cindy sui, bbc news, taipei. stay with us on bbc news, still to come...tics in samoa we take a look at politics in samoa as the country prepares to elect its first female prime minister. to elect its first female prime minister. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so, it's become the first country in the world to approve the change in the national referendum. it was a remarkable climax. to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. - it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far! but suddenly, the police are tear gassing the crowd, we don't yet know why! the prelaunch ritual is well established here. helen was said to be in good spirits, butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challe

cindy sui, bbc news, taipei. ill look at politics in samoa — where the country is about to appoint its first female prime minister. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so, it's become the first country in the world to approve the change in the national referendum. it was a remarkable climax. to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a p0p singen _ it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far! but suddenly, the police are tear gassing the crowd, we don't yet know why! the prelaunch ritual is well established here. helen was said to be in good spirits, butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is ti

. >> the central government has put taipei city and taipei city under a lel -- and new taipei city underel one alert. all public venues like libraries, swimming pools, movie theaters, are closed. people are allowed to go to work and go to school. today, taipei and new taipei city's mayor said they are going to suspend school from high school downward starting tomorrow because they are concerned about the number of cases. they are taking an extra step that the central government has not mandated. ♪ katty: let's return to our top story. the second week of violence between israel and palestinians. joining me now, a visiting fellow. she served as an advisor to the palestinian negotiating team in their bid for human membership. thank you for joining the program. it looks as either -- neither hamas or netyahu's government wants to find a fast way out of this conflict. is that what it looks like to you? >> the israeli side is in no hurry to wrap things up. it is still seeing rockets applying and -- rockets flying and wants to say it has neutralized hamas capabilities. on hamas' side, they have

has now prompted two of taiwan's biggest cities — the capital taipei and the most populous city new taipei. sunrise in the capital, taipei. up until recently, this was the norm in taiwan — streets full of rush—hour traffic, people heading to work or school, unlike in many places around the world. but in recent days, scenes like this — shoppers panic—buying — have become common as government officials ordered tough new restrictions in two of taiwan's biggest cities. translation: we require mask-wearing at all times j when going out. avoid unnecessary outings, activities or gatherings. stop gatherings at home or social gatherings of more than five people indoors and more than ten people outdoors. taipei and new taipei's mayors have also ordered all schools and childcare centres to close for two weeks starting tuesday. it comes as the central government had already ordered public venues such as sports centres and movie, theatres as well as bars, to shut down temporarily. until now, taiwan had avoided such measures by acting fast last year, banning almost all foreigners from entering during th

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. stay with us on bbc news — still to come...country enjoys the hottest day of the year so far. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the j tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of. the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than a500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she's left the spice girls. argh, i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, girl power. not geri, why? this is bbc news — th

have been key to the island's relative corona success but it isn't fiction dr is also underway in new taipei city or authorities throwing everything they can to try to stop the virus spreading this outbreak linked to a quarantine facility for airline staff has prompted an uptick in testing and has residents on high alert ready to go pick up where i wasn't too concerned before but now i worry whenever i go out i'll wear my face mask i'm more safety conscious now . taiwan's president has called for calm and urge people not to panic buy but that didn't stop many anxious shoppers rushing to stockpile over the weekend and there's a whole store is all that is offering all mail or anything arguing at the entrances as a part of me as we went around the whole story. the government response has so far been timely and measured something the island's residents will be hoping leads the way out of the current emergency. and joining me for more from tarp is did oprah correspondent william yang with him why this sudden spartan cases. so experts believe taiwan 1st relax its quarantine regulations for all the

increases have prompted two of taiwan's biggest cities, the capital taipei and the most populous city new taipei shut all schools and advise people to work from home. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. for 17 years, estonia and the other baltic states have been members of the eu and nato — fully paid—up members of the western club. but the simple facts of geography have not changed — russia is their giant neighbour. and as tensions between vladimir putin and the west rise, so a chill wind blows through eastern europe. my guest is estonia's prime minister, kaja kallas. how confident is she that her partners in brussels and washington have her back? prime minister kaja kallas in tallinn, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show, prime minister. let me ask you, how intensely do you feel the rising tensions with russia right now? well, russia is our neighbour and, considering our history, we feel the tensions here always, so considering the geographical location that we have, russia's acts always influence us. i under

