when an island built for tourists. visiting. travels to bomb the to find out. which is iraq. war planes launch another series of heavy air strikes on gaza palestinian factions fired more rockets into israel. jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up at the united nations the security council meets but fails to agree on even a basic joint statement about the conflict. daily coronavirus cases recorded in india fall below 300004 the 1st time since april 21 amid warnings testing in rural

areas is to love. me and most military forces reinforced by helicopters attack rebel fighters in the western town of mindanao. israel's bombardment of the gaza strip has now gone on for a week and shows no sign of ending. has launched a new wave of their strikes on the palestinian on playboy over the past few hours earlier hamas fired rockets towards ashkelon on sunday the un security council met to discuss the crisis but was unable even to agree on a joint statement of concern the death toll now stands at 197 palestinians including 58 children 10 people in israel have also died al-jazeera suffered as the latest now from gaza. the israeli defense system and

rockets that have been fired from gaza into southern israel what was remarkable is that these rockets that were fired from gaza were short range of a short range rockets not like the one the ones or those the were fired yesterday it seems that the response or the the scale of the fire of the palestinian fighting groups is connected to the sense of the fire there's a daily fire tonight tonight is that he's had been targeting opened areas to feel empty and evacuated military bases. and impede thinning confident the fighting groups which days i mean it's claimed or said that. this baby had been used by the palestinian fighting group for intelligence. the ship the hospital in gaza said that only one palestinian arrived to sheba hospital likely injured. from the last. right now we have been hearing. that he's had been talking to

the places civil houses all over the gaza strip and the sentiment of city gaza city and also in the fall of the city on sunday was the deadliest day of israeli air raids since the latest escalation in the israel palestine conflict lower but mentally has more on the day marked in gaza by digging through rubble. calling for survivors in a room flattened by rocket fire. and a sign of life a man calls back. to this residential building was struck by israeli rockets and does the city. team talk to him and will get him out in a minute we hope that his sister is alive as well and we can get her out to others didn't survive. it's delicate work for rescue teams. pulling

survivors out with their hands ensuring there are no people life before they inch forward with an excavator. the number of people under the rubble is still unknown as we heard from the families in the neighbors it's a large number. from a number of people buried under the rubble it's clear they didn't have enough warning to flee before the residential buildings were destroyed. israeli rockets and artillery fire in the gaza strip have been the heaviest since the bombardment began a week ago $21.00 members of the same family were killed in one explosion what happened be targeted hours continuous mom boardman launched on a separate neighborhood. and i witnessed 3 whole neighborhoods where bombs were continuous hours and they did not only bomb goes residential buildings and people innocent civilians they targeted the roads to this neighborhood. a teacher and

mother tell just sara that her children are too scared to close their eyes at night when the bombing is at its heaviest. they're not coping absolutely they are terrified all the time they're just listening carefully if it's going to be any warning. they just afraid to close their eyes that the night they don't want to sleep i struggle every single night to put them in their beds it is. want to go to sleep because they know once they close their eyes something bad was. during the bombing many families being forced to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones from this nuke. the father devastated by the loss of this child who never got a chance a grown up. noor a personality al-jazeera. for 6 israeli police officers have been injured in a car running in occupied east jerusalem the attack happened in schecter ah that's the neighborhood where israeli settlers are trying to forcibly expel 4 palestinian

families who live there and a warning or a force its report begins by showing the moment the car crashed into the offices. after weeks of sight of tension and protest a new level of violence. 6 members of the israeli security forces injured the driver shot dead in his seat seconds later witnesses told us the man a palestinian from occupied east jerusalem shouted. as he approached on edge israeli forces driving our team and others from the immediate area. for palestinian families further down the street a facing imminent forced expulsion from their homes their fate driving many of the protests that preceded the descent into the air strikes rocket fire and comical violence of the last week. was the focus of so much of the simmering tension that we saw here throughout the month of ramadan tension that sparked violence that has spread far beyond here violence it is continuing

a short drive from an israeli settler which film taking aim at palestinians to were later reported shot and injured these were the arrests that followed in a settler israel's prime minister calling the explosion of racial violence the 2nd front in this crisis the other front has so far not relented more heavy rocket barrages out of gaza in our school on a synagogue was struck israeli attacks on gaza are also unrelenting the toll in people killed in displaced in homes destroyed still mounting israel's security cabinet reportedly not discussing a rumored move toward cease fire negotiations the prime minister taking his argument on to u.s. television were trying to degrade hamas as terrorists and to degrade their will to do this again so take some time i hope the want to long but it's not immediate but there's also report any gypped offered a truce hamas said yes you said now why. well that's not what i know and frankly

