devina gupta looks at the challenges they face in the north eastern state of assam.ion: in the lockdown, workers like me were asked not to come. but i without work? i earned daily and use the money to buy food for my family. without work, what do we eat now? my son is young. what will happen to him? she is one of thousands of workers who has helped assam become one of the world's largest tea producing states. most of these women don't have any savings or social security benefits, highlighting how vulnerable they are to any economic downturn. translation: i went to work for one day this month and whatever little money i had is gone. we just know this work, where else do we go? over the last ten yea rs do we go? over the last ten years the percentage of women in paid jobs has been falling drastically in india. the industry divide that trend by providing work to women. but 110w providing work to women. but now with the sector facing $220 million in losses due to the lockdown, jobs are drying up. this could lead to more women being vulnerable to exploitation. women are b

government and forces loyal to warlord have tom and a large fire caused by a gas leak in india as assam state has now been confined to a smaller area but emergency crews sales still take up to 4 weeks to bring it under control the fire began after a gas that had been leaking from a state oil facility for 2 weeks suddenly ignited onto say those are the headlines al-jazeera world continues next. a snooker. tuned. to move. you seem. fair. see boards where porthos your nanny and fox me to. learn what's on here cleo woman to knock about her live for the concert a gentle hint oh. i had the air. born me. not them solidly stare it's short your skirts i was 10 i lost. a my madness a need that i mean hindi all me she can even tell or do all who live let me in has had many for the start since about me a scene in the machine and i'm what i hope we see them i make a mess but i'm home all the people who. are who me who need to say neal duck over syria in the clear sharman the cat and if you leave can you. hear me here i'm. also see and lot are be. the only know i have them as their tissue we're going

masters of the earth but instead we are nothing but grains of sand we look down the current of our assam the consequent lockdown has created many problems for us we've lost 3 months of revenue and if we remain closed around the summer we would lose even more money unfortunately the choice is inevitable i spoke to my brother and after 59 years we've decided to close the family restaurant in response the italian government did offer lifelines to businesses although there are complaints that these measures have has little effect while many do say to they've received no financial help whatsoever companies continue to suffer losses as they are still expected to uphold their social obligations to employees and pay taxes all while being forced to remain closed. well it certainly something more could be done the state made us close and did not understand that we needed immediate help of the companies that have requested money from the state have received absolutely nothing. many reservations have been canceled i'm thinking of closing everything because i have many employees in if i don't i risk

if it is it will be deprived of water a fire is raging in india's assam state was caused by a gas leak at a state oil facility that stuff started 2 weeks ago but only caught fire on tuesday local media is reporting 2 firefighters have died indian army has been called in to help the league is also being blamed for the deaths of 5 people who lived nearby a gas field is just a few kilometers from wetlands and national park. and oil spill in russia's arctic region has seeped into an environmentally fragile lake that's according to the regional governor it's feared it will travel down river into the ocean the disaster started at the end of may when a fuel storage tank failed around $21000.00 tons of diesel have spilled out the director of the plant is facing criminal charges. these continues here on al jazeera off the inside story don't go away that america is a region of wonder boy tragedy and yes violent but it doesn't matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the feeling in. the right way. i think is the light and it's my job to shed light on how and why. what do we know abou

of india now seeing those rains particularly heavy rain is the found northeast of india just about assam state pushing up towards bhutan northern parts of bangladesh also seeing some very heavy rain over the next couple days we are likely to see some localized flooding. does the mind play tricks at them her as always is part right there or are they really out there and you've passed the family by like being called up but most are and where going to act like they're in the car a filmmaker takes the f.b.i. to court to find out approximately 33120 pages of records and in the process mobilizes her community as long as people are rich haha and there is no check against the banks the feeling of being watched on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to take another look at those headlines australia's largest airline quantas is cutting 6000 staff to reduce costs during the pandemic it comes as germany's last 2nd largest in europe signed the deal to secure a $10000000000.00 government rescue package. pakistan international airlines has grounded more than a 3rd of their pilots $

