with consulting the people who have to live with the. psychs pick up lines in the sand on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. over there i mean this is a live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes warnings of a catastrophe hospitals are overwhelmed in nepal after an alarming rise in the rate of coronavirus infections. in the world's answering india's call for medical help as it battles the growing death toll. australia says the flights will resume from

india next week off to be accused of racism from banning citizens from returning. a by election victory in england offers a big boost for the u.k.'s boris johnson. and i'm peter stamets with the sports small pressure on the olympics with the state of emergency extended in tokyo meeting the presidents of the international olympic committee is unlikely to visit the host city later this month as planned. so the coronavirus search that has ravaged india for weeks is now spreading to nepal where there are fears the crisis will be just as bad or even worse nepal has $57.00 times more cases than a month ago and it's reporting about 20 new infections a day for every 100000 people and that is roughly what the situation was in india 2 weeks ago the lockdown has been extended in the capital katmandu and the government

has tried to ready the hospital system but critics fear is to digital too late across the border in india nearly 3 people are dying of covert 19 every minute it remains the toughest battle against the virus in the world reporting another record daily rise of more than 410000 cases on friday while a partner with l. is standing by for us in new delhi but 1st let's get more on the situation in nepal with who's in katmandu. the picture is grim there is near overwhelming almost getting worse. oh yes the situation unfortunately is deteriorating it does look dire. for the past of the. more than 8000 a new infections on a daily basis which is a record high from that and more than 50 deaths yesterday which is also a record high our health system is quite weak for

a trial inequality developing country so the hospitals in kathmandu and on the border in border towns across india are also overwhelmed with short supply of oxygen cylinders ventilators and other medical supplies it does look like india not made it easier of course because medical supplies often come across the border from india to india need it much as they can get yes we share a porous border with india and we have many many checkpoints are but now only 10 how often this is useful cargo all and you know customs clearances and people all sort of people move across the board it or order. yes and india now had promised. a number of scenes which half of meat which we have of other than half which we've received because of the problem there they haven't been able to

export the rest that nepal has even already paid for. more than one percent i think of and these are that's made it back in from india and china if we have a population of 20000000 so all i mean that's a drop in the ocean. and what kind of help is coming in from international in from further afield. well recently i spoke to the health ministry. and he did say that. we did have resources into the money ending. but then in terms of medical supplies. oxygen. i think this is what is crucial at the moment and those are. short supply. right now to limber appreciate that thanks very much of a story from coming to

a new poll let's cross over to the with tell who's standing by for us in new delhi and probably the aid is finally getting through in india is no there's widespread criticism of the government. yes the government has been receiving a lot of criticism about you know whether it is really going beef seeing images of aid coming in but states have said that they haven't been receiving aid for a while they've been media reports saying that because of bureaucracy aid distribution has been delayed but the government has now come out and said that all the air that has been received until may 5th has been distributed that's also you know note that the delhi high court has run the center and asked the center to not just ensure distribution is to the states but also to n.g.o.s and good lawyers who really been undertaking a lot of the humanitarian work to help people in need right now and it's becoming very apparent is now the indian state held local elections of bearing the brunt of

this rising kovan fortunes. yes you know 2 of the top 5 states right not the mulatto and carolina have are in the top 5 states when it comes to covert cases marash just to remains number 11 of the state cities where we're getting a lot of caseload is bengaluru which is india as i t. have nearly hof the cases of car not to cover the 2nd most hit states right now is coming from that area the other state that's really worrying is the state of the provision of this is one of in does the largest also one of injust most populous states but also one of india's nice medically selves states of this is one of the most worrying states right now and what about the overall vaccination program but it's a situation. where the vaccinations as we know are rolling out but the vaccine you know a lot of people are still finding it very hard to get appointments on may 1st

