international condemnation grows over the israeli response to protests serve occupied east jerusalem. i'm sam is a this is a live from coming up protesters in iraq seek justice and after an activist is shot dead on the streets of karbala funerals are held for young students killed in bomb blasts outside kabul. and after parliamentary elections in scotland the divisive issue of independence from england once again.

international condemnation of israel is growing over the forced evictions of palestinians from their homes in occupied east jerusalem the u.s. national security advisor jake sullivan is raising concerns about the violence against protesters angry over palestinians being moved to make way for jewish settlers and just rock the united nations security council has called an emergency meeting the u.s. and european union are appealing for restraint after days of violence there's an uneasy calm sunday night hasn't seen any major fighting the palestinians say they'll remain defiant and sunday israel supreme court delayed a decision on forcibly evicted palestinians and other are a prime minister binyamin netanyahu says he's determined to push the plan through u.s. reaction with others on there in washington d.c.

shortly but 1st for sit with the situation at damascus kate. so another night of tension here in occupied east jerusalem this is what we've been seeing a pattern throughout the night every now and again israeli security forces moving in to clear certain areas around damascus gate so far the clashes the skirmishes tonight have been less intense than they were over the last couple of days certainly of what we saw on saturday night was a good deal more intense in terms of physical violence however there have been uses of the skunk water cannon the chemical waste water cannon to clear areas as well as repeated use of stun grenades as well the driver of much of this continues to be the situation in the occupied east jerusalem neighborhood of shesher are where palestinian families face a dictionary and a court case which was due to take place on monday to hear whether the appeal of some of those families would be heard that has now been put off for at least 30

days that does give the opportunity for some respite some breathing space of more pushing over here some respite some breathing space but as you can see it still remains tense this campaign could continue and as well as that on monday we have one jewish israelis call jerusalem day when right wing religious nationalists most of them marched through the muslim quarter of the old city waving israeli flags chanting singing and shouting there are questions as to whether these really screwed forces will allow that to go ahead in the same way as it has traditionally if it does that's another real potential flashpoint. is on the has more now on the reaction from the ministration. you're getting a sense that here in washington that there is growing concern about the situation there in israel that we've been seeing over the last few days. biden's national security adviser jake so often had a call on sunday with his rig israeli counterpart and according to

a readout from the white house about that call sullivan told that his or israeli counterpart to the u.s. is very concerned about the violence that is taking place he said that there are serious concerns about the violent confrontations and that the u.s. wants to ensure colm and deescalate tensions and promote deescalation violence that we've been seeing also soul of in telling israeli officials that the u.s. it has serious concerns and according to the readout from the white house about the potential palestinian if vixens palestinian families from their land in their homes in the shade neighborhood and he said that there are he expressed that to the israeli officials that that the u.s. has some serious concerns about that what was not part of this readout or at least what was not laid out in this readout from the call was any direct condemnation of

israel's actions by the united states at least not from this readout clearly israel is a very strong ally of the united states and whenever we've seen situations like this the u.s. usually treads very lightly when it comes to any sort of condemnation when it comes to any violence there p.j. crowley is a form a seen the ads around sort of public affairs for the united states national security council he says the by the administration is trying to prevent this situation from getting worse. the united states under the bible restoration is trying to rebuild relations that ground to a halt you know between united states and the palestinian authority during the trunk years and obviously we've got political uncertainty on both sides we're waiting to see after this most recent israeli election who govern the country going forward what they will do about you know what used to call the peace process

although it's been more of a you know for a number of years and there are leadership questions on the palestinian side as well as to whether they will go ahead with elections here in the near future or not but i think of the 5 who mr asian has to give time for you know new leadership to potentially emerge see how they see the current state of israeli palestinian relations and then try to fashion a strategy going forward so i think this will take some time to develop the fact that the supreme court has host home with a hearing on this issue i think that reflects that you know there are legal questions involved in this issue there are significant political questions involved in this issue i think everyone wants to give time for me israelis to think your out you know who will lead them going forward what their policy is going to be and then i think you'll see you'll be the united states will be in a position you know 'd to act accordingly. the international reaction to events in

occupied east jerusalem is extending to the u.k. people gathered across london manchester and birmingham in solidarity with the palestinians they were out on the streets calling for sanctions against israel pope francis addressed the violence in the occupied these jerusalem during his sunday message from the vatican called on israel to respect the multi religious identity of the city she will come but if you go to any political posts you only i am following with particular concern the events that are happening in jerusalem i pray that it will be a place of an encounter and not a violent clashes a place of prayer and peace i invite everyone to sic she had solutions so that the multi religious and multi cultural identity of the holy city is respected and brotherhood can prevail violence only breeds violence stop the clashes. protesters in the iraqi city of karbala large demanding answers after an anti-government activists was shot dead in their parents' execution supporters of

