o, washer me, understand the differences and similarities of culture around so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. i us pleasure to help rebuild garza during a trip by the secretary of state to sure of us to start with israel. we believe the palestinians and israelis equally deserved to live safely and securely to enjoy equal measures of freedom opportunity, and democracy. ah, hello, i'm down, jordan, this is there a liar from that coming up hundreds of thousands of people rushed to

emergency shelter. another powerful cycle and bent down on india. an official part of the tokyo olympics called for the games to be cancelled sang is not worth the risk for public safety. plus airline steer clear of better route and that works up new sanctions. after the rest of a journalist, his flight was over to land and mince. ah, the you, effective state has outlined how the biden administration plans to men ties with the palestinian during a trip to both to the ceasefire with israel. anthony blink and says they will reopen a consulate and he's pledged millions of dollars in new aid. but he adds, he'll ensure none of the money will go to help us. our diplomatic editor, james various reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank. arriving in tell of the us secretary of state on a trip with a narrow aim, keeping things calm after the c. his 1st stop an audience with israel's prime

minister pledging the u. s. is continuing commitment to israel's defense. but adding this, we believe that palestinians and israelis equally deserved to live safely and securely, to enjoy equal measures of freedom opportunity, and democracy to be treated with dignity. that echoed by the israeli leader. his words, perhaps unconvinced to some of the leading and 11 de bombardment of garza, we discussed also how to improve the lives in the conditions of the palestinians. humanitarian conditions in ramallah. the 1st visit by a secretary of state to the president of the palestinian authority for over 3 years old contact was stopped when the trumpet ministration announced it was moving the u . s. embassy to jerusalem. there was a cordial tone, but it was clear, one of the president central de bonds was not on the u. s. agenda. one at amanda,

and the coon. we hope that the future will be full of diplomatic activities in order to reach a comprehensive solution. and to put an end to recent events, president bass was told though that the u. s. would reopen its consulate general in east jerusalem. a diplomatic representation specifically for palestinians, which was closed by president trump. there was a commitment to help in the rebuilding of garza, after the 11 day war and a new package of funding for the un and the palestinian authority. what was most telling in his meetings was what secretary lincoln didn't say. no mention of pushing towards a 2 state solution, no mention of a piece process. it's clear that the biden administration wants to put a lid on this conflict, but for now doesn't want to attempt to actually solve it. james bay's al jazeera, ramallah knew security camera video shows the moment soft palestinian girl was shot

in the back by rainy soldiers. the 16 year old was wounded by a rubber coated steel. put it last week. she'd been standing outside her home and the outside east. jerusalem neighborhood have shipped her off offices, then fight a stun grenade into the house. incident happened during protests against the force expulsions, of palestinians from the neighbourhood for palestinians are dealing with more than just the wreckage of the conflict with israel. corona virus is spreading almost entirely unchecked. 250 new infections and 5 deaths reported on tuesday. but it's heavy for reports from garza. there's no way to know the real figures. me that i'm a see is struggling for breath. like much of goes is population. he'd spend days at home in fear of his really bumming rates. the trouble was he'd been infected with coven 19, and was getting worse day by day. now his condition doctor say, is very serious. heather murray. he's infected at home during the war. get corona

virus symptoms, but he couldn't come to the hospital because he was scared of the shelling. we've had many cases like death that we've been dealing with. when i get home in another ward and garza cities, she for hospital, we find magic sallie. a doctor turned patient recently out of intensive care. it wasn't covered 19 that put in there. it was an israeli strike. the security camera in garza's ministry of health building shows the moment he was blasted out of his office. the building wasn't hit directly. this was collateral damage from a strike across the street, but it was more than enough to shut down garz's only cove at $900.00 test lab testing finally resumed at less than half the previous capacity on monday. as well as keeping people at home, the strikes also drove tens of thousands out into temporary refuge in school buildings. there was some rapid flow testing done in places like this. the positivity rates were as high as 50 percent low, that about no distancing,

