aah! al jazeera with construction ah, inflation in the u. s. it's a 40 year high, is the pandemic pushes up prices for households and businesses. ah, hello, i'm down in jordan. this is al jazeera ly, from della also coming up, talks between nato and russia, end with no breakthrough of ukraine. both sides say significant differences remain where in nigeria some far estate where criminal gangs have been attacking vintages . witnesses report seeing up to 200 ponies and more than 20 people have been killed

that indigenous communities devastated by floods and southeast in brazil. ah, inflation in the united states has hit levels not seen in 40 years with prices rising for almost everything bought by consumers and businesses. the white house blames global supply chain disruption due to the corona virus pandemic. my kind of reports from washington dc. price is full groceries rent another needed items continue to saw. busy the own, the small shops are particularly hard hit as they see their customers beginning to treat what were every day purchases as luxuries. you can see how the money flows. you can seeing when people are not getting the extras when they're getting coffee trip coffee instead of capital, you can see it. you can see how they pay. they're paying in coins,

be increased in prices, is now being felt at every gas station. and in every grocery store, i just think for a little more careful, i notice it in almost every product. fruits vegetables, which we buy, a lot of jelly products. i can't really see anywhere that the prices have gone down. but they've gone up bottlenecks in the supply chains of distributors all the primary reason and these, and turn the direct result of stopping shortages. as the pandemic continues to rage world wide. at the stage though, the head of the federal reserve insists there's no need for panic. that this is a temporary situation. we will use our tools to support the economy and a strong labor market and to prevent higher inflation from becoming entrenched. it's a similar message coming from the white house, which points to a dropping unemployment rate as evidence that economic recovery is underway and is

adamant that the supply chain issue will be resolved. we are well positioned to attack the challenges of prices and cost had on. and that's exactly what the president i and this administration are doing. but republicans continue to blame stimulus measures for overheating the economy. one thing is clear, it's impossible to predict the ongoing economic impact of the on the crone varian surge, which the nation continues to face. i don't believe we've seen that peak yet. here in the united states. the rise in price increases reflect to harsh reality that in the pandemic, it's not just people who get sick, but the economy as well. my cana auto 0 washington. well, claudia, some, as a former economic advisor to the white house, she says uncertainty will continue until the pandemic is under control. yes, there is more demand in the united states and in a lot of countries, as we reopen,

people have gotten back outside in the us. there was a big relief package that was passed early in 2021 that got a lot of money in people's pockets. frankly, i think that was good policy. it was a lifeline because prices were going to rise. the coven pandemic has rod just just massive amounts human tragedy, and disruptions to our global economy. in the united states, people have a bit of a cushion to get, you know, to be able to still buy consumer spending. even if you take prices into account is rising at a very rapid pace in united states, but we need inflation to get under control. it is too high right now. and the thing that has to be done is not at the federal reserve. the white house congress, all governments around the world have got to get this pandemic under control. and keep in mind in the united states, this 2021 was a really good year in terms of recovery. inflation is the dark spot. but we have

consumer spending and investment in the decline and the unemployment rate was 2 and a half percentage points. and you got to go back 40 years to find that to right. and unemployment under 4 percent. so it's time for central bank or it's time for the fed. probably just they don't need to push as hard because the recovery is going. but really it's going to be tough to get inflation under control. get it back down to 2 percent, like they want to see if the pandemic keeps coming out. us like it house, been with the world health organization says of a 15000000 people contracted cobit 19 during the past week. higher than at any time during the pandemic. that's more than 50 percent off on the previous 7 days on the w t o says the number of deaths is also rising. let's be clear. while omi con, cause less severe, this is done, delta. it remains a dangerous bias,

particularly for those who are unvaccinated, almost $50000.00, so weak is $50000.00 does too many. meanwhile, india has reported nearly 250000 new current of virus cases in the past 24 hours. it's highest number since may last year. the countries followed the global trend of shop increases and on the current cases with hospital admissions lower than during previous wage. popular town join just now from new delhi probably. so the current cases in india and now searching, completing the wrong direction, what's causing the figures to climb so quickly. so the consensus is that given how virulent the omicron variant is cases are going to keep rising and rising fast. at this point a most of the country is under some form of restriction. already many states have night curfews as

