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a by election victory in england offers a big boost for the u.k.'s boris johnson a power struggle in south africa after the zulu queen dies leaving the family at odds over who should succeed the throne. i don't see december the sports with the state of emergency and the i.o.c. president thomas back is likely to cancel his visit to japan just 77 days out from the games. welcome to the news hour the coronavirus surge that has ravaged india for weeks is now spreading to nepal where there are deep fears the crisis will be just as bad or even worse nepal has $57.00 times more cases than just one month ago it's reporting about 20 new infections a day for every 100000 people and that's roughly what the situation was in india just 2 weeks ago

a lockdown has been extended in the capital kathmandu and across the border in india nearly 3 people are dying of covert 19 every minutes it remains the toughest battle against the virus in the world's we'll be speaking to our india correspondents in just a few moments there she is but 1st a limbo has the latest from katmandu. at the moment we are seeing. workers returning from coffee urkel been stricken indian cities or states like my russia or not. the british which nepal borders i mean back home in huge crowds. and. there is the health system has set up. checkpoints at the border to test temperatures to some p.c. ours but there's a just a great lack of like warranty centers isolation centers holding centers which are

very necessary so we've seen a huge struggle in that department to curb prices the health ministry did warn repeatedly did warn of the government about what would happen health officials have been warning the government but i guess that it's like a similar case in india where there was a lull you know early in the event and he says by law still he felt that he protected or like you know south asian immunity was working so the government hasn't been taking those signs seriously and then of course in nepal there's a political a political wrangling going on the political leadership and more focus has been on this on the corbett crisis well india has recorded more than 400000 new coronavirus infections in their day again hospitals and it's richest cities are turning patients away because of

a lack of beds but the situation is even worse in rural areas elizabeth khurana reports from new delhi. a doctor lies a car that 19 patient on her stomach so she can breathe more easily and how to her clear her chest others try to comfort a man who's in pain the patients in this hospital and might be suffering. but in a state with only 125 beds for every 100000 people they're fortunate to be there less than 100 kilometers away from india's capital new delhi residents of one village in uttar pradesh tell out his era 40 people have died in the past 3 weeks that includes the village pharmacist who has refused admission to the nearest hospital 90 minutes drive away his son explains what happened. medically knew. there were no beds available for him at that hospital we tried

other hospitals in the city but they refused to we took him to a nearby hospital in the district as his condition became worse but there were no ventilators available and the doctor said that he had died my father was a fit and strong person he was just 45 years old if he had treatment on oxygen then perhaps he would have been alive all those who the father couldn't find medical care he was tested for 19 a test opposite the village haven't been able to get. work. you know people are getting a feel for a few days and suddenly they are dying almost every home has a member who's here over testing is happening people are aware of the disease but don't have the means to get themselves tested to do it best they need to travel far and that isn't happening when people are dying without a test there's no desert difficult. and i'm a short saying who also lives in

a village says that's how his 80 year old mother hoovered he died. she had fever 2 days earlier and when she heard that my brother had passed away in an accident she fell further the fever became worse we couldn't take her to the city hospital we didn't have time to even try and get her some treatment. this is the health care center but it's closed 65 percent of india's population lives in rural areas villages like where there are few a public hospitals than in the cities but india is facing a shortage not just of hospital beds and medical supplies but health care workers to be gone. in with and. with in food aid in the field over there and. medical personnel in. there because. there is only one doctor for every 20000 people in.

hospitals in india's but just cities including here in the capital new delhi have been completely overwhelmed by the certain cases but it's widely believed that the situation is even worse in rural areas where most cases and deaths are under reported the cause of a lack in testing elizabeth purana al-jazeera new delhi. and will not bring a problem at all who give us an update from new delhi it's being described as a tragedy just give us the latest numbers. well the natives numbers as you know india has recorded another day off fresh cases that cross the 400000 mark and the total death tally as above 230000 that is the official tally and that as we've been before tng is highly conservative and highly under under before to make news today is coming from 2 states and those

are 2 states that have announced fresh lockdowns as cases continue to spiral out of control the fust is the state of ca not to the southern state is the 2nd hardest hit state in the nation it recorded around 50000 fresh cases over the last 24 hours remember the state was already under curfew when the chief minister revised guidelines and has now imposed starting monday a very strict 2 week lockdown in which essential services will only be allowed between 6 am and 10 am and all commercial activities have been stored for this period the road worry the worrying trend that is coming out of the state of karnataka is from its capital india as i d. hub bengaluru mendel accounts for nearly hof the caseload of cannot ga and is also the hardest hit city in the country the active caseload which is above 300000

