supporters of west bengal's governing trinamool congress party the t.n.c. celebrating victory in the capital kolkata that's despite the election commission banning all celebrations because of and as high number of cars on a virus cases. that supporters said they wanted to mark the baggage east reelection for a 3rd term as chief minister. from our hearts we have good wishes from above energy and that is why be a celebrity we already knew the p.m.'s he would have been because the development has been done by p.m.'s he marks and he went out on the other left was in bali but they did not blink. 175000000 people were eligible to vote in the states off west bengal famine not cared enough and put a cherry politicians including prime minister met in the modi had been criticised for holding large election rallies during a 2nd wave of carnivorous the world health organization said such gatherings are one of the reasons for india's surge in cases for candidates died in west bengal after contracting a car that 19. political analysts say the government focused on one th

greater pressure on the health care system the latest warning reports are from the southern city of bengal to a hospital say they're running out of oxygen they're asking patients to make other arrangements but the problem is that there are no more intensive care unit beds left in bengal despite it like in delhi being one of india's wealthiest cities known for its medical tourism but in the state of karnataka where 24 patients died on monday after their oxygen ran out now a politician in the state of karnataka has written to prime minister modi the former leader of the state in fact and asked him to do something to prevent a tragedy the government is coming under a lot of pressure in the us former minneapolis police officer derrick chauvin is asking for a new trial citing multiple grounds including jury misconduct last month show van was convicted of 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as manslaughter for the killing of george floyd mike hanna has more from washington. this motion was not at all an expected in fact it had been predicted that there would be an attempt by the defense to declare

so how well prepared are these states like, oh dear and west bengal? hello darren. well more than 2000000 people have already been evacuated from addition. in addition, wes been gold rather from vulnerable from low lying areas to shelter homes. we're hearing from the indian major logical department that far, yet has now made land full in addition. but even before it did, we have been seeing very strong winds and heavy rain in those states to people have lost their lives in west bend. go out, there was struck by lightning. many homes have been damaged in the district of north 20 for us and west and gold. as tricity, polls have been damaged and trees have been uprooted. the national disaster response for to deploy 115 teams, not just in these states, but in 6 states along the east coast. the army has deployed its lifeline belief teams to what's been gold, a port cold cutter, a port in west bengal and has suspended operations for the day. and many trains on the east coast have been cancelled until saturday. and all of these preparations are in place because 5 con, yes,

west bengal. more so than or dish have been recording very high numbers of corona, virus cases. and 2000000 people have been moved to shelters, where there was no room for social distancing. thank you for that updates was withdrawn him need any we will grab a break when we come back. syrians, boasting in a presidential election, condemned by the opposition as a sham. we're going to speak to refugees about best hopes for the future. and airlines and steer clear of ruth. you works up new sanctions as well. let's over the rest of a journalist who's fight was ordered to land in minutes. ah hello there. well, it's a conflicting picture once again for much of europe as we get into the mid week. we've got that cooler, wet weather, continuing across northern areas. but down in the south, things are heating up and much about what weather is concentrated over scandinavia . we've got a weather system bringing with persistent rain, some heavy strong winds there. and that's going to affect parts of sweden and

the government doesn't just facing criticism over its handling but that it's west bengal today and it's india tomorrow or in the future. ok elizabeth. life for a new delhi thank you very much indeed for that update well let's stay with this now we can talk to a doctor or vendor sawing he's chairman and chief surgeon at madame's a liver transplant institute's also a lead investigator in medications to treat covert patients good of you to join us from particular in such a critical situation your country and your medical institute is going why do you think the situation is as bad as it is in india what kind of help are you getting from the government to turn this runs. as you know the situation in india is pretty grim with a massive 2nd recorded sections and we of course reeling under the oxygen shortage nationally but especially in the delhi that's we got but it was beaten. to address that the government the central government and the state government got coordinating efforts to make more oxygen available. the arctic stepping all international have all oxygen cylinders and blount's they'v

