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a major crisis in nepal as it registers a massive spike in covert 19 infections with hospitals running out of beds and. giving the green light for overseas travel the u.k. unveils a list of countries its citizens can visit without mandatory quarantine on their return. a power struggle in south africa after the queen dies leaving the family at odds over who should succeed to the throne. and i'm jeff an ash with the sports the u.k. government has told chelsea and manchester city fans not to travel to turkey for the champions league final and with the state of emergency in tokyo the i.o.c. president thomas back is likely to have to cancel his visit to japan with just 2 and a half months until the lympics begin. welcome to the program another coven 1000 vaccine available will be soon available to help

in the fight against the virus the world health organization has approved a chinese made sin a farm making it the 6th to receive the agency's stamp of approval for emergency use now this means it can be added to the u.n. back kovacs scheme which distributes coronavirus vaccines to poorer nations an expert panel has recommended 2 doses of the job for people who are 18 years old and above this afternoon the gave emergency use listing to sign off on beijing's 19 vaccine making it the 6 vaccine to receive the 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 and.

a vaccine. well nepal is one recipient of vaccines from that kovacs scheme but only around one percent of the population has been inoculated it has $57.00 times more cases than just one month ago it's also reporting 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 katmandu across the border in india nearly 3 people are dying of code 19 every single minutes it remains the toughest battle against the virus in the world. reports from katmandu. capital of katmandu is in lockdown and it's hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge in people infected by coronavirus. 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 are 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 cartman do 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 2 way 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 cord 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 london 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 the lead to his era. is nepal's head of delegation for the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies he says there will be devastating consequences if the

country delays implementing stronger measures. we need to keep scaling up the preventive measures 'd the preventive measures already that we're going to the working along the border as well as common build a hotbed of of that policy in the pocket situation. you might have seen pictures in certain 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 these are also very urgent needs 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 contagious and it's spreading to wind a spectrum of the population including younger people. i think what we are 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 saved. n.z. has recorded more than 400000 new coronavirus infections in a day again hospitals in its richest cities are turning patients away because of a lack of beds but the situation is even worse in rural areas elizabeth purana reports from their delhi. a doctor lies a car that 19 patient on her stomach so she can breathe more easily and helps her clear her chest others try to come push a man who's in pain the patients in this hospital an utter predation might be suffering but in a state with only 125 beds for every 100000 people they are fortunate to be there less than 100 kilometers away from india's capital new delhi residence of one village in uttar pradesh challenges 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 they would norway until it was 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 covert 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 a test 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 of a pea 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 incheon drabble but it's closed 65 percent of india's population lives in rural areas villages like where there are a 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 400 or 500 doctors in. within 2 days in the

field over there. medical personnel. there cannot because. 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 surge in 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. horrors the c.e.o. of oxfam india he says the country's current crisis is much worse than what's being reported. the numbers are hugely under portrait both in terms of the number of cases and also deaths if you just speak to people in fact i am hearing of 3

to 4 deaths in the network that i have with which means this imagine one person out of 1300000000 people is hearing of 3 to 4 deaths immediate serpens so the number is going to be very higher than what we're looking at this is an absolutely tragic unprecedented crisis that we are facing i think. be our moving gnome in that i did action with a bit into a bow i must say it's really i don't think that india which is known as the pharmacy of the world is gasping for oxygen we make even now i think $25.00 and bus and off the vaccines have been produced in the india but if you look at that actually vaccination india it's just around 2 percent people who got bought the japs so it is critical now that we don't want to listen to the farmer lobbies we cannot continue looking at profits and we need to look at people's vaccine so this

is absolutely the right step that we move to words we were on beat tinting and other who had related technologies which hopefully can up production through several other manufacturers not just in india but hopefully in several other countries england's government has unveiled a green less the countries where citizens converse at without quarantining on their return the new rules will be based on a so-called traffic light system as states are rang green amber or red based on their coronavirus risk they'll come into effect on may the 17th the british transport secretary hopes this can help reunite families this summer from all hope brought in as running us from london so is this good news for people who are hoping to have some sort of summer holiday. on the face of it yes what the transport secretary has announced from the downing street briefing room this afternoon friday is a traffic light system which was much anticipated and certainly eagerly awaited by

