no matter where it takes us a pretty full year fearless year gabble meyer. and palin and pasha which tell your stories we are your voice your news your network al-jazeera. the earth. orbit. al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian forgetting this is the use of live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. health officials in gaza say the 12 people have died in an explosion as tensions escalate between israelis and palestinians. israeli settlers and white wing activists rally in occupied east jerusalem to markets an exception despite fears of more violence. iraqi protestors turn that anger on iran's consulate in

karbala after the killing of a prominent activist tehran come dems the rate of more attacks in afghanistan killed more than 40 people including 20 soldiers. and inspired japanese a tennis star not only osaka says that she feels confident say that the tokyo olympics going ahead also making the comments as a limping thomas bob is that forced to cancel a trip to the country. we begin this news hour with the latest escalation in the israeli palestinian conflict 12 palestinians have been killed in that explosion in gaza it happened as hamas fatah rockets from the strip they were launched in response to what the group called israeli aggression in the al aqsa compound is where they are setting targets

across gaza with artillery. earlier the al aqsa mosque compound islams 3rd holiest site was the scene of a violent israeli crackdown these pictures of from inside the mosque is where the forces firing rubber coated steel bullets tear gas and sound forms of palestinian worshippers and that's the 2nd time that is ready forces of storm the al aqsa mosque since last week. these pictures from in and around the compound which houses the mosque israeli security forces target targeted palestinian protesters who are standing god. the latest numbers from the palestinian red crescent that more than 330 people have been injured israeli settlers and right wing activists continue to rally in occupied east jerusalem despite all going to counseling at events to mark the 1967

addicks ation of the city may want to treat caught fire outside the al aqsa mosque the blaze was quickly put out no damage was caused to the mosque itself israeli police and palestinians crashed at the site earlier in the day. al-jazeera is neda abraham is live for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank with 1st let's talk to her before cities at the damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem harry a lot for you to draw together for us here let's start at 6 o'clock local time where as you will live on with us we can hear the sirens the distant sound of explosions. that's right and that being a warning from hamas that if. certain conditions were not met by the israelis that there would be a high part price to pay those conditions including withdrawing from the palestinian israeli side the palace in neighborhood of shakespeare or here in occupied east jerusalem the scene of an eviction battle concerning palestinian

refugees living in that area they want to be israelis to withdraw their forces from the al aqsa mosque compound and the surrounds and read release the detainees taken into custody during the day those things unsurprisingly did not happen and there were 7 rockets fired from gaza towards jerusalem now this is very rare hasn't happened for several years that there would be this kind of long range rocket attack on the area around jerusalem sirens blared people went for cover one of those rockets was intercepted the others fell in open areas immediately the israelis were talking about a response that response has been coming there have been. strikes taking place across the territory of gaza and there has been one particular explosion in which 9 people were killed 3 of them children now there was some initial confusion about

exactly what that explosion represented we have asked the israeli military to confirm or deny whether they were responsible for that the what we're hearing from hamas military sources inside gaza is that they say that this was a man who was being targeted because he was responsible or a palestinian islamic jihad fighter who had fired an anti-tank missile earlier on in this latest round at an israeli israeli vehicle or across in israeli territory we've been followed around according to these hamas military sources by drone. and he was targeted that there were 2 members of the hamas military wing the office and brigades nearby and there were other crowds as well so how much his military wing is saying that this was an israeli airstrike that killed 9 people including 3 children we haven't had any confirmation or denial from the israeli military so far on not front but we are getting from the israeli military is

a promise that there will be a major military response to these rockets long range rockets coming towards jerusalem that it will take several days that such a military operation has been approved by the political level and it all looks at pretty calm behind you at the moment to what extent has the cancellation of this this monch in east jerusalem helped to deescalate tension. i think the immediate tensions here in east jerusalem which have been simmering for so long and which to a large extent explain why we have got to this very dangerous level of escalation between hamas and israel the attempts to try to walk back a little bit from that situation earlier do seem to calm the immediate situation here there's been a couple of things that were done of course the day started very violently on the alexa mosque compound with scenes like of which really