opened up vaccinations for all adults but a lot of adults are finding it very hard because many states are saying they do not have vaccines for that age group we still have vaccines shortages and many centers but we are hoping that you know what's putting it coming in those vaccines will get wrapped up vaccinations will ramp up soon. thanks very much indeed for that thank you. well straight as prime minister scott morrison says to repatriate citizens stranded in india will resume from maybe 58 last week the government imposed a travel ban on citizens and residents with harsh penalties for those breaching the rules is about to major backlash with critics saying it set a dangerous precedent it was the 1st time australia has made returning a potential criminal offense for its citizens robbie acidic is an international humanitarian law and she says israeli government has broken his 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 by they feel imprisoned because they have to stay in a prison and in their accommodation in order to minimize the risks and they are literally frightened for their lives and as i said every day that this. this ban as 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 the we're talking about how 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 repatriate these people probably also ahead of news are including a very big comes in scotland where supporters of independence say a big win would put new momentum behind the accords. here in the united states florida becomes the latest attempt to tighten voting rules republicans say it will prevent fraud democrats say that's just an excuse to make it harder for minorities to vote. and michael out there might soon be looking for a new job for yourself maybe it's a region where the need for the people have more not like it's been.

coronavirus restrictions have been extended in japan's capital just 77 days before the scheduled start of the olympics state of emergency was due to end in 4 days but cases all still surging in hospital beds all filling up highly transmissible variant is being blamed restrictions have now been extended to 6 metropolitan areas across japan the worst affected being a soka there are concerns about how prepared tokyo is to host the olympic games let's cross live now to check it for the latest from friday's. friday what are the implications of this. basically the diamonds in his press conference now he has described this. as worrying and that's why the government decided to extend the state of emergency at the end of the month they have been expecting this infections during this period . actually the start of a measure which i started on the 25th of april was designed specifically to

increase off infections you're doing the golden week it's a whole recall for vacations and uprightness that strike will emphasize that the success of this. in decreasing the number of infections but don't try to do that it's going to sort of have saved although we saw about 30 percent off 30 percent decrease in the number of infections but that was due to the holy days in that this thing facilities at hospitals so we have been still seeing large numbers of infections it's almost $4000.00 range daily and the government is warning that maybe if they don't do any they don't take any other measures that the numbers would be still they could keep increasing and that. would lead to more doubts about the possibility of holding safe and secure olympic games as you mentioned 3 months

now from the games but the vaccination process is not going. very well in japan it is not going behind many industrial countries only 3 percent of the population have been vaccinated with one or 2 shots and the numbers of the fictions now has reached 660001 the most $11000.00 so numbers are already spread off a new more contagious body and it is also worrying the governments more than the prime minister ones too. ask people to cooperate in complying with the new measures getting that stain during the extension of the state of emergency but also we're not going to see. before this kind of measures that department stores where stores will be allowed to operate until 8 o'clock and sports facilities would be allowed to open until 9 pm so clearly the prime minister stands the sophistication but also

he understands that people have also reached the limit with the betting right all this procedure is absolutely fine with 11 weeks to go to the olympics what is the situation with them they still going to proceed. well until now we have seen many set of a's and they show that 75 percent of the people they don't want. to be held they wanted to either be cancelled or delayed of course the delay is not an option so many of them they don't want to see the olympics because they fear that it's good to cause more spread of the infections and now with the government trying to emphasize precautions and procedures that it would that is going to take 6 to secure the games but still people are very doubtful about that on many are already complaining that the procedures the government is taking are too little too late today we heard from

the judge but in becoming. head. coach he said that the head of the. international olympic committee a committee has canceled his visit which was planned in mid may due to the extension of the state of emergency so the more we come closer to the olympics the more. the more becoming more. or if i believe they're from and thanks very much if i still am of the in tokyo i will have more from tokyo and the questions surrounding the upcoming lympics in sport with peta now thousands of palestinians from the occupied west bank have been blocked from reaching the al aqsa mosque in the old city of jerusalem the compound is a constant point of contention in the palestinian israeli conflict israeli forces set up several roadblocks and checkpoints along the way to the holy site in the small numbers of people have been allowed to pass through it has sparked concern