the supporters of west bengal's governing trinamool congress party the t.n.c. celebrating victory in the capital kolkata that's despite the election commission banning all celebrations because of india's high number of cars on a virus cases. that supporters said they wanted to mark a month about her g.'s reelection for a 3rd term as chief minister. from a hard we have good wishes from above energy and that is why we are celebrating we already knew that d.m.c. will win because the development has been done by the n.c. not anyone else only other left was in power but they did not bring. 175000000 people who are eligible to vote in the states of west bengal. catalog and put a cherry politicians including prime minister met in the modi have been criticised for holding large election rallies during a 2nd wave of coronavirus the world health organization said such gatherings are one of the reasons for india's surge in cases 4 candidates have died in west bengal after contract uncovered 19. political analysts say the government focused on winning elections instead of

pete did not win in a key state of west bengal despite an aggressive campaign. and on world press freedom day what india's track record when it comes to open media especially when the government in power has shown so much hostility towards journalists. i'm melissa chair. anna thank you for joining us on news asia parts of india finished holding regional elections this weekend and they were closely watched as possible indicators for how people feel the ruling national government of prime minister new renda modi is doing but it was the incumbent triple congress or a i t c that prevailed by a nearly 3 to one majority though the b j p did gain new seats west bengal saw a lot of attention in part because modi's b j p spent so much time and energy campaigning there the pandemic has played its part in the election as it has in so many elections around the world this past year with many citizens pinning the blame on modi when the cases started rising up the government had a plan. but turns out that it didn't work in the 1st week or so that the governments have no idea t

the state of west bengal which it lost yesterday but it will be a little too far fetched to say that this happened because people were angry with do we really party have a look over to generation to go to your children that most of the pieces in the state all of a day and we saw the 2nd we only see quick look at the end result of the consequences it was only the last appalling thing which my hat would have been in back to the government hand of the situation the loss of the ship in the state has more to do with the fact that the look of opposition they did not agree with what it takes on their style of campaigning but one thing can be said for sure that is that this defeat is a major setback for the g.o.p. at a time when it's facing a lot of criticism for that really happened reacting to secondly absolutely a lot of accusations of pandemic mismanagement how are they responding to that and we have not seen any direct responses coming from the government to these allegations what the us instead is a political leaning beginning and seen a lot of that happening in the national capital. w

greater pressure on the health care system the latest warning reporter from the southern city of bengal to a hospital say they're running out of oxygen they're asking patients to make other arrangements but the problem is that there are no more intensive care unit beds left in bengal to find it like in delhi being one of india's wealthiest cities known for its medical tourism but lose in the state of karnataka where 24 patients died on monday after the oxygen ran out now a politician in the state of karnataka has written to prime minister modi the former leader of the state in fact and asked him to do something to prevent a tragedy the government is coming under a lot of pressure in the us former minneapolis police officer derek children is asking for a new trial citing multiple grounds including jury misconduct. then was convicted of 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as manslaughter for the killing of george floyd israeli forces of attacks demonstrators in occupied east jerusalem and stopped other protesters from entering the area is anger over a court ruling forcing several palestinia

west bengal is one of the worst effected states. it's recording some of the highest number of cases. and many people have been moved to shelters with social justice thing, just as impossible. okay, many thanks for that update. and as with her on that 1st and usually the un security council is planning an emergency meeting to discuss molly on wednesday also of france is describing a qu within a qu, answer, and vice president can see me. goiter who lead last year, she takeover has ousted the transitional president on the prime minister. ordering that arrest will go to insist elections will take place next year planned. there's been international condemnation to this and threats of sanctions. let's get some background to the story because in august of last year, colonel going to overthrew the governments of the then president abraham rubica cater and followed months of protests over worsening security, alleged corruption and economic problems. the next month were todd colonel barton door was sworn in as into him president and was respo