if hamas thought that it could just fire not rockets and then sit back and enjoy a community that's forced by nightfall it shakes your are the checkpoints had been reinforced with heavy blocks even if a ceasefire is coming between israel and hamas the violence here in the occupied west bank and in israel for now has a momentum of its own very force it all just era occupied east jerusalem well the u.s. has told the u.n. security council it's ready to offer support of israel and hamas in a cease fire that says china accused the biden of ministration of blocking a joint resolution on the crisis christensen he has more from the united nations it was the security council's 3rd emergency meeting in a week but the 1st in public and it started with an appeal by the u.n. chief for the fighting so hot the senseless cycle of bloodshed terrible destruction must not immediately all parties must respect international with the law international human rights law or reflecting the urgency of the moment some council

members had their foreign ministers participate that was also the case for the palestinians israel is the armed thieves who has been into our house and it is the right thing in our family it big stories our homes or presidents or people. innovation after. the gates after big and then. the security that would be nice. israel's u.n. ambassador accused hamas of carrying out indiscriminate attacks for political gain and putting its own civilians at risk israel sees every 3000000000 death as a tragedy hamas sees every israeli civilian death as a victory israel uses its missiles to protect its children hamas

uses its children to protect its minutes hours even as the violence escalates the u.s. has blocked the security council from speaking with one voice emphasizing instead it's only a sham after its united states has made clear that we are prepared to lend our support in their offices should the parties see a cease fire norway china and tunisia have been leading work to negotiate a joint statement of the council frustrated by the lack of security council action on an issue that's been on the council's agenda for more than 70 years china's foreign minister called out the united states as the only dissenting voice and promise to keep pushing until the council can speak as one christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations india's health ministry of reporting 4106 more deaths and more than 281000 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours was the 1st time daily cases are below 300000 since april 21 health experts and government

critics say there's significant under-reporting they say testing is limited in rural areas especially in the northern states of pradesh and bihari that's where hundreds of bodies have been found floating on the ganges river or buried along its banks. well public to tell joins us live now from new delhi india is reporting a significant reduction in its code cases but just how reliable are these numbers when i mean right now what we have are the government figures if you look at the national pictures just taking those numbers at face value you are seeing it is more a dip so for the 1st time in several weeks we're seeing the total number of fresh cases go below 300000 in a couple of weeks ago that number was actually more than 400000 even in terms of the deaths you know that actually has increased you know as we've seen with the virus you see a lag between cases and deaths of the deaths reported on sunday were more than 4000

now there are some caveats as we've been reporting that experts have been mourning that these numbers are incredibly underreported is specially rural india there's also another point to note that these numbers are from sunday when numbers do tend to be lower because of lower testing on that particular day this is part of a global trend actually when numbers on sunday are lower now regionally though the . situation is very concerning especially in some states like west bengal which held elections in if it was a massive surge there and fresh 2 week locked out to arrest that spread a rumor in india also now the government has designed a 3 medical system locally to help rural india cope with the surge 2 in cases so you know really empowering schools and a medical centers local medical centers to treat mild cases we're seeing one of the poorest states in india really try and ramp up testing and find out how many cases

are there so they've now announced that the government will be undertaking a huge public service to really get the real numbers out so that they can be treated adequately and probably in this scientists are still critical that the government's response to these new variance is politics overtaking the science or do you think. you know over the last few weeks and months actually we've seen huge clashes between the scientific community as well as the government the latest news is that one of india's tof the role of just dr shah mean has resigned from his position he used to head a scientific advisory board that was in charge of genome sequencing in india he's been very critical of the government he's accused the government of not basing its decision making on facts and evidence and data said that you know the government was warned off a 2nd wave but did not pay attention we've seen similar criticism coming from other

experts as well for example the indian medical association has been highly critical of the vice president of that group actually called the prime minister is super spread on the other hand we've seen severe mockery as well off several top ministers off this government you know for indorsing quackery to be honest endorsing a homegrown. and weeks ago you know the health minister had to wait it out a few suggestions of how to boost immunity and manage stress and one of the suggestions was to consume very specifically 70 percent doc chocolate so we have been seeing this sort of clash over some weeks now right up to the to line for us that and you thank you for. now time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back for the 1st time shares of a hong kong company a frozen one trading suspended on the china's national security you know. i'm tired frightened and unsure about the future we thought of the plight of migrants discovered crossing the u.s.