a habit who was nice at the iranian consulate on fire iranian bank fighters are suspected of being behind the shooting was killed close to his home by gunmen in the early hours of sunday. now he's one of more than 30 activists killed in iraq since the beginning of large scale anti-government protests in october 2019 so a lot of halting reports from karbala. that agonizing wait for the body of a loved one this is the family of a was in the a well known organizer in iraq's anti-government protest movement he was shot dead the night before just outside his home in iraq's southern city of karbala he had his mother told al jazeera he had received numerous threats from paramilitary groups backed by iran the militias are everywhere in the streets they have a list which includes the names of all the activists they will kill them one by one today they killed my son and soon they'll kill another the funeral procession

arrived in the scorching afternoon heat their religious punctuated with desperate cries for survival. the parties are killing us screamed the man who once stood by a harp siding cabinets protest squares demanding change but is anyone listening inside the habs family said their final goodbye their anger directed at both the killers and the government who failed to protect him or look at what we don't trust the government and we don't trust this political process if there is to be justice there should be an international investigation is one of 34 activists assassinated since protests 1st began in october $21000.00 according to iraq's human rights commission a 3rd were killed after a new government was formed in may 2020 promising to end impunity when prime minister mostafa out of kabul may came to power almost a year ago he promised the regime and i was ruled that acted outside of the state's

console and to bring those responsible for the that the protesters and activists to account but only a handful of iran have been made and no one. and so the killings and the funerals go on the protesters drove to calabar central square once packed with crowds railing for a cause but after the movement crumbled i mean the repression they mostly just gathered to mourn the last few here dared to speak on camera in fear they might be next some expect violence to further flare ahead of october elections. these assassinations don't come out of nowhere they are organized it's linked to the elections that have been set for next october and all these politicians are scared i think the october protesters will compete for their power to bring about change that's why they're targeting the activist today have paid the price. the prime

minister promised justice and ordered and wiring but none of these investigations have borne fruit in the past leaving little hope for accountability in the future simona 14 al-jazeera caterpillar. at least 25 people are portrayed have been killed after a bus hit a landmine in afghanistan it happened on the kabul kandahar highway in zabul province local officials say women and children were among the casualties the taliban has announced a 3 day cease fire in afghanistan during the muslim festival of the the 4th of this week with comes 2 days after the government blamed the group for an attack outside the school which killed more than 50 people funerals have been held for the victims of the last attack happened in a predominantly shia neighborhood of the afghan capital just as pupils were leaving at the end of the day fear of contre for he has more from kabul. most of the debris is outside this girl's school may be gone but not the anger and grief among the

people of. dozens of students mostly girls who were killed as they were leaving school 3 bomb blasts cutting their lives short. whoever comes and commits an act of terror should be prevented and punished that no other group conduct such kind of criminal activities in the future the security forces come to the scene after the attack and create more chaos that will never help prevent such brutal attacks witnesses say the attack appeared well coordinated and intended to kill as many children as possible this is the school's gate and the girls were coming out a car bomb and 2 id's exploded almost back to back in 3 different parts of the road outside the school the taliban has denied responsibility and blamed. the government says the taliban is behind the attack there are more than 20

terrorist groups operating in afghanistan peace talks between the taliban and the afghan government are at an impasse and some analysts say even if they reach a peace deal stability in the country is not guaranteed now the time when the taliban are not blaming the responsibility for such attacks this means that the other actors involved in of on this than who has the capacity of challenging the state and the stability and peace of honest them which again means that the international community is leaving an unfinished chapter behind the attack was carried out as violence is rising across the country and foreign troops look to complete their withdrawal in the coming months hazaar ethnic minority lives in the neighborhood and has been repeatedly attacked in recent years its members have called on the government. i saw has claimed several of the attacks.

we will investigate and find the perpetrators working very hard should be brought to justice but justice has rarely been served to the victims of the many attacks. and so once more they bury their dead and pray for the carnage to end. al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera street celebrations in spain as people enjoy some long awaited freedoms. and their remarkable cave discovery reveals what life in europe may have been like a 100000 years ago. and in. ways hello across the middle east we have seen flooding

toward a huge swath of afghanistan into northeastern portions of iran let me get you the total so far that we've seen keep in mind we're just about 910 days into may and already for northeastern iran 7 times what you would see for the entire month of may part of the issue is this rain is falling in the mountains it's draining off the mountains into tributaries that's rising water levels and on monday unfortunately looks like right across iran we do have rain in the mountains and also some pockets of heavy rain towards northern areas of afghanistan ok let me take you to the mediterranean where temperatures have been warm they're coming down a bit for example in stamboul but still tallia $29.00 degrees in nicosia cyprus a high of $32.00 on monday for such areas of africa this very wet weather towards southern somalia is starting to move offshore this is the direction of the wind that we see as monsoon season starts and it will steer those heavy rains toward india otherwise have been getting some pretty good downpours toward areas of south