have been key to the island's relative corona success but it isn't fiction dr is also under way in new taipei city for authorities throwing everything they can to try to stop the virus spreading this outbreak linked to a quarantine facility for airline staff has prompted an uptick in testing and has residents on high alert waiting to go up with i wasn't too concerned before but now i worry whenever i go out i wear my face mask i'm more safety conscious now. taiwan's president has called for calm and urged people not to panic buy but that didn't stop many anxious shoppers rushing to stockpile over the weekend and there's a whole story soldiers otieno mail anything to arguing at the entrance i suppose we went around the whole story. the government response has so far been timely and measured something the island's residents will be hoping leads the way out of the current emergency. and joining me for more from torpor is did oprah correspondent william yang with him why this sudden spark some cases. so experts believe taiwan 1st relax its quarantine regulations for all the airline staff since la

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. himalayan india—china border where tensions are rising between two of the world biggest nations. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn - the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian - people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than a500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she's left the spice girls. argh, i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, g

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.i spoke to professor yanzhong huang, a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations and an expert on china. i asked him what he made of biden�*s call for a deeper investigation. i think this announcement is not based on new data supporting the lab leak theory, it'sjust based on a revisit, a reassessment of the hypothesis. he's taking some political risk presumably given that he is currently trying to rebuild relations with china. yes, being critical on its human rights record, particularly towards the uighurs, but also saying that china can be a valuable partner on things like climate change. climate change depends on data, it depends on countries being candid about their emissions and all the rest of it. why is he trying to sort of provoke china in this way? after all china is not known for wanting to be particularly transparent on this issue. i just wonder what would be changed by knowing what the origin was even if he was able to establish that. i think there

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.est of a belarusian journalist whose flight was diverted to capture him is sparking fresh diplomatic tensions. now russia, an ally of belarus, has denied entry to belarus, has denied entry to flights by two european airlines because they planned to avoid belarussian airspace. the eu says it's almost ready to launch new sanctions on belarus. more strong words from the international community and more moves towards concrete actions against the authorities here in belarus, too, with talk of a package of sanctions almost ready against the authorities here, and possible economic measures to come soon after that. there is one sanction that's already kicked in here, though, with the national airline belavia here now banned from flying to europe, so there's a real sort of increasing sense of isolation in this country from that move. i spoke to people today trying to return their tickets, talking about the fact they felt trapped in the country now, but interestingly they also told me that they

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.ouncil has agreed to open an investigation into this month's conflict between israel and the militant group hamas. hamas has welcomed the decision, but israel described it as a moral failure. american political support for israel has historically been one of the rare areas of bi—partisan agreement in washington. but that may be changing, as laura trevelyan now reports. devastation in gaza. hamas began this confrontation by firing rockets at israel, ultimately killing 13 people, two of them children. the israeli military response killed 215 in gaza, including 66 children. in the us, president biden was lobbied by lawmaker rashida tlaib, who's of palestinian descent. public pressure to stop the bombing of gaza from the progressive left of the democratic party. watching closely in east jerusalem was kefah, a palestinian—american teacher and a member of democrats abroad. she feels the palestinian voice is finally being heard in america. it was very uplifting because i grew up in the states

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.est of a belarusian journalist whose flight was diverted to capture him is sparking fresh diplomatic tensions. now russia, an ally of belarus, has denied entry to flights by two european airlines because they planned to avoid belarussian airspace. the eu says it's almost ready to launch new sanctions on belarus. here's sarah rainsford in minsk. more strong words from the international community and more moves towards concrete actions against the authorities here in belarus, too, with talk of a package of sanctions almost ready against the authorities here, and possible economic measures to come soon after that. there is one sanction that's already kicked in here, though, with the national airline belavia here now banned from flying to europe, so there's a real sort of increasing sense of isolation in this country from that move. i spoke to people today trying to return their tickets, talking about the fact they felt trapped in the country now, but interestingly they also told me that t

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. let's take a look at some of today's other news.d to pay £125,000 in damages to the northern ireland first minister, arlene foster, for a tweet that falsely claimed she was having an affair. the high court in belfast awarded the record figure to compensate the dup leader for what it called a "baseless accusation". no human remains have been found by police who have been excavating a cafe cellar in gloucester for more than a week in the search for a suspected victim of the serial killer fred west. officers have been searching for mary bastholm, who worked at the pop—in cafe — now called the clean plate. the 15 year old was last seen in 1968. the conservative mp rob roberts has been suspended from the commons for six weeks after he made repeated unwanted advances to a member of staff. mps approved the motion to suspend him. the commons leaderjacob rees—mogg said it would be "honourable" if mr roberts stood down as an mp. the manchester united player marcus rashford says he received "at least 70 racial slurs" on social media after the

