so they do not cross into argentine territory. from this are gentile forwards can monitor what's happening in the 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 buxom crisis requires that we pull out all the stops the world health organization approves trying to. see in the move that will open the door to a far wider distribution around the world. are watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha i'm dating also ahead warnings of a major crisis in nepal as it registers

a massive spike in covert 1000 infections with hospitals running out of beds and oxygen. on extends coronavirus restrictions in tokyo and 3 other areas raising questions about the upcoming summer olympics an attack on democracy the maldives president did announce as an explosion that gravely injured is pretty disgusting. just in the past hour of a chinese covert 19 vaccine made by sin a farm has become the 6th to receive the world health organization stamp of approval for emergency use this means it can now be added to the u.n. back to back scheme which distributes coronavirus vaccines to some of the world's poorest nations. this afternoon they. gave emergency use listing to sign off on beijing's 19 vaccine making the

6 vaccine to receive validation for safety if you can see and quality this expands the list of vaccines that kovach come by and gives countries confidence to expedite their own regulatory approval and to import. a vaccine while nepal is one recipient of vaccines from the kovacs but only around one percent of the population has been inoculated so far doctors there are warning of a major crisis as daily cases hit a record high with hospitals running out of oxygen fast on the outside limbo has this report from kathmandu. nepal capital of katmandu is in lockdown and it's hospitals are struggling to cope with the surge in people infected by corona virus in. our emergency room had 5 beds but now we have 25 beds

we have added 20 beds in our emergency room until now we have not returned anyone from here without providing them with oxygen but the situation is getting complicated near the border with india more workers from nepal arriving home from indian cities stricken by call that 19 and that's adding to the health crisis. staff in hospitals are forced to turn away patients as beds and medical supplies are in short supply. and many cremation sites are filling up as families say goodbye to their loved ones from a distance. northeast of gottesman to an increasing number of climbers arriving for the spring climbing season on everest are testing positive and being evacuated. so we try not to mingle we used to have a lot of fun the base camp and would sing and dance but we're not doing any of that now and we're only speaking to those in our teams. with the corona virus outbreak

in neighboring india growing the polish suspending international flights and travelers like. are rushing to leave. as a last to worry i'm very lucky to be able to take a flight on the last day of them operating i'm so glad i'll be able to leave nepal workover 1000 is getting really bad domestic flights were also halted earlier this week and the government has announced other measures to curb the call that crisis they include finding more space to store the bodies of quoted patients who've died and diverting oxygen cylinders from industrial use to hospitals funds are also being allocated to build oxygen plants and lockdowns in and around are being extended by a week but health experts say all this has come too late and the red cross is warning that there could face a worsening humanitarian catastrophe at the little. india

has again recorded more than 400000 new coronavirus infections in a day hospitals and its richest cities are turning patients away because of a lack of beds but the situation is even worse in rural areas of parana reports. a doctor lies a car that mine patient on her stomach so she can breathe more easily and helps her clear her chest others try to. compass a man who's in pain the patients in this hospital an altar for they 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. 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. 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 hoover p. 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 give her some treatment. this is the health care center in chan drabble 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. work 405 on the log in. with. their. medical. equipment.

there is only one doctor for every 20000 people in. hospitals in india's richest cities including here in the capital new delhi have been completely overwhelmed by the surgeon 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 al-jazeera new delhi. 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 bribe 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. i think. 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 limpid 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 shibuya 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 variants rapidly developing and spreading globally your own or fin on every other mine 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 paid 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 of the population receiving even a single jab so far rob mcbride al jazeera tennis here 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 health 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. the former president of the mall dreams is in critical condition after being injured when a bomb went off outside his home doctors say mohamed nasheed has undergone multiple surgeries victoria gave me reports. mohammed nasheed had just left home and was about to get into his car when a bomb attached to

a motorbike explained it the former president 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 mold eve's abraham mohammed soulé with seen leaving the hospital after visiting his friend and ally in 2008 that she became the 1st democratically elected president of the mole deaves but he was ousted in a coup in 2012 led by abdullah you mean. the mold of some 100 years 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 as long as no one can see involved 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. still ahead on al-jazeera the biden administration's southern border challenge will have the latest on high level meetings between the white house and mexico. and as

u.s. troops pull out of afghanistan thousands who fought alongside them say they fear for their future. it's time for the perfect gentleman to weather sponsored point qatar airways with sun's out in japan for the time being the seasonal rain is this line here and he's showing itself to be active in the chinese enters a big area of fine weather and within that there is cold enough to produce some snow from north korea temporarily and that will produce showers across to hong shu which will just ate with the continued melting of what was a lot of winter snow that's the chinese and the things well that rains of tapers that doesn't show anything too dramatic come sunday further south and throughout

malaysia thailand the whole southeast asia brain seems pretty abundant now in big thunderstorms is rather lucky in most indonesia at the moment at least in java does seasonally normal as are these thunderstorms up in the northeast of india and bangladesh these are growing the dangerous ones more reasonable thunderstorms seem likely in carolina contac up through go as well and to some degree in addition further north it's getting hotter and hotter typically 44 in russia stan and the dust is up as the winds pick up with it but this is again season the fairly normal we have recently seen some pretty wet weather in yemen is now reduced to just a few thunderstorms which pretty hot everywhere including the levant. spoke to paul cutoff at ways. around one percent affect his it is consumed by data centers many of which provide for most storage facilities what is also known as the

cloud i'm in no way to see how one center is harnessing the energy of these fields to stow our digital information without a heavy cough and footprints i'm going to be able to north coast of the u.k. where the global green energy revolution is taking on a new element. tries on a whole jazeera way. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera this hour the chinese made sin a farm covered $1000.00 vaccine has become the 6th to receive the world health organization stamp of approval this means it can now be added to the u.n. kovacs scheme that distributes coronavirus jobs to some of the world's poorest