southern border more than statements. it's quite hot in iraq in fact is quite hot in many parts the raven potential tensions do come up to the forty's every year but they come in a bit early this year so whilst all the wetter action is taking place of the coast of india may even reach southern pakistan everywhere else to the west front of the levant is really quite warm not many showers around the onshore breeze keeps it cooler throughout levant and north and egypt not true for the next 2 days showers in the caucasus not many left in iran and bag baghdad represents that departure from the norm the average is $37.00 so it's hot anyway but we're talking about 9 even 10 degrees above that consistently for the next 4 or 5 days writers

jump south and again a lot of sunshine right nothing like the forty's obviously in fact briefly you've had some wet weather and it's the same place you may have heard of before excessive ride in this it'll tap and it's not far away from the sudden most point of the thompson device ruka we've had 210 millimeters about half what you expect for the entire year where the rains come through now it's in the eastern cape and it's moving up towards so the mozambique if you're not in that area the chances are you've got open blue skies and the sun is shining. for. the 1st european country to ban the food face off in public places home to more than 6000000 followers of islam many who want to assert their religious and cultural identity in the light of france's 2021 contentious so-called separatism law as we look at the recent history of muslim immigration to the

country in the final episode of this 3 part series so muslims are from this episode 3 on al jazeera. welcome back to pick them out of our top stories this hour israel has launched a new way to vest rights on gaza overnight honest and factions of also fired a barrage of rockets towards the israeli city of ashkelon at least 197 palestinians including 58 children have been killed since the conflict escalated a week ago 10 people have died in israel. and the u.n. security council met to discuss the escalating conflict between israel and palestine but was unable even to agree in

a joint statement china accuses the by the ministration of blocking it the us being israel's most powerful. india's health ministry is reporting 4106 more deaths and more than 281000 coronavirus texts of the past 24 hours what is the 1st time daily cases are below 300000 since april 21 health experts and government critics say there's significant under reporting. now britain's government says it's confident existing vaccines will protect against a more transmissible there and now spreading across the country the strain 1st detected in india has now become the most dominant in parts of the u.k. in particular at bolton and black but in the northwest of england where cases are more than doubled in a week as jonah hill reports it's especially concerning as more restrictions are being eased on monday hugh. ahead of the next stage of england's exit from lock down long queues at a pop up vaccine center in the northwest town of bolton

a scaled up vaccination campaign has seen jobs dispensed to 600 people and hour over the weekend there are concerns that the resumption of indoor gatherings from monday will lead to a surgeon infections led by a new variant 1st discovered in india and if i would get back to it. it is you know if you don't want me in the very end it is not a worry for you it is a lower back on it than anything i think it's good to get as many people vaccinated possible but you have to be getting your yeah right yeah yeah i'm going to say yes because it was the so-called indian variant is already the dominant strain in bolton with plasters elsewhere in the northwest the midlands and also parts of london the challenge is to contain it i was hoping for this level of response i'll be honest i was quite emotional this morning when i saw the queues and all day long to see him in the queues or to stop the give and take and you know i think the variance from india is a concern for people and it probably has pushed more people to see to get the

vaccine as well as speeding up the vaccine delivery there's door to door testing going on the army is on standby to help with logistics in affected areas the real concern of course is that if these measures fail to contain the new variant that's thought to be up to 50 percent more contagious if it's allowed to spread well that could seriously jeopardize hopes of a return to normal life. and high with on the 4th encounter and. the government believes there isn't sufficient evidence of risk yet to require a delay of monday's reopening though the prime minister concedes there may be serious disruption to plans in the coming weeks a number of leading scientists offer a more cautious view the variant if unchecked they say threatens a 3rd wave of infections and hospitalizations this time targeting the unvaccinated and the young jonah how al-jazeera both. now

a rebel fighting group in military has retreated from the northwestern town of minette fighting in the town near the indian border has been some of the bloodiest since february with reports of security forces using civilians as human shields. well this video believed to be from men that has been widely shared on social media a member of the rebel group says the town is now largely under military control and only women and children remain afloat in syria joins us live now from the malaysian capital kuala lumpur front so just bring us up to date with the latest situation on the ground in mindef and in chin state. well we've just spoken to a spokesman for the chin land defense force this is a group that was formed only in april to take up armed resistance against the military giunta and it also says one of its purposes is to protect civilians from the actions of the military the spokesman tells that the men have retreated to save areas around the hillside town of mynd but they are planning to return to the town

he's not sure when he wouldn't say when to return to protect the women and children who are left in the town now he also says the military use the extreme the heavy weaponry against the civilian population including rocket propelled grenades the fighters there don't have very sophisticated weaponry some of the most sophisticated got firepower. is hunting rifles now he also says that the concern that fighting could spread to the town of country that this is a town about 50 kilometers south of minde at military choppers with seen in the nearby in the area of can't lead and he also says this increased military presence in the town soldiers are going conducting checks on houses schools churches they're also looking through people's phones to see whether they have any connections to and he joined forces or other militia groups now of course there's really very much concern by human rights groups about what's happening in chin state as you mentioned the fighting with some of the what some of the heaviest since the coup