a very rare as well that the kind of stun grenade use tear gas battens running battles on the locks a mosque compound for the 2nd time in just a few days then there was the prospect of this jerusalem day march where largely right wing religious nationalist israelis celebrate the beginning of the occupation the seizure of east jerusalem by israeli forces in 1067 with dancing and singing and triumphalist marches through the through the palestinian muslim quarter of the old city the routes was changed the last minute then they canceled it altogether already jews had not been allowed access to the mosque compound site known as the temple mount to jews to jews itself and as well as that a court hearing the supreme court hearing to decide whether to hear the appeal of some of the palestinian families threatened with eviction from the neighborhood of

shakespeare ah that was also canceled today with at least another 30 days grace period however the fact that these tensions have been rising for so long the fact that we saw this explosion of violence on the locks the mosque compound was tilting things in the other direction and now we have this major escalatory step in terms of gaza and a threatened pretty major military response from the israelis so we wait to see how this plays out in the next few hours al-jazeera sorry for. reporting live from occupied east jerusalem well palestinian leadership has been reacting to the heightened tension let's bring in serious need to bring him is live for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank so what's the palestinian leadership been saying today. earlier today we've heard from the palestinian presidency spokesperson a bit of a dana he says that this really is this is regarding the u.s. administration that is trying to calm the situation and it's also disregarding the

international community and when it comes to the international response we've put that question to the p.l.o. the palestinian liberation organization executive committee member i met mr that he said that the reaction from the international community wasn't as strong as it should be to kind of in force israel to calm the situation down he also said that he believes that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is writing to escalate the situation in east jerusalem to have potential 5th elections to export and to get away really from as far as the palestinian official is concerned to get away from his political failure as he couldn't form a government we've also heard from a top aide he tweeted saying that the palestinian leadership is going to convene and it's going to be studying what measures it can take on the ground and this

specific remark has been mapped with a lot of criticism i've seen a lot of posts on social media saying to the palestinian leadership keep studying while the gaza strip has already responded to the israeli measures by attacking. big rockets into jerusalem the palestinian leadership is saying that they're doing what they can when it comes to diplomatic moves when it comes to urging the international. unity also they you what security council that would give ization of islamic cooperation to kind of move and provide protection to the palestinians we also heard from the palestinian prime minister how much a stay you were. the escalation and this is what he had to say at the beginning of the weekly government meeting. and then you're familiar gloomily is the idea i hold the israeli government fully responsible for what the worshipers were exposed to in

the blessed al aqsa mosque and i warn of the consequences that will result from such incursions as well as attempts to evacuate the people of shake the original owners of the land from their homes why did was done i don't i called on the international community to intervene immediately to stop these horrific violations and to provide protection to the citizens of the palestinian territories especially in the city of jerusalem which is undergoing ethnic cleansing today jerusalem is restoring the glow of the coals. and you know what about the people of ramallah how have they been reacting to today's events. they've been spontaneous protests all across the occupied west bank not just here and on the although we are expecting another protest in about 20 minutes or so and so far more of these protests have been in city centers and. in geneva but there have been some

calls for these protests to go to confrontation with the israeli army we know that there are numerous israeli military checkpoints across the occupied west bank and policy some palestinians want some sort of a confrontation to so their support for their fellow palestinians in them but also to show that they are also sharing the same cause and they are also living under the same israeli occupation even if it's mechanisms of showing that or the israeli violations by different here. we know that jerusalem is very important and very front and center when it comes to the palestinian struggle for freedom and for statehood and having these troops in them as its capital and so for that reason many palestinians want to be there they want to play in a lot softer example they want to have access to the holy city but they can't because they need a permit from the israeli military and it's it's

a really given and there are many people who have this what israel calls a security concern which is why they don't get these permits so in times like this when they can't be there in east jerusalem they want to show their support and that angered by protesting even if they can't be fear physick. abraham reporting live from ramallah in the occupied west bank money i'm afraid she is a palestinian human rights activist she joins us now live via skype from occupied east jerusalem area and thanks for being with us your thoughts on what's been happening today. so basically it's and i'm going seeing her some day some days now or it's it's the only way the occupation chill it's to flee it's $0.02 it starts with the what is it a neighborhood to be but i'm just at a neighborhood

a facing now. and as you can sing and it continues to unlock some more it's going to best of times it was 7. israel's prime minister netanyahu has accused the last of crossing a red line today with its rocket attacks on east jerusalem and as promised a tough response. what are your concerns for the days ahead now how dangerous is the point at which whereat. already basically. it's never it's never been so easy either for jerusalem or for dinner 7 when we live on sort of gaza it's never been so insular look it's mitch this expression has been this crazy and this chaotic for so long now and. what's happening in jerusalem. especially in she's never he now is is not saying

