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this is data over the news live from the no beds no drugs no oxygen india's hospitals collapse under the weight of a colossal 2nd wave of corona virus infections the capital delhi is counting one covert related death every 5 minutes as people struggle to find help fighting dielman it's also coming out for the 1st time since a military coup may amount the self-proclaimed new leader mates with other leaders in the region outside the meeting people gathered to demand an end to the deadly crackdown on government protesters. and employees stabbed to death at
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a police station in france offices shoot and kill the attack to start have opened a terrorism investigation. i'm rebecca richards welcome to the program hospitals in india a launching desperate appeals for help as the country's health system crumbles corona virus infection rates continue to break global records the government has given top priority to the transport of life saving oxygen but hospitals are so overwhelmed that many people can't even get inside the situation is particularly in the capital delhi where oxygen supplies are running out fast. fighting for breath these patients outside a covert 19 hospital in delhi are among the. fortunate ones. the clinic is
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overwhelmed and lacks free beds but at least it still has oxygen to administer to the most gravely ill among a steady flow of new arrivals. to this region right down here is really very worst critical and the older full control of. the stuff is really going to do but due to the old girl also though meanwhile on the walking casualty it is difficult to avoid equal treatment to all the bishops in the next 5 years or heigl you didn't say. these scenes are no exception across the country hospitals are full and turning stricken patients away many are critically low on oxygen supplies as india 2nd wave sets global records for new delhi infections social media are flooded with stories of people desperately trying to secure oxygen for loved ones. that day or that. of them are going through what i do to speed up deliveries
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indian railways has launched an oxygen express service ferrying supplies directly from production plants like a beacon of hope the 1st train arrives in maharashtra one of the hardest hit states where more than 62000 people have lost their lives to the virus. inside clinics grieving families blame medical stuff while outside crematoriums and cemeteries struggle to accommodate bodies. this great yard expects to run out of space in a matter of days. there's a limit on them as almost of i think the 2nd wave is more dangerous and deadly. this time it's not even sparingly on one it's a little womens over. at the delhi hospital a group of men heaved their brother out of a rickshaw they tried to get him admitted earlier but were sent home now they learned it's too late to save him but. the father of 5 is dead on arrival since
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he wasn't admitted to the hospital or taken to it's more of his death is unlikely to be counted in a city swiftly rising official toll. let's go straight to delhi now a data. is standing by at what is the situation like in delhi today the situation in general because it's very very difficult getting as always courts from hospitals all over the city saying that they're running out of oxygen they have just a few hours oxygen left in their hospitals in fact 20 people died and were not in a priority in delhi simply because the hospital ran out of oxygen people who want critical care equipment just dying because the hospital didn't have any oxygen left in its stores now is that transcends of desperation and anguish in delhi right now yeah the piece that number of pieces are spreading still fast possibly there's not
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a single family in davie which is not be directly or indirectly affected by the riots in pieces in this 2nd surge and this was a rebeca growing sense of anger as to why this has been death with the rays has blankets and more oxygen available now the same certainly are horrific i'm rich as we just saw in that report the 1st trains delivering oxygen is there hope that conditions might improve soon. well a pontoon there and oxygen that you saw coming by creating in your report is also oxygen coming by road because you have various highways which have been killed and declared as oxygen corridos to get these oxygen tankers from different parts of the country to go to destinations where they are most critically needed at the same time you also have some and planes which i'm bringing to insulin goes to places that are supposedly needed so help is on the way but the 2nd problem is
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distribution of this oxygen india has a federal structure which means you have different states and they're competing claims between the states as to who needs oxygen mole and then there's a difference between states which are rooted black crime and secondly they have all these be chippy party and those states which are not and those which are not run by the egypt we are complaining that they are not getting priority when it comes to oxygen supply and so that is another big issue which is facing the country right now now now what about infections and what measures having taken to try and stem the tide of infections in india. but look at the moment to keep priority it really is just oxygen more oxygen. but parents that have measures taken for example you know danny is under curfew at the moment day and night go a few many of the cities and become pretty clued in mumbai which is also very hot
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here it has also put restrictions on the moving around in addition to that the government is of the national government but it's not is that what is new much to impose a national lockdown like you did last year very quickly at bayshore or to someone who was or was a good manager in disaster in india so this time good looking at what the micro containment zones the range fictions are really high you create a containment facility and isolate people and isolate those who are infected the order of who's looking at vaccination or vaccinations or you and the big 4 people over a certain age are over 68 now from the 1st of may it's going to be open to anyone over the age of 18 so the government is hoping very much that this will break the chain of transmission but the conditions here in jamaica really really tough and people literally you get the sense from the indian captain is gus people breath. thank you very much for that update i'm ready to change did i mean delhi bureau
