this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: hospitals in delhi issue an 505 for supplies of oxygen and beds as coronavirus case numbers and deaths reach a new record in india. another night of scuffles in eastjerusalem between palestinians and israeli police, despite an appeal for calm by israel's prime minister. turkey summons the us ambassador to protest against president biden�*s decision to recognise the massacres of armenians 100 years ago as genocide. calls for borisjohnson to explain how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for, following allegations

from his former chief advisor. a warm welcome. spacex delivers new crew to the international space station, propelled on a recycled rocket. india is struggling to source enough oxygen for the thousands of covid patients in desperate need of treatment. nearly a million new infections have been confirmed in the past 72 hours alone. the government has dropped customs duties on imports to try to boost supplies but it may come too late for many. at one hospital in the capital, delhi, officials say at least 20 patients have died because of a lack of oxygen. 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 full 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 is 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 has 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.

earlier i spoke to professor ashistha, the dean of brown university school of public health. i asked him if the us should be doing more to help india. yes, india is obviously in a very difficult situation. and there is a lot that the whole world can be doing, and focusing on the united states, there is a lot we can do on shoring up the public health response, improving testing, more high—quality masks, a lot on the healthcare response, improving access to medicine and oxygen. and then of course vaccinations, and the us has an ample supply of vaccinations right now and could be giving away some to india without compromising vaccination supply here at home. that is interesting. how likely do you think that is to happen? if the administration... they are certainly aware there is a crisis and i think they are feeling pressure to act.

the good news is right now that there is plenty of vaccine, so they can make decisions without worrying about cutting off supply to americans. i believe the administration is going to act. and assuming it does, that will be a significant move. but you mention other things that will help with testing, supporting the infrastructure. they sound like difficult and intrusive things for the us to be doing when of course it has to concentrate on its own country and its own situation. so firstly, it is intrusive and you're not going to do and hopefully the enthusiasm of the indian government. india and america have a long—standing relationship, in the same way that india and the uk does. here is a place where the uk can also play a helpful role. and if we work closely with the indian government to do these things, i think it will be helpful for india. and america and the uk have plenty of capacity to both do this in india and manage the situation at home. i don't think you have

to make a trade—off here. that's interesting, so no trade—off. you are optimistic that there could be help being sent to india. one of the interesting things is india itself is a centre for vaccine production. people will be surprised at why does it need much help in that area. can you explain some of the bottlenecks or problems? absolutely, we hear from the indian producers they are running into shortages of raw materials and other key supplies that are actually being prevented from being exported to india because of export bans that the united states has. this is a huge problem. right now, again, we're trying to do global production but countries are thinking narrowly about their own nation and are preventing raw material from getting out. this is going to prevent india from making all that it can. so what america needs to do is both lift that ban and send the excess supply of vaccine. they need to do both.

and the us secretary of state has tweeted promising help to the people of india. 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. he has 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 and large stores and businesses selling alcohol have been told to close. at least 23 people have died

in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the iraqi capital, baghdad. reports said an accident had caused an oxygen tank to explode, sparking the blaze. further clashes have broken out in eastjerusalem between palestinians and israeli police despite an appealfor calm by the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. there have been several nights of unrest in the city. palestinians complain that officers have been trying to prevent their usual gatherings during ramadan. 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.

tthere 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 east jerusalemite 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 the vessel, such as prayer mats. richard galpin reports.