that age aside and you know i should not be talk about the ethnic cleansing that is a speccy now and. us since 1988 observes to date. cannot cannot be silenced and cannot be. you know we should talk about it we should put it's underlined it's a we should you should talk about it what do you mean by that how does the situation deescalate now. well the situation is collates because what's happening is not it's not a no can sing it's not something that's on the palestinians to get a boat it's not something that's on you jerusalemites boat it's something that's internationally humans should get a boat like how would you accepted that in 2021. people and again it's getting kicked out of that most of us how would anyone in the world accept

this so because it's to an on going it's to be meeting of course with a skinny. by name it's really good to talk to many thanks indeed for being with us we may speak to you again later in the ahmadiyya mfi there in occupied east jerusalem where there's growing international concern over the flare up in tensions between israelis and palestinians in a moment we'll get reaction from the united nations kristen salumi standing by for us there but 1st let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly how could he wants the white house saying about all of this well the united states is urging a de escalation of tensions at a halt to the violence over the weekend the white house confirmed it is monitoring as says it has serious concerns about the clashes that have been occurring shoes that they are raising both publicly and privately here's what the white house press secretary jens psaki had to say a short time ago. we are continuing to closely monitor the violence in israel we

have serious concerns about the situation including violent confrontations that we've seen over the last few days as you noted as you noted an escalation earlier today you also noted that in a call over the weekend with his israeli counterpart our national security adviser jake sullivan reiterated concerns about the potential of actions of palestinian families from their homes and they agreed that the launching of rocket attacks intended incendiary balloons from gaza towards israel is unacceptable and must be condemned so this is something that our national security team is closely monitoring obviously across government certainly the president is kept abreast and is watching closely as well. well the national security advisor jake sullivan over the weekend urging his israeli counterpart to direct the israeli government to pursue calm the feeling of the white house it is incumbent upon israel to do just

that and to that end the white house says it will remain actively engaged towards the pursuit of that goal but this is better real problem for the biden white house it was to focus on domestic issues challenges with covert night t.v. and really tried to avoid getting involved in these disputes between israeli and palestinians but this is clear it's out of the white house as a result of the clashes that have occurred not only the al aksa mosque but also in the shade jar neighborhood this is something that increasingly even members of the president's own democratic party on capitol hill are pushing the white house to become more actively engaged the white house for now saying it will monitor the events and is continuing to try and advocate for peace and white house correspondent kelly helka reporting live from the white house thanks kimberly well the u.n. secretary general spokesman stephane to china coast released a statement saying that the secretary general is following with deep concern the

latest security of all of the developments which risk triggering yet another dangerous escalation needing to phone the violence of loss of life he condemns in the strongest terms the launching of rockets from gaza into israel which of reportedly play have been played claimed by hamas well the u.n. security council has held a closed door meeting on the violence there is ready palestinian tension to syria's kristen salumi joins us now live from the u.n. headquarters in new york it was behind closed doors it's now finished this u.n. security council meeting what do we know of what happened. well the formal meeting is over the security council members were briefed by the u.n. special envoy for the middle east tour venice and and we're still waiting though to see if they are going to make any formal statement regarding the situation in east

jerusalem right now we are understanding that ongoing negotiations are taking place and we also know from diplomats inside the security council that china tunisia and norway have proposed elements for a statement to the press on the situation there a statement that would express concern about the escalating violence and the possible addiction the palestinians from shake and other neighborhoods in east jerusalem called for restraint amid the clashes that holy sites and underscored muslims rights to worship there free from intimidation and violence and it also calls on israel to see settlement activities vixens destruction of property and so on and this would be in keeping with longstanding u.n. agreements and international law regarding the occupied territories they are the secretary general and tony good terrorists also made statements as we just heard as you just said. condemning the ongoing violence calling for calm calling for an end

to these invitations even so we know there is universal concern in the security council about what's happening there but we've also heard from our sources inside that the united states has told diplomats that they're concerned that making a formal statement would not help the situation so our understanding from speaking of these diplomats is that the discussions are ongoing there would be tempting to reach a compromise where they can make a formal statement. u.s. support would be crucial for that however it would have to be a unanimous decision on the part of the council so we'll wait and see if they can come up with something that everyone would agree on the fact that they're still talking suggests that a statement might still be possible i would say as christensen will be there live at the u.n. in new york thanks very much indeed no ziad abu zeid is a lawyer and political activist he joins us live via skype from occupied east jerusalem. where the very dangerous point right now where do we go from here