of poverty by exporting power to egypt is it will be deprived of water a fire is raging in india's assam state was caused by a gas leak at a state oil facility that stuff started 2 weeks ago but only caught fire on tuesday local media is reporting 2 firefighters have died the indian army has been called in to help the leak is also being blamed for the deaths of 5 people who lived nearby a gas field is just a few kilometers from wetlands and national park. an oil spill in russia's arctic region has seeped into an environmentally fragile lake according to the regional governor it's feared it will travel down river into the ocean the disaster started at the end of may when a fuel storage tank failed around $21000.00 tons of diesel have spilled out the director of the plant is facing criminal charges. these continues here on al-jazeera off the inside story don't go away night in america is a region of wonder a drawing tragedy and yet violent but it doesn't matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the human condition on trying to really. know i think it's a life and it's my job t

just how deep this flood waters also there's more rain in the full cost as well typically of course assam does pick up some the heaviest rainfall it will continue there's a go through tuesday again some heavy rain across the west and to the north in new delhi is a case of scattered showers a high of 39. is a popular filming location in france when it comes to stories about trucks crime and radicalization. tired of negative stereotypes the youth worker gets managerial it's reclaiming its image by putting its younger is that in behind the camera. the stories be don't often hear told by the people who live them. in the news would this is iraq on al-jazeera. to. you want your jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour hong kong media reporting that china's top legislative body has begun voting on a national security law for the territory criminalizing acts of dissent and imposing heavy penalties for offenders it's expected to drive another wage between china and the u.s. . the world health organization has warned that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come the u.s. is the har

where the rain will be across into each operator but also be whole state west bengal again up into assam and as we go through sunday and monday the rains very heavy out tools west to the north we've got scattered showers and thunderstorms. but. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. when you see big groups of people walking through europe the rule individuals the children the long life you have to rule them and to treat them with something that in respects. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour corona virus infections have surged in india's biggest cities pushing the total number of cases to more than half a 1000000 hospitals are under pressure and cities such as new delhi scrambling to build temporary facilities. the united kingdom is set to waive it set 14 day quarantine for people arriving from countries it consid

where the rain will be across into each operator but also be whole state west bengal again up into assam and as we go through sunday and monday the rains very heavy out tools west to the north we've got scattered showers and thunderstorms. but. when the cold 19 pandemic hit iran. who may can cut adrift from his crew. documenting life from the lock down made international sanctions. and intimate portrayal of isolation in one of the world's least understood countries coronavirus lock down iran people in power on al-jazeera. hello there your chin al-jazeera that's remind you of our top stories this hour corona virus infection surgeon india's biggest cities pushing the total number of cases to more than half a 1000000 hospitals under pressure and some cities like new delhi are scrambling to build temporary facilities the u.k. is said to waive its 14 day quarantine for people arriving from countries that it considers to be low risk or coronavirus it's expected to establish so-called bridges with countries such as france italy spain and greece. and russia and the taliban have denied claims tha

a fire is raging in india's assam state it was caused by a gas leak in a state oil facility that started 2 weeks ago but ignited on tuesday local media is reporting 2 fire fighters and died the indian army is now helping tackle the blaze and the deaths of 5 people living nearby are being investigated for links to the leak and brazil's government as was told its coronaviruses mistakes including numbers of deaths to its official website after being ordered to by the top court the health ministry remove the data at the weekend saying it would no longer announce curative totals for deaths and infections more than $38000.00 people have died but those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after loads of water station fans watching laughing now. it is a whole lot of perfect creation something to make you see you could go so soon to implement fall so much wrong that the minute you look long i can still see what you did on my little press if rising norwood's across the u.k. london 39 degrees breaking the july record welcome. to the living god love given that i love i love the many hu

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landslides of killed at least 20 people in india's northeastern state of assam homes and residents were buried in mud and children are among the dead here lopez hayat has gone. and entire village rallies to save a neighbor among those who survived the landslides along indians bark valley for other families a loss of hope and no need to rush to an ambulance as this man carries a lifeless body. families were still sleeping when the landslides washed over their homes there was no warning and no time to escape. the near says he lost his father mother and 3 siblings he desperately tried to save them but it was too late this is just it was early in the morning and it was raining hard and then the landslide hit all the houses drowned under the mud. before rescue teams arrived neighbors trying to find survivors managed to save his 2 children but lost his teenage sister i mean. i was in the middle of my morning routine i walked towards the street and then i heard the noise and saw the landslide i didn't know what to do i realised that my son and daughter were both under the mud 1st i dragged my