among many who have been wanting to perform the last friday prayer of the sacred month of ramadan well iran's supreme leader is expected to address the nation as the country marks could stay in solidarity with the palestinian people for the 2nd year it's been a low key affair due to the pandemic but some demonstrators held a rally against israel's actions in the capital tehran to mark the day. britain's governing conservative party has secured and election victory in what was considered an opposition labor stronghold voters in the parliamentary seat of hotly paul in england's industrial north east and selected the conservatives for the 1st time in its history local elections on thursday with the 1st major test for prime minister boris johnson's government since 2019 we'll get more reaction from edinburgh in scotland where journalist danny by for us outside the scottish parliament 1st let's go to rory chalons who's in hotly paul in the north east of england and rory said hotly paul well quite

a win for the conservatives perhaps more of the point is shocking defeat for labor . well yeah i mean it's it's it is a huge win for the conservatives for the candidate here gillmore some racked up. 15 and a half 1000 votes compared to the labor candidate paul williams 8 and a half 1000 so it's no no time in recent history post-war history has a ruling party won such a convincing majority in in a by election with such a big swing to so that party so for the conservatives is a huge win as you say for labor devastating loss and i think it will you know it's easy to read too much into it by election results because there are they are essentially just one westminster seat but there are huge warning signs for labor here and it suggests that that kind of realigning of voting patterns voting

behavior that was already apparent before the bracks it referendum in 2016 and was accelerated by that referendum is still underway labor is still bleeding heavily particularly in places like the poll for you know the red wall these kind of former industrial heartland where labor support used to be strong and is no longer what labor used to be able to do was to have this kind of a. electoral coalition of metropolitan liberal educated voters together with more socially conservative working class northern places like leichhardt to pull that electoral coalition seems to a fragmented for labor and it's unclear how they're going to be able to put it back together again if they concentrate on winning back places like hartlepool then they may alienate the south london bristol and centers like that so it's a difficult one for labor to try and get bounce back from this. national by election also local elections what's happening there.

well the votes are still coming in for that the counting is still underway so it will be maybe a few days before we know the full picture but again it looks like a good outcome for the conservatives they've certainly taken a few councils i mean what this suggests or what is extraordinary about the results that are coming in so far is the conservative party who have been in power for 11 years basically campaigning and winning in places like hard to pull and in councils around the country on a platform of offering change now how can a counted how can the governing party actually do that there's no easy answer to that and also suggests that you know boris johnson is not a perfect politician by any means he's been rocked over the last few years by a series of scandals. accusations of cronyism and sleaze is

handling of the pandemic has been patchy at best. votes is not necessarily holding that against him or if they are they're holding their noses when they go into the voting booth and put a mark on that piece of paper already thanks for that in the northeast of england let's cross the border to scotland the capital edinburgh where john hall is standing by counting still happening there sometimes a way i think any reading of the room. not yet nick frankly remember scotland has a very complicated voting system their constituency seats on a 1st oscar host system region regional list seats on a proportional representation system add to that the complication of counts having to take place with covert restrictions and the full final result has been pushed out to sometime late on saturday we should have a pretty clear idea or

a much clearer idea by the end of friday though of the direction of travel a number of constituency seats due to declare on friday includes some that the scottish national party nicolas sturgeon's party must win if they are to improve their position in the hollywood parliament behind me shy of an outright majority going in to this election and remember it is that focus on a majority a majority for independence that is really the point of this election the big thing to watch in this election whether the s.n.p. wins a democratic mandate for independence that nicolas sturgeon will then use to take to westminster to demand a 2nd independence referendum referendum for boris johnson some of the prime minister said he will stand in the way of it was a referendum remember in 2014 lost by the independent side by a 10 point margin since then we've had bricks it something that a majority of scots voted against they see that their country is being taken out of the you essentially against its will and the only way back into the e.u.