when in the midst of those very good behavior i'm sure. in general. by your provocations and that other most of our locks are of those very this isn't you're evacuating americans from their homes because ships are on there not all the time to continue your own state of israel your claim deception and that it's not an activity that is there to spread his genius so it is right it is obvious i mean you know how to sing ons are a lot you don't have sometimes are once in you know as a ram that is absent from the front it's you know aside they're not trying to be a student it's driven on the contrary they scared it is interesting so when we've got a problem not not it's not a dangerous situation and i think this is this certainly is the highest priority there should be a process of counterbalance situation and then we think that is right here i assume

they're going to start the pressure on something this israeli accusation against our holy so our sides suffer and. as i said a few moments ago the prime minister netanyahu has a process for response to hamas as crossing of a red line this he called it by with these rocket attacks on jerusalem what happens if there is an israeli retaliation. wonder why the cost of why the issue is jerusalem out of their issue is their luck some lost and said sorry about it no one should read it that tension jerusalem and i come from back there those are bizarre that gayness is another the oxide shells are never out of but i starting to talk about hamas fired guns on the fall of gaza i did not want hamas to fire rockets on israel because this is not an issue and there is no there that national grass sound

that internet or b.s. just stay out and things will stop we one general incident can be on that agenda not invent that not an adjunct not run their progress to be on jerusalem and to some time in support of people that interested him i'm gonna send us of our holy docs are more us tax under motivations of the stuff not some of the fanatic usually just neighbor the national be broke against it out some more sunday guys know why but i thought cigarettes i was a you're not too good there was what nick wanted them irish the flags in mosques were those rated banat and some people are sick and bang on dollars and shop some got out some sort of got out on that day then then they're out of taking action against us we really don't contribute that but they have been acting as they are attacking us and we have to defend ourselves but we have no unpleasant event ourselves so they should not be gods and their ok i would be condemnation should

not be a right to be balanced by the need to fix the victimizer there should be at least have a pretty good nation of israel yeah gag mission i guess oust and then should be on reaction because as that is rather a saying that we don't mind yet never be segments of condemnation by your own blood against sense or if not as i was wrong i think there's no action against us so there should be something better. that the hand of condemnation of the israeli act that last summer was on terrorism and also on the continued occupation of that is it's not the kind of center i think that is going to need a great song. i could storm chaser thanks for being with us. in occupied east jerusalem before we move on to the rest of the day's news let's speak once again to al-jazeera sorry forces in east jerusalem just to wrap up the events of

the day so far for us harriet began with the violence at the the al aqsa mosque which was stormed by israeli security forces. that's right i mean for days now the question has been would this monday be the day that the long simmering situation here in east jerusalem really erupted into serious and potentially escalatory violence and it's been given a pretty grim answer that question through the course of the day it began with what we saw those very serious confrontations and violence on the territory the locks the mosque compound itself it spreads to this sector our neighborhood the center of this land disputes the palestinian refugees threatened with eviction and there were more and more serious clashes during the course of the day there was the

threat of the jerusalem day march and real confrontations face to face between palestinians and right wing israeli really just nationalists that was averted with the last minute decision to alter the route which had led to its cancellation entirely and now we're in a situation with this escalating situation with gaza the al aqsa mosque compound itself there are clashes on it again as we began the day but the difference is we have had loss of life inside gaza 12 so far according to the palestinian ministry of health we've had long range rocket attacks targeting civilian areas close to jerusalem. in itself this is an exceptionally dangerous period israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is promising a forceful response which could last several days and a strong response saying that israel will not accept that kind of targeting of its

people there was also an. attack on a civilian jeep from gaza from a member of the palestinian islamic jihad and now we have as well our own reporting al-jazeera talking to military sources within hamas saying that it was an israeli airstrike which was responsible for 9 people being killed including 3 children including the fire of that anti-tank missile targeting that jeep we don't have that confirmed or denied yet from the israeli military but that's what we're hearing from inside gaza so all of this taken in the around suggests an extremely dangerous tense fragile period and several days at least as the israelis are saying of more fighting al jazeera herefore said reporting live from occupied east jerusalem for the moment harry many thanks.

