welcome to bbc news. i'm mark lobel. our top stories: india's healthcare system buckles as a record surge in covid cases puts pressure on hospital beds and life—saving supplies. we have a special report from the frontline. if oxygen runs out, there is no leeway for many patients. there is no leeway. they will die. president macron says france will never yield to islamist terrorism after a man fatally stabs a woman police clerk near paris. from close ally to bitter critic: dominic cummings launches an explosive attack on borisjohnson, accusing the uk prime minister of lacking integrity. the reality tv star and transgender activist caitlyn jenner says she's going to run to be governor of california.

and the former olympic swimmer setting a new high—altitude record in the mountain ranges of south america. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we're starting in india, where the healthcare system is collapsing under the pressure of a surging second coronavirus wave with hospitals full, patients left untreated for hours and supplies of oxygen desperately inadequate. it now has more daily cases than anywhere else since the pandemic began, and it's set a global record for two days running — in the past 2a hours, it's seen 330,000 new cases. 0ur delhi correspondent yogita limaye got access to the emergency ward

of one hospital. her report contains distressing scenes from the start. the front line — an emergency room in a covid hospital, just about standing under the weight of an unfolding disaster. a patient who's hardly breathing is brought in. as nurses try to get him to respond, there's another person, even more critical. this woman rushes to help. so many like her are putting in all they can. they couldn't revive him. to get past the shortage of beds, they've packed in stretchers, wheelchairs — as many as they can. but the first line of treatment against covid—19 is oxygen. and they've almost run out.

at this point, there isjust one hour of supply left. the staff knows how many lives hang in the balance. people are being turned away, but they don't know where they'll find oxygen or a bed. manura bibi was taken in for a short while to stabilise her. "we've already been to five hospitals. where will poor people like us go?", her nephew asks. but this hospital is so on the brink, they have to leave. the intensive care unit is full, too. there are next to no icu beds in a city of 20 million. these are patients in a critical condition. it's unthinkable, unimaginable, that one would think of them as better off in any way, but it's the reality

of what we're seeing in india. people in an icu have won the first battle, to be here. between seeing his patients, the doctor constantly on calls. back—up, another couple of hours. so, we are struggling, we are struggling... he's desperately trying to get more oxygen. we are running out of oxygen. the whole country's running out of oxygen, 0k? the city is, we are, everybody is, ok? so, please focus on that, please. you're doing a fantastic job otherwise, 0k? please. 0k, all of you remember that. if oxygen runs out, there is no leeway for many patients. there is no leeway, they will die. day after day, the staff works here, knowing full well that if their families get sick, even they will struggle to find medical care. there is helplessness and anger. the government, in some ways, has failed in estimating what was going to happen, the needs that would arise

if the numbers started rising. there was a sense of preparation in the earlier surge which seems to have — seemed to have disappeared in between. and they did things which were totally unacceptable — allowing large, huge gatherings, which is totally unacceptable. they believed that we had vanquished the virus. some oxygen arrives a bit later, but it can only last a few hours. then the struggle begins again. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. having been a major global provider of covid supplies during the pandemic, narendra modi's government has massively reduced vaccine exports in the face of india's current wave, and is reaching out to key allies to secure much—needed oxygen supplies. earlier this week, the country's serum institute called on us government to end its ban on the export of raw materials used in vaccine production. this is what the white

house had to say. we are working closely with indian officials at both political and experts level to identify ways to help address the crisis. we have made vaccine cooperation a big priority, including with our quad partners — india is one of our quad partners, of course — discussing vaccine creation and distribution for the future. we have also provided $4 billion to covax and from the earliest stages of the pandemic, we have provided india with emergency relief supplies, medical consumables, pandemic training for indian state and local officials and ventilators, which has been part of our effort over the course of time, including $1.1; billion in health assistance to india to help them prepare for pandemics in the future and deal with the current one we are facing. japan has announced emergency coronavirus restrictions to curb rising infections, just three months before the summer olympics. shops, restaurants and bars serving alcohol will be asked

to close for two weeks from sunday. residents are being urged to stay at home. it's less than two months since the last state of emergency was lifted. the japanese government has insisted the olympics will go ahead but in some cities, there are reports of sick patients being turned away. let's get more on this. i'm joined now byjournalist timothy hornyak in the capital tokyo. thank you forjoining us. are there red faces where you are that this stage of emergency coming so soon after the last one ended?— one ended? yes, the prime minister— one ended? yes, the prime minister did _ one ended? yes, the prime minister did apologise, - minister did apologise, actually, implementing the latest state of emergency. and many people are criticising the government for this adamant line that has been taken that the olympics must be held at whatever cost. despite this once in a century pandemic. does this affect japan's ability to hold that 0lympics ability to hold that olympics in three months' time? well,

