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least 44 people the crash happened at a gathering of tens of thousands of her off the docks jews on mount meron our correspondent gary fossett is at the scene and will update us shortly but 1st this report from santa hire out. emergency services rushed to the scene where tens of thousands of cultural roots jews had gathered for the largo my annual pilgrimage which started off as an all night gathering of prayer and dance at the bonfire festival ended with these chaotic scenes. bodies of those killed in a stampede are lined up hundreds of people are in the jute provided. those with. 200. says another cycle of care units helicopters to the scene next to transform evacuees those were injured and killed to the hosts so it's considered to be one of the holiest sites for jews the tomb of the 2nd century say drive by shimon by your choice what brings the faithful here we're going to say more than 650 buses it brought in people from across the country making it the lawn just public gathering in israel since a pandemic started suddenly saw paramedics from our them whatever running by. like need c.p.r. o

and more than 150 injured in a stampede at a religious festival in northern israel it happened in mount meron where up 220-0000 ultra-orthodox jews had gathered and these are live pictures from the scene right now at mount maryland where security officials have been trying to clear the scene but members of the ultra orthodox jewish community have been out there venting their anger after what happened. in other news the 1st shipment of emergency supplies from the u.s. has arrived in india to help it battle spiraling coronavirus infections then deaths the number of infections reached another record high in the last 24 hours with more than 386000 cases and 3500 deaths. and there's been renewed gunfire on the southern border of kyrgyzstan and to jake istana hours after a cease fire the violence began over river infrastructure on the disputed boundary at least 13 people have been killed in the heaviest fighting since any is. now thousands of people on both sides of the thailand myanmar border are preparing to flee their homes as fighting between armed ethnic groups and the military escalates karen

with breaking news out of israel at least 38 people have been killed in a stampede it happens in mount meron which is in the north where people had gathered for a religious holiday oriel goldberg is the international relations coordinator for magen david adom paramedics who were at the scene of the incident he says many people more people are injured and more could die. and we do need a teams responded provided a those were instance i backup teams 200 amp. and then a cycle of mobile unit helical as to the scene to transform back in just to the hustle. carousel vestal area flag and maybe people still seen we have number one right. now rafah set has more from west jerusalem this is extremely serious and a large scale incident one that the prime minister of israel has called a terrible tragedy it took place after midnight we understand there are some diversion reports as to exactly how it happened some reports that there was a collapse of a stand the reports talking about a roof collapse but the most current reporting seems just that it was in fact a stampede that there were videos is emerging

and ended in tragedy at least $45.00 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival at mount meron where tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox jews gathered on thursday night prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that sunday will be a national day of mourning her 4th of reports now from iran in northern israel. it's israel's largest religious festival attracting half a 1000000 mainly ultra-orthodox participants each year this year are celebrating a 2nd century rabbi and sage to his tomb was also the largest gathering of any kind since the start of the pandemic mass excell taishan turned in minutes to panic injury and death. a narrow passageway became a compacted sea of stumbling swaying crowds trying to get out. close by people were pressing on metal sheeting a few overwhelmed police improvising an escape route while also trying to keep some back. it was clear by now that a mass tragedy was unfolding the crowding and confusion that led to it also hampering the rescue efforts in its aftermath sure work. i saw tens of people if you lying here on the floor i saw tens of injured walking

it's been reported that there were over 100,000 people attended the event in mount meron.the world. however, this particular festival is a pilgrimage on the eve of lag b'0mer. that is where hasidicjews come to the mountain to visit the burial of the second century sage who supposedly has ca balistic, mystical powers. i see. this is an annual festival as well? yes, definitely. we celebrate this every year. in terms of the importance of it. of course, it is incredible how we see so many people coming to this. it was cancelled last year, it's an annual event but cancelled last year because of the pandemic and back on as we are seeing now. yes, definitely. israel's vaccination rates are extremely high, and a lot of the country is open and active as per usual. there weren't so many restrictions coming up to the event but police were aware and this was months and weeks of planning, the infrastructure that goes around this. the national bus service in israel has been planning this for a very long time as well. they did expect these sorts of numbers. however, i'm sure they didn't

