this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: hospitals in delhi issue an 505 for supplies of oxygen and free beds as coronavirus case numbers and deaths reach a new record in india. turkey reacts angrily after president biden breaks with us policy and calls the massacre of armenians during the first world war �*genocide�*. calls for borisjohnson to explain how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for, following allegations from his former chief advisor. the indonesian navy says debris including personal belongings are found after a submarine sinks with 53 crew members on board. a warm welcome — spacex delivers new crew to the international

space station — propelled on a recycled rocket. india is struggling to find enouigh oxygen for the thousands of covid patients gasping for breath. nearly a million infections have been confirmed in the past 72 hours alone. the government has dropped customs duties on imports to try to boost supplies. but doctors at a hospital in the capital, delhi, say at least 25 patients have died because of a lack of oxygen. intensive care units are full and there is no room for any more beds.

this report from our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, contains images you may find upsetting. patients as far as the eye can see but oxygen remains scarce. the situation right now here is really, really worse, critical and out of control. tushar maurya filmed this video inside a crowded delhi hospital, as he took a family member with covid to casualty. it is difficult to provide equal treatment to all the patients. that's why there is a high casualty rate inside, and there's a very negative environment inside. it's the same outside. every day as cases rise, families face a never—ending search and a terrifying wait. this 17—year—old is taking care of his grandfather as they queue for help at a hospital. he's been here before. his father died while he waited here just a day earlier. "i brought him here in a rickshaw because we couldn't find an ambulance", he said.

"my father was gasping for air. "he was crying, saying �*save me, please, save me, please�*, "but i could do nothing. "i just watched him die." and many have now died because of the supply shortage. doctors have been left in a desperate situation. patients and many people are every time coming in emergency. they want only beds. we have no beds or oxygen and there's a deficiency of a huge amount of oxygen. as the crisis unfolds, a prime minister under pressure. narendra modi chaired an emergency meeting today, to look at ways to boost supplies of oxygen. but many say it's too little, too late. relatives continue to queue for supplies across india, as thousands continue to die. for every family who gets a canister, there are countless others who won't.

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. dr triptee gilada is an infectious disease specialist in india's second largest city, mumbai. she made an emotional appeal in a video to family and friends. it's very, very helpless in that... we have to literally manage patients at home with oxygen, and this is not something we are enjoying. so, i really, really want all of you to follow a few things that i really am requesting you to follow. speaking to us from mumbai, dr gilada, who works at two hospitals in the south of the city, told us why she felt she had to make that video. there was this mixture of emotions that we all doctors face right now in india. it's an emotion of fear, of frustration, and a fear of helplessness because how

much ever we try at some point, we just cannot do our best because there is a lack, shortage of oxygen, shortage of icu beds, and shortage of medicines. and this video was actually made for families and friends to warn them that this is what the scenario is, and it will not take too many things for you to protect yourself from falling prey to this disease. and it had a very clear, simple message and i think it did strike a chord with a lot of people and that's the reason why it went viral because i think in the background of this second wave, people are all trying to think what can they do to not fall to this entire disease. the most important thing was to mask up because we know that masking works, it works like magic. and the second most important thing was the vaccine hesitancy that we've seen over the last three months and now that india opened up the vaccination drive to people above the age of 18, it was a plea to everyone to go and get themselves a vaccine because we've seen in the second wave that those

who've been vaccinated have not had severe illness, not have to reach the hospital or died. so even though people might get covid after taking the vaccine, the fact is they will not die of covid nor will they be sick of covid to be in the hospital, and i think that is one message that we really want to let people know about. let's get some of the day's other news. presidentjair bolsonaro has threatened to deploy the armed forces on the streets of brazilian cities if lockdown measures imposed by state governors generate chaos in the country. he described the restrictions as cruelty against those who need to earn a living, saying they could cause widespread hunger and riots. a third coronavirus state of emergency has come into effect in the japanese capital, tokyo, and some western areas, three months ahead of the scheduled start of the olympic games.