es. in three months' time? well, yes- we've — in three months' time? well, yes. we've already _ in three months' time? well, yes. we've already seen - in three months' time? well, | yes. we've already seen some effects on the test events for the olympics, some are being held without spectators, there have been, such as australia, in fact, withdrawing from a diving test events before the olympics and they also wanted to have some of these test events at the sort of dress rehearsal for their virus prevention, infection prevention, infection prevention measures so those won't be able to happen because of the state of emergency. there has been a theme, hasn't there, that the public do not want these 0lympics there, that the public do not want these olympics to go ahead, or many of them don't. the current changes add to that call? ~ ~ ., call? well, i think that the current state _ call? well, i think that the current state of _ call? well, | think that the | current state of emergency call? well, | think that the - current state of emergency just current state of emergencyjust underlines how severe the situation has become here. japan is kind of an interesting situation because it has not been as bad as some countries and yet, it is not a very slow vaccine rollout and they have this major international

sporting event coming up in less than three months. and so, it seems that you cannot have both things at the same time but that is what is happening. hardly anyone is getting vaccinated, it is going very slow and yet, there is this major event coming up. find slow and yet, there is this major event coming up. and we have been _ major event coming up. and we have been told _ major event coming up. and we have been told these _ major event coming up. and we have been told these measures| have been told these measures should lastjust two weeks and it is time to presumably for a visit for the ioc president to inspect the olympic sites. i people they're dubious that this will end in two weeks? —— are people there? i this will end in two weeks? -- are people there?— this will end in two weeks? -- are people there? i think most --eole are people there? i think most people will _ are people there? i think most people will have _ are people there? i think most people will have some - are people there? i think most people will have some kind - are people there? i think most people will have some kind of| people will have some kind of doubt in their mind about how effective this will be. this should be harsher than previous soft lockdowns we have seen in japan, establishments are being asked to not serve alcohol and asked to not serve alcohol and as we know, when people go drinking, they become less cautious when it comes to preventing infections. whether this will really have an effect in being such a short two—week state of emergency is very

questionable and i'm sure a lot ofjapanese arejust questionable and i'm sure a lot of japanese are just wondering what the government has been doing and why it is taking such milquetoast measures. timothy horn ak, milquetoast measures. timothy hornyak, thank _ milquetoast measures. timothy hornyak, thank you _ milquetoast measures. timothy hornyak, thank you for - milquetoast measures. timothy hornyak, thank you forjoining l hornyak, thank you forjoining us. hornyak, thank you for “oining us. ~ , hornyak, thank you for “oining us. g , regulators in the united states have cleared the way for the immediate resumption of the use of thejohnson &johnson coronavirus vaccine. distribution of the single—dose jab was suspended ten days ago after reports of rare blood clots. an expert panel concluded that the vaccine was safe and effective, saying the benefits outweighed the risks. 15 cases of blood clots, all suffered by women, have been recorded in the us from more than 7 million johnson & johnson jabs. let's get some of the day's other news. there are fears oxygen supplies have run out on an indonesian submarine that went missing off the coast of bali on wednesday. search teams from a number of countries are trying to find the vessel, which has 50 three people on board. the indonesian authorities previously warned it had enough oxygen to last until the early hours of saturday morning but there's still no

sign of the submarine. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell has appeared in court in new york on new charges of sex trafficking. it's her first appearance in person since her arrest last year. she's accused of helping the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein recruit, groom and sexually abuse girls. ms maxwell pleaded not guilty. her lawyer said she was being treated "horribly" injail, but was looking forward to her trial. researchers in britain say early trials of a new malaria vaccine suggest it's 77% effective at stopping infection. the jab could be a major breakthrough against the illness, which kills more than 400,000 people a year. president emmanuel macron has asserted that france will never give in to terrorism after a fatal stabbing at a police station outside paris. the suspected islamist attack was carried out by a tunisian man who entered france illegally more than a decade ago.