sudan it's beginning to dry out toward the western cape and 4 strasse by where we saw that heavy rain dry conditions so we look nearby to cape town plenty of sun and average temperatures. qatar airways a weekly critique of the stories hitting the headlines the news media have been left to sort through mixed messages on a quite complex story from mainstream to street journalism the any object is to get the teaching incentive to all keep changing what's going on exposing real world threats to objective it's often the bombing part sounds from moscow 11000 people who were arrested the listening post covers the way the news is covered on the jersey you know. you.

come back let's recap the headlines this hour now the us national security advisor is expressing concern about violent confrontations between israeli forces and palestinians in occupied east jerusalem this tension over the potential evictions of palestinians from the chef job rock neighborhood to make way for illegal settlers in the u.k. people gathered in london manchester and birmingham to show solidarity with palestinians they are calling for sanctions against israel. protesters in the iraqi city of karbala demanding answers after an anti-government activists was shot dead in the current exit curation supporters of rehab and was nice at the iranian consulate on fire iranian backed fighters all suspected of being behind the shooting. for the 2nd day in

a row more than 4000 people have died of covert 19 and in the u.k. medical journal the lancet is warning the death toll could reach a 1000000 by august india's already suffering the 3rd highest number of fatalities in the world patna mittal reports from new delhi. mass cremations like this are becoming common in india these family members have been waiting for hours to say their final goodbyes to their loved ones but in many ways didn't you think more than. he was my relative and his name was reject. he had covered 19 for the last 10 days and was admitted to a private hospital last evening he got a bed until hospital here he was 35 years old and has 2 young children and he passed away this morning his wife is 30 years old me no one place such a tragedy ever accelerator many experts believe new strains of the virus are behind india's steep rise in infections and are worried about their potential impact on

vaccines one that was 1st identified in india the big 1617 is likely to be a variant of concern because it has some your patients which increase transmission and which also potentially could make them resistant to antibodies that are generated by vaccination or by natural infection. some states are imposing restrictions and curfews to arrest the spread of the virus but many people believe anything short of a national lockdown is in adequate. that. the situation is really bad the problem is that the lockdown is not strict enough if the lockdown was stricter we probably would have been able to bring the change which we're not able to do right now my rochelle was able to break the chain after a month of lockdown. people are scrambling to get appointments to be vaccinated as states report doses. are in short supply the government in new delhi has asked the

central government for more back scenes saying it too will run out of doses in the next 4 to 5 days and although cases are falling here the state has extended its lockdown by another week pardon me the al-jazeera new jersey communities across spain have held in probably choose street parties as the national covert 19 state of emergency ended spain is one of the hardest hit countries in europe like other e.u. nations it's putting its trust in the ongoing vaccination drive them barbara for. partying into the night celebrating new freedoms crowds gathered on the streets of spanish cities in the early hours of sunday as the national state of emergency ended. its really very moving i keep thinking of how how great to finally be able to connect to seek to have a good time to say hi it's an important moment. here

in barcelona police had the strange tosk of moving people on after the last curfew began at 10 pm only to let them back up to midnight infection rates have fallen and vaccinations are speeding up now all except for of spain's regions have scrapped local curfews bans on travel between regions are also being lifted at madrid's main train station some were setting off to see family others waiting for loved ones to iran he didn't know if this woman says we have a family event or communion and it just happened to be the day the state of emergency ended we've not seen each other for 8 months asked how it feels. to be. an immobile she says very emotional. in italy 4 regions are having their copied 19 risk level downgraded from monday most of the countries now closed as yellow the lowest under the 40 system now the government stressing the importance of the

european union's planned green pass it would allow travel within the block for people with proven immunity to full vaccinations or a negative coronavirus test and across the e.u. vaccination programs have been accelerating we have now delivered over 200000000 doses to the european people so we are on track to achieve our objective of enough doses being delivered in july to vaccinate 70 percent of the european adult population the commission's confirmed its not renewing its order for astra zeneca has covered 19 vaccine beyond june it's already launched legal action against the manufacturer accusing it of not having a reliable plan to ensure timely deliveries but it has now signed a new contract with pfizer biome tech to receive 1800000000 vaccine doses by the end of 2023. al-jazeera. chan's military has claimed victory in