a weekend curfew in daily, but still, you know, of cases are still rising in rising very, very fast. now, authorities have for the 1st time, also cancelled and suspended in person valleys ahead of key state elections next month. but here's the worry that why restrictions are continuing religious gatherings are also going on over the next couple of days. there are several festivals being celebrated across india. some states have put a cap on gatherings, but most of these festivals are still going on. now, for example, in the state of westman gall, about half a 1000000 people are expected to attain one of the festivals there. now, authority said they are taking precautions or negative tests as required. vaccines are mandated in that state. that's a, that's actually emerge as one of the major hotspots, the capital cold. kappa has the highest positivity rate in the countries 60 percent,

which means that more than half the people testing for the virus are positive. now the concern is the mixed messaging from authorities. now few days ago, the government says that people who have been in contact with coven 19 patients don't need to test unless they are high risk. one of the top epidemiologist advice in the government has come out and said that cove at 19 caused by o mcroy is like a common chord. now the health ministry has clarified that that's not exactly the case and that these contacts should quarantine. but this flip flopping, has led to a lot of people letting their guard down and probably what sort of pressure is this placing on the health care system across the country. so the good news of thought is that hospitalizations have not sawed ah, as tases have still, there is a slight uptake

a. we spoke to the head of indiana's largest score with 19 facility, who says that most beds are still empty and very few patients require ice. you or on ventilators, authorities estimate that about 5 to 10 percent of oil covered. 19 patients from the omicron variant will need hospitalization, but here's the thing in absolute number in a country like india, 5 to 10 percent good, easily over when that threadbare health care infrastructure, especially in rural india, where we don't really know how many cases are there because testing is not that run, but the other concern is that hundreds of health care workers have been testing positive. the government now says that doctors exposed to covered 90, don't need to quarantine and should keep working because of staff shortages in hospitals. all right, are partly motel their life for us in new delhi patman. thank you. now,

people in mexico are being forced to queue for hours at public hospital. the. during the latest wave of the pandemic, a surge in the number of coven 19 patients was pushed. many hospitals were full operating capacity. budget constant staff shortages are also blamed for the delays . mexico confirmed more than 300000 deaths from corona virus. lastly, while the amazon variant is fueling a surge in new cases across europe, austria, france, germany, italy in norway are among countries that posted the highest ever daily numbers of infections in the past 24 hours. in the u. s. the number of people in the hospital has gone up by as much as 33 percent and death by about 40 percent in the past week . health officials expect the cases driven by omicron to peak in the coming weeks. now the drawer for the trailer and tennis open has been delayed as well. number one, novak joker, which is fate, and the torment remains uncertain. integration minister is expected to decide shortly with a joke of its can stay in the country as these. it was revoked after he arrived last week, but that was overturned by

a court. joking which admitted to breaking corona, virus isolation, ruled in his native serbia last month for o'clock. at the latest from britain, the face of the world, number one minced has play. it hangs in the bows and so to does the australian open, we had expected the drawer for the australian open the tournament, which starts in 4 days. we had expected that draw to be a given released this afternoon. that's now been delayed as a white. this decision, so nova novak jock of it and naomi soccer. they are the defending champions. the strain open on thursday has also announced that due to a spike in the number of infections of covered 19 in victoria, they've had to reduce or certainly cause the seat capacity to 50 percent for next week's a tournament. so at the prime minister we should state above all of this and, and what's kind of looking like potentially an announcement from the immigration minister on thursday afternoon. we have to remember what the prime minister scott morrison said last week. and he stated that rules are rules and allowing jock of it

to stay in the country and would certainly set a dangerous precedent if jock, which is deported then, or we do expect a joke of which is lawyers to once again appeal that decision. the british prime minister is facing growing cause for his resignation. after apologizing to the nation for attending a party at his official london residence during the height of the lockdown in 2020 . at the time the government was enforcing strict measures confining millions of people to their homes under simmons as more. ah, horace johnson has never been under such pressure from his own party, the opposition to the people who elected him. he set out to try to defend himself. the key question, did he attend a party for around 40 guests in his back garden that appears to have breached cove restrictions? first, he tried to address the british people. but i want to apologize. i know the rage, they feel with me and with the government i lead. when they think that in done in