france's anti—terror prosecutor has taken over the inquiry. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri has more. these have become familiar scenes in france. a victim, armed police and a town in shock. here in rambouillet, a paris suburb, a female police worker was killed. she was a 49—year—old mother of too, leaving her police station when a man stabbed her to death in the neck. the attacker was shot by one of her colleagues and later died in hospital —— mother in two. three others have now been arrested. translation: it is appalling. i am at a loss for words. i - am at a loss for words. i cannot see why something like this would happen here. we are not — we are in france, you know? not - we are in france, you know? ., , ., , know? how is that possible? this region _ know? how is that possible? this region is _ know? how is that possible? this region is no _ know? how is that possible? this region is no stranger - know? how is that possible? this region is no stranger to| this region is no stranger to violence. in another nearby

suburb, a school teacher was beheaded last october. after showing students cartoons of the prophet mohammed. and a few years ago, two french police officials were murdered by a man who claimed allegiance to the so—called islamic state. so looking at this most recent attack, officials feel they've seen this blueprint before. translation: we seen this blueprint before. translation:— seen this blueprint before. translation: ~ ., translation: we indeed have this uuite translation: we indeed have this quite standard _ this quite standard proclamation of the arc bar and we have a tunisian national that commits this a with a knife —— allahu akbar. there are signs that show that this is a terrorist motive and not an unbalanced person. in france's _ an unbalanced person. in france's president macron clearly agrees, writing on twitter: in response to recent terror attacks, twitter: in response to recent terrorattacks, his twitter: in response to recent terror attacks, his government had already proposed a controversial bill to tackle islamist terror —— terrorism and with this latest killing,

the same question rears its head. could anything have done to prevent it? azadeh moshiri, bbc news. the british prime minister's former chief adviser dominic cummings has lashed out at borisjohnson, questioning his "competence and integrity". mr cummings, who was sacked last year, denied leaking private text messages between mrjohnson and the businessman sirjames dyson. i don't think people care. what they care about is... that's not really an answer. ..what was i doing back in march of last year? and people have — people have attacked me for that. but did you finger him as a source of that leak? i don't think people give a monkey's, to be frank. our political correspondent vicky young has this analysis. now, tonight, some in government are trying to downplay all of this, saying dominic cummings is disgruntled and discredited, but it can cause real problems for the prime minister, i think. firstly, it could be seen as a reflection on his leadership, presiding over a team that at times in the last few months has looked pretty dysfunctional.

there is also a problem because it is a massive distraction. we have had all of those allegations about lobbying. this, too, is about standards and conduct in public life. and finally, they cannot control this, downing street. they simply don't know what is coming next. dominic cummings suggesting he has kept phone records, and no—one knows quite what else he is willing to share. stay with us on bbc news. much more to come. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high — the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. one of the most successful singer—songwriters of all time, the american pop star prince

has died at the age of 57. ijust couldn't believe it. i didn't believe it. we just — he was just here saturday. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions — a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. you're watching bbc news, the headlines: india's healthcare system buckles as a record surge in covid cases puts pressure on hospital beds and life—saving supplies. president biden has hailed the carbon—cutting pledges made at the global climate summit, saying that half the world

was now committed to the progress needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. however, mr biden emphasised that leaders must live up to their commitments — as he put it, anything else was "just hot air". let's hear some of what he said. we've made great progress in my view so far. i'm grateful to all the leaders who have announced new commitments to help us meet the existential threat of climate change. this summit is a start, a start of a road that will take us to glasgow for the un climate change conference in november, where we're going to make these commitments real, putting all of our nations on a path to a secure, prosperous and sustainable future. a key topic at the final day of the summit was climate tech. microsoft founder bill gates told leaders it would be virtually impossible to meet their new targets with today's technology. he's working with his sustainable energy organisation, breakthrough, on a programme that would raise money from governments, philanthropists and companies to bring down the cost of clean technology.

a short time ago i spoke tojonah goldman from breakthrough energy, i asked him if tech could save us. no, not tech alone for sure. what we need is, we need major innovations in technology, but we also need major innovations in the way that we construct and execute markets as well as how government leaders respond with the policy and regulatory environment to encourage these new technologies to get out into the market in large scale. when we talk about technology, unfortunately it is not all the exciting stuff that is in science fiction movies, we're talking about things like steel and cement and liquid fuels and the things really are the building blocks of our modern lifestyle. can you paint a picture for us, we know about green algae, more effective than trees, and these fans that they are promoting in iceland which turns carbon into stone underground, but what else can we look forward to?