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.rican history, when, exactly 100 years ago, up to 300 african americans in tulsa in oklahoma were murdered. yet the tragedy wasn't taught in local schools untiljust 20 years ago. sparked by claims of an assault by a black man on a white teenager, white mobs rampaged through an affluent black area of the city, shooting, burning and looting. a handful of survivors who lost everything are still waiting for compensation. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is live in tulsa for us tonight. the landmarks of racial violence and injustice against black people are well—known down the centuries. from slavery to segregation and lynching to the assassination of martin luther king, to the murder of george floyd at the hands of the police. but what took place, the shocking situation here in tulsa, 100 years ago, remained largely untold for most of the 20th century. and a handful of survivors believe the injustice continues. my report contains some potentially shocking images. before the destruction, t

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.oined now by professor yanzhong huang, a seniorfellow for global health at the council on foreign relations and an expert on china. thank you very much for being with us. are you surprised byjoe biden poz my decision to authorise this inquiry? poz my decision to authorise this inuui ? ., ., , , inquiry? not really. this announcement - inquiry? not really. this announcement is - inquiry? not really. this announcement is not. inquiry? not really. this i announcement is not based inquiry? not really. this - announcement is not based on inquiry? not really. this _ announcement is not based on new data supporting the lab leak theory, it is just based on a reassessment of the hypothesis. he it isjust based on a reassessment of the hypothesis.— it isjust based on a reassessment of the hypothesis. he is taking some olitical of the hypothesis. he is taking some political risk — of the hypothesis. he is taking some political risk presumably _ of the hypothesis. he is taking some political risk p

been key to the island's relative corona success but it disinfection drive is also under way in new taipei city or authorities throwing everything they can to try to stop the virus spreading this outbreak linked to a quarantine facility for airline staff has prompted an uptick in testing and has residents on high alert waiting go pick up a weapon i wasn't too concerned before but now i worry whenever i go out i'll wear my face mask i'm more safety conscious now. taiwan's president has called for calm and urged people not to panic buy but that didn't stop many anxious shoppers rushing to stockpile over the weekend there's a whole story stories otieno mail. queuing at the entrance as a part of me as we went around the whole story. the government response has so far been timely and measured something the island's residents will be hoping leads the way out of the current emergency. and joining me for more from tarp is debris correspondent william going with why this sudden spartan cases. so experts believe taiwan 1st relax its quarantine regulations for all the airline staff since last month a

and in new taipei.r gatherings of more than five people are banned. the restrictions will be in place through may 28. >>> now, the tokyo olympic games are scheduled to start in just a couple of months from now, but coronavirus still spreading rapidly in japan. protesters, doctors, even business leaders in japan say holding the games this year is flat-out dangerous. selina wang joins me now from tokyo. growing corporate opposition and concern about the olympics in addition to the public worries. >> reporter: michael, that's exactly right. we're about ten weeks out now and the mood on the ground is really changing. you're seeing the public opposition to the games really snowball. we've seen the public polls for many months now show the majority of the people here in japan think the games should be canceled. but now even high-profile voices across a variety of industries are coming out. i sat down with the ceo of rakuten, which is a tech giant in japan. it's often referred to as the amazon of this come. he

been key to the island's relative coronas success but it disinfection drive is also under way in new taipei city or authorities throwing everything they can to try to stop the virus spreading this outbreak linked to a quarantine facility for airline staff has prompted an uptick in testing and has residents on high alert wait a week up with i wasn't too concerned before but now i worry whenever i go out i'll wear my face mask i'm more safety conscious now. taiwan's president has called for calm and urged people not to panic buy but that didn't stop many anxious shoppers rushing to stockpile over the weekend and there's a whole story soldiers over an all male anything start hearing at the entrance as a part of me as we went around the whole story. the government response has so far been timely and measured something the island's residents will be hoping leads the way out of the current emergency. and joining me for more from tarp is debris correspondent william you're going with him why this sudden spartan cases. so experts believe taiwan 1st relax its quarantine regulations for all the airli