being as an independent scotland and that has reinvigorated this whole independence debate so the questions will she win nicolas surgeon an outright majority no guarantee of that will she cobble together a majority with say the pro dependence greens that's entirely possible will the union parties here the conservative party and scoff at the labor party of scotland have done enough to deprive her of that goal and will this election setting train a series of events that overshadows overwhelms u.k. politics in the years to come culminating perhaps in a vote for scottish independence all of that will begin to become clear over the next few hours the next couple of days a great deal at stake there in scotland that will keep those results as they come in very much for the time being to in holland. well florida has become the latest republican run u.s. state to restrict voting by mail the law imposes new rules and identification governor on the census signed it live on fox on the fox news channel off the

barring of the media and it allows photos for president or will trump unfounded claims about mail in ballot fraud or judith brown deanna's says voting rights expert and executive director of the vance project national office she says florida's move is another effort to prevent people in minority groups from exercising their right to vote. what governor the census and the republican legislature is trying to do is to make it harder for people to vote what we saw in this country in 2020 was record turnout a vote for and what has happened is that republicans the best least the state level has moved to make sure that that doesn't happen again because they don't like the people who actually turned out places like georgia when you had african-americans turning out in record number 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 being have to slow that they have done is that they they actually with precision look at the laws that affected black voters in particular so for example in texas the they had drive through voting in houston texas where over 127000 voters mostly black and latino voted they want to get rid of them making early voting cutting 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 where the u.s. president has made his 1st stop in a republican state to pick choose $2.00 trillion dollars infrastructure plan joe

biden's been visiting the city of lake charles in louisiana where he spoke in front of a poorly maintained bridge bidens a need to gather support from congress to upgrade roads and airports and invest more money in public transport. can't deny there is a real change in the in weather and if we go 1.5 degrees warmer we're going to be in real trouble point of no return a matter of fact a lot of we're going to have to build back now in terms of infrastructure we've got to build back to a different standard not to what it was it's got to be better because the climate is changing off now that it's still going to rise 2 feet when the when it rains still going to get to build for what is needed now and i promise you we're going to do that. the united states has begun its withdrawal of troops from afghanistan but as soldiers head home the lives of thousands of afghans who work for the american government risk urging washington to prioritize their visa applications to move to

the united states before it's too late for contra 40 reports now 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 their 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. troop. withdraw 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 just 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 visa to have safe life in the sense. since 2009 when the visa program was established thousands of afghans many with their families have relocated to the united states and our zoo along with thousands

of others desperately want to join them before it's too late fully accounted for al-jazeera kabul. still ahead here on al-jazeera the morning of worse to come as flooding forces tens of thousands of people from their homes in burundi. this was a corker a part of why nation space is up for auction to tell you what it's expected to affect. the course will come out to phil mickelson proves age is no barrier in american leads on the p.g.a. tour. that spring remains an illusion for many countries in europe particularly in the north the cloud still piling in from the atlantic and that's taking rain with it and that's quite a spearhead a way that we're run through most countries eastern europe that's point one and

then there's this thing does that look like spring to you that was more like an autumn storm to me and that's on its way through the british isles it's the 2nd weekend where this is happen is donald battle because last week anybody as windy or as wet but it will be both now ahead of it's quite warm in france borders up to about 30 and i think spain and portugal if they are nice but it won't but the rain will eventually get in here as well that lock temperatures back and do the same for france at the same time much of central eastern europe certainly appears underneath this warm blooming spring sunshine and that'll have an effect that will warm things up quite considerably by 10 degrees or more for example in berkeley in europe but 25 even 27 by the end the weekend by monday the average is $99.00 and it's been going up and down which is this is the right side to be and that warms does go across the cold towards the sun baltic stockholm reaches about 18 degrees by monday then 22 by tuesday your obvious 14 and the last few days you'll be well below

average for a pleasant change. being comfortable in one's own skin is a birthright or at least it should be a black filmmaker raised by white parents in east berlin in the 1960 s. embarks on a stunning journey of self discovery. a touching tale of family identity lifelong secrecy and reconciliation. becoming black a witness documentary on al-jazeera. a day like we will never give up we will never concede that shook us politics to its core you. faultlines examines the fall out i don't know what the hell happened to the republican party and asks what's next for the grand old party everything i think or