no masks, no protection, no hygiene. all of this created a bad situation. we know that corona spread rapidly that we have the british variant. aaron garza, 5 cases would have been enough to, in fact, all 4000 people in one school other than the american look. and the health ministry is worried about the prospects of what it calls a disastrous 3rd way. the corona virus, which is why this is so necessary. $48600.00 doses of the 5 vaccine delivered under the kovacs international alliance, straight to garz's only ultra cold freezer in the run tc hospital in comparison to the vaccination campaign so far in garza, this represents a major delivery and a much needed one. but in comparison to the need across garza, especially right now, it remains the drop in the ocean. mrs. far from the mass vaccination campaign seen just a short drive and a world away in israel. so far less than 2 percent of garz's population has been

fully vaccinated. while gaza has been focused on the immediate life and death concern of a brutal but short war. a longer term threat may well have been gathering pace. harry for it, i'll just 0 garza now the 2nd cycle and to hit india and just over a week will make landfall on the east coast in a few hours time. the states of edition west bengal bare the nearly 2000000 people have been moved to safety. psycho yes is expected to bring gusts up to a 185 kilometers an hour and severe flooding last week. a cycle and hit india's western coast, killing more than 140 people. but we have suffered a lot from cars at 19. i thought last couldn't get worse and tell been informed about the upcoming cycle, and now i have no idea how to raise my family. the only thing we can do is to wait until it's gone without constables and all the school buildings can act as shelter. we have also prepared a diesel generator in case of any emergency drinking water is also in stock per

item joins of live now from new delhi list. so sank on the ass is likely to bring extensive damage to the east coast. so how well prepared are these states like, oh dear and west bengal? hello darren. well more than 2000000 people have already been evacuated from addition. in addition, wes been gold rather from vulnerable from low lying areas to shelter homes. we're hearing from the indian major logical department that far, yet has now made land full in addition. but even before it did, we have been seeing very strong winds and heavy rain in those states to people have lost their lives in west bend. go out, there was struck by lightning. many homes have been damaged in the district of north 20 for us and west and gold. as tricity, polls have been damaged and trees have been uprooted. the national disaster response for to deploy 115 teams, not just in these states,

but in 6 states along the east coast. the army has deployed its lifeline belief teams to what's been gold, a port cold cutter, a port in west bengal and has suspended operations for the day. and many trains on the east coast have been cancelled until saturday. and all of these preparations are in place because 5 con, yes, is expected to be a very severe high clinic storm. and we've got covered operations have also been there will be a lot of efforts in, especially in west bengal in terms of closet. it's one of the worst effected states, and we have people being moved into shelters with social distancing as impossible. so that's a very big concern at the moment. all right, as a parent and the new delhi ms. thank. now a prominent japanese newspaper, which is also an official partner, the tokyo olympics, as join calls, the games to be cancelled in an editorial. there saw him been daily argues, it's not worth

a risk to public safety and strain in the hospital. during the pandemic, japan government and the international impact committee have resistant demands for the games to be cooled off altogether. the opening ceremony is less than 2 months away. when you say took a how she's national correspondent for the japan times. he says there are serious doubts about whether the games can be held safely. what it was pretty surprised when i saw that headline when i woke up this morning. in some ways, it may have been inevitable though, as you know, since the 4th way of the pandemic, canada japan, a few months ago, public composition of the tokyo games has been growing. and i think this is a really striking, manifestation of that organizers are expected to speak in a press conference later today. and i think they're not going to be able to avoid confronting these issues the issues raised in that as well. there's an ongoing state of emergency and prime ministers who is expected to decide on friday whether to extend that in 9 prefecture, including tokyo. and while recent efforts have been made to sort of bolster and

quicken the vaccine roll out in japan, 2 large scale vaccine sites opened up in tokyo and also just 2 days ago, over here in japan. whether that's going to be enough to hold again, safely is still a big question. recent call suggests that a majority of people in japan are strongly opposed to the tokyo games. take any poll taken in the last month or 2, maybe 60 to 80 percent combined, believe the talk, your games can't be held safely, need to be postponed again, or should be cancelled altogether. so the older tele memorial services have been held across the u. s. to market years since george floyd was murdered by a white police officer, the 46 year old family and friends had been a candidate vigil in the city of minneapolis where he was killed on black man's death spot mass, anti racism, protest information equality. early on tuesday,