for two weeks residents will be asked to stay at home, large stores and businesses selling alcohol have been told to close. at least ten people have died in a fire at a hospital treating covid patients in the iraqi capital, baghdad. reports said an accident had caused an oxygen tank to explode. at least 30 other people are thought to have been injured. some reports put the number of dead much higher. the turkish government has summoned the us ambassador after president biden broke with his predecessors and declared a massacre over a century ago about armenians by the ottoman empire is in a of an aside. —— an act of genocide. the move risks damaging us relations with turkey, which is an important nato ally. orla guerin reports from istanbul — it contains images you may find upsetting. a solemn ceremony of remembrance in the armenian

capital, yerevan. people here see the past as a burning injustice. more than a century on, it has now been recognised by america as a genocide. president biden, seen here today leaving the white house, has taken a historic step, a reckoning with history, and has given his verdict. the statement issued by the white house is damning. the president refers to the ottoman era armenian genocide and says... "1.5 million armenians were deported, massacred or marched to their deaths in a campaign of extermination." these painful images from 1915 show some of the horrors. skulls on public display. armenians hanging in full view. for decades, turkey has denied this

was a genocide and said innocent turks died too in the turmoil of war. it has reacted angrily to president biden�*s move. i reached the senior adviser to the turkish leader, who said president erdogan had tried to talk him out of it and there would be consequences. we could not dissuade him. it's very sad because once the cat is out of the bag, you can't put it back in. we feel that this is that situation. declaring this as an act of genocide is going to create a lot of complications. this is my grandfather and he was the only survivor of the armenian genocide. the lone armenian mp in the turkish parliament told us it would mean far more if turkey acknowledged the genocide. i want to believe in turkey

and i believe in turkey. turkey is going to face this genocide one day, and we will have thatjustice one day, i'm sure about it. will you see it in your lifetime? i hope to see it. but two generations have passed without seeing that justice. this will cause fresh tension between america and turkey, relations are already deeply strained over a range of issues — including turkey's human rights record, and president biden is making it clear he's not too worried about keeping the turkish leader happy. orla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. armen sahakyan is executive director of the armenian national committee of america western region. he is at the armenian genocide memorial in montebello california

and joins us from there 110w. thank you forjoining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the programme.— thank you for “oining us on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. programme. thank you for having me- before _ programme. thank you for having me. before we _ programme. thank you for having me. before we start, _ programme. thank you for having me. before we start, can - programme. thank you for having me. before we start, can you - me. before we start, can you exlain me. before we start, can you explain what _ me. before we start, can you explain what is _ me. before we start, can you explain what is behind - me. before we start, can you explain what is behind you i explain what is behind you there and what has happened? i am in montebello california, home to the first and largest armenian genocide memorial monument in all of the united states and is the first such memorial on a public ground in the world so this is hallowed ground for the armenians and our allies since 1968 when it was erected, every year we come here to commemorate the innocent lives lost, over 1.5 million. during the genocide is at hands of the ottomans. thank ou for at hands of the ottomans. thank you for painting _ at hands of the ottomans. thank you for painting the _ at hands of the ottomans. thank you for painting the picture - at hands of the ottomans. thank you for painting the picture of. you for painting the picture of what it is that you have been doing commemorating their today. on to president biden comments, are they so significant?— comments, are they so si . nificant? , �* significant? president biden first and foremost _ significant? president biden first and foremost joins - significant? president biden first and foremost joins 49 i first and foremostjoins 49 constituent states as well as the united states congress that

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lot of political historical and legal ramifications because the united nations accords on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. this will obviously open up a whole realm of new possibilities and action for the armenian american and global armenian nation to take in order to restore truths as well as justice. restore truths as well as 'ustice. �* ., ., , ., restore truths as well as 'ustice. �* ., ., .,~ justice. and what do you make ofthe justice. and what do you make of the turkish _ justice. and what do you make of the turkish objections? - justice. and what do you make of the turkish objections? for| of the turkish ob'ections? for the longest _ of the turkish objections? igrr' the longest time turkey has denied the genocide and they are the beneficiaries of this international crime against humanity because they got to confiscate trillions worth of armenian greek and assyrian properties, communal, life insurances and whatnot. certainly the country does stand to lose not only its image and credibility and in the international arena but there will be other financial ramifications. i am sure that is what they are mostly concerned about and that is why they have can seal this from their own people as well as trying to exert a gag rule on the entire world for so long.

thank you so much for talking to us. thank you. the british prime minister is under pressure to explain how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for, following allegations by his former chief advisor. dominic cummings has claimed borisjohnson considered what he called "possibly illegal" plans to have party donors fund the work. downing street says mrjohnson paid for the work himself, and that nothing improper took place — but the opposition has demanded an inquiry. this report from iain watson contains flashing images from the start. out but not down. boris johnson's closest adviser left downing street in november, but now, dominic cummings has not only denied that he leaked some of the prime minister's text messages, he also opened a pandora's box of accusations against his former boss. the most serious is that the funding of last year's renovation of the downing street flat where the prime minister lives with his fiancee,

carrie symonds, wasn't above board, amid reports that costs were spiralling out of control. in a blog, dominic cummings says... and this former conservative law officer, and long—standing critic of borisjohnson, has now entered the fray. my impression is that there has been a constant wriggling about the source of the money for this refurbishment, and that's just one illustration of the chaos mrjohnson seems to bring in his wake. and the reason for that is because he is a vacuum of integrity. the government says the prime minister has paid for the work himself, and that no codes of conduct or electoral law were broken.