nations coronavirus numbers of nepal have shot up as the crisis spills over from neighboring india it has $57.00 times more cases than one month ago a lockdown has been extended in the capital katmandu. 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 in 4 days but cases are still surging. england's government has unveiled a green list of countries where citizens can visit without corn seeding on their return well the neuros will be based on a so-called traffic light system estates are rang green amber or red based on their corona virus risk they'll come into effect on may the 17 the british transport secretary says he hopes this can help reunite families the summer of suck about those with paul brown who's joining us from london what more has been said about this green bus poll. well as the european summer fast approaches here on

this side of the world this green light and red light system this traffic light system that the british government had proposed many weeks ago has been eagerly awaited and bigger anticipated here in the u.k. not least because it offers the hope that many people have that they will actually have a foreign holiday potentially this summer it's running in parallel with of course the vaccination program which is going on 2 thirds of the u.k. population has now been vaccinated and there are also concerns about variants that are at the back of the government's mind and that's why they've waited until now to announce this traffic light system if i run through the countries that we know about well 1st of all some red lights countries have been added and that is turkey the mall deaves and also the. nepal i lost my place among those that in nepal as well now they've been added to the red list which means you really can't

really go that if you do go there for exceptional circumstances you'll have to undergo hotel quarantine for 10 days when you come back but the good news is for many non-essential travel is looking for holiday is that have been or 3 countries of the 12 countries announced that are going to be on the green list and among them portugal there's also. sort of the portugal there is play some and that's portugal gibraltar and israel forgive me it was a bit of a scribble as we ran into the studio now what will happen is that you'll still have to be tested before you get on the plane to get back to the u.k. you have to be tested 2 days after you return to the u.k. but you won't have to self isolate for 10 days when you get back and you certainly won't have to go into hotel quarantine so it's a big plus for those people who've been desperately hoping to get away this summer the upon that press conference still going on right now a lot of people have been asking when they can travel to europe and have

a summer holiday so how does this all fit into the european broader picture. well don't forget the europeans have their own issues 1st of all with vaccinations 2nd of all with the concept of concern about variance and there is of course the digital green certificates that the european union is keen to introduce now they've proposed it it does need to have european council approval and that's still going through the process so it's not reality as yet but the big mediterranean countries and i'm talking about for example greece which is not yet on the u.k.'s green list for spain as well which is also not on the green list they really do depend economically particularly the southern parts of those countries on the tourist trade so they are very keen to have at least bilateral arrangements with the u.k. and with those northern european countries which like to flock to the sun during the summer months so it's good news from the point of view of those beach bars and

those beach hotels which are hoping to see the summer open up a little bit compared to the last 14 months where it's been desperate for many of those tourism census ok thank you so much paul brennan britain's governing conservative party has secured an election victory in what was considered an opposition labor stronghold voters in the parliamentary seat of hurdle pool in england's industrial northeast selected the conservatives for the 1st time in its history ballots are still being tallied though 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 that's if it wins a majority despite the british prime minister boris johnson saying he won't allow it so how has this update from edinburgh. well a number of constituency seats due to declare on friday include some that the scottish national party nicholas sturgeon's party must win if they are to improve

their position in the holyrood parliament behind me shy of an outright majority going in to this election and remember it is that focused 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. and 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 has said he will stand in the way of there was a referendum remember 2014 lost by the pro independent side by a 10 point margin since then we've had bricks it something that a majority of scots voted against and they see that their country is being taken out of the e.u. 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 rise president kamel harris says the u.s. and mexico must work together to fight fire on corruption she's meeting the mexican

president and u.s. men who are lopez obrador virtually to address goals and root causes of migration harris leads diplomatic efforts with central american countries the number of people fleeing them to go north has been rising a record numbers of unaccompanied children being taken into custody. our nations face serious challenges coping being an obvious one economic replications coming from the cause of the pandemic as well as the surge of migrants arriving at our shared border. together we must fight finally we must fight corruption and impunity it is in our country's mutual interest to provide immediate relief to the northern triangle and 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. more from mexico city. 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 sin but on the view 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 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 toward 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 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 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 hadn't seen from administrations in the last few years at least. brazil's far right presidential europe also narrows calling into question next year's presidential election he says there won't be a vote unless congress approves the adoption of paper ballots without presenting any evidence he said brazil's electronic voting system allowed for widespread fraud

in 2018 claiming that if it wasn't for that he would have won in the 1st round. put it carefully i think maybe we are the only republican in the world that accept this electronic voting garbage this has to be changed if 3 fifths of the parliament and the senate approves and the next it's there will be printed ballots in 2022 and that's it i'm not going to say anything else there will be a printed vote because without a printed vote it is a sign that there will be no election as. a memorial service has been held for south africa crean queen. died last week at the age of 65 just a month after being appointed leader of the nation she was the most senior wife of the late king goodwill who died in march so of the team he had nominated her to take over the monarchy while his successor was chosen. the u.s. has begun its withdrawal of troops from afghanistan but

a soldiers head home the lives of thousands of afghans who work for the american government are at risk they're urging washington to prioritize their visa applications to move to the u.s. before it's too late failure contrary reports from kabul. are 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 her as we all know with 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 these oh cool. 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 families and there 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 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 are zoo along with thousands of others desperately want to join them before it's too late fully accounted for al-jazeera kabul. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the chinese made set of farm covered 1000 vaccine has become the sex to receive the world health organization stamp of approval this means it can now be added to the u.n. back over in that distributes coronavirus jobs to some of the world's poorest nations this afternoon the blue jewel gave emergency use listing to sign off on beijing's covert 19 vaccine making it the 6.