least 44 people the crash happened at a gathering of tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox jews on mount meron tasa details . emergency services rushed to the scene where tens of thousands of cultural also looks jews had gathered for the largo my annual pilgrimage which started off as an all night gathering of prayer and don'ts at the bonfire festival ended with these chaotic scenes the bodies of those killed in a stampede are lined up hundreds of people are injured provided. those were injured . 200 ambulances another cycle of care units helicopters to the scene needs to transport now that yes those who were injured and killed so. because it had to be one of the holiest sites for jews to tomb of the 2nd century say drive by shimon by your choice what brings the faithful here who can assist say more than 650 buses it brought in people from across the country making it the largest public gathering in israel since the pandemic started. paramedics from modern with over running by. bike need c.p.r. on a kids and then one after the other start coming on ambulances then we understood like something'

tens of thousands of people had gathered at the foot of mount meron in northern israel to celebrate aewish holiday. the emergency services have been treating people at the scene, but have found it difficult to evacuate the injured due to dense crowds. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the incident a "heavy disaster". the annual celebration was closed last year because of the pandemic and there were concerns raised that despite israel's vaccination programme going well, the event could be a super spreader if large crowds were present this year. yanki farber is a journalist with the jewish orthodox news website, behadrei haredim, and is near tel aviv. he was due to go to the festival himself. basically, i go every year to the place because, you know, it's very exciting and like sometimes we have, like, like, just, you know, 500,000 people coming to celebrate this event but because it is a weekend and, you know, some people are afraid they will not be able to get back before saturday, before the shabbat, you know people who keep shabbat, 0rthodox people who keep shabbat, they

after at least $45.00 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival that happened in mount meron where up 220-0000 ultra-orthodox jews had gathered. to be at the mount marin disaster is one of the worst disasters that has befallen the state of israel but we mourn the victims our hearts go out to the families and also to the wounded whom we wish for their full recovery there were heartbreaking sights here people crushed to death including children.

tens of thousands of people had gathered at the foot of mount meron in northern israel.t to evacuate the injured due to the dense crowds. we are continuing to monitor the situation there and of course we will bring you up—to—date with any new developments here on bbc world news. three hello. april will continue to try to make amends with a bit more rain before the month is done during friday in the form of showers that will continue into the first weekend of may and it will stay on the cool side with a risk of frost at night. and it will stay on the cool side with a risk of frost at night. and then for the bank holiday, look at this area of low pressure — a long way away but it's coming for us on monday. until then, we find ourselves in the wake of low pressure. unstable air, meaning showers and the flow of air coming in from the north—east. some cool direction temperatures, below average for the time of year, and another frost out there for many as we start the day for friday morning. rather patchy in nature, more likely in the countryside than in the town and city cent

it happened at a jewish religious festival, near mount meron. of orthodoxjews attended the larg bomerfestival, making it the largest event in the country, since the coronavirus pandemic began. sunday has been declared a national day of mourning. a warning, you may find some of the images in yolande knell�*s report distressing. a celebration about to turn into a tragedy. men and boys were leaving the religious festival along this overcrowded passageway when some slipped on the steps, causing the deadly crush. in their desperation, some tried ripping away the metal barricades. translation: a terrible load started, and what happened l was kind of a carousel. one person pushed another person, so everybody was pushed right and left. and after 20 minutes, i think, people started suffocating. so they wanted to get out. but no one was able to get out. there were people under me who were not breathing any more. there were horrible screams of "i can't breathe". and gradually, some of the screaming stopped. people started trying to pull people from underne

tom bateman, bbc news, mount meron in the galilee. the mount meron in the galilee.ravel the united states will restrict travel from india next week to stop the spread of covid—i9. the measures come into force on tuesday. vice president kamala harris said at the same time the us would send more than $100 million worth of supplies. it is important to know, as i said earlier, that we have a responsibility as the united states in particular as it relates to the people we are partnered with over the years, to step up when people are at a time of need and as it relates to the people of india, we have long—standing decades of the rate at which infections are rising, this kind of aid may fall short.— are rising, this kind of aid may fall short. one way they are battling _ may fall short. one way they are battling cases _ may fall short. one way they are battling cases is - may fall short. one way they are battling cases is to - may fall short. one way they are battling cases is to open| are battling cases is to open up are battling cases is to open up the vaccination progra

