japan. there is no channel that covers world news like we do we revisit places mistake there are pretty invests in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. 0 . hello i'm maryam namazie you're with the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes 20 people including children killed in an explosion in gaza as israel responds to rocket attacks on jerusalem earlier on hundreds of palestinian wash up as were injured when israeli security forces stormed the a lock some mosque also is the way to reduce tension. is

the situation as the u.s. secretary of state joins international calls for calm also coming up on the program the journey that turned deadly for these boss passages the latest in a string of violent attacks in afghanistan and a major pipeline company comes on to cyber attack pumping up prices threaten the flow of oil to american consumers. who are japanese attend. this says that she feels conflicted about the tokyo lympics going ahead osaka making the comments as a limp it boss thomas bach is forced to cancel a trip to the country. hello welcome to the news hour we want to begin with the latest developments from gaza where at least 20 palestinians have been killed in israeli as strikes which

took place in response to rocket attacks on jerusalem israeli officials say 150 rockets were fired from the palestinian territory a mass had threatened an escalation in violence unless israeli security forces some lost compound there on monday morning more than 300 palestinian wash up as were injured when the site was stormed by israeli forces tensions have been running high really throughout the muslim holy month of ramadan made was. by the planned evictions of several palestinian families from the neighborhood in east jerusalem that's now spiteri full set because he's been following developments for us from damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem is and many more indication from the israeli government about what they plan on doing next particularly after these ass strikes in gaza. well the israeli government is saying that it will deal

a forceful response to hamas for what hamas has threatened to do and has done in sending 7 rockets long range rockets from gaza swards jerusalem one of the was intercepted the 6 others were they fell in open areas. and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that this will be a response lasting several days and the and for some time that that is necessitated by the fact that hamas crossed a red line in firing on jerusalem now in gaza the israeli military response has already been under way for some time there been wave after wave of rockets coming out of gaza towards the israeli areas near the strip itself and strikes from the from israeli aircraft into gaza 2 and in one blast alone in beit hanoun at the beginning of that israeli response the palace in health ministry says 9 people were

killed 3 of them children now there's been no clarity on this from the israeli military as to whether they were responsible or not for that particular blast but we've been speaking to hamas military sources who say that that was a targeted strike against a palestinian islamic jihad fighter who himself was responsible for firing a an anti-tank missile at an israeli civilian jeep at the beginning of this latest flare up in all the passing health ministry is now saying $21.00 people have been killed so far so this is a major escalation and the numbers of dead and injured inside gaza amounting. all right thank you very much gary for said aaron occupied east jerusalem. and there is in ramallah and we can speak now can you tell us what people in ramallah and in other cities in locations have been saying about what's been happening in east jerusalem and why they are now taking to the streets.

they want to voice their anger because many of them cannot access jerusalem because it is disconnected from the rest of the occupied west bank with israeli military checkpoints that require them to have permits that with that are pre-approved from the israelis before they can even access it and sometimes they have to ask for these permits for 14 days they have to have a reason to go and visit the city of course there are some times when the israelis ease restrictions another out there in the holy month of ramadan we haven't seen that happen this month so they want to voice that anger when it comes to israeli violations on the ground they feel that this is the same cause that they are facing and that they are all under the same israeli occupation israeli measures that for them its only aim at the end of the day is to kick them out of their lands and

bring israelis and jews from across the world to live in these lands and in these territory all in all now we are talking about more than $115.00 injuries by tear gas rubber bullets and rubber coated steel bullets and live ammunition so these palestinians want the palestinian authority as well to be more. to take a stronger and harsher stance when it comes to the israeli actions of the ground but they feel that the past and enough dorothy is not doing much we've spoken to some officials and they say that although the international community is condemnations are not enough to quell the israeli measures they're still working to provide to communicate with the u.n. with the arab league the organization are going to zation of islamic cooperation to try and have these institutions force israel to ease its measures

on the ground. all right thank you from ramallah and am reporting to us thank you. now and all the developments israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned of an open ended military operation against hamas following the launch of those rockets on monday evening and. this evening on jerusalem day at the terrorist organizations in gaza have crossed a red line and attacked us with missiles in the outskirts of jerusalem israel will respond with great force. we will not tolerate attacks on our territory on our capital on our citizens and on our soldiers whoever attacks us will pay a heavy trunk. and then earlier the palestinian prime minister how much a tired wonder of consequences following the storming of sc and then you will