street itself, the rules are not being properly followed by the people who make the rules. and when i went into that garden, just after 6 on the 20th of may, 2020, to find groups of stock before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working. i believed implicitly that this was a work event. with hindsight, i should have sent everyone back inside of the months of deceit and deception. so pathetic spectacle of a man who has run out of road his defense, his defense that he didn't realize he was, it's a party. ha, it is so ridiculous that is actually offensive to the pretty ha with the whole country was locked down. he was posting boozy policies in town,

express. se, now going to take a decent thing and resign. johnson didn't say yes or no, i want her. i want to repeat that, i thought it was a, a work event and apologizing again and telling opposition leader kissed alma he should wait for the results of an inquiry into revelations of several porters in downing street and whitehall. i regret very much that we did not do things differently or that evening. stammer repeatedly rounded on johnson, the party's over prime minister. the only question is, will the british public kick him out? police party kick him out, or will he did the decent thing and resign yet in johnson's constituency, in north west london, many who watched wouldn't accept his apology and angry. and i just think he's a man. it doesn't take responsibility for what he's done. civic, who power thing for it to be expect. vega me is plans to come back with with,

with something what, whether or not it's true or noise, but it's probably not tree. this crisis is being called part again by the media. johnson is trying to write it out much rest though with the outcome of the inquiry into downing street and whitehall parties, and what the police do about the latest revelation paper with more rest though, on whether the conservative party decides johnson is now a liability, and has to go and re simmons al jazeera, more so to come here and al jazeera, including rena state. john ever gram finds the demolition of dozens of buildings as more property developers in china. struggle to pay off the debts and a legal blow for britons. prince andrew, who now face a civil case in the u. s. a claims of sexual abuse or not stay with us. ah

hello there, here's your weather in a minute 15, nice to see you are going to begin in the middle east where energy from the east or med is now coming across the levant. so this is northern sections of syria into northern iraq. so impacting or bill it was just last month we saw deadly flooding. and now we've got rounds of rain to come k. i'm going to put this a day forward. here we are on friday. we can trace a batch of rain from the red sea right through to the golf and i think re ads going to get clip to some this. but for now a southerly flows for your temperature at $27.00 degrees. but when those showers move in, they will cool the atmosphere and that wind will shift around to the northeast. so just a high of 18 degrees on sunday. that's below average. pretty average across pakistan in terms of those temperatures. it's quite both in the south and the north. islam of bods got a high of 18 degrees off to turkey right now in a northerly wind from the boss versus really dragon down those temperatures in his stem bowl to degrees. fact, we could see

a light dusting of snow talking about snow, but high heat for hearts whom you're closing in on 40 degrees. a juba, we've got you in for a high of 41 on thursday. really for easter portions of southern africa. we've got those storms, especially rounds and bob boy, harry a high of 24 degrees on thursday. that's it. we'll see you soon. ah, running is one of the most accessible sports in the world. this is here, a correspondent tandy richardson takes us on his personal journey of discovery. when you find yourself out in the middle of nowhere in the, ronnie's hurting why should not just stop exploring the growing popularity in science. he pushes the limit from kenya to the antarctic in search of answers to why we run al jazeera correspondence. lou

ah, welcome back. a good amount of the top stories here at this hour. inflation and the united states has hit levels not seen in 40 years with a price surge affecting almost everything bought by customers and businesses. the white house was blaming disruptions and global supply checks due to upon demick. the world health organization says more than 15000000 people contracted coven 19 during the past week. the highest, ever figured during the hon. demik the h o says the number of deaths is also lies. on the drawer for the streaming open has been delayed as world number one that novak jock, which is fate, and the tournament remains on certain. his visa risks being revoked by a strain as an integration of minister after revelations found his breach of