jewish calendar and one way across israel people will light bonfires and and celebrate this sites mount meron up in the northern galilee is where this madness is believed to be buried there is a year round imminent residential facility that near his tomb and at this time of year of course that attracts a huge number of largely ultra orthodox jews to come and celebrate over several days and there were images of a stage set up big stands big steeply rate stands and very very tightly packed crowds as i say have estimated around 100000 people that had already been concerns about the potential coronavirus spreading potential of this event. given that the vaccination. numbers a somewhat less within the ultra-orthodox mean to them they are within the israeli community more generally it's obviously the safety concern to be entirely overtaken by a very different kind of a tragedy is the prime minister put it ok harry thank you so much for that update. on palestine 1st parliamentary elections in 15 years have been postponed they were due to take place next month president mahmoud abbas decided to postp

tom bateman, bbc news, mount meron in the galilee.ged to find more sites for cremations as the city's morgues and crematoriums are overwhelmed by a surge of covid deaths. more than 386,000 new cases were reported on friday — the biggest one—day increase on record for any country — with another 3,500 deaths nationwide. the indian government is to open vaccinations to all adults from saturday. but several states have warned they do not have sufficient stocks. that's led to centres like this in mumbai having to close their doors. here, many british indians have pledged money and aid to the country. dr nilesh parmar, has been raising funds to be sent there and spoke to me earlier. iam i am obviously of indian ancestry. both my parents are indian and my sister lives in bombay is not only have i been seeing images on mainstream media, i have been receiving daily updates from her as to what is going on on the ground. what is it you are trying to do? i think one of the issues we have is british asians and the health care profession really do

some sort of incident book place on a stairway at mount meron.e began falling and it became a sort of stampede of sorts and it became chaos. we have seen videos where it seems like bodies are on top of one another. as a result we now have around 44 people have sadly died and more than 100 people have been injured. many of them are in hospital right now. as i say, it's being called one of the worst civil disasters in israeli history. this event happens every year. it didn't happen last year because of coronavirus, not at the same level, but it happens every year. there is questions about how this happened and why. police are ready for this event in normal times, what was different about last night? the police commander for the northern region has already taken responsibility and the israeli attorney general says that he is already launching an investigation into the police conduct to see what happened, what could have caused this. but there's also a lot of questions about why there were so many people even allowed on to this mountain, especially d

an estimated 100,000 people gathered on mount meron late thursday, and the stampede occurred in the early hours of today after some attendees appeared to slip on stones leading to a sloped passageway, triggering what one local news site described as a human avalanche. warnings have been issued over the years saying the site was not safe for mass gatherings. meanwhile, palestinian president mahmoud abbas has postponed next month's parliamentary elections, the first in 15 years in the occupied territories. abbas blamed israel for refusing to promise that thousands of palestinians living in israeli-occupied areas of jerusalem could vote in the election. >> facing thidifficul situation, we decided to postponed the legislative elections until t participation of jerusalem and its pele is guaranteed. jerusalem not be compromised and there are people in jerusalem not give up their right to exercise their democratic rights. amy: abbas' decision comes at a time when a rift is growing within his fatah party after jail palestinian leader marwan barghouti recently endorsed a rival slate to challenge c

tens of thousands of people crushed together at the foot of mount meron.ished wejust finished reading we just finished reading one wejust finished reading one of israel's worst disasters. a terrible disaster of people who came to celebrate and unfortunately they were literally crushed to death. it was supposed to be a celebration, a night of prayer, singing and dancing. translation: iwas there, inside. it was crowded and there were around 60,000 to 70,000 people. no place to move. then people started to fall on the ground. they fell a lot on the ground. all of a sudden we saw paramedics, whatever, running by, like mid—cpr on kids. then, one after the other, there started coming ambulances. then we understood like something is going on here. many people had been watching the event live on television. emergency services struggled to reach those who were injured because of the crowds. the roads were also congested and military helicopters were brought in to take the injured to hospital. many of the first responders were volunteers, now being offered counselli