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. stay with us on bbc news.0 afghans are expected to be allowed to settle in the uk, joining 1,300 who have already done so. the us military says it is also "rapidly" making plans to evacuate afghans who worked for them ahead of their troop pull—out in september. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has more. afghan interpreters have put their lives on the line, serving alongside british troops in combat in helmand until 2014. though some have already been allowed to resettle in the uk, many were left behind and are now living in real danger, with their old employers soon about to leave for good. the departure of all us, british and nato forces is under way. and there are growing concerns that those who work for them will be targeted by the taliban. so, the government's agreed a new programme to bring hundreds more back to britain for safety. along with their immediate families, it could mean more than 3000 afghans coming here to make their home in the uk. with the western powers leaving afghanistan, the thr

i'm joined now by correspondent joyce lee who joins us from taipei choice tell us more about these new restrictions. yes so schools will be suspended. starting from tomorrow and 28 may this will be the 1st time time on close schools since the endemic and borders also closed until. may and taiwan has a full. alert system. and. it's there in the on the level 3 of the large which means that people must wear a mosque at all times and in don't gatherings are limited to 5 people and out of gatherings on a minute all those that this is not a fool but a lot of people staying home by choice to hunting to spread out the pirates and they are. a city and you talk as if the. people to stay at home as much as possible and they say that the authorities stop the firing poll. which means they will lock down right taiwan has long been hailed as the poster child for a pandemic control so why is this happening now do we know what is causing this rise in infection numbers. it is false belief that. so much to sell and lines bringing back the case iran to taiwan but then in yesterday's press conference the a

taipei. appreciate it. >>> now, a strict new lockdown now in effect in argentina as that country tries to combat surge in covid cases. cnn's matt rivers with the details on the restrictions. >> reporter: well, there are now new restrictive lockdown measures in place in argentina as a result of what that country's president is calling the worst moment of this pandemic for that country so far. in the last week, we have seen multiple single-day records for new infections set, and these new restrictions are being put in place because of that. these restrictions include the closures of all nonessential businesses. schools are closed and only essential workers will be allowed out each day from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. when the president announced these measures earlier this week, here's a little bit of what he said. >> translator: today more than ever, we need to take care of each other. >> reporter: the president says he is aware of the fact that this country's economy is already struggling. he knows that these restrictive measures will not help with that situation. but he says he really has no choice.

new covid infections on sunday. a pandemic record. all but one were locally transmitted. one's from india. the soft-governed island is tightening social-distancing restrictions for taipei nearby areas, and many people started to stockpile groceries when they heard the news. journalist andy lee joins us from taipei. taiwan had long been considered a covid-success story. is that about to change? >> yes, kim, that's very good question. taiwan government has been doing a good job, so far, until now. and the people of taiwan would like to think the government will continue to do a job at the present and in the future. however, that said, the situation seems to be in dire straits right now in taiwan because, saturday in taiwan, 180-confirmed cases. and sunday, here, in taiwan, the government officials came out with the latest numbers. it stands at 207. so the numbers are increase. and in fact, kim, the government of taiwan has updated the level of alert, from level two, to level three. which means five persons indoors, no go. ten persons outdoors, no go. so, in fact, the gyms will not be open. nightclubs will not be open. the karaokes will not be open. however, schools are s

new restrictions that battles its worst outbreak since a pandemic began $206.00 new cases were reported on sunday in taipei and surrounding areas in gatherings limited to 5 people in shops and restaurants close and for the 1st time masks are required outdoors the governor has appealed to people to avoid panic buying saying it is well prepared. 30 people have been sentenced to death in the democratic republic of congo after violence between rival muslim groups protesters were fighting over the right to celebrate the end of ramadan at a sports stadium in the capital kinshasa 38 people have been arrested and face charges including criminal association to rebellion and attempted murder. now the oceans have been a powerful ally in combating global warming but mix of high temperatures and pollutants has created so-called dead zones that oxygen depleted areas measuring tens of thousands of square kilometers where plants and animals just can't survive pull reste reports now from sweden and the baltic sea. sweden's baltic coast a chilly spring has held back the tide of domestic tourists expected to hit these beache

new restrictions that battles its worst outbreak since a pandemic began $206.00 new cases were reported on sunday in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops restaurants are closed for the 1st time masks are required outdoors government has appealed to people to avoid panic buying saying that things are working. well taiwan has warned the risks of doing business in hong kong have increased under a sweeping national security law imposed by china hong kong's government froze the assets of the media tycoon jimmy lie including shares in his media publications it is the 1st time shares of a listed companies large stake holders have been frozen under the security law lies serving a 14 month sentence for taking part in an authorized pro-democracy protests in 2019 . china has successfully landed a spacecraft on mars it's now the 3rd country to have a rover touchdown on the red planet after the united states and russia. has. an explosion of relief and celebration after what scientists describe as 7 minutes of terror. watching their spacecraft land on last. thank you for the m