everything is claimed and this is trump's party will the fire overtake the party will it overtake the country folk lines capital attack the republican party off to trump on al-jazeera. you're. right again what about drugs here or much of our top stories this and there are fears that creative us numbers in nepal are reaching similar levels to neighboring india it has $57.00 more cases than a month ago and lockdown has been extended in the capital of katmandu. nearly 3 people are dying from covert 19 every minute in india on friday reported another record daily rise of more than 410006. coronavirus restrictions have been extended

in japan's capital just 77 days before the scheduled start of the olympics the state of emergency was due to end in 4 days the cases are still surging. well let's focus on the problems in nepal the growing situation of coated cases there is the nepal head of delegation for the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies joins us by skype from katmandu as that welcome to the program and i know you've got a great deal on there in nepal and what we've been seeing in india and also in india is a frightening glimpse into the coming days for nepal and. yes absolutely the 2nd wave of cold but truly alarming and devastating and paul and as you mentioned early in your program compared to a few weeks ago the infection rate 'd has gone up by 50 times and if you look at the figures in march for example 100 people get infected every day just in the last

2 days or 7000 a day if you remember 7000 a day and also over 50 that day which is huge number considering that an apollo had one i mean india has about 50 times the population of an apology but if you put those figures to extrapolate to the indian level it's more or less the same and it is catching up very fast in the richer countries we're talking about vaccination rates of maybe about 30 to 40 percent in that pile currently it's less than one percent of the red cross volunteers have been doing a lot of things on the ground in 3 categories and preventive measures in supporting medical services 'd and in fact seen and backs and nations to come can cause our kids right to live as it is a terrible and much yeah it's terrible as it is and as you say there's

a great deal worse to come so what tell us more about the preparations that can be made to to avoid to try and avoid or less than the the coming trying to the. yes we need to keep scaling up the preventive measures as to preventive measures already the volunteers are working along the border as well as conduit the hot baths of of politics and the power covert situation. you might have seen pictures in southern hospitals they're running out of oxygen of they're running out of ventilators or they're running other trained technicians to to operate drugs and latest so 'd these are also a very urgent need and finally and most importantly vaccination as i said you know less than one percent of the population have been vaccinated and this valiant is very aggressive it's very kind of pages and it's spreading to wind a spectrum of the population including younger people. i think what we're calling for is for the international community to act fast to avoid

a human catastrophe and the one final thing with covert 19 that we all talk about is nobody is safe unless everybody is safe right and what do you need to clean need from the international community. yeah we need more support on you know that oxygen some of the machinery for generating oxygen and we may need more support in supporting their volunteers we have a few 1000 volunteers working on the ground. very active measures in hand washing and safety messaging and community engagement in helping the current team and obviously. very much on vaccines and the red cross accompanies law or to the local health authorities on vaccination so that the nation has to be

one of the keys as well and there are not enough vaccine and that all of them of basically help is and support is needed right across the borders now we wish you well in your efforts thanks very much and they've taken the time thank you very much. more than 25000 people in burundi have been forced from their homes after rose to the historic levels flooding multiple western provinces the u.n. is warning of an unprecedented emergency with heavy rain expected for weeks it's entreprise has this. they've watched the water rising for months lake tankini 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 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 emergency assistance and most critical about emergency assistance is the 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. the military in the democratic republic of congo has taken control of 2 eastern provinces for the next month the president declared a state of siege in north cuba during last week to stop escalating violence between all groups more than 300 people that. report critics worry it could lead to an

abuse of power. soldiers in the democratic republic of congo but all villages in beni whether armed groups democratic forces or a.d.f. has killed thousands of congress these in recent to provinces have now been placed under military rule. where rebels including the a.d.f. operates and eatery where ethnic militias have been fighting each other killing civilians and displacing many more a state of siege was declared by president. last week he has put the army and police in charge of administrative court and local policing of baz 2 generals have been appointed as governess replacing those who are elected. some human rights activists say they're worried that civil liberties are now at risk and the forces often accused of rights violations corruption and in discipline could exploit this

