them anymore life used to be beautiful and fun they say but everything is so uncertain now john strafford al-jazeera chair maalik eastern ukraine. tell me about the some of the headlines on al-jazeera india's record of the world's highest number of new cover 1000 infections for the 4th consecutive day almost 350000 cases were reported on sunday all spittles are struggling to cope there's a shortage of oxygen medicine and beds. the international efforts to help india are building the u.k. is sending more than 600 medical devices including oxygen concentrator and ventilators the 1st shipments due to arrive on tuesday. we are sending out an emergency shipment of over 600 items of equipment ventilators oxygen concentrator is and the aim is to provide the support that the indians need at their hour of need really if judging by the distressing scenes we've seen in many of the hospitals in india will be a series of other shipments the 1st one goes out today and we are going to scotians with the indian government about further things that they may or may not need. the commander of foreign forces in afghanis

diplomatic pressure there is no sign russian president vladimir putin is ready to do that yet john strafford al-jazeera. 3 astronauts has been on a joint russian american mission have safely returned to us the expedition came to an end when the soyuz spacecraft landed in kazakhstan the astronauts had been on the international space station about 6 months overseeing the planet only $3000.00 times. space x. has been awarded a $2900000000.00 contract to develop a commercial lunar lander fanaa said it will also plan to take 2 astronauts to the main as part of nasa as optimist program which once people back there by 2024 space x. c.e.o. in all moscow is clearly over the moon with a nice tweet saying nasa rules the company beat amazon founder jeff bezos private space endeavor blue origin as well as defense contractor dianetics. this is out.

diplomatic pressure there is no sign russian president vladimir putin is ready to do that yet john strafford al-jazeera kiev. cuba will be without a castro at the helm for the 1st time and 60 is 89 year old raul castro has confirmed he is stepping down as the head of the communist party raul as brother fidel began their core leadership of cuba after the revolution of 1959 at augusta and is in humana with more reaction. what does raul castro's retirement mean for ordinary cubans all the sectors of the population are broadly supported by the government particularly those that lived through the huge improvements in health care education public safety that were ushered in by the cuban revolution in the 1960 s. but for 30 years this island has been living through a slow drawn out economic and social crisis and as a younger generation that's demanding more. the 1st thing i'd change is i'd get rid of the blockade so that the spire of this country would change. when the revolution triumphed did a lot for society schools and hospitals and there were other things that went backwards housing trade. for me the cus

strait will restrict ukraine's and foreign navy movements in the region for months to come john strafford al jazeera only as of see an abandoned nuclear power station surrounded by rubble and empty buildings isn't what most people associate with a world heritage site but that's what ukraine has in mind for chernobyl it's become a lengthy application process 3 of esko this monday marks the 35th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear disaster when a reactor at the power plant exploded. the un security council is calling for an investigation into human rights violations in ethiopia is to grow a region in its 1st joint statement on the conflict the council says it's concerned about reports of sexual violence against women and girls and it wants unfettered access to provide an aide. says its military operation against the 2 gripe people's liberation front is an internal affair but welcomes offers of help our diplomatic editor james space has more from the u.n. in new york. the security council has finally broken its silence on the situation in t. gray the military operation there is going been going on for almo

strait will restrict ukraine's and foreign navy movements in the region for months to come john strafford al jazeera on the hours of see an abandoned nuclear power station surrounded by rubble and empty buildings isn't what most people associate with a world heritage site but that's what ukraine has in mind for chernobyl it's been a lengthy application process through unesco this monday marks the 35th anniversary of the $986.00 nuclear disaster when a reactor at the plant plant exploded the u.s. is sending aircraft to help to find a missing indonesian submarine which will run out of oxygen on saturday if it lost contact during a military exercise this week president joko widodo has ordered an all out rescue efforts singapore and malaysia have sent vessels to help the funerals were held for dante writes the 20 year old black american shot dead by police during a traffic stop emotions ran high coming just days and a few kilometers from where police officer was found guilty of murdering george floyd john hendren has more now from minneapolis just a warning there are some disturbing images in his report

them shows the government won't even listen to their demands that the killings must stop john strafford al jazeera. coverage of the 5th day of trial for the murder of george floyd that's to get underway once again in the u.s. city of minneapolis the former police officer is charged with killing floyd by kneeling on his neck so 8 minutes and 46 seconds the trial is seen as a pivotal moment in u.s. race relations. in minneapolis and standing by for us gabriel we saw a very emotional testimony in court all day what can we expect on friday. probably perhaps a little bit more of the same trial is expected to get underway momentarily in this courthouse behind me here in downtown minneapolis the judge has told the jury and told the court that they are ahead of schedule so they expect only about 4 hours or a half day of testimony on this friday and then the judge said he plans to release the jurors around lunch time we do not know who the prosecution will call today we do not know until. the court goes into session and the warriors call the 1st witness we do know that the chief of police the head of the p

them anymore life used to be beautiful and fun they say but everything is so uncertain now john strafford al-jazeera chair maalik eastern ukraine the prime minister of armenia has resigned setting the stage for a snap elections in 2 months time the cult has been under severe pressure of his handling of last year's war with azerbaijan that ended with armenia giving up control of several disputed territories he'll stay in charge in a caretaker capacity until the election on june 20th and it's confirmed that he will be standing again. you're watching the news hour live from london still ahead for you on the program changing the lay of the land the german harvest under threat because of the coronavirus pandemic also are going on patrol in the gulf of guinea with the units tackling modern day piracy on the high seas. and into milan take a step closer to the italian league title will have all the football action in sports. hello there we're seeing a bit of a mixed picture over europe as we go into the next week we've got warmer drier conditions across central and northern parts of europe but as we look to