the electoral commission is looking into whether there were any undeclared donations. number 10 says that all donations that need to be reported, have been. but labour is accusing the government of not playing fair. they want to know if any conservative donor was initially involved in the funding, and are calling for more transparency and an inquiry. publish the details. have the full inquiry. if there is nothing to see here, whether it's the refurb of number ten, whether it's the dodgy contracts, whether it's the privileged access, if there's nothing to see, publish everything, have a full inquiry, because you know, sunlight is the best disinfectant. but a former adviser on standards in government thinks that more information rather than a new inquiry is what is needed. we have probably got enough inquiries going on. it's actual concrete, hard evidence, which demonstrates where things have gone wrong, that is critical now and cummings mightjust be able to provide some of that. and dominic cummings has a means of communicating what he knows. next month, he'll be able to give evidence publicly to

a joint committee of mps on the government's handling of the pandemic. the prime minister's former adviser clearly believes that the best form of defence is attack. he is now questioning borisjohnson�*s competence and his integrity, and dominic cummings says he is happy to have every e—mail that he sent and received during his time here at number 10 published. dominic cummings is showing no signs of getting back in his box, and that could be bad news for his former boss. iain watson, bbc news. you are watching bbc news, the headlines: hospitals in india are warning of dire shortages in the face of a huge surge of patients needing treatment for coronavirus as almost a million new cases are confirmed in the last three days alone. the turkish foreign ministry has summoned the american ambassador to protest against president biden�*s decision to recognise the massacres of armenians in the ottoman empire as genocide.

israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has called for "calm on all sides" after several nights of violence in and around occupied eastjerusalem. more than a hundred people were hurt on thursday night in clashes that involved the police, palestinians and far—rightjewish demonstrators. militants in gaza launched missiles into southern israel. the israelis responded with air strikes on gaza. there were no casualties on either side. from jerusalem, tom bateman reports. the israeli security forces are on horseback. they're now pushing back the crowd, the palestinians here who had been gathering. there was something of a stand—off for quite a while and the israelis have moved in trying to get this crowd back. we saw some objects and some stones being thrown towards the israelis — there are firecrackers there from the palestinians. and this has really all been about the israelis trying to disperse the palestinians here and the significance of this spot, this

is damascus gate. it is the entrance to the muslim quarter of the old city and you can see here why this place matters. these are steps that on these ramadan nights after the evening prayers, after the iftar meal, palestinians would come and sit here. now the israelis have put up these barriers erected here. this had been over the nights the thing that was creating this sense of tension here. certainly here at the moment it feels a bit quieter than it has been in previous nights. but certainly the eastjerusalemite palestinians have been trying to make their way back to the steps here. they've been showing determination. the indonesian military has announced that a navy submarine missing since wednesday has sunk, with 53 sailors on board. search teams have discovered debris including items from inside such as prayer mats. what remains of the submarine is believed to be at a depth of eight hundred and 50 metres, below the level at which it

could safely operate. here's richard galpin with the latest. this submarine, the nanggala 402, disappeared four days ago. on board, 53 crew members taking part in a torpedo exercise off the coast of bali. contact was lost after the crew asked for permission to dive. a major operation to find the stricken submarine was launched, with malaysian and australian ships amongst those helping. today, it became clear all was lost. the indonesian naval chief, yudo margono, told a news conference the submarine had sunk 850 metres down from the surface. but the hull could only withstand the pressure at 500 metres. as a result, he said, the hull cracked. he also announced that some items from the stricken submarine had been recovered, including a piece of the torpedo system

and a prayer mat. the navy insists the submarine was seaworthy but it was a0 years old. the search continues to find the bodies of the 53 submariners. richard galpin, bbc news. people across australia and new zealand have stopped to remember the 106th anniversary of the landing of anzac troops at gallipoli. thousands gathered for the dawn service at the australian war memorial in canberra, marking the first time in two years public commemorations have been able to proceed. while the century—old tradition won't be quite the same as pre—pandemic times, services and marches are being held across both nations to honour the sacrifices of military forces. here's a closer look at the dawn service in the australian capital, including part of prime minister scott morrison's address. trumpet plays.