is 3 times the active caseload of forney in maharashtra which is the 2nd hardest hit city in fact mencken rose active caseload is higher than move and delhi were at their peak and mumbai and delhi are both cities that are more populated than bangalore the worry here is really the positivity rate which has jumped from around 20 percent to above 8 37 percent over the last one week the other state that has announced a lockdown is the state of go are known for tourism and sunny beaches which is really the reason the minister there has pointed out you know. and blame for the rise in cases go on has the highest positivity in the nation 51 percent which means that every alternate pawson that is testing for the virus is positive and the 2 way to lock down in go up is going to be starting on sunday ok thank you so much for that update from new delhi let's bring in amitabh bihari who is the c.e.o.

of oxfam india who's joining us from new delhi as well thanks so much for your time with us on al-jazeera so india shattering a global record with more than 400000 cases as you know. in just 24 hours do you think the numbers could actually be much higher than the official tallies. absolutely has in that the numbers are hugely under-powered it both in terms of the number of cases and also dead if you just speak to people in fact i am candy of the 4 dead in the network today i have which which means this imagine one bo's'n out of one point she begins. getting a few to 4 bits to get samples so the number is going to be higher than what we're looking at this is an absolutely tragic unprecedented crisis that we are facing and we're hearing that the health system is really struggling to cope but we understand that more aid is getting through yet the death toll is increasing is this aid in

the help that's coming through having any impact. that it is slow to come i think the crisis is so mammoth the crisis starts from b. bill not being able to find an ambulance not being able to find a bed people are literally dying on the streets dying reaching for a hospital bed we do not have oxygen be have now seen stories almost every other day where hospitals have exhausted their oxygen and people have died so that it is still slow to come the scenario is is really alarming i don't know what could be done i think probably at the moment given that the supply chains are broken you know what we initially need is immediate oxygen supplies so we have started seeing some oxygen tanks coming in but it is very rarely that equipped given the magnitude of the crisis that we face there are restrictions imposed to go far enough our

reporter from new delhi was just telling us that now 2 states have decided to announce lock downs but we know that the opposition is urging a nationwide lockdown this is something the government is reluctant to do. yes as you having it is a double whammy in a country like india i think at this moment we do not have any other option but to go for a serious lockdown but we must not forget what happened last year when probably we did not need a very very strict lock down but we still went $48.00 and it essentially meant that more still to be pursued in india who work in the informal sector indian labor forces 9292 but sinned in the informal sector essentially in the house and the exhausted their savings into a tree days and they ended up being hungry every day and then there was the migrant crisis where people did not have showed us where they left at metro cities big

cities going back to their source religion is so that's that's another huge crisis going to get out with the lockdowns on the one hand it's a medical emergency a medical crisis unprecedented proportions on the other hand it's hunger and b be losing that let you vote it's a very many tough situation and there's also been a drop in vaccinations because of supply and delivery problems as you know and that's despite india being a major vaccine producer so do you think that india's vaccine shortage could be avoided if potent waivers are allowed to which is a discussion that's being had right now as you know. absolutely i think. we are moving now in that i did actually with a bit into iraq i must say it's really ironic that india which is known as the pharmacy of the world is gasping for oxygen we make even now i think 20000 bus

and of the vaccines have been produced in india but if you look at that actual vaccination india is just around 2 boats and people have got bored the japs so it is critical now that we don't listen to the farmer lobbies we cannot continue looking at profits and we need to look at a people's vaccine so this is absolutely the right step that we move to words we were on beat tenting and other related technologies which hopefully again. production through several other manufacturers not just in india but hopefully in example other countries i mean talk about harwood thank you so much for speaking to us from new delhi thank you all 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 in tokyo but cases are still rising rob

mcbride reports. the restrictions were due to be lifted next week but with japan still grappling with a 4th wave of the pandemic this announcement had been widely expected for prefectures including tokyo and osaka will have the state of emergency extended to the end of the month while 2 more will be given emergency powers but it would in the eyes and feet. about the holding of the games there are concerns raised by the people of japan which i know 1st the current expansion of new cases has to be curtailed above or to cure a limper games the most important thing is preventative measures for the athletes and their teams and to protect japanese nationals. the restrictions were introduced to curb the spread before an important annual holiday period at the end of april while the government says there's been a reduction in the amount of people travelling infections have continued to rise