supporters of west bengal's governing trinamool congress party. great victory in the capital kolkata that's despite the election commission banning because of india's high number of cases. that supporters said they wanted to mark reelection 1st chief minister. we have. good wishes from above energy and that is why we are celebrating we already knew that the mc would have been because the development has been done by the mc and he went out on the other left wasn't bottle but they did not think. 175000000 people were eligible to vote in the states off west bengal. and put a cherry tree politicians including prime minister met in the modi have been criticized for holding large election rallies during a 2nd wave of corona virus the world health organization said such gatherings are one of the reasons for india's surge in cases 4 candidates died in west bengal after contract uncovered 19. political analysts say the government focused on winning elections instead of preparing for the latest search the central government was wholly unprepared for. on feb

the water may cross the mean door for the 1st time in the west. bengal government says 300000 hollins have been damaged in one of its was defected districts south 24 paragon as not. my baby says she has nothing left. she had her son moved to a safe area and now her home is destroyed. more than 2000000 people have been moved from low lying areas of west bengal and odessa to emergency shelters. why do maybe we are inside a shelter sleeping by putting papers on the ground? our situation is really bad. health experts are concerned about the conditions in evacuation centers as india battles, a devastation, 2nd wave of the corona virus. so the psych loan is suddenly going to effect affect the cost containment measures. and this i blown shelters are going to be potential areas that could actually enhancements, spread satony's has weakened, but it's expected to cause severe flooding across many eastern states. elizabeth per on al jazeera new delhi. at least 8 people are dead after the latest, the last shooting in the united states. this time in california, a transport employee opened fire in

concern or toward the south of the country toward the east west bengal into bangladesh but i do think that the severe storms will stay centered over west bengal through calcutta and bangladesh i think that you're going to escape the worst of these storms on thursday that's to say that you still won't get severe thunderstorms they just won't be as bad as what we've experienced over through north northern afghanistan into northern pakistan we've got somewhat weather in store have your pockets of rain can be expected here and i did want to show you this put this on the radar for you ahead of the bouts of rain through the caucuses in particular azerbaijan heavy rain and we've got snow for a higher elevation. at ways. heroes and humanitarian. rule for the. you know me who defended sorry able against attack by substance use. looks back to the life of the late you find do the. show you know mind. just you. welcome back you're watching officer with the cell robin a reminder of our top stories the indian delegation to a g. 7 summit in the u.k. is self isolating after 2 members tested positive

both states edition and west bengal will have been lashed with very strong winds heavy rain since tuesday, along the east coast. the army has 17 cycle and relief teams that they've deployed the capital city of cold cutter and whooping they should have suspended all flights for the day. many trains on the east coast have also been canceled. the preparations are in place, but the flight plan certainly complicates efforts to 5 the corona virus, both edition and west bengal, west ban goal more so than audition. i have been recording very high numbers of corona virus cases. and 2000000 people have been moved to shelters, where there is no room for social distancing. cars here with a look at the weather next. and then when the public needs this most, the government failed. damning indictment on the handling of the current a virus pandemic that if the u. k prime ministers or what chief advise them giving evidence to him and syrians of voting in a presidential election condemned by the opposition as shall we will hear from refugees about their hopes for the future. ah, ah. hello there, let scott

the states of edition and west bengal will bear the brunt will than 2000000 people have already been moved to safety. psychoanalysis expected to bring gusts of up to a 185 kilometers an hour and severe flooding as well. you will remember last week as like when hit in these other coast the west and killed more than 41. i'm sorry, 140 people. there's a per on him as a new deleon's in the cycle and is also complicating the coven 19 efforts? well, they have been a lot of preparations in place of the last few days, and that is because dish and westbank goals are unfortunately, no strangers to cyclops and there be more than $2000000.00 people who've been evacuated from low lying areas to shelters 5 on mainland full on wednesday morning on dishes closed and so father being wind speeds of 142155 kilometers reported. the army has had to launch a rescue operation already for about 32 people who have been stranded after a search in water levels in the east midland poor district of west bengal now even before yards mainland. on wednesday morning. both states edition and west bengal will have bee

