rules and it sparked a 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 robin city kids an international human rights lawyer she says your straightly 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 strengthen 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 imprisoned 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 governing conservative party has secured an election victory in an opposition labor stronghold the parliamentary seat of party poll in england's industrial northeast towns voted conservative for the 1st time in its history thursday's local elections were the 1st big test of prime minister johnson's government since 2019 well challenges there in harvey paul following

events force it was an interesting day of voting perhaps results for all sides story. yeah i mean a lot of the results particular the council to look results and some of the mayoral elections going on around the country they're still coming in the counting is going to go on over a few days because of cove it is taking longer but that big one as we know the heart of paul by election we do know the results of that chill more some of the conservative candidate has beaten paul williams the labor candidate by a thumping margin she got 152158 half 1000 votes to paul williams 8 and a half 1000 votes now as you say that for hard to pull is a big deal this is a town that has not voted conservative for many many generations at least not since the modern constituency of heart a pool was created back in 1975 what does this mean well you know it's easy to get

over excited about by elections it is just one westminster state that's up for grabs but what it shows is that labor are still bleeding from that catastrophic defeat back in 2019 and the conservatives are still riding high those kind of generational shifts in voting that were already apparent just before the break so referendum in 2016 were completely exacerbated by that referendum basically splitting labor's support base it is for a long time been quite an uneasy coalition between metropolitan more educated younger urban voters essential 8 and older more why it's more working class more socially conservative constituency particularly in places like hartlepool now those people seem to be drifting away in droves towards the conservatives and the big question for labor is how they can piece an election

winning coalition back together again the knives are already sharpening for care starmer the current leader people on the korban eastern left the previous leader they're saying that labor should go back towards his more left wing policies people on the big. right center of the party or the right wing of the party are saying that really care start at least to go back to those election winning more populist more popularly acceptable or at least policies of the blair erosion now seems a quite a long time ago really challenge thanks very much for the update ballots are still being tallied in scotland's parliamentary elections and the results could have a significant effect on the u.k. the scottish national party says that it will seek a 2nd independence referendum if it wins a majority despite the british prime minister boies johnson saying he won't allow it it needs another 2 seats for the majority. now the president of the maltese as

described an explosion that injured his predecessor as an attack on democracy bob initiate is in hospital after the blast near his home in the capital mali rhetorical be reports. mamet me she'd had just left home and was about to get into his car when a bomb attached to a motorbike explained the former president with injured in the blast in the capital molly 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 target that you have a former president still a very prominent political secure a very prominent democratic leader in a region that's now marked by strong in our line nationalist so super prominent figures out a pretty big deal it was target the president of the mold eaves abraham mohammed soulé with seen leaving the hospital after visiting his friend and ally in 2008 the she became the 1st democratically elected president of the mole deaves but he was

ousted in a coup in 2012 led by abdullah yemeni. the motives of political turmoil and the yemeni 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 year history a modest history islamised no one can see. there have been several

attacks over the last 2 years including one or 2 been 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 ethiopia's parliament has agreed to designate the 2 great people's liberation front as a terrorist organization is a setback for peace talks between the central government and the tea 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. mr international is calling a police operation that killed 25 people in brazil justifiable massacre other human

rights groups wants an independent investigation into one of the state's deadliest raids police say those killed in the rio de janeiro's slum included leaders of the city's biggest criminal gang trees a bow has the story. 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 officer rio has suffered for years from drug related violence and attempts by different administrations have failed to control the police agent at a senior was 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 operations 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 was some of the rest of them ziran mori they say the police committed a massacre and our demand. in any investigation joy you said that is a human rights lawyer in rio. the end to do the same dynamic to 5 or 6

houses houses destroyed shootings executions that 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. and. florida has become the latest republican running us state to restrict voting by mail the law imposes new identification rules governor romney designed to signed it live on the right wing fox news channel having barred other media follows former president donald trump's unfounded claims about mail in ballot fraud judas' brown danise is a voting rights expert an executive director with advancement project national office she says florida's move is 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 a place 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 creasing 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 her situation looked at the laws that affected

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