many people i have to say that the system essentially means that it will set down regulations and some restrictions for people arriving into the u.k. and i'll come to people going out of the u.k. in a 2nd country such as restless countries turkey nepal we just heard about nepal them all these they have been added to the red list and that means if you return to the u.k. from any of those countries you will have to undergo 10 days of hotel quarantine impeccable timing given that the champions league final between 2 english football clubs takes place in istanbul later this month however those tourists who have some european sun as well on the cusp of the european summer at the moments will be gratified to know that 12 countries have been added to the green list those are countries from when you arrive from back in the u.k. from those you won't have to undergo any quarantine at all the current countries

include portugal but not the 4 biggest tourist destinations from the u.k. which is spain italy greece and france they are on an amber list the other thing to consider is that some of the countries there on the green list such as new zealand singapore and australia at the moment you can travel to those countries anyway because you're not allowed in so it is a mixed bag there as rivals and destinations and 2 ends of the spectrum that you need to consider perform the for a point of view of non-essential travel starting to reopen in europe it's a start ok thank you so much paul brennan reporting from london. on to more head on the news hour including an attack on democracy the multi-use president denounces an explosion that injured his predecessor the biden administration southern border challenge to have the latest on high level meetings between the white house and mexico and

a blow for chelsea and manchester city fans hoping to watch their teams of the champions league final have more details on that in sport. but 1st 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 as rob mcbride reports. the restrictions were due to be lifted next week but with japan still grappling with a 4th way but the pandemic this announcement had been widely expected full 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 a tick you limp 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 variance rapidly developing and spreading globally your own or not every other marine 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 effective 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 nurse 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. tennessee 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. she 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. well the u.s. has posted disappointing jobs figures in a sign that the economic recovery from the pandemic could be faltering the economy added 266000 jobs in april dots just a quarter of the number is expected by economists the data also pushed the unemployment rate up slightly president joe biden said it shows how vital his economic recovery plans are our white house correspondent kelly how it could join us to talk us through these numbers that seem to be much fewer than expected kimberly. a fraction of what wall street investors were expecting they

expected more than a 1000 share rather 1000000 jobs to be created and that is certainly the numbers that have been released is falling quite short of that now the president joe biden has really rejected the criticisms of his political opponents namely republicans in the united states who say that this is a result of joe biden's policies in other other words his american rescue plan that was passed back in march that has allowed for unemployment benefits for workers of some $300.00 a week what his critics are saying is that this is paying people to stay home and that's the reason that there aren't more people out in the market as the economy recovers so the white house is pushing back saying look at our american rescue plan had nothing to do with these disappointing jobs numbers what the problem is is that we inherited a troubled economy and that it was mismanaged by the trumpet ministration and

things are on track and it's just going to take a while to recover here's what the u.s. president had to say. millions millions of americans out there who through no fault of their own have been knocked flat on their back this past year the virus stole their jobs i'm determined to give them a fighting chance that's why i've been so focused on vaccinating the nation and getting our economy running again that's why we fought so hard to pass the american rescue plan and began the american rescue plan was for the whole year it plays out over a year and it's working but we can't let up his jobs report makes that clear we've got too much work to do the president defending his 1.9 trillion dollar rescue plan in fact he's saying this is not the time to cut the spending in fact it's the time to spend even more he wants to spend another 2 trillion needs approval by congress

for his america's jobs plan that would create works through rebuilding of infrastructure he also wants another 2 trillion for the american families plan that would allow for childcare so that people can get back to work and out of their homes so the president says his policies are working even as major business lobby groups like the chamber of commerce are arguing that now is the time to cut these an employee payments that basically the government is offering and incentives to stay home and instead to work it still the white house defending in fact the treasury secretary predicting making a bold prediction in fact that she believes the united states could return to full of climate by this time next year thank you so much as our white house correspondent it's. they're 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 undergone multiple surgeries victoria gate and the 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 eaves 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 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. 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.