new power how young. we are in uncharted territory. we are going to run into the situation for example it is a police raid. and. what we also hoping to have a good relationship with them the security problem here has persisted for many as with all fighting forces accused of atrocities this is the result of the latest in a spate of killings as a burial of a prominent cleric sheikh ali was opposed to the a.d.f. and its interpretation of islamic law was killed by gunmen during evening prayers in beni he says there was no help from the. and so much in the way they could have protected her husband when he was alive they did not leave it all to gort. there have been street protests against the government and the united nations for not doing enough to keep people safe. hands of thousands of soldiers including un

peacekeepers have been deployed over the yes there are asked more than $100.00 armed groups and have had little success. we have to protect ourselves i have complained enough to the government president she said he says his decision to impose a state of siege was prompted by the suffering of those living in the 2 provinces people here say they'll wait to see if it makes a difference but they're also wary that without checks and balances the security forces could easily abuse their mandate catherine saw al jazeera. covers foreign minister says no one is above the law following the arrest of the country's finance minister for element of the news agency says it's due to suspected misuse of public money and abuse of power he's been removed from his position pending further investigation. and the the action taken so far has to do with the finance ministers

public office other institutions and companies observe clear and solid policies of governance and they're subject to checks and balances rules and regular order and therefore they are doing business as usual simply because an office cannot be impacted by the absence of a particular office or 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 moldings has described an explosion that injured his predecessor as an attack on democracy ramadoss sheed who's the current speaker of parliament is in hospital following the blast near his home in the capital mali for target and he has this report. 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 in terms of 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 in an arc light nationalist so super prominent figures out a pretty big deal it was target the president of the mole deaves 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 get me in. the mold. 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 my. there have been several attacks over the last 2 years including one or 2 that have been claimed by b. 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. imus international is calling it a police operation that killed 25 people in brazil and unjustifiable massacre other

human rights groups are calling for an independent investigation into one of the state's deadliest raids they say those killed in a region are slum included leaders of the city's biggest criminal gang throws about . 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 at his office or rio has suffered for years from drug related violence and attempts by different administrations have failed to control it was police asia 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 worry they say the police committed a massacre and are demanding an investigation joy you said that is a human. rights lawyer in rio. and to do the same dynamic to 5 or 6

houses houses destroyed and shootings executions there was an execution one man died sitting on a chair from a chair nobody shoots. 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. now what would you pay for bottle of wine that has quite literally been out of this world this bottle of petrus 2000 is among 12 bottles of french wine that orbited the earth for more than a year it was sent to the international space station as part of a wider research project it was an excellent vintage at least before it was sent into space and is now up for auction at christie's and is expected to fetch $1000000.00 for that you can also get a 2nd bottle of petrus 2000 which hasn't been all that so you can compare. truly is

a unique bottle of a fantastic bordeaux so it's been tasted and assessed so it was 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 port au. the reports are that mature it fantastically well so so that's great news. coming up next on al-jazeera where we have more from tokyo. united step closer to winning their 1st trophy in 4 years people will be here with more.

that's going to spoil his peter right nic thank you very much with just 77 days to go until the tokyo lympics it's now likely the head of the international olympic committee thomas but will have to cancel a planned trip to the city that's a visit japan later this month but after the state of emergency was extended in tokyo the head of the organizing committee admits it's now unlikely they'll be able to welcome the i.o.c. chief. do you know that you know i think it's important for president back to come and see the current situation but with the state of emergency extending i think it's very difficult for him to visit as will put a burden on him. while back is unlikely to visit the head of world athletics sebastian is in turkey right now he met with the city's governor and his sitter attend a major test event at the olympic stadium on sunday ko understands why so many

people in japan remain against hosting these games i want to commit to you and to the people of japan that athletics takes very very seriously that nervousness and we will do everything within our protocols and our adaption to. the coded. challenge and also the safety of our athletes is important to us but also the safety of local communities let's now speak to sports writer at the japan times dan all the words he was in so damn thank you for your time if japan are not in a position to welcome the head of the olympics this close to the games how can they expect to welcome tens of thousands of athletes. i think that the tokyo organizing committee would be happy to tell you all about the recent diving test event and world cup that they held bring over i believe roughly $200.00 athletes from