humble it is that 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 shaikh she original owners of the land from their homes why did much to mark 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. that's now spent together as on the who is in washington following the reaction there in gabriel we were hearing earlier from the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken speaking out of his meeting with the jordanian foreign minister a man safadi tell us about his remarks. yeah it was

essentially a deescalation that's what we've been hearing from washington out of washington all day on monday some variation of the theme of deescalation anthony blinken the secretary of state did meet with his counterpart from jordan the meeting was pre-planned it was not to schedule because of events going on in around jerusalem nevertheless anthony blinken is the highest ranking u.s. official to speak out on monday and this is a little bit more of what he had to say. and so what are the one of the plans now because obviously there there is a concern about there being a wider conflict speaking to there in occupied east jerusalem the indication is that there is a an operation as strikes that could continue in gaza for at least

a couple of days already 20 civilians of loss that lives must be fears or at least concerns there washington about. being locked in an escalatory cycle. yeah that's right the biden ministration has made it very clear they're taking a very cautious approach to this they don't want to get moved too quickly too fast in events that they think are unpredictable and that could escalate quickly so what we're hearing from the white house and elsewhere is that the they're going to what wait and watch and that perhaps in the medium to long term the u.s. could potentially enter into some sort of mediation agreement with the israeli and palestinians but not right now there's no indication of that we've heard from. the white house press secretary who again was reinforcing deescalation also from the pentagon as well a pentagon spokesperson basically saying that the rocket attacks were in his words

unacceptable and that the u.s. would provide israel with any and all support they needed to defend themselves but the bottom line what we have not been hearing from a lot of washington today at least on monday anyway is any sort of direct combination of the aggression by israeli security forces bottom line is that by administration wants to and expects to it was hoping to if you will focus on domestic affairs within the u.s. but it's becoming increasingly clear that is the situation escalates in the region over there that that the u.s. will have to perhaps have a more stronger role here and we have heard from both privately and publicly from democrats on capitol hill that are privately urging the white house to take a stronger stance yes indeed because we hearing from the messages state that really calling on all sides all parties the conflict to take steps to content but it was

a particular focus on those rocket attacks coming from gaza against israel. all sides need to just the way to reduce tension take the steps to calm things down right. it's all the stuff we see in the last of the last 24 hours to guard to remember the brave and putting off a decision on the virtues but it's imperative that all sides take steps to deescalate and calm the situation. always joined now via skype from the united states by hillary mann leverett she's a former white house national security official a negotiator with iran c.e.o. now of the political risk consultancy strategy i'm not sure what you thought about the well the reaction we've had so far from the u.s. but particularly those remarks from secretary of state and. recent tensions in israel in the occupied territories present the biden administration with an opportunity perhaps to to assert its position on this conflict. yes though

the number one goal i think for the by an administration is to as they say push the parties push the israelis in particular to take what they call but the net u.s. national security adviser has clout quote unquote appropriate steps to restore the critical point here is that the administration that aren't administration is focused on restoring calm they don't want to really deal with the cost of an issue they don't want to deal with israeli acts against the palestinians they just wanted to become there so that there can be a focus here on domestic politics and to the extent about administration wants to focus on foreign policy it is to restore alliances with our european and asian allies and not have too much tension coming out of the middle east which is one reason why you see the focus on trying to restore the iran nuclear geo the last thing they want to do is have an explosion of violence against the palestinians by

israel an ally of the united states and one country that president biden and even vice president harris have strong voice very strong support for. right from what is saying the biden a mystery is facing significant foreign policy challenges right now they'd rather prioritize china russia the iran nuclear deal particularly which means what we're very unlikely to see any steps to even attempt to reverse some of the policies that we saw the trunk administration take. yes and the biden ministration is paying the price for some of those some of those very provocative policies for example the administration's decision to really cut off ties with the palestinian authority with palestinian president abbas means if there is no one really on the palestinian side for americans to to even plead with to take steps from the palestinian side to to restore calm and to perhaps not protest as much for the israelis to then attack