now to the rest of the day's news iran has confirmed publicly for the 1st time that it's in talks with its arch rival saudi arabia in an effort to reduce tension. level bit deescalation of tensions between the 2 great islamic countries in the persian gulf region is definitely in the interest of the 2 peoples and the region as a responsible country we think we must always be welcoming of resolving the issues and matters that have existed between the 2 countries we hope with the exchanging of the atmosphere to be able to reach a meaningful understanding for bilateral relations and regional developments and we will make our very best effort in this regard. saudi arabia and iran have been competing for decades for economic and political dominance in the middle east the 2 countries severed diplomatic relations in 2016 after saudi arabia's execution of a shia cleric sparked violence against its embassy in tehran

a car to facing off and multiple proxy conflicts including it yemen saudi arabia is leading a military alliance supporting the yemeni government in its fight against iran linked hooty rebels neighboring gulf arab states also often sounded the alarm over the expanding role of lebanon's iran backed hezbollah movement in the region. is the director of iranian studies program at these at stanford university he joins us now live via skype from stanford california good to have you with us so what do you make of this how significant is it. is fairly significant in the sense that i think both countries the arabia and iran are looking at the rapidly changing landscape in the region around the world both of them look this is that they need to recalibrate and they need to reduce tensions and they need to reduce the amount of the. investment they're making in these proxy wars and they need to appeal to

the international community they are less keen on confrontation and more inclined towards normalized relations for these things don't just happen what's what's occurred to bring about this for prashant and who might have mediated between the 2. clearly the country that has needed to train them is iraq and reports have that oman has also been active and has been involved in some of these negotiations but i think what has brought it about is the reality that the by the administration is mapping out a new middle east policy the policies of the trumpet instruction or norm longer in place where some here review enjoyed carte blanche to do in the region what it wanted. the netanyahu government is fighting for his political life not just in jerusalem but in really politics both countries have serious

economic problems to face in one doesn't months earlier very good teams is clout to the make nuclear deal of the month desperately wants. more difficult to attain so all factors i think are contributing to both sides realizing that there is no game there is a new geo reality in the region and around the world and they need to become compatible and if there is a resetting of relations between the 2 what will that mean for a particular war in yemen and perhaps. as influence throughout the region. my sense of what i have read from the iranian reports of what has been discussed yemen has been very critical i think both sides are trying to deescalate a proxy war a rolls there i think some kind of a rapprochement in yemen is very much in the works i can't imagine

a complete normalization of relations between iran and saudi arabia because there is so much tension that has been fueled over the last 4 decades but i think the lowering of temperature is what is a work not necessarily normalize relations but lessening of tensions from both sides to dent tend to the dumbest same problem iran is facing a serious economic problem it needs desperately for the sentients to be looked at and it can't afford saudi arabia and israel for example and united arab emirates to be actively promoting the that the nuclear deal should not be reached here and is also as i'm sure you know means tempering his relations with its neighbors once bombastic approach to qatar is no longer it has become more temperate in every facet and that to some extent is because donald trump is no

longer the president the green knight is no longer green. or yellow and the real ism for them emanates from that and for iran it emanates from the very dire economic political situation they're increasingly isolated in the region events last night in iraq in a cabin in the shrine of a mountain sam one of the holiest places of she isn't against iran snow against in iraq against the war in canberra against the mom indicates something how increasingly isolated they are even in places where they have spent billions to create an infrastructure of proxy force it's been really good to talk to so many thanks indeed are responding there in stanford california. when iran's foreign ministry has strongly contempt condemned that attack around its consulate in karbala on sunday protestors in the iraqi city targeted iran after anti-government

activists were shot dead in an apparent execution supporters of. set fires around the iranian consulates they suspect iranian backed faces of being behind the shooting a last name was killed close to his home by unknown gunmen in the early hours of sunday silvia's dummied on. the islamic republic of iran strongly condemns the right in its diplomatic posts in iraq it hopes that within the framework of the 961 convention iraq carefully fulfills its commitments regarding the protection of iran's diplomatic locations last night the iranian foreign ministry submitted a letter of protest to the iraqi embassy in tehran more from a serious amount a full team in baghdad. well protests are planned again for today. where it was and he was assassinated as well as in other cities including baghdad