of mourning on sunday for at least $45.00 people who died in a crushing stampede at the foot of mount meron in israel also coming out. india sets and other global records for daily coded 19 infection numbers as the scramble for oxygen continues medical aid is arriving from abroad but can't come fast enough for those suffering in the streets. on small coronavirus tests and vaccines for the areas that need the most germany looks just focused pandemic under private populations to help stem the latest wave of infection. welcome to the program israel's prime minister has announced an inquiry into a deadly stampede as a religious celebration at least 45 people were killed and men. more injured when chaos broke out at the overcrowded events as happened at mount meron in israel's north. altro orthodox jews the holding of the country's 1st major religious festival since the end of coronavirus restrictions cost of the inquiry will look at where the policing failures contributed to the tragedy. and nation in mourning. and a community left reeling from tragedy. israelis remembering those they've lost 2

reporter: arriving at mount meron, prime minister netanyahu called it one of israel's worst disasters. >> what happened here is heartbreaking. people were squashed to death, that included children. many of those who were killed have not been identified yet. i must demand a quick response from the police and emergency services, they prevented a must -- they prevented a much heavier disaster. reporter: sunday has been declared a day of national mourning. >> this is the control center. please follow the procedure for serious cases. reporter: those who made their way out recalled the chaos of the night before. >> it felt likwe were on a merry-go-round -- everyone's pushing to the right into the left. after 20 minutes, some started suffocating. he wanted to get out but there were people'neath me who stopped breathing. reporter: footage shows crowds struggling to move through the lanes of the event. tens of thousands of people, most of them ultra orthodox jews which -- and a festival that owners a second century rabbi and sage. the local media said over 100,000 people took part in the all n

and ended in tragedy at least $45.00 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival of mount meron where tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox jews gathered on thursday night the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that sunday will be a national day of mourning reports from maryland in north. israel it's israel's largest religious festival attracting half a 1000000 mainly ultra-orthodox participants each year this year like bomber celebrating a 2nd century rabbi and sage to his tomb was also the largest gathering of any kind since the start of the pandemic mass exile taishan turned in minutes to panic injury and death. a narrow passageway became a compacted sea of stumbling swaying crowds trying to get out of the. close by people were pressing on metal sheeting a few overwhelmed police improvising an escape route while also trying to keep some back. it was clear by now that a mass tragedy was unfolding the crowding and confusion that led to it also hampering the rescue efforts in its aftermath sure were. i saw tens of people if you've lying here on the floor i saw tens of injured

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and more than 150 injured in a stampede at a religious festival in northern israel it happened in mount meron where up 220-0000 outer orthodox jews had gathered at foster has more from there. the prime minister's spokesman has been tweeting about it saying that it was the overcrowding that led to a stampede which in turn led to the partial collapse of a structure that people were standing on so that is the closest thing we've had to sort of an official proximate cause of what took place but of course there are much wider questions being asked about the nature of all this as well. the 1st shipment of emergency supplies from the u.s. has arrived in india to help it fattal's fight spiralling coronavirus infections and deaths the number of infections reached another record high in the last 24 hours with more than 386000 cases and 3500 deaths brazil is marking another bleak milestone in the corona virus pandemic after the number of deaths past 100008 core of the fatalities were recorded this month brazil is only the 2nd country after the us to reach that figure the country has reported 14500000 ca

, hoping to attract the support of ultra orthodox parties. >> ( translated ): the mount meron disasterhe worst disasters that has befallen the state of israel. we mourn the victims. our hearts go out to the families. >> reporter: today, they rushed to bury the dead, before sunset ushered in the sabbath. the government has called for a national day of mourning on sunday. >> woodruff: that report from lindsey hilsum of indepedent television news. president biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to offer condolences and assistance. the u.s. state department said that multiple americans were among the casualties. a car bomb in afghanistan killed at least 30 people and wounded as many as 90 others today. the attack happened in the capital of eastern logar province. there was no immediate claim of responsibility. it comes as u.s. troops are set to withdraw by september 11. back in this country, florida's state legislature has approved a bill that curbs voting by mail and limits the use of drop boxes. republicans say the legislation will help prevent fraud, but democrats a

