com floor you were sending a message of resistance about the arab israeli conflict. we've come to palestine. palestine sunbonnet a stamp of defiance on al-jazeera. warnings of a major covert crisis in nepal as over the border in india pressure grows on the prime minister to impose a nationwide lockdown. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program. 14 palestinians injured after clashes with israeli forces inside the compound. formal deaves president mohamed nasheed is in

a critical condition after a bomb blast outside his home. and china dismisses concerns that devery from one of its rockets could crush on to an inhabited area of. come to the program over 19 is cutting a swathe through south asia as well as the huge number of daily cases in india nepal is now being swamped by infections as well a very serious fear is that it's heading in the same direction as its neighbor nationally 47 percent of tests being carried out in nepal are returning positive and it's even higher in some parts of the country doctors are warning of a major crisis with hospitals already running out of oxygen and beds and then india's prime minister narendra modi is under growing pressure to. impose

a nationwide lockdown another 414000 cases were recorded there on thursday and nearly 4000 deaths japan has extended its own statement in tokyo and in other cities this is just less than 3 months from its olympics and the world health organization is granted emergency approval for the vaccine made by chinese companies sign a farm it's the 1st vaccine made by a no western country to receive the backing and means it can be used in the global kovacs program this afternoon the bluto gave emergency use listing to sign off on beijing's 19 vaccine making it the 6 vaccine to receive the valley do issue 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 they only cover cases hit a record high in a poll on thursday with more than 1000 new infections recorded that compared to just 300 last month. limbaugh reports now from katmandu. capital of katmandu is in lockdown and it's hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge in people infected by corona virus. 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 cotman 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 now paula 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 will also hold did 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 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 legal. government. also mounting fears and concerns about the situation there in a poll india's outbreak is also continuing to get worse though with the prime minister still refusing to entertain a national lockdown hospitals in the biggest cities are turning patients away and their affairs a situation in rural areas is about to get worse elizabeth bronner reports from a delhi. a doctor lies a car that minding patient on her stomach so she can breathe more easily and helps her clear her chest others try to comfort

a man who's in pain the patients in this hospital an author they might be suffering but in a state with only 125 beds for every 100000 people they're fortunate to be there less than a 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 they would know when to leave is 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 work because. you know people are getting a free will 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 not best certificated. and i'm a sure thing 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 give her some treatment. this is the health care center in chiang 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 too we can't create 400 or 500 i.c.u. beds like that within a few days or within a few weeks for that you need trained staff trained medical personnel trained technicians and a lot of equipment that cannot be created within days and weeks. there is only one doctor for every 20000 people in aceh for the hospitals in india's richest cities including here in the capital new delhi have been completely overwhelmed by the surge in places but it is widely believed that the situation is even worse in rural

areas where most cases and death are under reported the possible contesting elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi for tracking the situation in japan very closely right now where coronavirus restrictions have been extended in the capital and other cities just 77 days before the start of the games state of emergency was due to end in 4 days time in tokyo but cases still rising as bribe reports. the restrictions were due to be lifted next week but with japan still grappling with the 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 a limp the 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 every other mind i don't think we should go ahead with the games if we do it will cause the numbers to go up sharply. the cave

would respond 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 parent dimmick 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 job so far rob mcbride al-jazeera.

some breaking news now scores of palestinians have been injured during clashes with israeli forces at the al aqsa mosque compound in east jerusalem tens of thousands of muslim wash up as packed the site for friday for prayers on the last friday of the holy month of ramadan many stayed on to protest in support of palestinians facing eviction from their homes on land claimed by jewish settlers chairs rocks and shoes were thrown at security forces who have been fired with rubber bullets earlier thousands of palestinians from the occupied west bank had been blocked from reaching the site and then elsewhere in occupied east jerusalem there's been more unrest over the plans to evict palestinian families demonstrators again try to enter the neighborhood soldiers used sound bombs against the crowd and closed all entrances to the area that's crossed and it is in ramallah in the occupied west

bank and into tell us more about what's been happening. we have the recent. the medical staffs and staff in jerusalem and they say that more than 50 people were injured around 20 of them were taken to the hospital to the hospitals in east jerusalem and the 2 of these people have suffered serious injuries the situation has been volatile in jerusalem today this is the last friday of ramadan and many muslims usually go to warship after lock someone else but that did not happen we seem to be and where and out into a lot some mosques to day nearly 25 percent of the usual in recent years but also the situation in jerusalem has been tense for a few weeks now it started in the beginning of ramadan when the barricades or barricades were installed by the israeli police in the past this gate which is one

of them just as that eventually leads to a locks a mosque compound and the palestinians have protested against them and they have they managed to get to those barricades that way from the mascot's gate so it's been already a tense situation and it is even expected to escalate further on monday there is a day that shows that jewish israelis call jerusalem day and palace coincides with the palestinians now lets all of that which is one of the holiest nights in the holy month of ramadan which is expected to escalate the situation a bit further just to give you an idea of the official response the president was just appeared on the palestinian t.v. saying that he instructed the palestinian ambassador and the u.n. to ask the u.n. to hold an emergency session to protect the palestinians and earlier the new spokesperson of the palestinian presidency said that they hope they urge the