the large fire caused by a gas leak in india's assam state has now been confined to a small area but emergency crews say it will still take up to 4 weeks to bring it under control the fire began after a gas that had been leaking from a state oil facility from 2 for 2 weeks suddenly lighted on tuesday local media reporting 2 firefighters have died the indian army has been called in to help elizabeth random has the latest from new delhi. and 2 weeks since it started we are still seeing pictures of the massive fire continuing to huge plumes of smoke even though the chief minister has said that the fire has been contained to a 50 metre radius around the gas well but the fire is continuing because it's being fed by the gas from the well all india limited said that the fire broke out at a clearing operation at the gas well on tuesday they have not been able to stop this gas leak they've brought in experts from singapore and it's those experts who've said that it will take around 4 weeks to get the situation under control in the meantime there has been a lot of damage to the surrounding are

northeast or the wettest places if not the wet his place in the world up in the northeast of indian assam and i am therefore suffer seasonal flooding not we've got the same again but maybe as occurred a little bit earlier we've had flooding in as sam so last 2 months i think all off has been heavy rain in this part of india that looks like the concentration for the next 24 hours as maybe in the northeast back in bihar or west bengal something like that but if you follow the line of this raise as up edges up we go across the east asia monsoon a bit across china and japan in sichuan has had some tremendous dampens recently that particular landfall didn't kill anybody did an injury really didn't cause a barrier lake it was just a result of heavy rain mind you they do monitor this and they sometimes don't release water from reservoir so flooding is still a problem now the forecast the next 24 hours or so isn't so much down in southwest china it's more likely in the east are running across the korean peninsula and then heading towards japan which is hadn't had its fair share yet and it's just

was due to step down from office in a few minutes and a large fire caused by a gas leak in india's assam state has now been confined to a small area by may still take at least $25.00 days to clear it out of the base began after gas that had been leaking from the state oil facility for 2 weeks suddenly ignited on tuesday. in other news at least 69 people have been killed in the uk in northeast nigeria local leaders say armed fighters raided a remote village in borno state and say it was in retaliation for the killing of several fighters by vigilantes after they tried to steal my stock let's bring in our media in abuja for us ahmed what more are you hearing about this latest attack in northeastern nigeria. great britain please tell me this occurred is coming at a time military came in to help and one crowds in 200 for a party but the last 3 months. of the. week the president. reported by the army in the in the region that we've seen before type what we're hearing is actually this attack maybe other surprise on the tide on the local community because they're vigilant to help help the army.

at least 20 people including children died during landslides in india's northeastern state of assam after days of heavy rain several makeshift homes gave way on tuesday morning the community is now bracing for even more rain in the coming days kathy lopez hayam reports this morning with. an entire village rallies to save a neighbor he is among those who survived the landslides along indians bark valley for other families a loss of hope and no need to rush to an ambulance as this man carries a lifeless body. right on the family's were still sleeping when the last lights washed over their homes there was no warning and no time to escape. by mere says he lost his father mother and 3 siblings he desperately tried to save them but it was too late the students interested it was early in the morning and it was raining hard and then the landslide hit all the houses drowned under the mud. before rescue teams arrived neighbors trying to find survivors managed to save his 2 children but last night sister. i mean they are going off on a commodore yeah i was in the middle of my morning routine i walke

days and they will be heavy as well as we go through the next couple of days you can see here up into assam just again how widespread there is a flood waters are you can see also where the heavy rain is it is extending up into dash across into be our west bengal but in particular again up towards the north east and also the other area in india where we see typically very heavy rains throughout much the monsoon season is out across the northwest but again when it comes to the rains accumulating of the next few days nick look at this again getting on hoth a meter of rain so it's rains that are needed but there's always that very negative downside yet always a downside of not thanks very much jenny thank you. so on al jazeera mexico city's police chief. survives and assassination attempts. you officials believe was behind . the chinese is a pre-op a terrorist threat so there's concern about how quickly they were to. christian i would elders on the scoresheet see it in a big event is when jay will be here with the action. and support. frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in t