right, so it is important to know that, if anyone of the people who are watching this look around the room that you are in, nearly everything constructed or bought has in some way contributed to climate change. the good news from an innovation perspective is that that is a massive opportunity to be able to transition how we do things and how we need to do things later, and there are some things that are exciting like how we can suck carbon out of the air and turn it into stone and put it back underground, and then there are some things that really the goal is to have as little disruption as possible. so for example, as we think about things like cement and steel which are so important in reaching our climate goals and transitioning to new technologies there, hopefully they don't look that much different than cement and steel, we can still build buildings with them and build roads and bridges with them. there are some things that are super exciting, some cool ideas and some very creative thinkers out there that at breakthrough we are investing in, and others are investing in, but hopefully

a lot of these things actually look not so much different to what we use today. but bill gates was complaining that society is not being equipped with the right technology to meet these targets, what did he mean? so just to be clear there is a lot of really tremendous technology out there, which is helping us with the climate crisis. there is magic in solar panels and the cost that they are now, and what the uk has done with creating an environment for offshore wind to take advantage of the more reliable wind out offshore, those are tremendous opportunities, and they really are remarkable. but that is not all of the equation. so electricity, where most of the innovation has been, is only about 24% of the problem. when we think about the problem, we think about around 51 billion tons of greenhouse gases every year. if we are able to address 100% of the electricity problem, we only address 25%

of those 51 billion tons. the rest is in things we talk about much less when we have the climate conversation — it is cement and steel, it is the fuel that fuels our planes, it is the fertiliser that grows our food, all of these are things that are contributing to climate change and we need to figure out how to do all those things in any way. to do all those things in a new way. some of them, we have great innovations on the horizon and some of them we need to really pump a lot of resources into research and development and the smartest people around to really try and solve those as we move people around to really try and solve as we move into the mid century. the reality tv star and transgender activist caitlynjenner has said she intends to run for governor of the us state of california. in a statement on social media the former athlete said she would provide californians with a roadmap back to prosperity. the 71—year—old longtime republican is hoping to unseat the democratic governor gavin newsom, who is facing a recall bid over charges of mishandling the state's coronavirus response.

lisa middleton is the mayor pro tem of the city of palm springs in california, and was the first openly transgender person elected to non—judicial office in california's history. shejoins me now from palm springs. thank you forjoining us here on bbc world news. california is like a celebrity magnet for celebrity candidates, has caitlynjenner got your celebrity candidates, has caitlyn jenner got your backing if there is indeed a caitlynjenner got your backing if there is indeed a race? i would hope that all of california and all of the united states has learned our lesson when it comes to celebrity candidates. some of them have — celebrity candidates. some of them have been _ celebrity candidates. some of them have been very - celebrity candidates. some of. them have been very successful, some have been re—elected as governor, does caitlynjenner specifically get your backing? no, she does not. i applaud the work that she has done to help the transgender community, but being a host of a television programme, being good at social media does not prepare you to

lead the largest, the most diverse, the most demanding state in the united states. she understands — state in the united states. she understands struggle, she has achieved a lot in her life so far, she wants to promote lgbt values, what is wrong with that? ~ ., values, what is wrong with that? ., , , that? well, on monday she is suoporting — that? well, on monday she is supporting donald _ that? well, on monday she is supporting donald trump, . that? well, on monday she is supporting donald trump, onj supporting donald trump, on tuesday she is condemning donald trump's attacks on transgender children, and then on wednesdays she is hiring donald trump's team to run her campaign. donald trump's team to run her campaign-— campaign. this would be different _ campaign. this would be different she _ campaign. this would be different she was - campaign. this would be different she was a - campaign. this would be - different she was a democrat? if she was a democrat, if she had a history of supporting progressive issues across the spectrum, then we would have another kind of conversation. but that is just simply not been her history. but that isjust simply not been her history.- but that isjust simply not been her histo . ., ., been her history. you mentioned ou are been her history. you mentioned you are the _ been her history. you mentioned you are the first _ been her history. you mentioned you are the first openly - you are the first openly transgender person elected tra nsgender person elected nonjudicial office transgender person elected nonjudicial office in california's history, wouldn't this offer, though, trans representation at a new level? we have right now an

outstanding governor in governor gavin newsom, someone who has been a consistent friend of the transgender community, who has made appointments including myself, of transgender people to important positions, i think we should stay with the individual that we know can put a team together, that will support transgender people. the reason we're having — transgender people. the reason we're having this _ transgender people. the reason we're having this discussion - transgender people. the reason we're having this discussion is l we're having this discussion is because gavin newsom has been criticised for handling of the pandemic, you have advice for him? ., , , pandemic, you have advice for him? . , , . . , pandemic, you have advice for him? , . . , ., him? he has been criticised for handfina him? he has been criticised for handling the — him? he has been criticised for handling the pandemic, - him? he has been criticised for handling the pandemic, but. him? he has been criticised for handling the pandemic, but he| handling the pandemic, but he has handled the pandemic, he has handled the pandemic, he has also handled the worst wildfire disaster in the history of the state of california. what we know about leading california is that emergencies happen, and when they do, we need a leader who has been tested, who knows what he is doing or she is doing, and has the ability to respond to elected officials across the state of california, and put