as a deputy speaker of the maldives parliament told me thanks was behind the attack i firmly believe that this is an act by. firing to extremist religious extremist groups and i think that's where it is and the public believes 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 this is going by violent extremists i would say perhaps president nasheed is the only strong voice in the country taking on religious extremism in the country he's taken on a religious extremist systematically and relentless the and i think he's racist is a direct threat to them and all over social media and elsewhere we sequenced and threats to president sheaves life 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 too and we have to be we need anstice on this we have to take these as more to come such an attack such of late and how attack against france in the she'd said just that religious extremists willing to step it up yet and who knows who else is in line who knows what the repercussions op so it's imperative that the investigation. and transparent and it's imperative that we crack down on violent extremism here. britain's governing conservative party has secured in election victory in what was considered an opposition labor a stronghold voters in the parliamentary seat of hardened pool in england's industrial northeast selected the conservatives for the 1st time in its history ballots are still being counted in scotland's parliamentary elections in 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 the british prime minister boris johnson saying he won't allow its. coming up on the news hour on al-jazeera. rights groups are calling it a massacre and calls for an investigation after a deadly drugs thing by brazilian police and those hamilton sets the pace as he goes for a record extending $100.00 fold position that's coming up a little later in support. of. 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 levant will be a change of type with that wind coming up into northern egypt bringing a dust storm and eventually dropping temperatures not in the immediate future your noses tristrem briefly rises to 36 ahead of it you won't be alone it'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 caper go has been a significant dropping of rain here by significant i mean 6 times the average normally 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 all 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. redrawing the geopolitical map for a post oil world where does that leave the oil producers columbia's tax revolts but the nation still needs to figure out how to cut its debt and where are the self-drive calls. counting the cost. 100 years ago britain and france made a secret deal to divide the middle east between them now we can draw him. but what was the last thing effects of this agreement that there is a regional set to become it's at those borders were drawn with consulting the people who have to live with the. psych speak of lines in the sand on al-jazeera.

there are some of the media stories a critical look at the global. spread of this on al-jazeera government shut off access to social media. all over again this is the news hour on al-jazeera here at the top stories the chinese covert 1000 vaccine scene 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 kovacs. coronavirus numbers and appalled as the crisis spills over from

neighboring india it has 57 times more cases than a 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 will remain in place until the end of the month. vice president harris says the u.s. and mexico must work together to fight violence on corruption she's been meeting the mexican president on dress when you are lopez obrador virtually to address goals on root causes of 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. 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

smile and 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 the. one who has 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 the united nations is calling for an investigation into police operation and brazil that left 25 people dead it says officers used disproportionate and unnecessary force during the raid on drug trafficker. so it appears as you say that collectively. you know they're not succeeding in stopping these kind of really disturbing over the top lethal operations so something clearly is wrong now. as i mentioned the. supreme court has been involved in him know in the issue and issues specific ruling back in 2020 restricted police operations so you're right some things are working or

a lot of things are not working and i think there probably needs to be a collective review recipes adjusted. you know really a broad broad review of what is going wrong and how to fix it. amnesty international is calling a police operation that killed 25 people in brazil and justifiable massacre other human rights groups are calling for an independent investigation into one of the state's deadliest raids police say those killed in a rio de janeiro's slum included leaders of the city's biggest criminal gang terror is about reports. 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 the 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 least officer rio has suffered for

years from drug related violence and attempts by different administrations have failed to control a. police agent any senior was one of the bases of command the enemy the most powerful drug trafficking group in the country. 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 stablish 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 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 in killings denounced by residents in the city's poorest areas the institute of public security says almost $500.00 people have been killed

so far this year at the hands of the police. some of the rest of them ziran mori they say the police committed a massacre and are demanding an investigation. julie said that is a human rights lawyer in rio. the end to do the same dynamic to 5 or 6 houses houses destroyed shootings executions there was an execution one month diet sitting on a chair from a chair nobody shoots it was cruel barbaric this has no solution. 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 to see. this really forces have clashed with demonstrators inside the mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem after storming the holy site at least 11 palestinians have been injured palestinians have been gathering for friday prayers which are the last