others injured in a stampede at a religious gathering attended by tens of thousands it happened at mount meron in the north part of the country where ultra-orthodox jews were holding an all night prayer and dance celebration. wrapped in ecstatic song and death footage from social media shows the crowd at the annual celebration shortly before disaster struck. at around 1 in the morning i witnesses said they could feel a crush beginning to build. there was a terrible load and what happened then was like a carousel one person pushed another person so everyone was pushed right and left and after 20 minutes people started suffocating so they wanted to get out but no one was able to get out. there were people under me who weren't breathing anymore there were horrible screams of i can't breathe and slowly there were also places where the screams had stopped. my legs were trapped i couldn't move them. face down i could lift my head a little. i tried not to strain too much and keep calm and strengthen my faith god will save us. mayhem unfolded rescue teams rushed to the scene ferrying the injured to am

place but they were mostly a pandemic related they didn't want to see so many people gathering at mount meron so what was supposed to be a very. joyful event now turned into this massive tragedy. what factors well investigators be looking at. well the have a lot of factors to look at on the one hand of course they will look at the security arrangements that were made but also the arrangements by the different religious sects that are involved in the festivities on the other hand there's a lot of footage and images on social media that are circulating off the event of the moments before happened and of course to eyewitnesses that have been talking about what happened to them you know the very harrowing experience they made and a lot of focus will be on that very narrow pathway where. system peed happened and what is also interesting here there is a discussion because of course this festival is happening every year except for last year when it was severely restricted because of the coronavirus pandemic. that there have been warnings for many years now that this holy site is not really made or i

tens of thousands of people crushed together at the foot of mount meron. it was supposed to be a celebration, a night of prayer, singing and dancing. translation: iwas there, inside. it was crowded and there were around 60,000 to 70,000 people. no place to move. then people started to fall on the ground. they fell a lot on the ground. all of a sudden we saw paramedics, whatever, running by, like mid—cpr on kids. then, one after the other, there started coming ambulances. then we understood like something is going on here. many people had been watching the event live on television. emergency services struggled to reach those who were injured because of the crowds. the roads were also congested and military helicopters were brought in to take the injured to hospital. many of the first responders were volunteers, now being offered counselling. we just finished treating one of israel's worst disasters. the terrible disaster of people who came to celebrate lag b'omer. and, unfortunately, were literally crushed to death. the evening event is the start of the rel

medics say rescue efforts were delayed because the festival is held in a remote area at the base of mount meron. they promise to keep working until everyone is pulled to safety. it's the first religious gathering of its kind since israel lifted nearly all restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. >>> breaking overnight florida became the latest to approve sweeping legislation restricting voting rules following claims by former president trump that the election was stolen from him. the governor is now expected to sign the bill that critics say will make it harder for millions of vote attorneys cast their ballots. it would limit mail-in voting including the use of drop boxes even though trump won florida. state lawmakers claim the changes are needed to guard against fraud. >>> the feds reportedly issued a warning to rudy giuliani long before his home and office were raided this week. "the washington post" warned rudy giuliani last year that they were the targets of a russian attempt to meddle in the 2020 election. at the time giuliani was president trump's personal attorney. giuliani now

after at least $45.00 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival that happened in mount meron where up 220-0000 ultra-orthodox jews had gathered. to contribute the mountain air and disaster is one of the worst disasters that has befallen the state of israel but we mourn the victims our hearts go out to the families and also to the wounded whom we wish for their full recovery there were heartbreaking people crushed to death including children. let the authorities work i must also point out that there was a rapid rescue operation by the police of the rescue and security forces and we are grateful to them they prevented a much bigger disaster we will conduct a thorough serious and in-depth investigation to ensure that such a disaster it's not only occurred several indian states say they've already run out of coronavirus jobs a day before the country starts its vaccination drive for all adults above the age of 18 new infections across india have reached a new high with 386000 cases reported in the past 24. russia has added jailed kremlin critic elects never on these organizations