americans to intervene so the situation in jerusalem doesn't get to a place where it is out of which. will thomas in god those old school said that it's not going to be staying silent and it's what's going on it is jews than him so it's a tense situation at the moment and it could be escalating further over the next few dates thank you very much from ramallah. now a form of president of the multi-verse is in a critical condition after being injured in a bomb attack outside his home dr same hama nasheed who's the current speaker of parliament has had multiple operations police now investigating what they call an act of terrorism and the president has branded an attack on democracy and she was the maltese 1st democratically elected president in 2008 and being 30 years of autocratic rule but he was ousted in a coup in 2012 and prevented from running again in 2018 because of criminal charges you have dinner as deputy speaker of the maldives parliament and says the sheen was

likely targeted by one of the armed groups he's been very critical of. i firmly believe that this act by. violent extremists religious extremist groups and i think that's why jesus and the public at least so. given the history of threats against president the sheet i don't think it would be i don't think it would be too much to say that it's this is going to bite violent extremists president nasheed has the president has she. not many people in the country have the courage to take on religious extremists i would say perhaps president bush is the only strong voice in the country taking on the just extremism in the country. you know al jazeera live from london still ahead on the program disappointing jobs numbers in the united states but president joe biden and says the country's on the right track.

and count up britain's prime minister celebrates as his posse inflates ads for sales and local elections. that spring remains an illusion for many countries in europe particularly in the north the cloud still poly given from the atlantic and that's taking rain with it and that's quite a spearhead a way that we're run through most countries these to new europe that's point one and then there's this thing doesn't look like spring to you that will like an autumn storm to make and that's on its way through the british isles it's the 2nd weekend where this is happening on the battle because last weekend when we did as windy or as went but it will be both now ahead of it it's quite warm in france borders up to about 30 and i think spain and portugal if they are nice but it wants but the rain will eventually get here as well that lock temperatures back and do

the same for france at the same time much of central eastern europe certainly appears. this warm blooming spring sunshine and that'll have an effect that warm things up quite considerably by 10 degrees or more for example in berkeley in europe but 25 and 27 by the end that weekend by monday the average is $99.00 it's been going up and down was it this is the right side to be and that warms does go across the colder waters the southern baltic stockholm reaches about 18 degrees by monday then 22 by tuesday you're obvious 14 and the last few days you'd be well below average for a pleasant change. from the north of africa they crossed the mediterranean and made huge don't hold building their future in a 2nd line. and the line to france is 2021 contentious so-called separatism as

we look back at the history of muslim immigration to the country in a 3 part series muslims are from it's episode 2 on al-jazeera. meaning. welcome back a look at the main stories now schools of palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli forces at the al aqsa mosque compound has had gathered there at the site for the last friday prayers of the month of ramadan there have been days of tensions of efforts to evict palestinians from their homes in occupied east

jerusalem. doctors in nepal a warning of a major covert crisis there with nearly half of all test being carried out of the country coming back positive meanwhile neighboring india recorded another 414000 cases in just one day as of prime minister continues to resist a lockdown or concerns the outbreak is accelerating in rural parts of the country. amounts to muse from the us the latest monthly jobs figures from the country are not as high as had been expected in a sign of economic recovery from the pandemic could possibly be faltering the u.s. added 200 $66000.00 jobs in the month of april that's just a little more than a quarter expected by economists they were forecasting a gain of a 1000000 jobs thanks to the vaccine rollout and government relief measures the data also pushed the unemployment rate up slightly to 6 point one percent we're joined now by kimberly help at our white house correspondents and so many economists had been expecting an even higher jumps and what what's gone wrong here

. well the by the administration insists that nothing's gone wrong but his republican critics have seized on this jobs report as proof they say that the american rescue plan that plan that was $1.00 trillion dollars passed back in march and it's provided weekly unemployment benefits for those who are out of work of $300.00 a week is incentivizing it for workers to stay home instead of going out into the job market as the economy recovers but the white house is denying this they're saying no that's not the case at all in fact joe biden speaking here at the white house says his policies are working the problem is they inherited they say a troubled economy because of mismanagement by the previous troubled ministration and they believe that their policies are working and in the long run things will get better but it's the pandemic that is still causing the problems take a listen to what the president had to say we came to office we knew we were facing

a one to the century pandemic and a once in a generation economic research and we knew this wouldn't be a sprint it be a marathon the one we passed the american rescue plan i want to remind everybody was designed to help us over the course of a year not 60 days a year we never thought that after the 1st 50 or 60 days everything would be fine. i mean you would think with the situation easing although it is still very much a covert crisis in many parts of the wild that leisure and hospitality as industries and companies reopen that would be a long to hire. is not happening. no there absolutely is a demand for workers in fact many businesses say they simply can't get people in the door to even show up for the interviews in fact we know that some fast food