and the normally bustling downtown district of tokyo has been as busy as ever with people seeming to ignore the public warnings telling them to stay indoors it raises more questions about how japan can safely welcome in thousands of a limb pick athletes and officials with new coronavirus variance rapidly developing and spreading globally your own or not every other man i don't think we should go ahead with the games if we do it will cause the numbers to go up sharply. the coded response hasn't been affected i'm deeply skeptical of the government. the government shouldn't host the games just because it feels it has to the olympics should have the support of the people. an online petition calling for the games to be cancelled has attracted more than 200000 signatures a recent call for 500 nurses to volunteer their time to help with the games when medical resources are already so stretched as also proved unpopular.

we don't have enough hospital beds and the biggest problem is our lack of a pedal for tackling the pandemic i am absolutely opposed to hosting the olympics under these circumstances. and all of this comes against a sluggish rollout of vaccines compared with other developed nations with barely 2 percent. the population receiving even a single jap so far right al jazeera. is going into lockdown starting on sunday it's the latest measure to deal with corona virus which the prime minister has described as the worst crisis in its history he says the health care system is at risk of collapsing mosques markets and non-essential businesses will be closed for a week just as muslims mark the end of the holy fasting month of ramadan went to more head on the news hour including this an attack on democracy the maldives

president did nonces an explosion that injured his predecessor. the biden administration's southern border challenge the latest on high level meetings between the white house and mexico. might soon be looking for a new job following arsenal's failure to reach the europa league final more on that later in sports. but 1st britain's governing conservative party has secured an election victory in what was considered an opposition labor stronghold voters in the parliamentary seat of hard to pool england's industrial northeast selected the conservatives for the 1st time in its history. 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 it will seek

a 2nd independence referendum if it wins a majority despite british prime minister boris johnson saying he won't allow it we have 2 correspondents covering the elections john hall isn't at the breaux we'll speak to him in just a moment but 1st let's go to joining us from hard pool so quite a win for the conservatives there. certainly was in the end it wasn't even close the conservative candidate got nearly twice as many votes as the labor opposition candidate here and that's a pretty significant win for the conservatives they have not be in power here in heart a poll since the seat was created back in the mid seventy's and going back even that so for labor although it is tempting to read lots into election results perhaps more than they deserve this is still

a big blow it shows that you know even 2 years off to the morning that they got in the 2019 general election when the conservatives flipped lots of seats in this so-called red wall which is one brick in that wall it's there this belt of 4 industrial constituencies in the north of england for a long time voted votes of labor in 2019 lots of those change over to the conservatives and labor is still really bleeding heavily from that as this election shows. essentially is a problem that labor has now it's been exacerbated hugely by bracks it was in evidence a bit before breaks but it really really hastened it which is that their coalition of voters both southern. metropolitan more educated. the younger voters together with working class voters in the form of hartmann's of

the north that is fractured now that coalition and if labor wants to win back the the voters in the 4 working class of the working class areas like article it might end up alienating its other constituency in the south ok thank you so much for that update let's now. your partner rory chalons and there is joe. joining us from the scottish capital and imbra so tell us what we know so far and what's at stake. well the results coming in very slowly at the moment mostly showing the scottish national party the s.n.p. holding on to seats they already had in the scottish parliament of the group behind me their one seat has changed and so far moving from labor to the s.n.p. look what's at stake an enormous amount it could be great to really potentially or eventually including the future of the united kingdom itself of course we're not

there yet we're not even at the end of this election yet covered restrictions being accounted as being very very slow but over the next 24 hours or so a picture will emerge revealing whether nicolas sturgeon and the s.n.p. have been able to achieve the outright majority they so crave increasing their share of the seats here in holyrood and make no mistake that is very much the focus here is not whether they win but by how much and that's because nicholas surgeon has said she will use a majority as a democratic mandate for independence and demand a 2nd referendum on independence of westminster from boris johnson the prime minister there he has said he will stand in their way now remember back in 2014 they had a 1st independence referendum here it was lost by the dependant side by a 10 point margin but a lot has changed since not least breck's it many people here in scotland a majority voted against it now see that their country was taken out of the e.u. against its will and there's a growing sense that the only way back into the e.u.