to protest not just the habs death but the series of s.s. nations and killings that have been taking place ever since anti-government protests 1st began in october 2900 just last night there was another attempt at the killing of a local journalist who is now in critical condition in a hospital being treated for those injuries so there is a general outrage at the government for failing to bring those killers to account for failing to rein in these armed groups that are backed by iran and it operate with complete impunity and if we look to similar assassinations that have happened in the past it's extremely difficult for the state institutions to really identify the perpetrators because 1st of all the ones who actually carry out the killings are usually low level operatives and even if they are arrested it's very difficult to establish a link with whoever came a gave the order and then there is the 2nd really that these armed groups have

actually not just not just operating in this environment of impunity but they have also to some extent penetrated state institutions they have penetrated the security apparatus of the judiciary which means that it's very difficult for the state even with the best of intentions to bring these killers to account the investigators who are charged with looking into these cases may receive threats themselves. the afghan government and taliban have agreed to a 3 day ceasefire for the muslim holiday of aid later this week it comes amid a surge in violence across afghanistan the latest explosion killed several people who were traveling on a bus in the southern province of zabul al-jazeera charlotte dallas reports. travelling in a bus through southern afghanistan these passengers were approaching a chick point around midnight when the bus drove over a mine their journey no one of recovery and no ice regional hospital the latest casualties in an increasingly insecure country but still not that. when our vehicle

approached a checkpoint a bomb exploded many people were killed and injured i saw people's hands and feet had fallen to the ground they were not themselves. to more bomb blasts followed one in power one that killed 2 passengers another targeted soldiers in wiston far province killing several in afghanistan this was a bloody weekend. on monday health side in west in kabul was scored with dozens of fresh grapes teenage girls were targeted as they live school on saturday with 3 separate bombs it was the deadliest attack in more than a year in targeted members of the has are if knit group a shia minority. according to the new york times in the week starting april 30th $140.00 government forces and over 40 civilians were killed across afghanistan the highest death toll in a single week since october the afghan government said the taliban were responsible the taliban blamed eisel and afghan intelligence services these are not. killing

innocent people and when these are against our border because our bullets practic are for the common people. national project best we have announced the rise in casualties has coincided with the final pullout of foreign troops may 1 was the form a deadline for the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan u.s. president joe biden push that back to september 11th the nato allies will leave then also e.u. foreign ministers met on monday the withdrawal from afghanistan at the forefront of discussions not in. the lead some time after the terrible attacks in the recent days it's all the more important for the e.u. to make very clear that afghanistan and the afghan government can continue to count on europe support we'll do everything we can to ensure the ongoing peace

negotiations reach a conclusion of a key goal and u.s. and nato negotiations with afghan and television representatives has always been a reduction in violence and after and horrific weekend some progress the taliban announced a rare 3 day ceasefire for the muslim eat holidays will be only the 3rd break in fighting in nearly 3 years a brief reprieve for those caught in the middle chelate ballasts al-jazeera. 4 people have been killed in anti coup protests and monitoring groups say the total civilian death toll is now close to $800.00. watt demonstrations continued despite the military's crackdown in a way in the south but just as marched wearing white l g b t q activists qur'an youths teachers and students joined what they're calling a purification strike meanwhile detained leader aung san suu kyi she will appear in

court for the 1st time on may 24th she's been charged with various various offenses that include violating a colonial era official secrets act that could see her jailed for up to 14 years a judge has also ruled that she will be able to meet her legal team face to face for the 1st time we had to meet in person that is the possible to do get instruction from her and at that point i asked that question that yes to make that . happen 90. percent yes. and they then daus and he. told us that he was great forward to the lawyers and we in redound had told her that we also are going very grateful to serve.

the u.k. as prime minister boris johnson has announced for the relaxing of coronavirus restrictions for next monday people will be allowed to meet in groups of up to 30 outdoors and restaurants and pubs will reopen for indoor dining and drinking the other u.k. countries scotland wales and northern ireland decide the covert 19 rules today we are announcing. the single biggest step on our road map and it will allow us to do many of the things that we've yearned to do for a long time so let's protect these games by continuing to exercise caution and common sense. india's government has asked the supreme court not to interfere with its vaccine policies summit mounting criticism of its handling of the pandemic and the vaccine rollout only 2.5 percent of the population has received 2 doses so far infections from over from india over the past week for