them there's just no one of the palestinian side because the drug administration really viscerally to that channel that said you do see the national security adviser jake sullivan trying to work with the israeli national security guys are to take at least small steps to what they call restore dealing with this raid that was going to march through the palestinian neighborhoods of truth and perhaps even shit to try to go the israeli supreme court to take some sort of legal action to give the palestinians some stay from these these forced evictions but in the end that's really not going to be enough the situation there is it's boiling over and even the u.s. domestic politics are fascinating because some key democrats in the senate and even more so in the house of representatives are very much against what the israelis are doing and are saying so vocally so it's going to be a very difficult by balancing act for the by an administration curious or you say

about. by the ministration u.s. feeling as if they don't have any sort of palestinian interlocutors at the moment because the leadership how does he need a ship is so divided but then kick in ok given the context everything else you just said i'm just wondering you know if that was palestinian reconciliation some kind of political when you i mean would it make a difference anyway. it may i mean over the years i think the one unfortunate thing in terms of any kind of resolution of this conflict for the palestinians in any real justice for them has been that the united states and other western countries have really been able to play a constant in politics and pick and choose their favorite interlocutors and raise them up and give them a privileged position so that they had someone to negotiate and that fig leaf of diplomacy that kind of fig leaf of talking about a 2 state solution and some sort of political solution i think that pacified people for a very very long time and you now see the cost of that people being evicted forcefully

from their homes with very little international attention entering leverett thank you thank you very much. now i want to bring up to speed with some of the developments that we're following as well because least 115 palestinians have been 115 palace and have been injured in confrontations with the israeli military in the occupied west bank or test as out on the streets of the cities of kalandia now bless ramallah and bethlehem most of the injured have inhaled tear gas and these are protests that it's taking place alongside people in occupied east jerusalem they have also spread into palestinian communities in israel and these are some of this scenes in the city of south of tel aviv so we are seeing scenes of protests in other locations in at other sites launches palestinians in other cities

also they're voicing their opposition their. reaction to what is happening not just in east jerusalem but also now in gaza or we'll continue to keep an eye on that much more still ahead on this news hour from london for you as well we're looking at why india is struggling to inoculate its population from the corona virus despite being a world leader in vaccine production. an attack on indigenous demonstrators in colombia the victims accuse the police of conspiring with gunmen. and then in sport a 4 time major champion has ended his long wait for a title win we'll have that story later on. well now the afghan government and the taliban is saying they'll both observe breath 3 day cease fire for the muslim holiday of eda later this week comes after a deadly weekend topped off a surge in violence across the country with the latest explosion killing 11 people

traveling on a bus in the southern province of zabul. reports. traveling in a bus through southern afghanistan. when jews were approaching a checkpoint around midnight when the bus drove over a mine their journey now one of recovery and new ice regional hospital the latest casualties in an increasingly insecure country but still not the one that when our vehicle approached a checkpoint a bomb exploded many people were killed and injured i saw people's hands and feet hit the ground they were not them selves. 2 more bomb blasts followed one in power one that killed 2 passengers another targeted soldiers in west and 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. for 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 former 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. iran's foreign ministry has strongly condemned an attack around its consulate in the city of karbala on sunday protestors an iraqi city targeted iran after an

anti-government activists was shot dead in an apparent execution supporters of hubble was nice set fires around the iranian consulate they suspect iran backed fighters of being behind the shooting simona fulton has mall. 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 both 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 that operate with complete impunity and if we look to similar assassinations that have happened in the past it's extremely difficult for these 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 there are arrested it's very difficult to establish a link with whoever came gave the order and then there is the 2nd reading that

these armed groups have actually not just they're 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 of 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 head of a united nations investigation into crimes committed by i still in iraq says there's overwhelming evidence the group committed genocide against the people along with forensic evidence collected from the mass graves special advisor karim khan says eisel documents identified specific traces. some work taken sides where they were mowed down with machine guns but was that really if you got a shock others who. were killed