cupboard 19 rules. in serbia, now, high stakes meeting between russia and nato over ukraine has ended without a breakthrough. both sides said there were significant differences during what they described as frank and open discussions, dosage barrier ports from moscow. a meeting nearly 3 years in the making as high ranking members of the russian foreign and defense ministry join nato officials and brussels. the meeting lasted longer than expected, but nato secretary general remain steadfast, that he would not accept rushes, the man that ukraine will never become a member of the alliance. this crosses is a, it's, it's, it's the making of russia on. therefore, this important day deescalate ukraine has the right to self defense dodson shrine, an u. m. a family talker angle for suddenly dollars when they, than they dollars, unless it'll help them to uphold of actor right,

to self defense. despite the united states assurances that it wouldn't talk about ukraine security without ukraine being present. it says this meeting was a chance for the 2 sides to begin repairing their relationship. a relationship that's been going backwards since russia annex crimea in 2014 and nato's expulsion of 8 russians after accusing them of spying law coding, squid zulu, which would, would nato opt for the policy of the term? russia. we will respond with measures of counter deterrence. if it uses the policy of intimidation, we will respond with counter intimidation. if it looks for vulnerabilities in the russian defense system, we will look when nato's vulnerabilities. it's not our choice, but we don't have other options. if we don't overturn this current very dangerous course of events, oh, see, despite the lack of an official agreement, the talks are being seen as a success, if only because they didn't ends in acrimony,

despite rushes continued to insist that he has no intention of in vain crane there seems little sign of an immediate end to the crisis door. such a worry al jazeera, moscow. united nations says it means maybe 4000000000 dollars this year to help the victims of the civil war in yemen. the you and estimates 13000000 people are at risk of starvation. it's calling on the arraignment, back to these and the saudi back government to negotiate an end to 7 years of conflict. our diplomatic editor james base as more from the united nations in york . well, it's very grim picture from yemen. remember, the country has been in turmoil for more than a decade, and war has been raging in the country for almost 8 years. well, with that backdrop, what has happened in the last month? things have got much worse. they say there has been a deterioration of the humanitarian situation, an escalation by all sides of that military action. and we also heard from

a senior humanitarian official from the united nations. again, briefing the security council saying that over 15000 people have been deployed, displaced in the last month, and the number of civilians that have been reported killed is 358 that's tied for the highest figure. at any point in the last 3 years, very grim news from yemen, often described by people as the forgotten war. but it's a war that continues to rage. a lawsuit against britons. prince andrew is going ahead in the us after judge rejected efforts to dismiss a sex abuse claim. virginia jeffrey says she was 17 years old when she was traffic for sex with the u. k. royal and other men. prince andrew lawyers of tried to have the case thrown out, citing a 2009 deals. she signed with convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. the prince has consistently denied the claims gabe. it is on those in new york where the civil law suit is now under way. what appears that this is going to a trial, and the trial will be towards the end of this year, assuming,

and this is a big assumption here that prince andrew and his lawyers decide not to settle out of court. that could very be a very real possibility at this point, but assuming that does not happen, it's very much now going down a legal process to a trial at the end of this year here in federal court in new york. so a couple of questions you ask yourself, does prince andrew have diplomatic immunity? the answer to that by most legal analysts is no, only the queen, queen and her immediate household have diplomatic immunity. he does not fall under that category, but will he be present at the trial in new york? the answer to that is also know that highly unlikely. and that's because this is a civil case right now and not a criminal case. and in civil cases the, the courts can not ask for the u. k to extradite someone to the us for

a civil case such as this, if it was criminal, that's different, but this is civil. so it's highly unlikely, almost unfathomable, that he will actually be there at the court, assuming his trial goes forward. so then you ask yourself, what are his big risk? well, does he have to give testimony under oath for this trial? the answer to that is yes. he most likely will. a property crisis in china is deepening with a growing number of developers in debt. real estate, john ever graham is struggling to pay back $300000000000.00 in loans. and as katrina, you reports from don joe, in hey, non, providence accompanies now fighting the demolition of dozens and it's apartment building some call it china's hawaii. the island province in the south attracts tens of millions of visitors every year. and property developers have flocked here to accommodate them. real estate giant ever grad constructed this artificial island,