when we are threatened, when our peace and our safety and our security are imperiled, in these moments, our differences fade away. on this anzac dawn, we remind ourselves of the sacrifices, the courage, the selflessness which helped make our country what it is today. english football clubs will stage a three—day social media boycott next weekend as part of a protest against racism. the blackout will begin on friday, april 30, running until monday, may 3. a joint statement from all the organisations involved said they were uniting for this action "in response to the ongoing and sustained discriminatory abuse received online by players and many

others connected to football". the president of real madrid football club has said the twelve sides who attempted to form a european super league cannot walk away as they have binding contracts. florentino perez insisted the project, or one similar to it, would be launched soon. real madrid, barcelona and juventus are the only clubs not to have pulled out despite a public backlash. four astronauts on board elon musk�*s spacex crew dragon spacecraft have successfully docked at the international space station for a six—month mission. it is the third launch in less than a year for nasa's commercial crew programme, which relies on private sector companies operating from the us. angus crawford reports. we start to see the detail on dragon there as it is closing in.

docking just moments away. but endeavour�*s been here before. this its second mission to the international space station. metre by metre, the gap closes. until... dragon spacex on the big loop, soft capture confirmed. the four astronauts blasted off on friday from the kennedy space center in florida. the first to use a rocket booster recycled from a previous flight. checks complete between space station and capsule, time to meet their crewmates for the next six months. confirmation that the crew is go... making a total of 11 astronauts now on the station. it has not been this busy for years. it is really unbelievable to be here on the space station. the space station has changed quite a bit since last time i was here. i have never seen so many astronauts on board. i have never seen so many different spacecraft on board.

i think it is a tribute to how strong our programme is going. a new era in space, then. thanks in part to a recycled rocket. station, this is houston, are you ready for the event? angus crawford, bbc news. a group of 1a frenchmen have k where they stayed in an experiment to see human endurance. no modern comforts and had to draw water from a well 45 metres below the earth. here is what one woman said after leaving the cave. translation: i think i am happy,a translation: i think i am happy, a few hours ago i didn't want to leave the cave because i think we had adapted to the environment, but now that we found a new smells and we can see colours again, we can feel the many sensations that come

back, all the sensations that i had forgotten during those 40 days. had forgotten during those 40 da s. . �* , had forgotten during those 40 da s. ., �* , ., you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ l vaughanjones hello. the temperature rose to near 20 celsius in the warmest parts of wales and scotland on saturday in a day of virtually unbroken sunshine once again. plenty of sunshine again during sunday. if you are looking for some rain though, there is a bit coming in the forecast. how much? you may be left feeling underwhelmed. high—pressure still around on sunday, the flow of air around that, particularly to england and wales will be a stronger easterly. it will feel a bit cooler but especially if you're along that north sea coast it will be a rather chilly day even when you do get to see some sunshine. it's a cold start to sunday with another frost in many areas away from larger towns and city centres, —3 possible in the coldest parts of eastern scotland. there will be some areas of patchy cloud around to begin with.

a lot of that will clear away though, some areas will stay hazy during the day. some cloud will continue to push in towards eastern parts of england. maybe producing a light shower. it will be cloudy a little on the down side in shetland and there may be an isolted on heavy shower later in the day in the scottish highlands. notice the winds are strongest through england and wales. very gusty through the channel, channel islands and into southwest england, overall it's a bit cooler. especially along that north sea coast but around 17 in the sunniest parts of the west. on through sunday night and into monday we do start to bring in more cloud. monday morning is looking cloudier. notjust cloudier but wetter in northwest scotland as the weather system moves in. but still where there are some clear spells overnight and into monday, you could still have a touch of frost. it is a different looking picture on monday. the high pressure being squeezed away as we see this area of low

pressure begin a rather slow journey southwards throughout monday and tuesday. bringing at least the chance for rain. there will be some falling in scotland on monday. edging its way slowly south. later in the day, you could see a little bit feeding into parts of northern ireland and england where as for the rest of england and wales it stays dry. could still be a fair amount of sunshine around here. that continues moving south overnight and into tuesday. again the chance for a little rain, beyond that as the week goes on there will be a few showers around. it will be on the cool side still and there that's your weather.

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the headlines: hospitals in india are warning of dire shortages, including of vital oxygen supplies and free beds in the face of a huge surge of patients needing treatment for coronavirus. almost a million new cases have been confirmed by the county's health ministry in the last three days alone. turkey has summoned the us ambassador in ankara following president biden�*s recognition of the massacre of armenians during the first world war as genocide — in a change to longstanding us foreign policy. turkey has always fiercely denied that the deaths were orchestrated by the ottoman empire. borisjohnson is being asked to explain how the refurbishment of his official downing street flat was paid for, following allegations from his ex—chief advisor. dominic cummings has claimed the prime minister had once had "possibly illegal" plans to get tory donors to fund the interior design work.

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