overseas they've been bringing in athletes from across the world in recent test events we had several international football matches all of these are considered trials and being held in bubbles to to establish the protocols and to help organizers prepared to welcome 10000 athletes but of course not being able to welcome the head of the i.o.c. roughly 2 months before the olympics it is not the best optics it is difficult situation it's been a difficult situation since the start of the pandemic and i think that it doesn't look great for everyone involved specially with the state of emergency being extended till the end of the month ok of ease state of emergency continues but the organizers of determined to stage these games what do you what would the public think. the public is increasingly not happy with their

decision to move forward a recent petition on change dot org that was put up i believe just 2 days ago has already well exceeded 200000 signatures there's been a lot of negative reaction in response to the recent washington post column that called for the games to be canceled there's a lot of resentment towards the government because of how slow the vaccine rollout has been in the country and how people believe that the priority of the olympics are being given priority over vaccinating general public as of yet the public opinion polls haven't shown a clear majority in favor of canceling to games and this is a point that sort of difficult it doesn't really come up that often but right now only 20 to 30 percent of the public are in favor of holding them this summer and another 30 to 40 percent would be happy to have them postponed till next summer so that's basically where we've been at for the last few months all right then lots of

doubt clearly around the games what would it take for the in the pics to actually be called off. it's difficult to say you see if we were to have an explosion in cases in japan in tokyo area i think that you would need something of that level to get everyone to think about canceling the games they have a lot of alternatives that don't involve canceling to games for example severely restricting attendance or closing them to the public entirely and just holding the competition for broadcast something like that would reduce the amount of staff need it would reduce the amount of people on site and it would let them hold the games even if it's nothing close to what we expected it would be when tokyo was announced as the host several years ago then all with some take care thank you very much for its own appreciate it no problem the pressure on arsenal manager make

a lot is increasing heavily often missing out on the europa league final a scoreless draw with spanish side of vieira de mello in their semifinal 2nd leg handed arsenal the $21.00 loss on aggregate and to add further embarrassment it was against former arsenal manager emery the gunners are now likely to miss out on continental competition next season for the 1st time in 25 years via rio both they'll play in their food ever european final and if that one little year for them out of the we are also very proud of vision rails project and it's something that can only be achieved if we all feel very committed to it and keep working to break further barriers in terms of ambition both as individuals and as a group of what we have to divest they didn't have so much. and 2000 men decided to be in that final we know how much it meant to the club to our fans to ourselves to be another planet have a chance to win the title and be in the champions league mechanism if you accept

your job by a big undercurrent and. everybody just. initiative. virial faces manchester united in the final on may 26th in poland and united took care of roma 85 on aggregate but they did lose the 2nd leg 32 both of united's goals were scored by euro why and striker edison. you're always happy no matter what anyone thinks about me when you get to a final even if you've been praised or criticised whatever it doesn't really matter when you're in a final. you've got a chance to win the competition you're in so it's nothing to do with me personally i'm so happy for the boys too but they've got something to look forward to today and of the season. full of mickelson has surprised the field of the p.g.a. tour event in charlotte by finishing the opening round with a 2 shot lead the 50 year old called of the 7 under $64.00 which included 8

birdies it's mickelson's at lowest round on to a since june last year after the round mickelson spoke about the fun atmosphere created by playing partners at joel dominic and griffin act i mean i love the banter i think it's funny and it kept the atmosphere in our group really light we laughed we had some fun things to talk about but we were laughing before we teed off. formula one world champion lewis hamilton has been on it at this year's laureus sports awards for raising awareness of racial injustice the 7 time world champion has been breaking records on the track but often it's he's been outspoken on the issue and for that he was named as the year old rules winner of the athlete as a kid. so that's all the sports is for more on the way later in the pit will see in a couple of hours thanks for that thank you very much that is it for me because my

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