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chief. a man miles military commander has travelled to indonesia for an emergency summit of regional late is it's the 1st time general main only long has left me and must since the army seized power from the civilian government at the beginning of february adelaide is set to press for an end to the violent crackdown on pro-democracy activists according to rights groups hundreds of people have been killed during protests demonstrators say they refused to back down until their elected leaders afraid. remembering the victims of myanmar is crackdown on democracy more than 700 people have been killed since the military seized power in a coup on february 1st in spite of the danger demonstrators take to the streets almost daily to protest against the military regime and demand to return to democracy. the country's deposed civilian leader aung sun suu kyi remains in detention as do
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thousands of political prisoners who were rounded up by police. last week opposition groups and ethnic minorities joined forces to form a new national unity government or main job is to and does a military dictatorship once for all to restore democracy in the freedom. a lot of people mean that in addition to deaths and arrests the crackdown has also displaced an estimated quarter of a 1000000 people the u.n. says the situation in myanmar poses a regional security risk and is urging as he and countries to take action. as it was rolled is more crucial than ever as the region faces an urgent crisis in yemen secretly why is a robust international response good only on a unified regional effort pro-democracy activists have been calling for
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a tougher international response to the coup. the summit will be a test of what me on mars neighbors are willing to do. as an countries haven't condemned they are expected to call for an end to the violence at this summit earlier i asked correspondent david greene about why the block is taking such a soft approach. so the association of southeast asian nations often gets criticized because it has a policy of not interference in each other's internal affairs that it gets things done by agreeing by consensus which is why a lot of times they can't really agree on substantive things so they face a lot of criticism over that but here they are now facing what is perhaps the biggest crisis in this group's history and it really is not just an internal matter especially the situation really the to raise even further where you could see massive refugees numbers of refugees into other countries in terms of it could
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affect how people invest from around the world not only in myanmar but across regions now now they're dealing with a situation that they haven't had to deal with before prior to this meeting we've seen stronger statements coming from malaysia singapore indonesia and philippines and then from some of the other countries going on but but here today for opposition to show that it has any meaning the low bar for the state any face is to get those who is a leader to not only agree but some vile follow through with ending the violence against unarmed civilians against the protesters to stop terrorizing the civilian population they can't get that agreement and happens a leader actually follow through on it then i feel it's basically impotent. they've grown about there let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world more ships and aircraft are joining the search for the indonesian submarine missing since wednesday in the bali say hopes are fading of finding the vessel and its 53 crew members the navy says the diesel powered submarine may have run out of oxygen and
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sunk too deep to be recovered multiple countries are assisting in the effort. i mean inlaid is a commemorating the estimated 1500000 of their ancestors killed by autumn and turks in 1015 the u.s. is expected to join around 30 other nations informally recognizing the massacre as genocide historians regard the killings as the 1st genocide of the 20th century although turkey rejects the terms. israel has recorded no new deaths related to the coronavirus the country's death toll remained unchanged at more than 6000 on thursday israel has the highest vaccination rate in the world with nearly 60 percent of the population immunized against the virus. prosecutors in france have opened a terrorism investigation after a police worker was stabbed to death at a police station near paris 3 people thought to be connected to the attack and have
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failed to taint french president emanuel mccall said the country would never give in to what he called islamist terrorism. are normally quiet residential neighborhood just outside paris now the center of attention in france security agents flooded the area investigating the killing of a police employee caught offguard. of a clue couldn't say the police station is very well protected there is a protective lock and so people can't just walk in so the attacker waited for her to go and change her parking ticket the murder of course her by surprise as she left the police station for just a moment. and so it was really a cowardly barbaric attack to kill someone and to kill a policewoman. local media report that the attacker was a 36 year old man with no criminal record witnesses say they heard him say allahu
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akhbar arabic for god is great as he stabbed his victim a police officer then shot the attacker dead there are suggestions the man had previously scouted out the site. of. the office of the national antiterrorism prosecutor has taken charge over the investigation of the crimes committed here. the reasons for this are 1st how the events occurred which involved looking for a target. also the way the crime was committed. the profile of the victim but also the remarks made by the perpetrator at the time of the crime. the president emmanuel mccann paid tribute to the police work and named as stephanie in a tweet he said the nation stood by her family and in the fight against islamist terrorism we will not give up. and the prime minister condemned what he called
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another barbaric and cowardly attack. here watching data but the news live from berlin al duffy on the serious is operational price stay tuned for that i'll have more news headlines for you have a top of the hour in the meantime as always our website w dot com i'm rebecca races thanks very much for watching. 6. their story of their very own personal drama. the people who survived the catastrophe and remember. and they share private footage with us that has never been seen before. back to turn over all sorts of people 20 minutes on t w.

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