nearly half of or accounted for nearly half of all cases in the world elizabeth broderick reports from new delhi. the southern state of cannot occur is the new epicenter of the covering of virus in india as people wait for hours to cremate their loved ones migrant workers are leaving its capital. is one of india's richest cities attracting workers from all over the country but a strict lockdown means daily wage earners have lost their livelihoods. is going to be a lot down here in bangalore so i'm going home to be difficult to find work is amazing during the. migrant and daily wage workers like some of the most vulnerable to car the 19 and have the least access to vaccinations. as an auto rickshaw driver comes into contact with strangers every day but he doesn't have any

electronic devices needed to register online for the vaccine but with a smartphone. and those were born there asking their neighbors or they're not getting vaccinated if they don't register they can get vaccine it. delivers food for a living and says he can't afford to take time off work. means offering vaccinations but we don't know where to go or what to do. or do we get vaccinated there's hardly any so it's not possible for us to go get vaccinated. even those who are able to make an appointment have to wait in line for hours the government expanded the vaccination program to include everyone above the age of 18 but there aren't enough doses. it's asking the trade organization to remove intellectual property rights on covert vaccines so that it can manufacture them at no cost but health experts say the indian government can do a lot more to increase production including removing the patent on an indigenous

biotech vaccine. also for medical research which has supported by the biotech in this product. is hoping to make royalties on the product rather than ensure that everybody gets it so the incentive for it is to make huge royalties which means higher prices. india is the world's biggest baxley manufacturer but only 10 percent of adults have received a 1st jab as india's coronavirus cases remain high and the number of vaccinations go down the supreme court will this week continue its hearing into the government's policy that includes allow the vaccine manufacturers to charge different prices to the central government day and private hospital elizabeth random al-jazeera new delhi. in fact the infection rates ensure rankers 3rd wave is running out almost 2000 infections each day the island is facing restricted vaccine supply from india

as cases surge the sri lanka is relying on donations at the site of job from china the country started to administer the job on saturday after it was approved by the world power for preservation. nepal is so short of oxygen canisters due to the growth of our isp and direct that it's asked try mess on mt everest to bring back the empty cans instead of leaving them on the mountain slopes a surgeon covered by 900 cases has brought the fragile health system in the country to breaking point paul reported more than 9000 cases on monday more than 3800 people have died. the poor has plunged into political uncertainty in the middle of a health crisis prime minister k.p. sharma only has lost a confidence vote in parliament after a new rival faction within his party abstained he's been in charge of a minority government since a coalition party withdrew its support president beattie bhandari is expected to

ask only to lead a caretaker government while parties in parliament seek to form a new government. with the united states special envoy for the horn of africa is in ethiopia he's meeting prime minister ali ahmed of the african union to discuss the great conflict among other issues fighting between ethiopian military and fighters of the to grow people's liberation front is not its 6 months of aid organizations say they're still struggling to reach those affected more than $63000.00 to grow and refugees have fled to neighboring sudan to syria's have a morgan talks to some of them in got a reef near the border with. for months now fatima has been struggling to live with the physical scars of what she went through in her hometown of home after a refugee camp in the damned if he says she was about to give birth when her soldiers raided the hospital she says all the health workers fled leaving those in critical conditions like herself to deal with the soldiers how. the doctors were

preparing. but when i woke up i found a wound bigger than a normal sereno my belly and amara soldiers were around when i asked about my child they said they taken it and asked me to leave or die more than 63000 refugees have now fled to sudan and neighboring to tell us the the conflict integrate started in early november when the if you can government launched a military campaign against the regional to great people's liberation front it came after an attack on a government military base following months of tension between the 2 sides. while the number of refugees coming into sudan has seen little increase over the past few weeks aid organizations say more than a 1000000 are internally displaced inside to grey the u.n. says aid convoys to the region are being blocked as fighting continues between the 2 sides despite this government claiming victory over the tigra people's liberation front in late november the un says 4500000 people in the region are in need of

relief with hundreds of thousands facing severe malnutrition it's described what's happening in too great an unfolding full scale humanitarian crisis in a video smuggled out of the ethiopian capital last month the head of the ethiopian orthodox church a native to gray and became the most senior voice to call what's happening in the region a genocide it followed a u.s. government report describing the conflict as an ethnic cleansing of to graham's. i'm not sure what the 2 great people did wrong what their crimes are i'm not clear why they want to declare genocide on the people have to agree i don't know why they want to wipe the people of to great from the surface of the earth the whole world should know this. if you piers government has rejected the claims saying that it's ready to work with international human rights experts to investigate any claim of rights violations the pope has called on the parties to the conflict to stop the violence and protect civilians but many in the region say his appeals are likely to