together the kind of emergency management programmes that you can't learn by watching television. i can't learn by watching television.— can't learn by watching television. ., , ., ., ., television. i was going to ask ou, if television. i was going to ask you. if she — television. i was going to ask you, if she does _ television. i was going to ask you, if she does win - television. i was going to ask you, if she does win a - television. i was going to ask you, if she does win a race i television. i was going to ask you, if she does win a race if| you, if she does win a race if it happens, what would be your advice to her if she had to confront that role of leadership, starting from scratch? i leadership, starting from scratch?— leadership, starting from scratch? ., �* , ., scratch? i don't believe that is auoin scratch? i don't believe that is going to _ scratch? i don't believe that is going to happen, - scratch? i don't believe that is going to happen, i - scratch? i don't believe that is going to happen, i think | scratch? i don't believe that i is going to happen, i think any time that gavin newsom gets into a room with another candidate is going to be clear who has the strongest qualifications to lead the people of california. shill people of california. all ri . ht, people of california. all right. lisa _ people of california. all right, lisa middleton, we will return to you if there is indeed that race, thank you so much. . ,, i. spacex has sent four astronauts bound for the international space station into orbit. liftoff was earlier on friday at the kennedy space center in florida. three, two, one, zero... mission, and lift off, godspeed. the spacex crew dragon capsule is carrying two americans, onejapanese and one french astronaut.

it's part of nasa's programme to use private companies to send astronauts to the iss. thanks for watching, see you soon, goodbye. hello. wales reached 21 degrees on friday. scotland had its highest temperature of the year so far at 20. and after a warm, sunny start to the weekend, it will turn a little cooler and cloudier as the weekend goes on, especially in eastern areas. it's still largely dry throughout with high pressure here, but the flow of air around that as the weekend goes on will become more of a pronounced easterly across the uk, with that cooler air starting to move in and more cloud, especially by sunday and especially in the east, as we'll see in a moment. another chilly morning to kick off the weekend, but not as cold as recent mornings, though still there will be a patchy, mainly rural frost around and temperatures head up in the morning sunshine quite quickly.

once any early mist and fog patches clear away from eastern england, and there will be a bit of patchy cloud for parts of scotland, especially in the east and into north—east england. but for most areas, it's a day of unbroken sunshine once again. shetland, though, turning cloudy with a chance of a little light rain. it will be a cooler day along north sea coasts with a breeze off the sea, but in western areas of the sunshine, every bit as warm as friday, i9, perhaps 20 degrees again. and there will be moderate to high pollen levels and moderate to high uv as well. now, we are expecting more cloud to arrive as we go just filtering in here from the east, particularly there could be a few mist and fog patches around, too. although temperatures again are a little bit higher as we start sunday morning, still the odd touch of frost in the countryside can't be ruled out. and then on sunday, don't be surprised to have some cloud, particularly across parts of england and wales and patchy cloud in scotland breaking to allow sunny spells. though parts of eastern england could stay rather cloudy with a chance of a light shower and an isolated heavy shower in highland scotland can't be ruled out.

more of us noticing that easterly breeze, quite gusty through the channel, channel islands and south west england as it's been for the past few days. and quite chilly along that north sea coast, cooler elsewhere but still up to 17 in western counties of northern ireland. into next week, and high pressure giving way to low pressure and that brings a chance anyway of a little rain moving southwards monday into tuesday. doesn't look like it's going to amount to very much, at the start of a week which looks like it'll be cooler than average once again with a chance again for a few showers, but not enough to stop this being one of the driest aprils we've known.

this is bbc news — the headlines: india's hospitals are reporting dangerously low oxygen levels and no empty beds as coronavirus cases reach record highs. there have been over 2,200 deaths in the past 2a hours. the prime minister, narendra modi, says the government is trying to source additional supplies of oxygen. president emmanuel macron has said france will never yield to islamist terrorism — after a female officer was stabbed to death inside a police station near paris. the attacker, who was a tunisian national, was shot dead. anti—terror prosecutors are carrying out an investigation. the former chief advisor to borisjohnson has accused the uk prime minister of falling below the standards of competence and integrity the country deserves. dominic cummings claimed mrjohnson tried to stop an inquiry into leaks, in case it implicated a friend of his fiancee, carrie symonds. downing street denies the allegations.