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 navy 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. to president biden�*s declaration that the ottoman empire committed genocide against armenians during the first world war. turkey has always strongly denied that the deaths were systematically orchestrated. 0rla 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 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 0ttoman—era armenian genocide and says... 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 a 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 fear that this is that situation. declaring this as an act of genocide is going to create a lot of complications. this is my great 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 that justice 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, two nato allies. but the reality is relations are already deeply strained over a range of issues, including turkey's human rights record, and president biden is making it clear he is not too worried about keeping the turkish leader happy. 0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul. earlier i spoke to armen sahakyan. he was at the armenian genocide memorial and they asked us to tell him what was happening there. i am in montebello, california, which is home to the first and largest armenian genocide memorial monument in all of the

united states, and it's 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 at the hands of the ottomans. thank you forjust painting a picture of what it is that you have been doing commemorating there today. on to president biden�*s comments, why are they so significant? president biden first and foremostjoins 49 constituent states as well as the united states congress that passed in a bipartisan fashion a resolution in 2019 confirming the genocide. so it is important that president biden recognises the shameful chapter in american history where a foreign government got to get away and observe a gag rule on the united states government. so this is a significant milestone in our collective march for truth and justice.

the atrocities themselves have been acknowledged for a long time, so what difference in practice will this make? yes, so essentially president biden called these atrocities for what they are, a genocide. and when the person who coined the term genocide was discussing his rationale behind it, he specifically mentioned the case of the armenians and the jews during the holocaust. something bigger, something of a higher magnitude than a simple massacre or crime against humanity. it carries a 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 historical truth as well as justice. and what do you make of turkey's objections?

turkey has for the longest time denied the genocide. they are the beneficiaries of this international crime against humanity because they got to confiscate trillions worth of armenian, greek and assyrian properties, communal, personal, life insurances and whatnot. certainly the country does stand to lose not only its image and credibility and in the international arena but also there will be certainly other financial ramifications. i am sure that is what they are mostly concerned about, and that is why they have concealed this from their own people as well as trying to exert a gag rule on the entire world for so long. sake really you are watching bbc news. sake really 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 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 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 10, 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. the uk is racing ahead with its vaccination rollout — more than half the population has had a firstjab. but other countries in europe are finding new ways of getting the vaccine to people. aru na iyengar reports. this is disneyland paris but not as you may know it. its convention centre is now a mass vaccination site as france seeks to speed up its covid injections. open at weekends only, the aim is to inoculate 1000 people per day as france tries to reach a target ofjabbing 20 million people by mid—may. translation: i told my friends,

i texted them and said i'm going to get vaccinated at disneyland, and i think it's amazing, it's great, i'm going to get the vaccine, everything is perfect. romania has opened its first drive—through vaccination centre, no appointment is required. people here were vaccinated with pfizer doses, receiving them inside their cars in a city centre car park. 600 were vaccinated today. more drive—throughs are planned in other regions. translation: after seeing the huge queues of cars, i we realised that we should have initiated this action earlier. there were hundreds of people at 6am today. it has been difficult to get a vaccine if you live in a rural area or don't have access to the internet. the drive—ins may provide a solution. but even as the rollout gathers pace, there are some who are angry at ongoing lockdown measures. in the uk, thousands demonstrated in london against covid restrictions and the possible introduction of so—called vaccine passports. marches also in germany against stricter rules brought in last week, including overnight curfews in some areas.

in switzerland as well, protesters took to the streets. for these people, the return to normality is taking too long. aruna iyengar, bbc news. people across australia and new zealand have stopped to remember the 106th anniversary of the first world war 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 that public commemorations have been possible. here's a closer look at the ceremony in the australian capital, including part of prime minister, scott morrison's address. trumpet plays the last post.

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. astronauts on board elon musk�*s spacex crew dragon spacecraft have successfully docked at the international space station. it's the third launch in less than a year for nasa's commercial crew programme, which uses private sector companies. 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, this 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 spacecrafts 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. that's it, this is bbc news. bye bye. 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. 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 north—west 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. 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, just edging its way slowly south. later in the day, you could see a little bit feeding into parts of northern ireland and england whereas 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, though, be on the cool side still and there is still, overnight, the risk of frost. that's your weather.

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the headlines: hospitals in india are warning of dire shortages, including of vital oxygen supplies and beds in the face of a huge surge of patients needing treatment for coronavirus. almost a million new cases have been confirmed 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 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.