be unheard. but nobody will listen to you because he could be on you only just but they don't. get out there with you. if you don't believe it. being very very very good keeping this in here you get into. those who can are fleeing to sudan those inside to great can only wait for aid and for the conflict to end thousands of people have already been killed directly by the conflict aid organizations were in fact with their access blocked thousands more could die from starvation people morgan al-jazeera a lot of state. just ahead here on the news in sport a big boost for manchester united from their europe while in superstar the details coming up in a moment. we're

going to talk sport here start thank you very much adrian olympic president thomas back has counseled an upcoming trip to japan ahead of the tokyo games back had been due to arrive in the country next week but organizers say the visit has now been postponed japan is dealing with a surge in corn of virus cases for a small reports. japanese tennis star naomi osaka is said to be one of the faces of the tokyo olympics but with the host city still under a state of emergency due to corona virus the 4 time grand slam champion has admitted to having mixed feelings about the games going ahead. for me i feel like

of course i would say i want the olympics to happen because i'm an athlete and that's sort of what i've been waiting for my entire life i think a lot of unexpected things have happened and for me i feel like if it's putting people at risk and if it's making people very uncomfortable then it definitely should be a discussion for a new opinion poll has shown that nearly 60 percent of people in japan want the olympics canceled the government forced to justify why the host country is having to supply 10000 medical workers to saf the games. of never put the olympics 1st my priority has been to protect the lives and health of the japanese population let me address that clearly in sams of the olympic and paralympic games it is important that we must 1st prevent the spread of the bars it's the i.o.c. who's made the final decision to hold the guns. organizers insists they have

a workable plan to keep $11000.00 visiting athletes safe even if they're not vaccinated a warm up event at the main olympic stadium involved more than $400.00 competitors but only 9 were from abroad and no fans were allowed in to watch maintaining a bubble for the athletes to be able to stay healthy and also the citizens of japan to be able to stay healthy before an athlete born after coming into the country i think it was a success. definitely different this can be hard to adapt but the caution is definitely needed. some countries are allowing athletes to jump the vaccination queue out of the games and australia more than 2000 athletes and coaches are expected to receive their shots before they travel we are going into a pretty i'm going situation over in tokyo so to have this little band-aid is a huge weight off ever and shoulders. for now the tokyo torch is still burning on

its way to the opening ceremony on july the 23rd. for a smile al-jazeera. now london's wembley stadium is being considered as a new venue for this month's champions league final game between english teams chelsea and manchester city is due to be held in turkey but the u.k. government has told him not to travel to the game in this tumble to to the new corner virus restrictions european football's governing body u.s. is holding talks with the english football association with a final decision expected by wednesday. why and forward as its income vania has signed a one year contract extension that meant to say united the 34 year old has impressed in his debut season english premier league he scored 15 goals across all competitions his efforts have also helped united reach the european league final well their faces a spanish side rail. or

a long wait for a golf title is over the 4 time major champion has gone through and when this run stretching back to 2019 that came to an end at the wells fargo championship in north carolina or a limited number of fans were allowed in to watch the action northern irishman shooting a final round of 68 to win by a single shot 2 time wimbledon champion pits like a bit of a stage an impressive come back early ashley gears up for longer holes which starts later this month after losing the 1st set $61.00 against. in the 1st round of the talent open the 31 year old came back in style. well she took the next 2 said 6 lovers 62 to wrap up the match is looking to win her 2nd title of 2021. and could the

sand of leather on willow will soon be a thing of the past on the cricket pitch engineers at the university of cambridge i have created the world's 1st about cricket bat bats have traditionally been made from wide to willow trees the scientists say about who can form a willow and is more sustainable but they admit that taking this idea to the next level could hit problems. interestingly bamboo is not a wood it is a grass and that presents part of the problem because based on current m.c.c. regulations the blade of a bark needs to be made from a single plank of timber or wood so there would have to be negotiations. and that's why as well for me i'll have more for you later on at 21 g.m.t. but for now i'll hand you back to adrian. so many thanks indeed time for us in doha

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