your pregnant joe biden close finally at the white house. most of the company now does their, including france denounces what it's calling a coup with an assume in molly and the failing economy in lebanon, where it's a constant battle, just to keep the livestock more that i use. it's time for the journey to with the sponsored by capital airways. hello there. hot and dry conditions persist across much of the middle east. as we enter the mid week, we do have a brisk northwesterly wind. cooling things down slightly bringing temperatures down in dough her to 43 degrees q 844, but the heat is still there. one area that suddenly heating up is, or mon muscat could hit a record as we go into thursday. so the temperature does slightly as we go into

friday, but plenty of hot, dry weather hear some of that dust kicked up by those winds and they'll be plenty of hazy sunshine around up in the event. things are also heating up temperatures in iraq, edging up slightly baghdad at 43. so a pretty quiet picture here. and it is quiet as well for the horn of africa. a few storms across the peon rift valley, but it is looking rather quiet across that central belt the equitorial boat. not too many storm clouds. here we will see some showers across the northern parts of the democratic republic of congo, edging into uganda. and it's a hot and dry picture for much of southern africa as well. plenty of sunshine for wood swan and south africa. ahead of the rain that will reach cape town by the weekend. sponsored cut on airways,

killing the debate. you don't see the picture and amplify your voice. there are only given a certain narrative. the media will miss the true story, know topic it of the table. why in the world, what do we humanize an individual domestic care? this was an illegal occupation of a country. what they're doing is they're removing knowledge vision at the the stream where a global audience becomes a global community on al jazeera. ah, the me welcome back a pick a mind about top stories here. this, the us secretary of state is in the middle east hoping to strengthen the see spot in israel and hamas and gardner in an effort to many times with the palestinians.

anthony blink and announced millions and new ways and says the u. s. is reopening consulate in oxide eastern and the 2nd franklin's indian just every week as may landfill and the east coast, nearly 2000000 people have been moved to safety dot com. yes. and expect that to bring gusts and up to 195 kilometers an hour and a prominent japanese newspaper, which is also unofficial partner, the tokyo olympics, as joint codes, the games to be cancelled in an editorial the i saw him in the daily argue, it's not worth the risk to public safety during the pandemic. now airlines are changing cause to avoid better ruth, as international outrage, mount server jet being forced to land in minutes and the rest of the different journalist on board. a fighter plane, a score to the atlanta after what turned out to be a full bomb threat. donahoe has a story. the video shows journalist and blogger, roman protest, savage saying that he's cooperating with the bellows authorities,

and he's being treated according to the law. certainly this continued, but look closer, according to those who know him well, there are signs, he's been beaten, his nose looks different, possibly broken, that appears to be bruising and may come powder of his face. organs, lots and lots of many world leaders have condemned. what happened on sunday, after a run, a plane from athens to vilnius was intercepted by a bell russian make fighter jet, and foster land in minsk potter savage and his russian girlfriend sophia. so peggy were taken into custody. pretty prime minister boris johnson is the latest joining us president joe biden. and the leaders of the european union, johnson said the video of protest savage was deeply distressing and warned that banners will face consequences. and those consequences are beginning to crystallize . targeted economic sanctions promised by the e u. the bella, russian national airline, bella, we are banned from e u airport,

a host of international airlines avoiding bella, russian s. space, depriving the regime of valuable revenue for overflight rights. nato has stepped into the fray. secretary general jen stilton burg described sunday's incident as state hijacking. the united nations office for human rights likened it to extraordinary rendition such abuse of state power against a journalist, for exercising functions that are protected under international law is receiving and deserves. the strongest condemnation came to galvanize global outrage and speaking from exile in lithuania, opposition figures spec, atlanta take an op sky called for concerted international action functions. james wallace, and the us with the society and really hold on one for the agenda. she's asked that her group be allowed to meet g 7 leaders at

their summit in the u. k. next month. french president emmanuel macaroni says he supports that idea, as mainly western opprobrium continues to build aimed at the 27 year long rule of alexander lucas shanker. jonah hope al jazeera and bella ruth has released a video, the detain journalist russian girlfriend as with rome, i want to say that she could have been recorded under duress 23 year old students. sophia pagan, can be seen describing herself as the editor of a social media channel, which disclose personal information about bella, russian officials, so paid his lawyer say she's been jail for 2 months while some investigation is carried out. the pro democracy activists in the city of marcella johnson. better routes will be free as they were hand in prison terms in court. the order to span between 4 and 7 years behind bars for organizing mass on rest,