and more than 150 injured in a stampede at a religious festival in northern israel it happened in mount meron where to 200000 ultra-orthodox jews had kept it fostered has more from mount merapi the prime minister's spokesman has been tweeting about it saying that it was the overcrowding that led to a stampede which in turn led to the partial collapse of a structure that people were standing on so that is the closest thing we've had to sort of an official proximate cause of what took place but of course there are much wider questions being asked about the nature of all this as well. the 1st shipment of emergency supplies from the u.s. has arrived in india to help it fight spiralling coronavirus infections and deaths the number of infections reached another record high in the last 24 hours with more than 386000 cases and 3500 deaths brazil is marking another bleak milestone in the coronavirus pandemic after the number of deaths passed 400008 quarter of the fatalities were recorded this month brazil is only the 2nd country after the us to reach that figure turkey meanwhile has entered its 1st fu

shimon by your choice what brings the faithful here around $30000.00 pilgrims were gathered on mount meron 3 times the capacity of what was allowed by the authorities to say more than $650.00 buses that brought in people from across the country making it the largest public gathering in israel since a pandemic started of a sudden we saw paramedics from our them with every running by. like need c.p.r. on a kids and then one after the other start coming on ambulances and then we understand like something's going on here. private bonfires that mound their own were banned last year due to coronavirus restrictions the lockdown measures were easy cme office israel's rocky caves of 19 vaccination program has seen more than 50 percent of the population fully vaccinated. police say they've arrested 2 people for disrupting offices efforts to keep order at the site and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has described the stampede as a heavy disaster. sort of hideouts al jazeera. sorry falls it has this update from israel where it's still unclear what caused the disaster. well still the reports

of thousands of orthodoxjews attended the lag b'omerfestival, which takes place at the foot of mount meronnt in the country since the coronavirus pandemic began. our middle east correspondent tom bateman sent this report from the scene. and a warning — it contains distressing images. they came to celebrate and to be blessed. tens of thousands ofjewish pilgrims at the mountain tomb of an ancient rabbi. but instead they were met with panic and a deadly crush. men and boys left the shrine, descending a narrow walkway which was badly overcrowded. those at the front became trapped. people tried tearing away metal barricades to free them. all of a sudden, we saw paramedics running by, like, mid—cpr on kids, and then one after the other, started coming on ambulances. then we understood, like, something's going on here. pilgrimsjoined paramedics in a desperate search. dozens had been suffocated or trampled on. children became separated from parents, and army helicopters evacuated the wounded. in the hospitals, there has been anguish as relatives wait for news. many of the dead still haven't been f

tens of thousands of ultra—orthodox jews had gathered at the foot of mount meron in the country's northo mark a jewish holiday. president biden�*s held a rally in georgia on his one hundredth day in office. he said that he wanted the very wealthy and corporations to start paying their share of tax. it's the first stop on a tour to urge americans to support his sweeping economic plans. actor noel clarke has denied sexual harrassment allegations that have appeared in a british newspaper. the report in the guardian led to the kidulthood and doctor who star having his bafta membership and an outstanding achievement award suspended. now it's time for hardtalk. victoria for hardtalk. will be here on the top victoria will be here on the top of the hour with lots more of the day's news. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. today, i'm in the white cube gallery in london as cultural life starts to re—establish itself after many months of lockdown, and my guests are the artistic duo gilbert and george. now, for five decades, they've been producing controversial, provocative work, and this exhi

investigation after at least 24 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival it happened in mount meron where up 220-0000 ultra-orthodox jews had gathered fossett has more from merrill the prime minister's spokesman has been tweeting about it saying that it was the overcrowding that led to a stampede which in turn led to the partial collapse of a structure that people were standing on so that is the the closest thing we've had to sort of an official proximate cause of what took place but of course there are much wider questions being asked about the nature of all this as well. in india several states say they've already run out of koran a virus jobs a day before the country sought its vaccination drive for all adults above the age of 18 new infections across india have reached a new high with 386000 cases reported in the last 24 hours for sale meanwhile is marking another bleak milestone in the corona virus pandemic after the number of deaths passed 400008 quarter of the fatalities were recorded this month for sale is only the 2nd country after the us to reach that figure the country ha