chains like mcdonald's are actually paying people $50.00 to come and interview for one of their positions and the u.s. chamber of commerce's in fact said that this latest jobs report shows that those $300.00 a week benefits need to come to an end that's a major claim from one of the biggest business lobbying groups in the united states but they say their members are complaining that they can't get people to fill all the vacant positions but again the biden administration is defending all of this saying that what this jobs report shows is that there is a need for even more spending in the united states the american jobs plan that would build and rebuild the infrastructure and create even more work as well as the families plan about 4 trillion in spending that would allow for people to have child care well they go to work so the buy did ministration insists the things are on the right track in fact the treasury secretary janet yellen was here at the white house a few hours ago what she is predicting is that these policies will have the united

states on to full employment by this time next year that's a big claim but the administration says it's one that's achievable thank you very much combining the white house and. we want to move to brazil now have been more protests in the country following the deaths of 25 people in a police raid in the state of rio de janeiro protesters marched outside police headquarters and demanded an investigation into the raid which ended with the deaths of $24.00 residents of the. valley and one policeman the demonstrators held by his calling for justice while criticizing police tactics during the right. but as today we are dying in brazil for 3 reasons lack of vaccines then covert and also from hunger on top of that we see our poor black people dying in massacres but the hundreds of police. united nations is calling for an independent investigation into

the operation 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 in the issue and issues specific ruling back in 2020 restricted police operations so you're right something's not working or a lot of things are not working and i think that probably needs to be a collective review as he suggested. you know really a broad program what is going wrong and how to fix it when all the developments brazil's president has already cost in dallas on next year's election using the same tactics as donald trump without presenting any evidence diable sonora said brazil's electronic voting system allowed for widespread fraud in 2018 he claimed

that he should have won in the 1st round he says there won't be a vote in 2022 unless congress approves the adoption of paper ballots. all in the u.k. the ruling conservative party scored a significant election victory in a town that's traditionally been a stronghold of its main opponents the conservatives decisively won the they kampala mentary seat of hotly pull has been held by the opposition labor party for more than 50 years roy chalons has more on the significance of a dramatic day of voting in the north east of england. box by box bag by bag and vote by vote the hardship will count through the night tallied up the size of this seat electoral realignment the conservatives ended up with twice as many votes as labor in a former industrial constituency that has been red for generations i mean credibly proud of the campaign my team and i have run in hardly poll. based on local issues

of real concern to the community here and i would like to thank all of the people of this great town who've responded so positively to it i'm also immensely proud to be the 1st conservative m.p. in harley pulls the 57 is an inflatable boris johnson sprung up overnight anticipating the win with a victory in the bag on friday afternoon hard to pull out of the real thing this is a place that voted for brakes it. we got brakes it done and they were able to do other things thanks to that johnson is enjoying a bumper pole boost would be in working class pro breakfast areas like heart the pool that never used to vote for his party the u.k. successful covert vaccine program has certainly played a part but so have the struggles of the main opposition parties one of heart appeals most famous sons doesn't exist in real life andy capp was a working class newspaper comic strip character and a neat encapsulation of labour's current electoral problems in the north now if he

could actually vote he probably never would have considered voting anything other than labor then in 2016 he might well have voted for breakfast and then the brits are party now though and he is most likely voting conservative. whether it be down to bricks it covert or personality labor's new leader kier starmer hasn't yet managed to reconnect with the large parts of the country that deserted his party in the $2900.00 general election having labor its worst defeat since 1935 very often would be talking to ourselves instead of to the country where we've lost the trust of working people particular places like article i wanted to do whatever is necessary to fix that but a fix would be easy it is something that is difficult but i don't think it's impossible and i think it's by thinking carefully about which voters might be within reach for the party and how to reconnect with those rather than trying to

win over everybody and when some some of those photographs maybe have moved too far away from the party now the results of the country's many other local elections for councils mayors and assemblies will come in over the next few days that picture isn't yet as clear cut as hard to pull but so far it's looking strong for the conservatives to rory chalons al-jazeera hard people in northeast england and one other story to bring in china is saying that debris from its latest rocket launch is highly unlikely to cause any harm even though nobody actually knows where or when it will land there remains of the long march 5 b. rocket have been cited above the united states in what the country's space command is calling an un control the entry it was launched just over a week ago carrying the 1st part of china's new space station and is expected to come down to earth at some point over the weekend most likely in the ocean. because you. just thought provoke if specially designed so many components would disappear

and be destroyed during to be entry process the probability of causing harm to activities in the air and on the ground is extremely low because most departments government who promptly report a situation to me to properly. so more detail on everything we're covering right here al jazeera dot com you can get all the latest on our top stories but also analysis that it takes you behind the headlines. recap of the main stories now at least $53.00 palestinians have been injured during clashes after israeli authorities storm the mosque compound was slim worship as with gathering at the site for friday prayers the last of the holy month of ramadan chairs rocks and shoes were thrown at security forces who opened fire with rubber bullets.