is via an independent scotland applying for membership again and that's what's reinvigorated the whole independence debate running into this election now if she doesn't win the overall majority nicholas surgeon that she craves it is possible at least it looks quite possible that she'd be able to cobble together a pro independence majority with the greens there projected to do quite well here the pro-union parties the scottish conservatives and scottish labor will hope that they've done enough to deny her that prize while they vying for 2nd place overall. it does seem quite likely that this election when the votes are counted will set to train a series of events that we don't make british politics perhaps for years to come including a 2nd vote for scottish independence ok joe and i thank you so much for that update from edinburgh. festival you some breaking news and we're hearing that the world health organization chief has just announced the authorization for emergency use of the chinese code 19 vaccine cinna farm so this means that it is the 6th 1000

vaccine to receive that world health organization seal off approval more on that as we get it's thousands of palestinians from the occupied west bank have been blocked from reaching the 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 sites it's sparked concern among many who've been wanting to perform the last friday prayer of the sacred month of ramadan iran's supreme leader says the fight against israel is one that's opposed to oppression and terrorism. in a address the nation is the country marks and stay in solidarity with the palestinian people some demonstrators held a rally in tehran against israel's actions or talks in vienna bringing the u.s. and iran back to the 2050 nuclear deal have now resumed both sides still appear far

from any agreement on iran's leaders face mounting domestic pressure as deadlines approach dorsett job ari has the latest from to iran. the supreme leader didn't mention anything specifically about the negotiations that have resumed in vienna the talks are now in their 4th round since they began in early april the feeling here is that this is a very crucial stage in those negotiations because this is now well into the 2nd month of dialogue between iran and the p 4 plus one this is about how the united states will return to the nuclear agreement and what iran will do to return to compliance but the core issue is whether or not the united states is willing to come to terms with what iran is asking for and whether or not to iran is willing to lower its demands in order to you for the united states to return to the nuclear deal there is very 22 very important deadlines approaching for the iranians

one is may 21st that is a 3 month that line that iran set for the. remaining signatories of the nuclear deal to return to full compliance otherwise iran will continue to limit its access and cooperation with the international atomic energy agency that the deadline is may 21st the 2nd one is of course the presidential elections here that are going to be held in june 18th this negotiations will have very significant impact there was a lot of opposition from the conservative camps inside the country trying to derail these negotiations but of course the iranian government is adamant they can reach some kind of an agreement before they have to leave office still ahead on the news hour as u.s. troops pull out of afghanistan thousands who fought alongside them say bay fear for their future in sport manchester united or a step closer to winning their 1st trophy in 4 years the cells coming up later with

peter. a few days ago yemen was hit by unusual rain quite a long way eastwards and this was a result in a place where historic buildings cannot stand it these were mud bricks dried in the sun and easily affected by heavy right now the good news is no more there are thunderstorms in the mountains of yemen and probably some in amman otherwise the trend is for a fairly high temperature including in the event there be a change of type with that wind coming up into northern egypt bringing a dust storm and eventually dropping temperatures but not in the immediate future your notice jerusalem briefly rises to 36 ahead of it you won't be alone that's true of most cities down the coastline there is the thing swings in temps will drop a bit and the sound has dispersed that could be a boob will not from the end has jumped south more significant weather this in the

southernmost point of africa in a cape ago has been significant dropping of rain here by significant i mean 6 times the average normal recorded for may in this time which is just to the east of cape argo haase and it's still raining so they'll be more flooding as a result in the western cape or part of a system that it does expand east was this low eventually will move east was so it's got the same potential as it moves to the eastern cape eventually beyond that even to mozambique. from the north of africa they crossed the mediterranean and made huge they'll hold . building their future in a secular line. in the light of france's 2021 contentious so-called separatism years we'll look back at the history of muslim immigration to the country in

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hour we're going to top stories on the al-jazeera news hour coronavirus numbers an appalling have shot up as the crisis spills over from neighboring india it has $57.00 times more cases than a month ago a lockdown has been extended in the capital kathmandu. the chinese vaccine from signal farm has become the 6th job to receive approval from the world health organization that will allow countries to speed up their own approval processes and distribute the vaccine to their own populations. coronavirus restrictions have been extended in japan's capital just 77 days before the scheduled start of the olympics a state of emergency was due to end therefore there is what cases are still surging . the former president of the maldives is in critical condition after being injured when a bomb went off outside his home doctors say mohamed nasheed has now undergone multiple