38 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival northern israel it happened in mount meron where people had gathered for a holiday. but i'm not going there them teams so we're striving really corresponds to the sights and the car and you're actually seeing them do you know i'm going see this idea of helicopters and immediately called this to the hospital it's a dish in their car and you try to secondary transports from those in the area to the one trauma center this palestinian president mahmoud abbas was bones parliamentary elections scheduled for next month cited a dispute with israel over voting in occupied east jerusalem hamas has rejected the decision calling it a coup. brazil has become the 2nd country to surpass 400000 deaths related to cope with 19 after the us health officials warned the daily toll could remain high due to slow vaccinations and loose social restrictions. coronavirus cases and deaths across india have reached a new high as the country grapples with a devastating 2nd wave despite the surge millions of people turned out to vote for regional elections

more than 150 injured in a stampede out of religious festival in northern israel it happened in mount meron where up 220-0000 orthodox jews had get very fast it has more. the prime minister's spokesman has been tweeting about it saying that it was the overcrowding that led to a stampede which in turn led to the partial collapse of a structure that people were standing on so that is the closest thing we've had to sort of an official proximate cause of what took place but of course there are much wider questions being asked about the nature of all this as well. the 1st shipment of emergency supplies from the u.s. has arrived in here in india to help it fight spiralling coronavirus infections and deaths the number of infections reached another record high in the last 24 hours with more than 386000 cases and 3500 deaths u.s. president joe biden has held a driving rally in the state of georgia to mark his 100th day in office reflecting on his address to congress on thursday he touted what his administration has achieved so far and he also repeated his promises to invest trillions of dollars in j

been killed and over 100 others injured in a stampede at a religious festival that happened at mount meron in the northern part of the country where ultra-orthodox jews had come together for an all nights prayer and dance celebration. this footage. from social media shows the scene shortly before tragedy struck a densely packed crowd dancing ecstatically at the annual loch homer celebration. authorities believe overcrowding is likely to blame for the fatalities and injuries . that rescue workers say many of the dead were either trampled to death or suffocated. just. for the worst the terrible disaster of. celebrating there are sure of. her. it was the 1st large scale religious gathering to be held legally since israel lifted most coronavirus restrictions. but despite israel's successful handling of the pandemic health authorities had warned against holding a gathering of this size. to lag religious festival is particularly popular with israel's ultra orthodox community. israeli police report nearly 100000 people attended the gathering which they say is 4 to 5 times as many as should have b

tens of thousands pilgrims had gathered at the foot of mount meron in the north of israel, to celebrateith all—night bonfires, prayer and dancing. paramedics say the crush happened after people slipped in an overcrowded walkway, causing dozens more to fall. this was the largest public event in israel since the coronavirus pandemic began. the country's successful vaccination programme has allowed it to lift many restrictions. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has described it as a "heavy disaster" and said he was praying for the casualties. our middle east correspondent tom bateman sent this report from the scene. and a warning, it contains distressing images. they sing. they came to celebrate and to be blessed — tens of thousands ofjewish pilgrims at the mountain tomb of an ancient rabbi. but instead, they were met with panic and a deadly crush. as crowds left the gravesite, descending a narrow walkway, they surged. those at the front were trapped. people tried tearing away metal barricades to free them. all of a sudden, we saw paramedics running by, like, mid—cpr on kids, and then one

of orthodox jews attended the lag b'omerfestival, which takes places every year at the foot of mount meront the largest event in the country since the coronavirus pandemic began. a warning that you may find some of the images in yolande knell�*s report distressing. a celebration about to turn into tragedy. men and boys were leaving the religious festival when sam slipped on steps, causing the deadly crash. in their desperation, some tried ripping away metal barricades. all of a sudden we saw paramedics running by, doing cpr on kids. one after the other started coming ambulances. we understood something was going on here. fine ambulances. we understood something was going on here-— was going on here. one person pushed another person. _ was going on here. one person pushed another person, so _ was going on here. one person pushed another person, so everybody - was going on here. one person pushed another person, so everybody was - another person, so everybody was pushed _ another person, so everybody was pushed right and left. after 20 minutes, — pushed right and left. after 20 minutes, i thi