new cases. for more on this let's bring in will ripley joining us from taipei. what can you tell us about the new numbers? >> reporter: robin, this is not just an india problem but a problem region wide in this part of the world. when you're talking about countries in southeast asia like taiwan, india, thailand, countries that thought they had the virus all but under control, we've seen how it can slip through the defenses and so here it was the airports. in thailand they're having a horrible outbreak in their prisons right now. in india, hospitals are struggling to deal with this influx of patients and some are having to treat them in horrific conditions. >> pigs root in filth and water outside this hospital in the state in india. it looks like no place for healing. with its broken walls, abandoned ambulances. but patients are still being treated here. many for coronavirus. the sick, as well as the staff, must trudge through dismal conditions to get inside. >> translator: the hospital will be 100 years old in four years. it was the only big hospital here several

new restrictions that battle's its worst outbreak since a pandemic began $206.00 new cases were reported on sunday in taipei in surrounding areas indoor gatherings that limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants are closed for the 1st time masks are required outdoors governments to peel to people to avoid panic buying saying it's well prepared. 30 people have been sentenced to death in the democratic republic of congo off to violence between rival muslim groups protesters were fights you have the right to celebrate the end of ramadan at a sports stadium in the capital of can shatter a police officer was killed several people injured $38.00 have been arrested and face charges including criminal association to rebellion and attempted murder. police in el salvador have discovered 10 bodies at the home of a former officer hugo saudi oh chavez aside it was arrested last week for killing a woman and her daughter the bodies of 7 women and 3 children then found during a raid on his property he's being investigated for sex crimes and a total of 13 murders warrants have been issued for 9 other suspects. all right

our will ripley is covering the controversy live from taipei where sienna's new movie had its global. sienna apologized profusely to china but he is now getting attacked from all directions. what's the latest? >> reporter: you would think, rosemary, that john cena of all people would be used to getting attacked from all directions as not only a movie star but a pro wrestler, but i bet he has experienced something a whole new level, if you will, when he's dealing with chinese social media. i can tell you from personal experience i had my 15 minutes at the center of chinese social media a number of years ago and they can be with you, they can be against you, you can get canceled, then they can love you, but right now, well, the response has not been so great for john cena's apology. after he gave an interview to a taiwanese broadcaster in mandarin, a western star that's actually made the effort to learn mandarin and try to connect with the chinese fans knowing that his movie has a big fan base in china. f 9 made 1$136 million bucks ovr the weekend and yet when he apologized profusely s

new delhi, the government has come and arrested 15 people because they put up posters saying, mr. prime minister, why did you send children vaccines o overseas. >> thanks for that update. >> will ripley, to you in taipeinow taiwan had been doing pretty well. how are people feeling about the new restrictions? >> it's certainly unsettling, robyn, and just moments ago we got the numbers, 333, and that's a new record for taiwan, and that's why both are now shutting down schools starting tomorrow for the next two weeks, and also suspending operations of some local city councils all in an effort to try and get people to stay inside, and stay away from the kind of large gatherings that are being blamed on the latest spike. taiwan was one of the first in the world in the onset of the pandemic to shutdown, and as a result they virtually eliminated local cases for many months and life returned to normal, and up until a few days ago, people were out at night markets and restaurants and they were gathering in large groups with their family and friends and life felt normal. little did they know that a new infection had occurred and was being spread precisely because of the lack of social distancing, and the compla

taiwan is imposing new restrictions as it battles that's why since the pandemic began in taipei and surrounding areas and all gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants will close those with more news in the next it's faultlines to stay with us for cultivating food is the foundation of human civilization but food today is a global commodity if the industry did not make money how many people. and how it's cultivated a contentious debate public interest in the public safety is definitely not taking an in-depth examination into our great business and the conflicting interests that play industry doesn't want any regulation interest want to put the products on the market the price of progress on al-jazeera. 7 in many ways the presidency of donald trump has been fielding moment like this. more than 3 years dangerous rhetoric. and he's selling this dissent from a champagne wave the groundwork for the idea that if i lose it meaning there's been this massive. election cycle dominated by false claims of fraud. and a party all to willing to let him do it wouldn't want to. really wasn't a