surgeries viktoria the reports. mohammed nasheed had just left home and was about to get into his car when a bomb attached to a motorbike exploded the former president was 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 the president of the abraham hamad soulé with see leaving the hospital after visiting his friend and ally in 2008 that she became the 1st democratically elected president of the mold leaves but he was ousted in a coup in 2012 led by abdullah you mean. 100 years of political to. 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 norton see. 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. we

can ask has a deputy speaker in the maldives parliamentary joining us from the capital mali thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera welcome to the program 1st of all what can you tell us about the condition of the former president. about 4 hours ago president he went under and underwent the last of these critical and surgeries he's been in century since 9 pm served me about 20 hours it's been surgery but the doctor is about 4 hours ago confirmed that that was the last of the creech. so right now he's in i.c.u. under observation he's the doctors have said he's in critical condition but under observation of the situations there's been little information coming out of official sources on the investigation can you update us on on the investigation and what's happening there. the police spoke to the probably today earlier today

and the police have said that they've identified 4 people of interest during the investigation that will these national defense is to be speaking to the public in about 2 hours we haven't had much information yet we haven't been told of many groups yet to be watching the investigation closely without speculating. go ahead. but i think the country understands and i think their twenty's understand that is flaws a terror attack against president bush the president's that's an issue and against president bush right so why would the former president be a target and in this way and who would want to target him. i firmly believe that this is an act by. firing to extremist religious extremist groups and i think

that's why jesus and the public at least so. given the history of threats against president bush i don't think it would be i don't think it would be too much to say that it's this is by violent extremists. president missed that has the president. not many people in the country have the courage to take on religious extremists i would say perhaps president received is the only strong voice in the country taking on religious extremism in the country he's taken on it really just extremists systematically and relentless the and i think he's more east is a direct threat to them and all over social media and elsewhere we sequenced and threats to president bush it's lined. from people who identify themselves as religious extremists. and the fact that you have former presidents who as we know

is still a very prominent political figure in the current in the country the current speaker off your parliamentary worrying is this. president she is undoubtedly the most popular politician in the country and he has been the so full house the past 2 decades this is very worrying for the country we must keep these as a warning not just for the holidays but hold the subcontinent regional. violent extremism is an issue for the country it's an issue for the entire region and i think we must all work together with our neighbors to. be have to be we need on says on this we have to take these as more to come. a red president a sheaves voice in the country especially where anti religious extremism is

concerned president it's always is in fact i would say it's still an institution on its own it's a narrative on its own so it's the biggest threat that the current. religious extremists in the country have. such an attack such of late and how attacks against france in the she'd said jess that religious extremists are willing to step it up here and who knows who else is in line will know is what the repercussions are right it's imperative that the investigation is and transparent and it's imperative that we crack down on fire and it still is here and we will wait to see the results of that investigation thank you so much for speaking to us from ali thank you for having me. now a vice president's kamel harris says the u.s. and mexico must work together to fight violence and corruption she's been meeting

mexican president and dress men who are lopez obrador virtually to address the goals and root causes off migration the number of people fleeing central american countries to go north is on the rise with record numbers of unaccompanied children being taken into custody by nations face serious challenge close to being an obvious one economic record coming from me as well as the search migrants arriving at our shared border. together we must fight violence we must fight corruption and impunity it is in our country's mutual interest to provide immediate relief to the northern trying to address the root causes of migration. sometimes there have been differences among us however we have a common border that's over 3000 kilometers long and we need to understand one

another and avoid facing. what we have 2 correspondents on both sides of the border amenable rappel those in mexico city will be speaking to him in a few minutes but 1st let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett in washington d.c. and from your vantage point kimberly tell us about that meeting and what the u.s. the strategy was going into it. well this really signals a shift in political strategy by the biden ministration in contrast to the traffic ministration that previously tried to combat the flow of migrants into the united states from mexico through threats of tariffs and that only seemed to increase the animosity between the 2 nations so there's been a real turning of the page with the by administration trying to start fresh and to work collaboratively with mexico in order to try and address what they see as challenges for both nations and so that's what this meeting with about this virtual some of that took place is bilateral meeting was to really try and address not only

the concerns of the united states which is how to stem the flow of migrants onto the southern border through mexico to the united states but also to address other issues as well that are of concern to mexico for example the large number of guns coming from the united states that are finding their way into the hands of the cartels and of course the joint problem of both nations are trying to address and that is the issue of human trafficking so this is just the start of what the united states at least the vice president's office is hoping will be a collaborative approach to trying to stop the flow of migration in other words addressing what you hear her often say is the root causes the lack of jobs that are really an economic challenge for so many of those central american countries the hope being that with the 2 nations working together they can try and create the jobs that will sort of get rid of that of the center for people to travel northward