in houston, police are still looking for the bengal tiger still on the loose.ston neighborhood called police to report seeing a tiger in someone's front yard, okay. and then the police arrived and then a man who happened to be a murder suspect out on bond loaded the tiger in his suv and made a run for it. >> the police caught him and arrested him the next day, but they can't find this tiger. cnn's rosa flores is watching this one. so many questions here, rosa. it has been three days. tell us about this search for the bengal tiger. >> you know, according to hpd which is the investigating organization here, they are searching for this tiger in a sense as an investigation. there is no one, and we have no reason to believe that there is an outright search street to street for this tiger, because like you said, the last time that this tiger was seen was in the back of an suv, and according to police it was 26-year-old victor cuevas who was driving the suv and he was fleeing from the police. now, that was sunday, and like you mentioned cuevas was arrested, but the ti

we are looking at close t400,000 cases per day, and there are reports that in other states, like bengal, the cases are rising. so, nowhere close to being out of the woods anytime soon, i am afraid. >> how serious is this political for prime minister near jim modi? -- modi? >> he positions himself as a man who can govern and has very good policies, but basically his mishandling of this crisis, and one could say that non-handling of the crisis has really shown that the entire facade of governance and the image is a decive leader who takes actions to protect the population whose rhetoric is very much about personal responsibility he takes to protect the population, that credibility has taken a massive hit, and it seems very difficult at the moment how he is going to recover that credibility. obviously we help the pandemic does not go on forever, so there ll be time to deflect on and to recover, bu even from within his own party, and obviously in the election results, especially in bengal, not so much in other states, there is a reflection of the public disaffection with his handling of the

health crisis in his country his party has been defeated in the state of west bengal one of 4 regional elections partly blamed for fueling the current covert surge well india recorded a new high of 3689 covert deaths in the past day alone more than 215000 people and now confirmed to have died altogether in india a total that's widely accepted as being far below the real number the past day also saw more than 392000 new cases that's a slight dip from the day before but it pushes the total kovac 1000 cases recorded in india to 19 and a half 1000000 people with no end to the crisis in sight right now or nearly 10 indian states and territories of imposed some sort of lockdown or restrictions in response to what's happening now local media says the country's kovan $1000.00 task force is advising a national lockdown something the government seems reluctant to impose also desperately needed oxygen supplies are beginning to arrive from countries including the u.k. and france many people have died at home and in hospital because of the nationwide shortage of oxygen they really need to do is the

who also bengal was one major 41 in height this young man with the enigmatic smile was soon to become the most popular among. samuel verner was commissioned explicitly to bring back paid me because it was believed at that time that they were the least civilized people on the planet and the whole point of the st louis world's fair was to map human progress from the lowest to the highest with the pygmies said to represent the lowest form of humanity. and since i was in 85 the congo had been the property of the building king leopold the 2nd his authority was unchallenged and his rule was particularly violent and hosh acts of brutality were commonplace. and. salmon vine unself said how he captured the pagans he wrote about how the people were crying as he was like loading most people on to the ships and. got away he also indicated how he had gone into villages with force he was armed and he had consent and the support of a good all regime to exercise his mission. of all the so-called specimens presented at the exhibition the pygmies around the branches cheering. among the visitors. they r

and mitt disparaging cases despite heavy campaigning his party failed to win the key state of west bengal or to make significant gains in other state assemblies. for more let's go to our delhi bureau chief for me and we said the government in fact been warned about the more dangerous virus back in march why was that warning ignored apparently. well that's a good question get out in fact this consortium of scientific advisors was settled back in december by the government itself and its specific task was to look for variants of mutants which could cause a trace to public health now this is a group of scientists who tend national universities sent give their findings to the relevant authorities in march as you mentioned and if you want to spoke to 5 of them and asked them what happened why wasn't anything done and one of them said i job is to provide evidence for the job the policy making is that the government basically implying that means hard science did not drive policy making as much as it should have so how angry are people over this lack of policy making by the government. people are