began human rights group human rights watch now and says they're also worried about what's going to happen next in the town of minda where this security presence here they're worried about arbitrary detention they're worried about torture and other abuses conducted by the soldiers against civilians they worry that that's going to happen next and just briefly what more international reaction have we had over events in myanmar. right to regarding they have fighting over the weekend we've heard the u.s. and british embassies express concern about what's happening with civilians in mendax now going forward the un general assembly is planning to consider a a draft resolution on tuesday as a resolution proposed by liechtenstein with the support of u.s. u.k. and the e.u. and its calling for an immediate suspension of the transfer of weapons to the military giunta now it's worth noting that an arms embargo is some to thing that

many n.g.o.s have been calling for but unfortunately this draft resolution by the un general assembly is a non-binding resolution so even though it's said to have strong political significance unfortunately to the people of myanmar it will very likely have very little impact and it will seem that the international community is saying to the people of myanmar that even though we stand very much on your side there is only so much that we can do a lot of florence to rely 1st in loans thank you. hong kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon jimmy lies company has suspended trading comes 2 days after the hong kong government froze lies assets in his media publications on the beijing sweeping national security law as a 1st time shares of the listed companies large stakeholder have been frozen using the security law taiwan is warning of an increase in business risks in hong kong where stephen vines is a writer and broadcaster he says hong kong is no longer a safe haven for businesses to operate. i think it's immensely significant even in

though we knew that the national security law had these enormous sweeping powers to do more or less anything that the authorities want to do it was commonly assumed that as far as the commercial sector was. they wouldn't be applied to interfere with business so to speak now we know that isn't true and we also know that once it's happened once the likely a lot of it happening again is quite considerable and for a place like home countries and international business center the idea that your assets would suddenly and without. any detail reason be frozen is sending a big chill down the spines of people who are doing business some people say and some people are already saying oh well jimmy lies a well know if the chinese authorities dislike him intensely you know as long as

you keep your nose clean you really don't need to worry about this but if they think about this for just one second they realize that can't possibly be true because one of china's largest businesses. which is run by jack bauer who's a communist party member has been encountering not problems of this magnitude but of very considerable magnitude and so even if you're close in the coming this and your running a very big business the chances of the of thought is intervening and preventing that business from operating in a normal way of very considerable not powerful cycling is heading toward southwestern india cyc i'm totally is yet to make landfall but has already caused heavy rains and flooding killing 6 people the storms are expected to hit good or at state early on tuesday. when results are coming in from chile after a national poll to elect delegates to rewrite its dictatorship era constitution

with 40 percent of the votes counted it looks like the governing center right coalition could struggle to get enough votes to block radical changes to the charter it's hoped a new constitution will address social inequality issues that led to violent protests nearly 2 years ago. well 178000 migrants were discovered crossing the u.s. southern border in april that's the highest monthly total seen in 2 decades the migrants are mostly from central america where the pandemic and back to back hurricanes wasn't already struggling economies caster reports in the texas mexico border. it's early morning a few 100 steps from the banks of the rio grande river on the american side and these men women and children are anxious about what the day will bring they hope the worst is behind them of what's going on as we cross the river and then we walk for 2 hours and then we turn ourselves into a model lopez is 17 and

a loner he left his home in el salvador 3 weeks ago hitching rides north until he reached the us mexico border he hopes to join an older sister in los angeles but for now he's been detained by u.s. border patrol agents so many have come that the agents have run out of buses to take them to the stations where they'll be processed they're tired they're frightened and they're wondering what will come next to have him. just i am afraid i have never been through anything like this before carmen is a single mother from el salvador she just crossed the river with her 2 sons. we crossed on a raft it went all bad i was in mud up to my waist and i lost all our documents now she worries u.s. authorities will take away her children because she can't immediately prove they're hers that after surviving the mexican cartels who control the river southern banks and the currents in which previous migrants have drowned there we go i think we're

good to go father roy snipes a local catholic priest shows us the landscape by boat that's mexico there and this is texas here. now they come on the green canvas. and mean you might have a great people. the big red going to grow by day the surroundings look serene a handful of soldiers guard the american side and the occasional armed speedboat leaves us in its wake that's border patrol there these beautiful people are just struggling to survive just to survive. and then there's a human crisis that we're getting hysterical and look at it had them as if they were some kind of a. the number of migrants caught crossing the u.s. southern border is now the highest in decades. these families have found temporary shelter with the priest they're among the lucky ones allowed to remain in the u.s. while their cases go through the immigration courts i think there's cared and

hopefully you know they're hoping to make it. to the united states and find a good life the biden administration is expelling most migrants back to mexico or they will again face the cartels but still more arrive at the border believing it's a chance worth taking castro al-jazeera macallan texas. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera israel has launched a new wave of a strike on gaza overnight palestinian factions have also fired a barrel of rockets towards the israeli city of ashkelon al-jazeera has the latest now from gaza all the southern just. 55. shake gaza city we have been learned the targets included several.