what's known as a coronavirus success story taiwan is imposing new restrictions as it battles its worst outbreak since the pandemic began in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants will close for the 1st time masks are required outdoors after 180 new community infections were reported the government has appealed to people to avoid panic buying saying it's well prepared. china has successfully landed a spacecraft on mars it's now the 3rd country to have a rover touchdown on the red planet after the u.s. and russia alexey o'brien reports. an explosion of relief and celebration after what scientists describe as 7 minutes of terror was watching their spacecraft land on mars. the middle of the mission of the 60. china's venture to the red planet is its most ambitious space mission yet before now it's only gone as far as the moon. you never were only a woman it should be said that this was not an easy task it is our 1st time down this path and we have met many difficulties and it was through a lot of hard work that today we were able to go through with our plans to make our goals

once known as a coronavirus success story taiwan is imposing new district as it battles its worst outbreak since the pandemic began in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants will close and for the 1st time masks are required outdoors after 180 new community infections were reported taiwan has reported fewer than 1312 in 1000 cases among its 24000000 people most imported from abroad. in colombia authorities say a surge in corona virus cases is putting pressure on i.c.u. units the government is warning hospitals in the country's largest cities are almost full over 1000 deaths in colombia have passed 80000 where the capital bogota recording its highest number of deaths on thursday in the past week at least 470 people have died from the virus. in other news chileans are voting in an unprecedented election to choose delegates for a constitutional convention a new constitution was one of the key demands during months of social protests many hope it will guarantee social rights such as health education and pensions the election is taking place over 2 days latin america and

burned israeli flags and in other news taiwan is imposing new a strict as it battles its worst outbreak since the koran a virus pandemic began in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants will close. those are the headlines so raman will have more news for you on al-jazeera after the listening post. when the news breaks some had been bracing for more than 12 hours but with hospitals out of beds and oxygen when people need to be heard to 80 percent of the people here are in debt many for trying to find food and this story needs to be told there's no safety in my country that can make go back there live with exclusive interview fighting against the military. to cool things down to see iraq as teens on the going to bring money the rewards really documentaries i'm delighted nice. guy referred to below really. are the kind of mind. that like alex and. they're calling them all telling us. that. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post where we dig into the coverage and look at how news is reported here are the media stories we're looking at this week. under assault bloodshe

known as a coronavirus success story taiwan is imposing new restorations that it has a battle's its worst outbreak since a ban demick began in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants will close and for the 1st time masks are required outdoors after 180 new community infections where reported. chad has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world one out of every $100.00 pregnant women is expected to die during labor or from related complications as him organ reports from the capital one of the biggest challenges is access to medical care. this hospital in chad capital is where how one comes to receive prenatal care it's more than 2 hours away from her home but it's her 1st pregnancy and she's been experiencing complications and with her due date just weeks away she fears for her life and that of her baby. i've heard stories of women suffering during childbirth and i've been getting it regular pains in my stomach so i come to the hospital to get help because i don't want anything to happen to me. i was says her fear is made worse by the fact back teenage pregnancy

toilet paper and nonperishable goods the government is imposing new restrictions as it battles its worst outbreak since the pandemic began in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants are closed. top stories are not a 0 israeli airstrikes have flattened more buildings and killed dozens more people in gaza's deadliest day yet for the past week of violence at least 46 people were killed in sunday's israeli assault air assault in gaza city 10 of them children nearly 200 people have been killed in gaza since the conflict began a week ago including 58 children israel's military says hamas fired 120 rockets from gaza overnight around 3000 rockets have been ordered all together in the past week some intercepted by israel's iron dome missile defense system at least 10 people have been killed inside israel including 2 children the u.n. says at least 250 people have been injured. a car has rammed israeli police injuring at least 6 offices in the occupied east jerusalem neighborhood of shaikh jarrah that's where jewish settlers are trying to forcibly expel palestinian families from their

toilet paper and nonperishable goods the government is imposing new restrictions as it battles its worst outbreak since the pandemic began in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants are closed. top stories are not a 0 is ready as strikes have flattened more buildings and killed dozens more people in gaza's deadliest day yet of the past week of violence at least 46 people were killed in sunday's israeli assault air assault in gaza city 10 of them children nearly 200 people have been killed in gaza since the conflict began a week ago including 58 children israel's military says hamas fired 120 or.