and we should point out that this meeting comes on the heels of meetings between the department of homeland security meeting with the foreign minister of mexico earlier in the week there again trying to on all levels of government address this issue so that they can work in partnership to try and find solutions to what has been a problem that's been in the works for decades ok thank you so much ken really from washington d.c. miner all right polo joining us now from mexico city so what is the mexican president hoping it's even how did he go into this meeting. immigration was certainly the underlying theme here we everyone expecting that to be the obvious main theme of these talks taking place on friday but the mexican president was also very keen and has been very keen on speaking to u.s. officials about his strategy for addressing the root causes of migration from central america a plan that he's been promoting since the start of his presidency called simba on the v. that we're planting life it consists of creating agriculture jobs in the south of

mexico and what he was hoping to do with the meeting that the talks today with vice president camila harris was to propose expanding that plan of creating agriculture jobs into central americas northern triangle countries like honduras guatemala el salvador were majority of central american migrants are making their way toward the united states are originating from now there like kimberly said there are other topics are of that or of joint interest for both the united states and mexico like the trafficking of guns the trafficking of drugs but these talks specifically today were designed more towards setting an agenda for upcoming talks with regional leaders that vice president camel harris is going to be conducting in the coming weeks and months and also to sort of set the agenda for this new multilateral approach at addressing the root causes of migration from that region and reducing the numbers of migrants heading north toward the united states mexico is currently under a lot of pressure from the united states to do more to stem the flow of migrants heading north mexico's having to deal with this on both of its borders on the

border with the united states and on and southern border with guatemala where there's a pile up of migrants an asylum seekers that are waiting for their turn to cross into mexico a pileup that some officials here some experts here in observers have said is one of the worst in the last 2 decades what we are seeing as kimberly mentioned is is this sort of change to a return to a multilateral approach looking at the root causes of immigration with a sense of urgency that we haven't seen from administrations in the last few years at least ok thank you so much from mexico city. a memorial service has been held for south africa zulu queen queen month. died last week at the age of 65 just a month after being appointed leader of the nation when her husband died she was the most senior wife of the late king of the zulu the single largest ethnic group

in south africa making up a 5th the 5th 60000000 people the royal family has significant political influence but no formal government powers its members upholds the traditions of play a ceremonial role in south african society each year the monarch receives a publicly funded salary of nearly $5000000.00 and he controls millions of hectares of land through a 2 decade old trusts. and to lease a south african cultural analyst and historian he says there are well established procedures to deal with succession. it is not actually. not that there's no success on the record of that when the queen died a prince. who is the next rage in the plane made it out of the zoom in asia and did say that it. is no thank you so when the king died then there was a 3 month putin order where there should be mourning and after the demands of

mourning and then the successor it would be. announced at when the king died then the regent also wrote it we'll as to who is to succeed. you know it into the king so that is where it is at in the right now that after 3 months or 2 months from now an announcement is going to be bait as to whether who is going to become the leader of these powerful nation in the whole of africa will anyway it's only you know a nation that defeated to it 8 a pretty generous in the war in $88.00 us have in 9 and it could turn so many people if one 5th of the people there that control those votes their land is dead and why in a very you know the and it's got to be it looked after so the preservation of

that was were not the whole of that area there well that's. the minerals that are in that area within. in a place be either become part of them so they are all that they play is a very significant one. far right leader enjoyable scenarios calling into question next year's presidential election he says there will be a vote unless congress approves the adoption of paper ballots without presenting any evidence both scenarios brazil's electronic voting system allowed for widespread fraud in 2018 he claims if it wasn't for that you would have won in the 1st round. well the u.s. has begun its withdrawal of troops from afghanistan but the soldiers had home the in lives of thousands of afghans who worked for the american governments are at risk there urging washington to prioritize their visa applications to move to the u.s. before it's too late for your contra for reports from kabul. as you knew she was

risking it all when she started working as a contractor for the u.s. 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 has we all know what the taliban will 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 the proven. as u.s. troops 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 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 visa to have safe life in the states. since 2009 when the visa program was established thousands of afghans many with their families have relocated to the united states and along with thousands of others desperately want to join them before it's too late.