of the holy month of ramadan thousands of people from towns and villages in the occupied west bank have been blocked from reaching the site by israeli forces with only a few people allowed access meanwhile it's another night of protests in occupied east jerusalem against plans to evict palestinian families from their homes demonstrators tried to enter the sheriff neighborhood soldiers have also used sound bombs on the crowd and have closed all entrances to the area. a memorial service has been held for south africa's 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 those who are the single largest ethnic group in south africa making up a 5th of its 60000000 people through family has significant political influence but no formal government powers its members uphold zulu traditions and play

a ceremonial role in south african society each year the monarch receives a public publicly funded salary of nearly $5000000.00 and he controls millions of hectares of land through a 2 decades old trust. into the is a south african cultural analyst and historian he says there are well established procedures to deal with the succession. he did not actually. know that there was no successor on the we would record of that when the queen died a prince. who is the next rage and 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 our 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 us have indeed 9 and it could turn so many people if one 5th of the people there controlling all those worlds their land is dead and why in a very you know the and it's got to be it 'd looked after so the preservation of it was and 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. more than 25000 people in burundi have been forced from their homes after lake tongan nico rose to nearly historic levels flooding multiple western provinces the u.n. is warning of an unprecedented emergency with heavy rain expected for weeks alexandra byers reports. they've watched the water rising for months lake tank in the harnessed by so many in landlocked burundi as a source of life and livelihoods but grown wild and beyond their control now the lakes turned against its people reaching hundreds of meters inland pushing them out . when they woke up the house was already starting to collapse we couldn't salvage anything tens of thousands of people down the western side of the country have

evacuated their homes and food stocks destroyed without any way to earn a living others have stayed put defiant in submerged houses children learning as waves lap at the school door all this despite the real risk of disease or worse. each time the children try to get to the rest of the house to see what they can save 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 what 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 access to shelter it is safe drinking water it is better hygiene and sanitation services and while tides may change this situation will not experts blame climate change for new more damaging rainy seasons much of the readies 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. droughts affecting pakistan's largest city it means kharaj is only getting half the water it needs analysts say climate change is partly to blame for the problems infrastructure is unreliable and much of the water is being stolen as laura bird rarely reports.

this chime brings relief hasn't lived people stream from the homes canister in hand in karachi is around you tell 2000000 people live in this network of concrete. but they've long given up expecting water to flow from the top. i don't understand i have never seen drinking water supplied by the government flowing from this tap this is the water we ever buy from a tanker or a good from charity. garage he is pakistan's largest city and needs about 1200000000 gallons of water a day but only gets hauled off. if. after we have 50 percent of our water available we can see the shortage everywhere there are certain areas suffering acute shortages like district west this is because of the rapid population growth there. although some analysts point to climate change as a factor many of blaming what they call water maffia local authorities say there

are more than 100 illegal hydrants in the city and some people are siphoning off water and selling it to others some blame government mismanagement and poor infrastructure overvalued. we have a number of factors causing scarcity of water one of these is the growing population the other reasons are leakages mismanagement and climate change the indus river the hub dam supply but in the hot summer months water levels. and the plan to build a major network of supply lines from kandahar lake has been delayed and to 2023 iran these residents also buy water from private companies they use legal and illegal hydrants across the city. of this war to last hardly 3 or 4 days then we have to buy from a water tanker at times we don't have the money to buy it my son in law only

doesn't broidery work so it becomes really difficult to survive. so many a daily necessity is becoming impossible to have food. the al-jazeera. still had on the news hour as u.s. troops pull out of afghanistan and thousands who fought alongside them say they fear for their future and he's not even started his new job as coach of world. was already making his mark stories on the way in sports.