complete with hotels and theme parks. but a debt crisis has caused many of its projects to come to a halt. these $39.00 unfinished apartment buildings would you to be completed soon? now the local government has called for them to be demolished, citing environmental concerns. the order has sparked confusion among local people. general gyla. these buildings have already been constructed, rogers and now they want to demolish, learn to love. a personally, i think is a big waste of resources getting global young's eyes who you thought is a why if you tear down these buildings, it will just create more pollution. it also causing the owners of other apartments here to panic because they're afraid this will be next. the unfinished project was backed by a former marriage, john t who is now serving life in prison for bribery. there are almost $3000.00 apartments worth more than $1000000000.00 there. it's just one of hundreds of

stalled ever ground projects in china. but the demolition of those $39.00 buildings would deal another major blow to the already embattled developer. if a grant is $300000000000.00 in debt and defaulted on offshore bonds last month, regional governments have taken control of the developers projects in some areas and confiscated land and others. it's far from alone. in recent months, the chinese government has begun curbing over borrowing in the property sector. and a growing number of firms are now in distress. shamal keiser modern land and won't jo are enough. are among those struggling with loan repayment. analysts say beijing is sending a message. it has looked like they are more concerned about that and a sustainable growth. so i guess in the long term, this is more of a change for the better on. and i guess it's safe to say

on the kind of aggressive expansion period has basically ended for china. the crisis in the property sector is weighing on china's economic growth. and experts expect to slow down to continue for months. possibly years. ever grind is doing all it can to keep its business and projects here afloat. it's paid more than $30000000.00 in fines to the local government and is appealing against the demolition of these $39.00 buildings. caching you out to 0, dan, joe, china and a 2 year old palestinian american man has died after being detained and beaten by israeli soldiers. that's according to the palestinian health ministry. he was arrested in the israeli town of john julia on the wednesday. he was reportedly handcuffed and less than a house under construction. the u. s. state department has now asked israel for clarification, palestinian israeli villagers in southern israel, have protested against the planting of trees on their grazing lands in the negative region. the trees are being planted,

bon is railing nationalist group. the villagers are mostly from the bedouin community and see this is a lamb grab palestinian israeli rom, party that relies on better in votes. as threatened to withdraw support from these really coalition government more than 20 people in indigenous communities of died and devastating floods in south eastern brazil. nonstop rain for 2 weeks. and when our state has burst, dams, forcing dozens of people to seek shelter. john holeman has more flood waters, a coursing through the state of meanness, in se brazil, this is who are tuber one of the towns on the water over the last 2 months, thousands have been left homeless across brazil, victims of a relentless raymond season. now minas is bearing the brunt. oh, glad i was the miracle up in the water level in my house reached my waist. we lost everything. my children and my wife left the house by boat. we are getting the things we managed to save out of there. but clothes and these things we couldn't

really save. and 10 people died in minas, in the last 2 days. it could get worse. this is the carry or could them threatening to go down with the dam has never been like this. may god for your son. keep safe, if it breaks, it will hurt money. people below there are 5 cities down there that will be harmed . indigenous communities in the state struggling with samantha depletion. and it's a very sad feeling when a heartbreak to see this community in such a state. if it were up to me, i would never return here. my heart is bleeding. at the moment they using a local school as a shelter all over the state of his is suffering too, and desperately hoping that the rain stops. john home and al jazeera us has begun, issuing a collection of coins to on a leading female figures, the image of poet and civil rights activists. maya angelou will feature on the 1st coin 20 will be issued in the next 4 years as part of american women quarter

program last year to bite the ministration announce plans to put the face of abolitionist harriet tubman on the $20.00 ronnie spector, the lead singer the 1960 s rock'n'roll group burnett, has died. she was 78 specter, who was born veronica bennett, died of cancer. she rose to fame with such songs as be my baby baby. i love you and walking in the rain spectres. all girl group open for major rock bands including the rolling stones and the yard. ah, type of quick check on the headlines here and i'll just say are inflation in the united states has increased levels not seen in for 2 years with a price surge affecting almost everything bought by consumers and businesses. the white house has been in global supply chain disruption due to the pandemic, but inflation is a growing political risk for the democrats,

as republicans continue to blame stimulus measures for overheating the economy. when it comes to something like the supply chain challenge.