that's according to radio free here. now the low house of russia parliament has approved a bill which effectively bands, allies of opposition leader alexis validate from running for public office legislation prohibits people from being elected if they're associated with groups designated as extremist. prosecutors are pushing that designation from the valid these anti corruption foundation. he's in prison for breaking bad conditions while being treated in germany for a near fatal poison. the un security council is planning an emergency meeting to discuss molly on wednesday after what france is describing as a qu, within a qu, entering vice president, colonel se me going to who lead last year military take over, ousted the transitional president and prime minister and ordered the arrest intensive elections will take place next year was planned thought as international condemnation and threats sanctions when in august last year, colonel greater over through the government of then president abraham book on cater

. it followed months of protests, of a worsting security alleged corruption and economic problems. well, the next month, retired colonel bon door was sworn in as interim president and was responsible for leading an 18 month transition to elections on monday to military figures. instrumental to last year's crew were replaced in a cabinet reshuffle, but within hours and door, along with the prime minister and defense minister, were detained and taken to a military base. but on the la madera and his head of if i have a program at the institute for security studies, she says what's happened in molly shows pile was never really in the hands of it's transitional leaders. since the beginning of the transition, 9 months ago, there have been quite some strong tensions within the governments and we've been ruling elite on the one side with the civilians and with the military forces. what we're seeing right now, i think is the result of that. the result of these unresolved tensions which the,

the pressure that the international community initially puts on, on monday to, to move towards a civilian condition, did not actually address that deeper issues in terms of governance, in terms of power sharing, in terms of pretty well beyond the prosad really making sure that the power was resting with you in some placement right now we do have the, the proof that it wasn't, we should keep in mind. i think it's the lesson from 9 years ago from 2012 where the previous to who actually created an opportunity for violence groups to take advantage of the confusion created by the coo, within government to make inroads. this is definitely something that remains a balance sometimes. today, us media reporting that new york prosecutors and investigating donald trump, his organization, and those close to it have convened a grand jury, but it's unclear who could be in line for indictment. the panel is hearing several

matters unrelated to the former president's case. mike kinda has more now from washington, dc. we do not know whether this investigation is going to be sent to don donald trump on the trump organization, or on some entity close to donald trump. so at that stage that is still an open question, but what it does mean is that we now heard from 2 sources that the grand jury has been convened for up to 3 months, sitting 3 days a week. and this indicates an escalation in terms of the 2 separate investigations being conducted into the trump organization. and those connected to it. because now very clearly criminal charges are being investigated to one of these entities connected to these 2 separate investigations. so this is a major escalation. we heard last week from the attorney general of new york saying that what had been a civil investigation into the camp organizations,

financial details had expanded into a criminal one. she indicated as well that her office was now going to be working together with the new york district attorney to investigate these various cases. now, just to break it down, 2 separate cases effectively being investigated. one, dealing with harsh money being paid to people who accused donald trump of sexual advances and saying that the touch money was taken from campaign funds. the separate case being conducted by new york state involves various financial irregularities or alleged financial irregularities. the white house and the crumbling of bo confirm joe biden will meet with me putin in geneva. next month. the summit comes at a time of growing tension. president biden has described russia as the biggest threat to us security. more from the white house correspondent, kimberly how can the white house denies the upcoming meeting with us president joe biden and russian leader vladimir putin is

a reward for bad behavior on the part of russia, including the interference in the 2016 u. s. election. also bounties paid allegedly on us soldiers in afghanistan by russia, or even the more recent solar winds cyber hacks of government agencies. instead the white house press secretary gen saki saying, this is how diplomacy work. this is not a reward, but instead a defense of us interest and that a range of thorny issues will be discussed. we expect they will spend a fair amount of time on strategic stability, where the arms control agenda goes following the extension of new start. obviously, we're both members of the p 5 plus one, as well as those negotiations are going present will also raise ukraine, underscoring america, support for ukraine, sovereignty and territorial integrity. and he will also plan to raise bell roofs and conveyor grave concerns as he has now done publicly. well,