well the u.s. has begun its withdrawal of troops from afghanistan but us soldiers had home the lives of thousands of afghans who work for the american government or risk their urging washington to prioritize their visa applications to move to the u.s. before it's too late for contrary reports from kabul. as you knew she was risking it all when she started working as a contractor for the us government her house has been attacked and she's received many threats her supervisor suggested she apply for a special immigrant visa for herself and her family to safely move to the u.s. that was in 2017 she still waiting for approval in this country most of the people are not agony even the woman who worked for afghans the worst thing is that the situation is getting worse day by the 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 decode 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 visa 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. imbedded to the program but it has yet to commit to any concrete

reforms to address the backlog or accelerate. 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 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 our zoo along with thousands of others desperately want to join them before it's too late fully accounted for al-jazeera kabul. time for the forces here is drama. thanks to rain with just 2 and a half months ago until the tell you at lympics is now likely the head of the international olympic committee thomas back well have to cancel a planned trip to the city back was set to visit japan that 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 who do 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 lot of less 6 sebastian coe is in tokyo right now he met with the city's governor and is set to attend a major test 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 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 people and that top 20 passing through fukuoka as that leg of the relay is going to be cancelled is the

1st instance of a whole prefecture not having any runners participates. we spoke to sportswriter the japan times down all of it he says that a cancellation of the games 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 manchester city and chelsea fans have been down to blow off to britain's government but tacky on the travel red list ahead of the champions league final in istanbul circus football authorities had been hoping to allow for 1000 fans at a match on may 29th but now english fans on liking to travel back as they would have to enter and pay if a compulsory house how quarantine all merits and some have suggested the final should be made to the. fans should not travel to turkey the f.a. i can tell you are in discussions with you a for already on this we are very open to hosting the final but it is alternately a decision for you a for of course it's worth mention the u.k. has already got a successful track record of football matches with spectators so we're well placed to do it. honestly i played wherever it's played i really should have played in

istanbul last season so it was not in istanbul it was in portugal than in now again the situation is pretty heavy in turkey at the moment. i think anything can change quite rapidly these days so let's be open in the moment we prepare for for the travel to turkey. singles chelsea and manchester city are among the 9 clubs will be punished for trying to form the ill fated super 8 those 2 teams along with arsenal tottenham manchester united liverpool athletic a madrid ac milan and into man will have to give up 5 percent of the u.a.e. for revenue for one season those sides of only renounce the breakaway of committed to the existing european competitions but barcelona round the trade and event is have so far refused to reintegrate and europe's governing body will refer them to disciplinary action manchester united's owner and co chairman joe glazer has told

supporters is willing to discuss increasing the number of fans with a stake in the club united have been dealing with protests against their american owners following their plans to join the super league a protest that led to sunday's or premier league match against liverpool being a spades that match will now be played on thursday and liverpool's manager can claw believes united fans were within their rights to protest although he doesn't condone the behavior of some supporters given that the demonstrations turned hostile as fans break into the stadium and police officers were injured. to tell your opinion to tell do tell the world what you think about something that's completely fine. as long as it's completely peaceful and it was as far as i know not completely peaceful and then. it's not right anymore. arsenal fans that once again protested against that club's arenas outside the emirates stadium on thursday

night that was before they were knocked out of the right plagued by spanish side of their al. tests they missed the opportunity to turn that disappointing season around wife ellen ninety's it was. the pain because the moment the club is at the moment with everything that's been through in the last. months i had the feeling that if we could take the team to the final you could be great and in point and i feel that responsibility and i was so eager to do it to the us i knew that it could be a defining moment. recently sacked spurs boss stories and radio doesn't start his new job as rome head coach for a few months that excitement is already building ahead of his arrival this mural of him is appeared on a wall in the a tally in capsule is by a local street artist called harry grip and his design depicts the portuguese car driving

a vest piscator which has the teams of former wolff badge on it and he's wearing a club scoff as well and the bike also has the words special one on it it's in a nod to marina as nick that the fans very interested as you can say that. top seed of rough around the dial is out of the madrid open tennis but number 2 it was better than the by alexander 6464 in the quarter finals the german a picking up his 3rd straight win over the twenty's time a grand slam champion and ending his win the streak on clay against nadal will face a dominant team in the seventies 7 time formula one world champion to his house and has set a sauce this time in friday's practice ahead of the spanish grand prix his driver is hoping to convert paisa to a record extending 100 hope position on saturday teammate about 3 pots ass was 2nd quickest but how much since and there is driver in the driver's standings max to stop and could only go 9th fastest that is all you'll sport from me for now i'll be

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