day after day out of bengal was treated to the americans. and continues. order bangor cities or probably most responsible for. the renders experience he had in the united states because of his teeth which were shipped to points a very common practice in the congo and this imagery of our data is idea that he had been a cannibal on a horse it was. this deception comes from ages samuel then a success he received the saint louis gold medal at the closing ceremony of the exhibition which attracted almost 20000000 visitors. after traveling to the congo again the explorer finally took auto benga to new york is american adventure had resumed behind boss it was not you know 67 over and it was unable to provide for his pygmy so he loaned him to the head of the bronx zoo who put him in a monkey cage. he was made to play the savage with bow and arrows props in a few short years and more than 40000 people came to see him in enclosure he shared with a chimpanzee. he's the partner with him he performs small tricks. there's an outcry and the press and not just the african

elizabeth: west bengal's government says 300 -- 300,000 homes have been damaged. worst affected districts, south 24 para guinness, she says she has nothing left. she and her son moved to a safe area and now, her home is destroyed. more than 2 million people have been moved from low-lying areas of west bengal and of diction to emergencies shelters. >> pr inside a shelter, sleeping by putting papers on the ground. our situation is really bad. elizabeth: health experts are concerned about the conditions in evacuation centers as india battles a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. >> cyclone is certainly going to affect the covid containment measures. and the cyclone shelters are going to be potential areas that could actually and hence the stretch -- the threat. elizabeth: cyclone has weekend but is is expected to cause severe flooding across many eastern states. ■x■x9,x,x=÷=÷,>,ñ narrator: on this episode of "earth focus," two cities-- freetown, sierra leone, and san francisco, california-- continents apart, vastly different culturally and economically, yet f

moved to safety even before it made land site on the ass, brought heavy rain to the states of west bengal and edition. last week, a cycle and hit in the west coast getting well the 140 the number of new cove in 1900 cases in india have gone up again. almost 109000 people tested positive in the past 24 hours on tuesday. that figure fell below 200000. for the 1st time in 5 weeks, the number of daily deaths has also gone up more than 4100 fatalities, reported on wednesday. a prominent japanese newspaper, which is also in official part of the turkey olympics of joint calls for the games to be cancelled. the saw he shouldn't been daily, argues it's not worth the risk to public safety. during the panoramic lines the changing course to avoid better ru sounds, international outrage mount server jet that was for the london men, scanned the dissident journalist on board, arrested a fighter plane, scroll to the jetliner after what turned out to be a full bomb threat. i'm a un security council planning and emergency meeting to discuss molly on wednesday after what phones described as a coup with a co

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but as has been the concern over the last few days these severe outbreaks of weather towards west bengal into bangladesh where we start to see yellows popping up on our map that means the risk is there to see some severe storms certainly hail is a possibility for the middle east flooding has been a concern for a huge swath of afghanistan into northeastern sections of iran so i take you there right now and we've seen about 7 months 7 times the monthly average part of the problem is all of this rain is falling in the mountains trainee down the mountains that's rising tributaries and once again the rain will continue for the mountains across iran on monday. to qatar airways. heroes and humanitarian. portray to the old friend i was. the boss you know me julio who defended sarajevo against attack by serb forces. al-jazeera world looks back at the life of the loot you find getting. shall you know mine. just. the on. my. face is al-jazeera quite right off the top stories for you this hour has been another night of violence in occupied east jerusalem outside the al aqsa mosque compound israeli p

prime minister narendra modi has been handed a defeat in regional elections in the state of west bengal he's been criticized for allowing large gatherings to take place while hospital struggle with a major surge in virus cases pakistan's expected to receive 1000000 vaccine doses from china on sunday it's purchased a circle of 17000000 doses from 3 chinese companies they'll supplement the astra zeneca vaccine being delivered through the kovacs program pakistan has inoculated just over 2 percent of its population. hundreds of protesters of march through me in mars yangon city they're marking what they call the global media last spring revolution along with expatriates around the world protesters want a return to democracy and the release of political prisoners the military has not been able to stop demonstrations despite the use of force more than 750 people have been killed since the military coup in february. 4 astronauts of splash down to earth from the international space station they were helped out of the space x. dragon capsule on board a ship of the state of florida is the 1st tim