and people who flee. and sought refuge in mount sinjar also died because died. and were turned on destroying them in whole or in part. but a activist nobel peace prize laureate set the united nations a broken promise as it may to the as the days. of the security council to act now on evidence collected by investigators she says justice for the is edis has been deferred an ice perpetrators must be held to account at the international criminal court the u.s. special envoy for the horn of africa is in ethiopia to discuss the conflict and to gray amongst other issues fighting in the region is now in its 6th month and aid organizations are saying they are still struggling to reach those affected more than 63002 grand refugees have fled to neighboring sudan morgan met some of the

refugees and gondor a state and the border with ethiopia for a month 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 saddam's got out of state 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 told. the doctors were preparing to do a c. section on me but when i woke up i found a wound bigger than a normal cyrano my belly and amora 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 to get out of and neighboring states the conflict integrate started in early november when they few 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 once in 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 great 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 capita 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 at 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 great people did wrong what their crimes are i'm not clear

why they want to declare genocide on the people look 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 your peers 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 of the religious leader but nobody will listen to him because he could be an iraqi really just but they don't they don't accept him. you know if there were no knowledge they don't believe it they don't believe in their dream very very very good looking 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 and thousands of people have already been killed directly by the conflict aid organizations weren't

bad with their access blocked thousands more could die from starvation people morgan al-jazeera of out of state. in watching the news hour live from london still ahead on the program covered crime wave how social anxiety as the u.s. reopens could be fueling a rash deadly shootings and then in sport a big base not just united from the year of one super staal have those details later on. however we've got some lovely warm weather across eastern parts of europe of them a bit further west the great we have got some wet sand windy weather streaming through some very downpours on this weather front is it just makes its way a little further east was high pressure over towards the east that have lifted those temperatures quite significantly getting what up into the twenty's for many

high twenty's there and also in vienna here's that western weather moving out of eastern parts of france through the low countries germany saying some wet weather heavy downpours as we go on through watches day and the snow over the the outs and suppose we shall is there you know just across northern parts of italy you push on into wednesday well continues to make its way further east we're still not to head off those temperatures 1718 degrees in berlin in vienna so some a 10 degree drop to come here further east still will be moscow to about $23.00 degrees and live to showers started to push in here at this stage still a few showers over tools western possible temperatures about where the ship if the truth be known not seep out across the mediterranean largely fine and dry salafi draw across northern parts of africa tad colder therefore kyra 34 celsius on tuesday one of 2 shows coming away from northern algeria northern parts of tunisia and pushed further south as heat of the day shows across much of west africa.

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a different perspective on al-jazeera. welcome back to the main stories now the health ministry in gaza area saying 20 palestinians have been killed and is rightly at strikes which took place in response to rocket attacks on jerusalem at least 115 palestinians have been injured in confrontations with these right in a tree in the occupied west bank as well. israel's iron dome missile systems have been used and to set rockets fired from gaza hamas had threatened an escalation in violence at best it's right the security forces left the al aqsa mosque compound.

and the other top story we're following closely this hour the afghan government and the taliban send up both observe a rare 3 day cease fire for the muslim holiday of aid later this week comes after a deadly weekend. in violence across the country. the daily number of new corona virus infections in india has fallen below the 400000 mark for the 1st time in 4 days there's been another 3700 deaths and the calls for a national lockdown growing louder meanwhile the indian government is off the supremes court not to interfere with its vaccine policies this amid mounting criticism of its handling of the pandemic and the vaccine rollout only 2 and a half percent of the population has received 2 doses elizabeth brought them reports from new delhi. the southern state of cannot occur as the new epicenter of the corona virus in india as people wait for hours to cremate their loved ones

migrant workers and leaving its capital in bengal. 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 a 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 or so doing him a shoe and those on a door there are seeing their neighbors or they're not getting vaccinated if they don't break just or they can get vaccinated. rockhold 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 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 world trade organization to remove intellectual property rights on covert vaccines so that it can manufacture them at no what costs but health experts say the indian government can do a lot more to increase production including removing the patent on that indigenous biotech vaccine. which are supported by the buyer in this product. is hoping to me. on the board rather than ensure that everybody gets it so the insert into 40 is to make huge all these 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 them vaccine manufacturers to charge different prices to the central government day and private hospital elizabeth warren i'm al-jazeera new delhi. well it's also a desperate situation in nepal the country is so short of oxygen canisters that it's asked climbers on mt everest to bring back the empty cans instead of leaving them on the mountain a surgeon covert 99000 cases there as well in the polls fragile health care system to breaking point climbers and their guides have carried at least 3500 oxygen bottles this season and a life in the us is gradually beginning to return to normal as the effects of the