a battle with rebels that led to the death of president to be captured fighters were paraded in the capital and demand the president gave his death in april cause the political crisis and protest after his son took power he's promised to hold elections after an 18 month transition people smuggling between sudan in ethiopia is increasing this by their border crossings being closed because of a dispute so dan has long been a transit center for many people hoping to make it to europe in search of a better life sudanese authorities say the conflict in ethiopia region is leading to many more trying to make the journey al-jazeera morgan reports from. out of state. this shelter is far from what's hyla our affair and his family had back in their hometown of my. region but when conflict erupted last november hyla says he was forced to abandon all he had and he and his family smuggled themselves into

sudan through an unofficial border crossing. i came into the country at night through the bush there was a form of the border and that's where i stayed for the day sudanese soldiers found me and others who were also escaping to great and brought us to the camp i had hoped to eventually leave and go to another country because i have relatives who've crossed the border before the conflict and they're now in europe and elsewhere but instead we came to the refugee camps the degree conflict is now in its 6 months and has forced more than 63000 people into sudan in search of safety many came through official border crossing points along the sudan if you border during the 1st days of conflict but refugees shortly after the conflict started crossing the border from ethiopia became difficult and smuggling became the safest way to seek refuge in sudan's border states of. they're not the only ones making the journey hundreds coming each year in search of work borders between sudan and if you were marked out

in the early 20th century during british colonial rule despite being drawn on maps the borders between sudan and if you are poorly defined on the ground in most parts there are no formal barriers to mark where one country and the other begins on the stretches of farmland and while border smuggling is not other factors besides the 2 great conflict helped increase over the past few months border crossings have been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic now if you do cross don't venture far from this area in a place called. it's a new 2 kilometer stretch of land where no paperwork is needed to enter them. it's better for me to locate and show them i can communicate with the people and earn money unlike back and my village and. in late november so dan you have to take over for a tower 3000 square kilometer region in the state known as that sudan claims under colonial agreements dating back to mine 1000 or 2 but it's like i'm her farmers

from ethiopia say they've been farming it for nearly 5 decades and it belongs to them local authorities say the situation at the border has also led to a rise in other forms of smuggling but the armed forces are now also combating an increase in smuggling of weapons to borders of long being porous and with conflict in tikrit we find people seeking refuge more often they do that by smuggling across the border and those we detect 100 over to refugee commission but we need organizations to tend to the refugees otherwise we'll start seeing trafficking of vulnerable refugio hyla says when he was smuggled into sudan he was concerned about the welfare of his family he says he still hopes to relocate his family to a better place but now wants to do it legally by any repercussions on their lives and their future he will morgan al-jazeera the body of thousands of people in france are marching to demand the government does more on climate change.

they say propose climate law doesn't go far enough campaigners want any public funds used to support french industry to come with strict ecological conditions. scotland's 1st minister nicola sturgeon is demanding a 2nd referendum on leaving the united kingdom pro independence parties won a majority in scottish parliamentary elections but the u.k. government remains firmly opposed to the move journal reports there might be change coming down the track from edinburgh to london shaking the times that have found scotland to the united kingdom since the 1700s. in the border regions the scottish national party's electoral reach wanes here specially a vote for scottish independence would have profound consequences basically i think that the border and both sides of it is almost as one for people in this area separation is absolutely the last thing that people want in my experience of talking to people locally and the idea of

a hard border is completely unworkable and i think scotland is so in twined this part of the u.k. it's. a separation we just build something absolutely insurmountable problems there are questions about currency and travel but more concerning is trade england accounts for 60 percent of scottish exports the possibility of border controls and trade tariffs could do harm to the economy and there's disquiet on the english side of the border to where the ruins of berrick castle are testament to territory changing hands at least 13 times during the late middle ages the walls of barrack upon tweed were built in the 14th century a great defensive structure for this town on the frontline of wars between scotland and england for hundreds of years now they'll never be that sort of conflict again of course but what may lie ahead for this border area for these 2 nations are new barriers new defenses are hard border perhaps with deeply uncertain consequences.

in the fishing port of i mouth both certified up post breaks it rules limit seafood exports to major european union markets a border with england could make matters worse for some here there's only one solution i'm sure some day i'll come in a friend yes. and i think it's still one contained in that all it's wash no when when when will what and direct it because it because we were still able. to export . products no it's just it's just the paperwork and so forth and obviously the 1st thing they call us started and she's going to go and dependence when we get back into europe. out of one union and back into another recognition perhaps the independent scotland can't afford to be entirely alone the break up if it happens will be hard felt in this border region joe how al-jazeera

the scottish border archeologists in italy have on earth the bones of 9 the anger in a cave near rome the remains belong to 7 adult males one female and a young boy they were uncovered in san felipe. and are shedding new light on how they can and in syria was once populated archaeologists believe most of the individuals were killed by hyenas. or as they are. and let's take a look at some of those headlines now the u.s. national security adviser is expressing concern about violent confrontations between israeli forces and palestinians in occupied east jerusalem there's tension over the potential of a.