where they are not where they haven't been popular in the past and especially in the state of west bengal they have been criticized for allowing such large political events rallies to go ahead the election commission itself has been criticized a high court in the southern city of chennai said the election commission was single handedly responsible for the surge in cases the w.h.o. the world health organization said the large events were one of the reasons for the surge in cases and also said another reason for the multiple variants that have been circulating in india and we have a group of scientists who've been appointed by the government who have come out and said that they want the government about these variances early as march of the start of march and yet the government went ahead with all of these large gatherings of zeros elizabeth pruitt i'm reporting live from new delhi liz many thanks dude. is the founder of the helping her foundation a charity working with the most vulnerable people in the city of hydrabad he says that hospitals everywhere are breaking point. they add about 58

day and more than 392000 new cases there under modi's party has been defeated in the state of west bengal with wage election seen as a a referendum on his handling of the pandemic desperately needed oxygen is also still arriving from countries including the u.k. and france. international aid is arriving including oxygen supplies. from france and belgium arrived on sunday but the needs are just so great with cases rising as much as they are that people are still dying before that aid can reach them in delhi and beyond both because of a shortage of hospital beds but also oxygen on saturday 12 patients died in hospital including one of the hospitals doctors because the oxygen brad out and the delivery was made focused on which is also seen a worrying rise in infections has received a 1000000 coronavirus vaccine doses from china a part of a set of 17000000 doses purchased from 3 chinese companies the delivery supplements the astra zeneca vaccines being delivered through the kovacs program for poor nations office on his inoculated just over 2000000 people out of a population of 220000000 kemal

with storms not only to what this south of the country but through the north as we head toward west bengal into bangladesh let me show you some of the scenes now from amritsar this is in punjab state so you get those heavy downpours of rain and just got to get rid of that water because it pool so quickly with these intense down bursts of rain so on thursday really seen some severe pockets in west bengal but i think it will steer clear from bangladesh as we head toward the caucuses we had a lot of instability but things are finally starting to dry out and we're seen reappearance of the sun for example in baku on thursday. sponsible qatar airways. hero and humanitarian. traitor and war criminal. you know me general who defended sarajevo against attack by serb forces. and. al-jazeera world looks back at the life of the late you find d.v.m. . sally a for my life. just here. we're going to see a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president joe biden's back to proposal that would temporality lift intellectual property rights for covert $900.00 vaccines that would allow more manufacturers

with storms not only toward the south of the country but through the north as we head toward west bengal into bangladesh let me show you some of the scenes now from amritsar this is in punjab state so you get those heavy downpours of rain and just got to get rid of that water because it pools so quickly with these intense down bursts of rain so on thursday really seen some severe pockets in west bengal but i think it will steer clear from bangladesh as we head toward the caucuses we had a lot of instability but things are finally starting to dry out and we're seeing reappearance of the sun for example in baku on thursday. 2 quick. cuts at ways from the al-jazeera london brokaw center to special guests in conversation when societies divided when women are to title the only thing that benefits from god this project itself unprompted uninterrupted says her 1st words good girls are those who are who don't work for him that it is sad sack me as well he's saying cackle like to think that there's nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's lushness and part 2 of studio b. unscripted. well agai

with storms not only toward this south of the country but through the north as we head toward west bengal into bangladesh let me show you some of the scenes now from amritsar this is in punjab state so you get those heavy downpours of rain and just got to get rid of that water because it pools so quickly with these intense down bursts of rain so on thursday we've seen some severe pockets in west bengal but i think it will steer clear from bangladesh as we head toward the caucuses we had a lot of instability but things are finally starting to dry out and we're seen reappearance of the sun for example in baku on thursday. qatar airways. from the north of africa they crossed the mediterranean and made huge their whole. building their future in a 2nd line. in the line to france's 2021 contentious so-called separatism as we look back at the history of muslim immigration to the country into 3 parts. muslims are from this episode to move on i'll just see if. you want your disease or reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president joe biden's back to proposal that would temporarily lift inte