pandemic subsides and that means crime is returning to its usual level and even surpassing it a spate of deadly mass shootings over the past few days is fueling fears of a so-called coded crime wave as an and as andy gallagher reports from miami walk down anxiety could be to blame for this. there were 9 my shooting is over the weekend in the u.s. according to the gun violence archive that was split 6 dead at a family birthday party in colorado springs in new york's times square a 4 year old child was caught in crossfire as that city deals with the proliferation of weapons to keep guns off the street new york city had it on army raid over the last 2 years and it's time you have a we have lots of points about 2028 was a year dominated by the deadly covert $900.00 pandemic but despite lockdowns and less outdoor activity major cities soar spikes in murder rates places like los

angeles chicago and new york all recorded surges of at least 30 percent and experts say covert anxiety loss of jobs and fewer police on the streets are all factors you now have a pent populace that is combining with guns mental health and everything that all of us went through last year and you're opening back up the demand for firearms last year led to 3000000 more guns being sold the normal according to the brookings institute many of those cells were driven by concerns over personal safety and the civil unrest following the death of george floyd at the hands of police i fear that we're going to see these things happen continually but i don't what i don't want is i don't want people to be desensitized to this normalcy we shouldn't accept this is part of our war no other country in the world as this nation begins its slow recovery from the pandemic the scars from a period that hit the disadvantaged hardest may continue during

a pandemic overall crime fell but it's a dramatic rise in shootings and murder that has many concerned it's hoped the vaccine rollout schools reopening and increased employment will help statistics at this stage are necessarily an indicator of future trends but it's clear the defeat of code 19. maybe the best solution for now be gallacher al-jazeera miami florida or for next monday people in person are being allowed by the government to hug each other it's just one of the elements that prime minister boris johnson said i had in the next stage of relaxing the restrictions restaurants and bars can also open in doors as anderson is now explained from london this is a big move by boris johnson he hasn't actually thrown away the key to this lock down but he's made many more freedoms for people in terms of indoor entertainment people can now go inside bars restaurants cinemas theaters concerts and

it is right across the board really what's more there is now a position whereby people can go on holiday to a safe list of countries and generally the social distancing rule is something of a problem still however people can for the 1st time heard although that's being qualified by an insistence that people should be really cautious it's up to them he's really giving the responsibility to the people not the government we're taking a step towards that moment when we learn to live responsibly with copd when we cease eventually to rely on detailed government edicts and make our own decisions based on the best scientific advice about how to protect our families and those around us 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 and what's made all this possible it's vaccinations britain has one of the biggest vaccination rollouts in the world boris johnson was saying that 2 thirds of the population have now been vaccinated with the 1st doses and a 3rd that's 18000000 people have had both doses of the jobs and that is quite as he said quite an achievement which has actually had a big effect on the infection rates only 2 people died on sunday for instance but all of this comes with a warning about complacency because a variance there is variant from india which is worrying the scientists and the medics and that is one of the warnings now for the future in that people can't be fully relaxed at all. when i lived here some other stories we're following now and a damaging cyber attack on an american oil pipeline is raising the price of petrol

on the futures market which could lead to rising prices for consumers across the united states colonial pipeline shut down its systems on friday to stem the damage it could be several weeks before everything is back online at eco he now has the latest. it's the kind of attack cybersecurity experts have been worried about this is the biggest attack that involve vital infrastructure colonial pipeline a private company operates a pipeline the moves 45 percent of the east coast diesel gas and jet fuel from texas all the way up to new jersey almost 10000000 liters a day but they shut down the nearly 9000 kilometer pipeline on friday saying they've been the target of a ransomware attack a group called dark side is believed to be behind the attack it's demanding money to hand back control of the systems it's suggested russian criminals may again be