others injured in a stampede of a religious gathering attended by tens of thousands it happened at mount meron in the northern part of the country where ultra orthodox jews were holding an all night prayer and dance celebration. wrapped in ecstatic song and dance footage from social media shows the crowd at the annual celebration shortly before disaster struck. at around 1 in the morning i witnesses said they could feel a crush beginning to build. and. there was a terrible load and what happened then was like a carousel one person pushed another person so everyone was pushed right and left and after 20 minutes people started suffocating so they wanted to get out but no one was able to get out. there were people under me who weren't breathing anymore there were horrible screams of i can't breathe and slowly there were also places where the screams had stopped. my legs were trapped i couldn't move them. face down i could lift my head a little. i tried not to strain too much and keep calm and strengthen my faith god will save us. mayhem unfolded rescue teams rushed to the scene ferrying the injur

it happened at a jewish religious festival near mount meron.tried ripping away the metal barricades. translation: a terrible load started, and what happened l was kind of a carousel. one person pushed another person, so everybody was pushed right and left. and after 20 minutes, i think, people started suffocating. so they wanted to get out. but no one was able to get out. there were people under me who were not breathing any more. there were horrible screams of "i can�*t breathe". and gradually, some of the screaming stopped. people started trying to pull people from underneath instead of the top. crazy chaos. medics were already at the site, but struggled to reach the injured. they were shocked by what they encountered. israel�*s worst civilian disaster. it was very challenging, and even with my almost 30 years in this field, i have to say, it took me to flashbacks of 20 years ago when we were undergoing the terror waves here, buses that were blowing up at restaurants. simply disastrous. tens of thousands of ultra—orthodox jews come annually f

others injured in a stampede at a religious gathering attended by tens of thousands it happened at mount meron in the northern part of the country where ultra-orthodox jews were holding an all night prayer and dance celebration. wrapped in ecstatic song and dance footage from social media shows the crowd at the annual celebration shortly before disaster struck. at around 1 in the morning i witnesses said they could feel a crush beginning to build. there was a terrible load and what happened then was like a carousel one person pushed another person so everyone was pushed right and left and after 20 minutes people started suffocating so they wanted to get out but no one was able to get out. there were people under me who weren't breathing anymore there were horrible screams of i can't breathe and slowly there were also places where the screams had stopped. my legs were trapped i couldn't move them. face down i could lift my head a little. i tried not to strain too much and keep calm and strengthen my faith god will save us. mayhem unfolded rescue teams rushed to the scene ferrying the injured to

> overnight at least 44 workers crushed to death at a stampede at a mass religious gathering in mount meron. what do we know so far? >> reporter: brianna, i'm standing on the site of what the israeli ambulance services say is one of the worst disasters. you see the remnants of a tangle of bodies on top of each other. they were coming out of an area behind my cameraman where they were selling lag be omer. what's normally a celebration of fire and sing and dancing, last night turned into tragedy. listen to what one witness had to say. >> translator: i was there. inside the bonfire, it was crowded. there were around 60,000 to 70,000 people, no place to move, and people started to fall to the ground. a lot fell to the ground. >> reporter: now, the attorney general is launching an investigation to see what happened, to see why this area right here was so crowded, what caused that chaos of people altogether, because this event actually takes place every year, and this is an unusual event, to say the least, for this community here especially. prime minister benjamin netanyahu was here earlier toda

it happened when tons of thousands of people gathered together in mount meron for the first festivalfts covid restrictions. witnesses say dozes fell on each other, and president biden speaking to prime minister benjamin netanyahu offering his condolences and assistance. israel's ambassador saying he's deeply moved with the outpouring of support from our friends in the united states and around the world. >>> racism in america, president biden is commenting on tim scott's announcement that america is not a racist country. stay with us. racist country. stay with us ♪ (ac/dc: back in black) ♪ ♪ ♪ the bowls are back. applebee's irresist-a-bowls all just $8.99. ♪ yum yum yum yum yum yum yum ♪ ♪ yum yum yum yum yum yum ♪ ♪ yum yum yum yum yuuum yum yum yum yum yum yum yuuum ♪ ♪ yum ♪ ♪ yum yum (clap, clap) yum yum (clap) yum yum ♪ you're clearly someone who takes care of yourself. so why wait to screen for colon cancer? because when caught in early stages, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers even in early stag