the states of edition west bengal bear the brunt of it. any 2000000 people have been moved to safety. psycho yes is expected of being just so up to a 185 kilometers an hour and severe flooding. just last week i saw on the hit in the west coast killing more than a 140 people. but we have suffered a lot from cove at 19. i thought life couldn't get worse and tell been informed about the upcoming cycle. and now i have no idea how to raise my family. the only thing we can do is to wait until it's gone out of the school buildings can act as shelter. we have also prepared a diesel generator in case of any emergency drinking water is also in stock on the schedule as a parent to live in new jelly. suddenly as if sancho yes, as powerful as they predict, it's likely to bring extensive damage to how well prepared all these states on the east coast, then hello darren. one more than 2000000 people have already been evacuated from the state of georgia and westbank gold. and that's because they have been strong winds heavy rain that have been lashing thos

who have been stranded after a search and water levels in the east midland school district of west bengal. now even before yards made land full on wednesday morning. both states edition and west bengal will have been lashed with very strong winds heavy rain since tuesday, along the east coast. the army has 17 title on relief teams that they've deployed. the capital city of cold cutter and nash would have suspended all flights for the day. many trains on the east coast have also been canceled. the preparations are in place, but the flight plan certainly complicates efforts to fight the corona virus, both edition and western goal western goal more so than or dish have been recording very high numbers of corona virus cases. and 2000000 people have been moved to shelters, where there is no room for social distancing. farmers in india will mock 6 months since their protests against agricultural reforms began. they've been demanding the government reversed agriculture of homes, which union say will leave farmers worse off commas right, to prime minister there under notice this week speaking the

truck and other places to lose their lives after the oxygen supply ran out in the southern city of bengal lou do hospitals a telling patients to make other arrangements but there are no intensive care unit beds left and the city like many of india's cities banga lose in the state of karnataka with 24 patients died when they are in the supply ran out on monday the state's former leader has written to prime minister in the interim already asking him to prevent this tragedy and the government is facing a lot of criticism from across the country from many high court the delhi high court said to the government that is living in an ivory tower people die from a lack of oxygen the aloha about high court in the state of altered with asia india as most populous but also one of its least developed where people are also dying because of shortages of hospital beds and oxygen but with the government the local government denies there are any shortages the i love how about high court said that it is a criminal act that deaths of people because of a lack of oxygen as a criminal act on the part of those w

expression to that big have day and there are a pair to act on it in their desire to manage in west bengal. pakistan has received a 1000000 corona virus vaccine doses from china its board a total of $17000000.00 from 3 chinese companies to supplement the astra zeneca vaccine being delivered through the kovacs program pakistans inoculated just over 2000000 people out of a population of 220000000 at least 8 protesters have reportedly been killed by security forces in may and ma it happened during some of the biggest demonstrations against military rule in days hundreds of people have been killed by security forces since the military to began in february. protests in may and being coordinated with others around the world hundreds of people from taiwan's me and mark community march through taipei the movement involves 41 cities in 18 countries and turkey stands as a ceasefire with neighboring to stand is holding after a week of intense border fighting both curators authorities say they found $25.00 bodies though in the latest attack and excusing its neighbor of war crimes and that story also t

>> holding a bengal tiger as a private pet is playing your music too loud?inance violation. i am not saying it's a great idea but it is the status of texas law. >> you see it as the same type of egregious act as me letting a bengal tiger loose in your yard? >> they're both class c ordinance violations, so legally, they're the same. >> then, why, if it's such a nothing burger, why didn't he just take the cat, control it, and stay put? and if the cops want to take it in because it's not licensed or whatever it is, you do what the law says? >> well, i mean, i didn't say he made a great-thought process, in what he was doing there. but there was a mob out there. and i'm not faulting people for being concerned about it but the cop was out there waving guns around. he was drinking. he was -- he was screaming and hollering. >> people get nervous when there's a tiger on the street, mike, right? >> yeah, absolutely, i am not faulting people for being nervous about it but that's sort of the scenario that happened out there. and victor loves this cat and to be honest wi