involved at the end of last year multiple u.s. companies were hacked in an operation called solar winds the criminal gangs may have gained information during that hack the company said it was trying to contain the damage but there are questions as to whether the hackers gained access to the control systems that could cause a major accident the implications for this for national security cannot be overstated the federal government is investigating the department of energy is working directly with colonial to get the plate lines back on line and operate at full capacity as quickly as safely as possible the f.b.i. also gay's to assess the and address this attack they've ease restrictions on moving fuel across the country by other means but experts say it could have a huge impact depending on how long it stays shut down because colonial the low growth of these tunnels every 5 days one can sit you bet on day 4 or 5 of

a colonial. but we could see a much greater widespread impact through ward areas throughout the middle way i think in the south east. the biden ministration was expected to unveil new cyber security requirements in the coming days now real world proof of just how much it is needed pedicle haim al-jazeera washington. oh bob cavanagh is an oil and gas industry expert joins us from houston so this was a sophisticated attack on a pretty critical bit of infrastructure in the u.s. how did they do it well this ransomware hacking that it's going on today is is is caused by software this is inserted into operating systems in different companies and oftentimes that software sits dormant for months even years before it's activated and what it does is it is it interferes again it gets through

the far wall that protects the systems that control pipelines like the colonial pipeline and then shuts the systems down and doesn't allow them to restart until a ransom is paid normally and bitcoin to some remote anonymous wallet typically cut it owned by someone in the eastern europe or in russia so that's how they take control of the systems and to be safe these pipelines like colonial have to shut down physical operations because they're all controlled electronically today so they are right to shut everything down absolutely that they had to do that because everything is is remote sensing into limit tree and so each point along that pipeline is is measured through its elementary system and a lot of that's cloud based today and some some private systems also but once they get into a system can shut everything down and that's what they've done with the colonial and i think loyalty on the right thing by shutting down until they get control back

but it's caused a big problem now we don't know how long this suspension is going to last. that's really true i mean with their movement about 3000000 barrels of different fuels gasoline jet fuel diesel from the texas gulf coast where about 80 percent of refining is in the united states today to the east coast all the way through baltimore up to new york and what's happening now because the pipeline the shutdown supplies are having to divert ships that are in the atlantic to these various ports to provide fuels but fuel is stacking up in the houston ports and so there's a lot of balancing going on they can do this for a few days but if it drags on for much more time what's going to happen it's going to cause a ripple in the supply chain and then i'm afraid we're going to start seeing shortages of certain fuels around these cuts why is critical infrastructure in the

u.s. vulnerable to these sorts of cyber attacks why is there not better protection in place given that we've seen an increasing number of france and larry attacks in recently as jets a really good question i was in a conversation today with some industry folks and there were saying that this is just becoming commonplace now in so cyber security is one of the most important. elements of protecting themselves both public companies in private companies from these kinds of attacks so this is a real wake up call i think to all of us industry but especially the energy energy business because we're so critical to keeping everything else moving so what a fascinating story bob cavanaugh thank you for shedding some light on it perhaps we can get you back for some more on this there be great have to be with you. well we go to colombia now protesters in the city of cali are accusing police of aiding armed civilians who shot at them.

a groovin indigenous and nasa demonstrators say so-called vigilantes fired at them from s.u.v.s. 9 people were injured the city has become the epicenter of violent demonstrations over poverty and police brutality 11 people have died during the ongoing protests there. meanwhile president has been meeting with protest leaders for the 1st time the strikes initially began in opposition to an al council tax reform bill but they're now calling for wider reform rights groups say 47 people have died in violence between protesters and police nationwide alessandro getit has the latest from bogota. it has been another day of violence and chaos in colombia's 3rd largest city which has become the epicenter of these protests that have been ongoing now for 13 days against originally against a fiscal reform and now they have become a larger protest against poverty inequality and police violence in the country in

cali what we're seeing more and more are decent private citizens coming out with weapons and shooting on protesters to try and lift the roadblocks try in this case as it has happened on saturday trying to block this demonstrators from reaching this city of carlie obviously this 2 ation is out of control there the police and the army have not been able to stop this kind of violence from happening under increased pressure from all sides really president even look at traveled to cali not so much insistence but he did so in the dead the night arriving there around 11 pm and holding a security meeting with the authorities in the military and the police from 11 pm to 3 am and then flying back to. the mayor and local oh tory's these they're