this will be the 1st face to face conversation between by them and putin is not the 1st conversation. many of the issues that will be raised have already been brought up by president biden on a telephone call with the russian leader. it is expected to be a contrast to his predecessor, donald trump. many americans. c waiting, still, waiting, in fact, for a confrontation by a us president. after feeling that donald trump missed those opportunities, specifically in helsinki and 2018 when he accepted the explanation of vladimir putin saying that he did not believe that russia had interfered in the 2016 us election in contrast to the conclusion of us intelligence agencies. in fact, joe biden, from day one has taken a much tougher staff even referring to the russian leader vladimir putin as a killer. the u. s. president has tweeted out

a milestone in the countries cobra 19 inoculation campaign. it said, as of today, 50 percent of american adults are fully vaccinated and that's a big deal folks. it means more than a 129000000 people are protected against cobit 19, but the vaccination rates vary greatly. of some southern states lagging in that role. you have in union hopes to introduce vaccine passports on tuesday. you commissioned president. as i found, the lion says the infrastructure of digital certificates will be ready by june. the 1st it will be up to member states to ensure they're able to process them. now the member states have the key and the urgent task to make sure that the national health systems a fed with the information of citizens health status so that the certificate can be issued. sounds like a lot of work. and indeed, it is still a lot of work, but i'm optimistic that we're getting them. madana says trial show it's vaccine is

safe and effective for children who are 12 and over. it's applying to the us drug regulator for approval. the us and canada already allowing the pfizer biotech job to the minister to teenagers over the world health organization says that given global shortages, children in rich countries should not be vaccinated before adult elsewhere. egypt president has hosted cat ours foreign minister in another sign of improved relations, egypt and 3 gulf nations and a bed dispute with capital early this year. for l. c. c and mom had been dropping out fannie agreed on closer ties. i'm c. c was invited to cut off now the collapse of the lebanese economy is rapidly accelerating. rival politicians have failed to agree on the shape and make up of a new government which is needed to ensure international aid. i'll just there was a 100 reports now from beirut. pizza hut is the latest international chain to shut

down its operations. as lebanon's politicians fail to hold the economic collapse, they are the same ones blamed for making the country the 3rd most indebted in the world. last year these and it's a mafia. you still everything. the consequences of decades of mismanagement and corruption are evident in some intersections. traffic lights don't work, the infrastructure is crumbling. if you don't like the 1st place, there is no state. so how can they be traffic light in other streets? manhole covers are missing. authorities who can't afford to replace them. say, soaring poverty is why people steal them. for many, it's a daily struggle in a country that imports almost everything. the quality of life for the people of lebanon is changing. there is a shortage of fuel, for instance. and the central bank, foreign reserves are running low to keep prices affordable. there's also

a problem getting medicines. i've medical 11, i do and sometimes we can find an alternative drug. so you have to wait for someone coming from abroad, but medicine can't wait. then they tell you it's not just medicine. finding milk for children is just as heart attack by the name of up to gamma. there's no humiliation worse than this and people say the situation will get worse and we are suffocating. public hospitals, long underfunded and neglected are now at the forefront of health care. as more people lose their jobs and private insurance company provider for medical supplies, a port out they paying that the building needs a bid on the faith by dollars that is not available in our hospital. because what limited with a lack of hard currency in a country close to bankruptcy is also affecting the army, which is now actually receiving donations from various nations to help feed its

soldiers. who salaries have been cut by 80 percent? i will be g about the with the budget is the same, but the currency has devalued most of what soldiers require is imported including food. so this affects them morale and nutrition of daily power cuts which have been part of life for years, are worsening, as cash for fuel imports run out lebanon is increasingly being described as a failed state senate. could there elisha zita, beirut, ah, type of creature. the headlines here on out to the or the u. s. secretary of state is in the middle east, hoping to strengthen the ceasefire between israel, hamas in garza, and then effort to men, ties with the palestinians, anthony blink, and announced millions and new aid. him says the u. s. is reopening a conflict in occupied east jerusalem. i informed president boss and earlier prime minister netanyahu that.