pete did not win in the key state of west bengal despite an aggressive campaign. and on world press freedom day what india's track record when it comes to open media especially when the government in power has shown so much hostility towards journalists. i'm melissa chana thank you for joining us on news asia parts of india finished holding regional elections this weekend and they were closely watched as possible indicators for how people feel the ruling national government of prime minister is doing but it was the incumbent triple congress or see that prevailed by a nearly 3 to one majority though the b j p did again use seats west bengal saw a lot of attention in part because modi's b j p spent so much time and energy campaigning there. the pandemic has played its part in the election as it has in so many elections around the world this past year with many citizens pinning the blame on modi when the cases started rising up. but turns out that in the 1st week or so that the governments have no idea they're not prepared for anything if you don't have enough ventil

he in fact, rosemary, attended 20 rallies in the state of west bengal. as you say they suffered a humiliating defeat in that state. they never excepted to lose this badly. people say it is people's frustration and anger at the mishandling of the second wave which is claiming thnousands of lives every day. we know there is a massive under count. today issuing another global record of more than 368,000 daily infections, 3,400 deaths and we know that is a serious undercount. i think you would have to assume that he is looking at the election results overnight. they only won one of the five legislative elections. perhaps it is sinking in. the arrogance of the government thinking they had defeated this back in january and then the second wave came with a vengeance, killing people, it is catching up with the prime minister. that is all horrifying and india's supreme court is ordering them to show how they are going to curb the spread of covid-19. >> reporter: we have been reporting on the acute shortages of oxygen. we know he met with cabinet ministers to disc

and you don't get to pick your downtime. >> i i'm at home watching the bengals game. i get a call from my sergeant. lieutenant, we're working to drowning. something is not right here. >> as he wrote to the house that night, he knew some of what to expect. when you're a cop for more than a decade, you become familiar with the signs of a drowning. like the froth about the victims nose and mouth. >> your mind starts running immediately about possibilities. they initially tell me i've got a 24-year-old drowning victim that died in the tub. i'm thinking we're going to find evidence of something. we're going to find some drugs. or evidence of an overdose. or something. >> as he pulled up, the victim was already loaded in the back of the ambulance. the arriving police officer was still inside the house. he gave the detective a fill on what he found when he was led to the master bedroom. 24 year old woman laid on the carpet of the bat. he >> felt for a pulse. he assisted with cpr on what he described as a completely dry body with the here being down. >> wet head, dry body? >>

. >> reporter: this morning, police say the man seen in this video with a bengal tiger is now in custody. >> it's someone's pet. >> reporter: the tiger was first spotted prowling this west houston neighborhood sunday. neighbors terrified at the sudden appearance of the big cat. >> it's a wild animal. you don't know how it's going to react. >> i thought my daughter and i could be the next snack. this is where we walk every day. this is where lots of children are out playing in the street. >> reporter: an off-duty sheriff's deputy spotted the animal and approached with his gun drawn. that's when a man with a white shirt emerged and claiming the tiger was his. police say 26-year-old victor cuevas fled with the tiger as more police arrived at the scene. >> there was a brief pursuit and the man got away with a tiger. obviously, if you see a cherokee with a big tiger in it, call us. >> reporter: cuevas was arrested at his mother's house. he's charged with felony evasion and has beem awaiting trial from a murder charge stemming from 2017. but the big story overnight. while he was taken into cus

does that mean that when it comes to crucial regions and states like bengal west bengal like us we're talking about here but as far as the b.g.p. when it comes to political ambitions for 2024 wanted to use the state elections as a springboard into being in a strong position for a national election campaign. action the last time around. actually has done well in the last election but they wanted. 'd to. because that's. what i think. the land of the national election. should be underway. do you agree with some of the other analysts from india that we've been talking to on al-jazeera who say mr modi has clearly been more interested in politics than saving lives. well you are going to go to the one that won't be able to. 'd open it can be to be. a political party that it can't be i don't think the movie. being. allowed in all election don't make the guard busy down even for a minute that had been the little political opening that. gratian the political rally you had to use a cricketing element. in the part of the country or the other with world government all of the big board well surely