asking for more to be done to start negotiations with all the different realities that are now creating the violence in this city. now several 100 more migrants have reached the tiny italian island of lampedusa bringing the number of new arrivals that to more than 2000 in the past 24 hours italian coast guard has quoted several overcrowded fishing boats into dock before dawn it's the biggest number of migrants to come ashore on the island this year the us refugees chief says europe needs more predictable mechanisms to deal with people arriving on its shores. on now to georgia the opposition he come many has been released after spending 3 months in jail he was greeted by journalists and supporters often being arrested in february to await trial on charges related to anti-government protests in 2019 the european union paid his bail as part of efforts to end

a political crisis that's gripped the country since last year's elections the opposition says were raped. watching the news hour live from london still ahead all the latest sports news australia as a team get the job they hope will keep them safe at the tokyo games.

sports news now with santa. thank you very much maria more limpid president thomas buck has counseled an upcoming trip to japan ahead of the tokyo games back to have 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 coronavirus 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 whole city still under a state of emergency due to coronavirus a 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 impacts 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. and you were pinion 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 terms 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 guy i'm going to treat it. 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 out of the games in australia more than 2000 athletes and coaches are expected to receive their shots before they travel we are going into a pretty i'm no in situation over in tokyo so to have this little band-aid is a huge weight off ever since all this. for now the tokyo torch is still. burning man on its way to the opening ceremony on july the 23rd. forest al-jazeera. london's wembley stadium is being considered as a new venue for this month's champions league final the game between english teams chelsea and manchester city's due to be held in turkey but the u.k. government to has told endless fans not to travel to the game in istanbul due to new corner virus restrictions european football's governing body us is holding talks with the english football association with a final decision expected by wednesday there are they wish paralegal will welcome

back a limited amount of fans that matches for may 17th up to 10000 spectators or 25 percent of the stadiums capacity will be permitted as a relaxing of covert 19 rules from the u.k. government the majority of the e.p.l. season has been played behind closed doors because of the pandemic you're acquiring a forward incentive viney has signed a one year contract extension at manchester united he said the 4 year old has impressed and his debut season in the english premier league is called 15 goals across all competitions his efforts have also helped united to reach europe a league final where they'll face spanish side that area or a mucker royce long wait for a golf title is over the 4 time major champion has gone through a win this run stretching back to 2019 that came to an end at the world's foggo championship in north carolina were

a limited number of fans were allowed in to watch the action the northern irishman shooting a final round of 68 to win by a shot. you know when we went back from the pandemic i thought i'd enjoy the peace and quiet a little bit my i soon realised that to bring the best out of myself i need this and i feed off the energy so much. you know maybe here more so than anywhere else just because it's so i think it's the 1st place i've won 3 times so far the crowd has just been awesome all week and here they really carried me through today. to champion protective it of a stage an impressive come back early ashley gears up for that which starts later this month after losing the 1st set $61.00 against then it is in the 1st round of the italian open that you won the old it came back in style stick the next 2 set 6 love 62 to wrap up the match give it to those looking to win his 2nd title 2021. and could the sound of leather on windows be

a thing of the past on the cricket pitch and in news add the university of cambridge have created the world's 1st bamboo cricket bat bats have traditionally been made for why it will go trees the scientists say bamboo can outperform willow and is most 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 back needs to be made from a single plank of timber or wood so there would have to be negotiations. and that's always full from we'll have more for you later on but for now i'll hand you back to my that's great thank you very much that's it for the news hour but will bring you much more of our top stories a moment waiting of course all the latest from gaza will be life as well just a couple of minutes from now i will see you at 2300 g.m.t.

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to seize. 20 people including children killed in an explosion in gaza as israel responds to rocket attacks on jerusalem earlier on hundreds of palestinian wash up as were injured when israeli security forces stormed the a lock some lost. all sides the interior minister way to reduce tension. and as the situation escalates the u.s. secretary of state joins international calls for calm.