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well again time for the sports who is your skater there in thank you very much with just 77 days to go until the circular lympics it's now likely the head of the international olympic committee thomas bus will have to cancel

a planned trip to the city but was set to visit japan later this month but after the state of emergency was extended in tokyo the head of the organizing committee they admit 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 buses are unlikely to visit the head of world athletics a bastion is in right now he met with the city's governor and is set to attend a major taste event at the olympic stadium on sunday co understands why so many people in japan remain against hosting these games i want to commit to you and to the people of japan after attics 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. torch relay in the prefecture of coca has been canceled it's the 1st instance of a whole preface not having any runners participate earlier we spoke to a sports writer at the japan times dan all the words he says that the cancellation of the games in turkey remains highly unlikely. 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 a 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 they have a lot of alternatives that don't involve canceling the 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 needed 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 had expected they would be when tokyo was announced as the host several years ago you're going plop believes manchester united fans were within their rights to protest last sunday at old trafford against the club ownership which led to liverpool's game with man united postponed but the reds manager says he doesn't condone the behavior of some supporters given the protests were not completely peaceful as fans broke into the stadium and police officers were injured. to tell your opinion to total to tell the world what you think about some things that's completely fine. as long as it's completely peaceful and it was as far as i know not completely peaceful and then. yeah and it's not

right anymore arsenal manager mikel arteta says he's players are feeling real pain and he understands the concerns from fans off to failing to reach the europa league final the gunners on are likely to miss out on european competition next season that will be the 1st time in 25 years that that has happened and in further embarrassment of a semifinal loss to vienna you know it was against former arsenal manager emery for the spanish club oh they will be playing in their 1st ever european final. why i felt as ninety's it was. deep pain because the moment the club is under my man with everything that has been thrown in the last. months i had to feel him that if we could take the team to the final you could be a great turning point and i feel a responsibility and i was so eager to him. i knew that he could be a defining moment. they all will face manchester united in the final on may

26th in poland united took care of roma 85 on aggregate but they did lose the 2nd leg 3 to both of united's goals were scored by your of one striker edison cavalli you're always happy no matter what anyone thinks about me when you get to a final even if you've been praised 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 some news now from a slightly more brutal sport the exhibition fights between boxing legend floyd mayweather and internet celebrity logan paul may not live up to the drama that unfolded at their publicist event in miami the pair faced off inside hard rock stadium and after a war of words all try to keep

a souvenir he was quickly stopped by may when it's on to raj and it led to a scuffle to show you all for june 6th a 44 year old mayweather retired in 2017 after defeating u.f.c. star conor mcgregor big guard strong guy and it's point is it's entertaining it's all about entertainment and he's on of course when he's on social media he's entertaining the people are doing. elsewhere in the u.s. the golden state warriors are holding on to the final playoff spot in the n.b.a.'s western conference after beating oklahoma city steph curry top scoring with 34 against the thunder. and japanese style show her attorneys time for most home runs the season in major league baseball otani is also a starting pitcher for the l.a. angels he smashed these 10000 rivers campaign but the angels would lose 83 to tampa bay and in the n.h.l. toronto's alston matthews league leading 40 of goal of the season to help the toronto maple leafs beat the montreal canadiens 52 at all the sports mystery thank

you so much peter and thanks was a result we're back in just a moment we'll have much more of the day's news coming your way see you then. but the tourist terraces of the football ultras what club loyalty come in violent confrontations when i was young when there was a football match we were crying because the fans would go crazy but in indonesia one group of revolutionary supporters has taken a stand against male aggression with a carnival most display of peace and unity just firms who make football old truism

angels on al-jazeera. hero and humanitarian. or traitor and rule criminal. bolshie you know me general who defended sarajevo against attack by serb forces. al-jazeera world looks back at the life of the late you'll find giving. me a for my long. visit lights made look like a city from the sky but they're fishing vessels just outside of argentina's exclusive economic zone the united states launched operation southern cross to combat illegal and regulated fishing in the southern atlantic argentina's coast guard say their main task is to control their movements so they do not cross into

arjan time territory from this form are gentile forty's and wanted for what's happening in its economic exclusive zones but what authorities here are saying is that what's important is to regulate what's happening in international waters. shouldering the boxing crisis requires that we pull out all the stops the world health organization approves china set off on vaccine the move that will open the door to a far wider distribution around the world. my watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha i'm doubting i will get there also ahead warnings of a major crisis in nepal as.