percent of those elected must be female taiwan is imposing new restrictions as it battles its worst outbreak since the pandemic began in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants will close and you can follow of course all of those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com it's updated throughout the day and back with more news in half an hour but next on al-jazeera is counting the cost with how to stay with us. like we will never give up we will never get to see that shook us politics to its core. faultlines examines the fallout i don't know what the hell happened to the republican party and asks what next for the grand old party everything i think or everything is clear this is trumps party will the fire overtake the party will overtake the country fault lines capital attack the republican party off to trump on al-jazeera. however i am how the markets and this is currently in the cost on al-jazeera of the world of business and economics this week the return of big government by then spending trillions taxing the rich and corporations giving away peyton's for vaccines

taipei sink is so much. well back here in europe there's some big news on which is why we go straight to our correspondent chelsea delaney in front of the jail so you've got the latest i do so just about an hour ago the news broke that amazon has actually won its appeal against an e.u. back taxes case they were essentially being told to pay about 250000000 euros to the e.u. in this was money that they the e.u. says they were owed because because amazon had been avoiding taxes in luxembourg where they set up their european headquarters. amazon had appealed this case and today the general court the 2nd highest court and the e.u. says that they agree with amazon and that they that amazon doesn't have to pay this 250000000 euros amazon who has of course emerged as really the poster child of. clever tax arrangements to avoid taxation and last year here in europe amazon earned a record amount of money and paid no corporate taxes big internationals not paying taxes in europe of course has been an issue for quite some time so what implications are there for other big national international companies and their obligations

more than 320 new infections were reported on saturday. will ripley joins me live from taipei with more. hi, will. >> reporter: hey, robyn. it's hard to believe in the developed world you have a country that has ordered tens of millions of doses, yet only 700,000 have arrived. and less than 1% of the population is vaccinated as they face their worst breakout of covid since the pandemic began. this is an island of 23 million people that had eliminated local cases for 250 days. life was normal just about a week ago. let me show you what has happened just in the last week. i arrived about a week ago myself. the numbers last friday, 1,290 total cases. 164 cases local. today, nearly 3,900 total cases. look at that -- a 16-fold increase in the number of local cases, now 2,701. also two new deaths confirmed to, a total of 17 deaths so far this pandemic. these are still numbers that are small, that are the envy of many countries around the world, but as those countries which saw huge waves and are starting to open up, taiwan is shutting back down. there's even been talk that if these

haidi: we are counting down to the open of trading in taipei after the massive selloff. breaking newslan in one of the first steps to returning -- providing instructions to repair an electrical issue that had it grounded all of the new jets for more than a month. this is according to people familiar with the matter. the second is coming soon and this is after outlined electrical flows in april. we are seeing this as repair orders are resolving that manufacturing defect. in thwarted boeing's ongoing plan to try to smoothly we introduce the 373 match after crashes have them grounded worldwide. coming up, discussing stock issues and glut -- a gas in china. that is ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: foreign secretary says negotiations on china expirations are moving along but he spoke exclusively about where those talks are at. >> and might starts and thing in the stock market, being a lawyer i know you can be charged for stockman ablation. i don't want to say too much except for this, when we first met it was in manila and there was a question about the development of a gas. we got a dra

taipei thank you thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other business stories making news our sales in the european union are recovering from a near standstill joined and i made new data shows that 862000 cars were sold in april 3 times as much as a year earlier but still down from pre and demick numbers growth has been strongest in italy and france the european commission is voting in more unified taxation of companies across the bloc that includes measures that would make large multinationals publish their effective tax rates to ensure greater transparency that work tax regimes across the ears $27.00 member nations are struggling with large volumes of cross border trade. now the united states is expected to weigh sanctions on the company overseeing the construction of russia's nord stream to pipeline into germany that's according to reporting by axios last into running mostly parallel to the previously built more stream pipeline connects russia and germany via the baltic sea starting in the borg and leading to an already completed terminal in the german state of mecca and work rest on pomerania the uni

19 victims were recovered from the river taiwan is imposing new restrictions as it battles its worst outbreak since the pandemic began in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants continue to be closed. with headlines are now deserted to stay with us more in half an hour . org. we even a world where industry doesn't want any regulation they just want to put the products on the market. and. we need a regulation so we don't do. crazy things because maybe sometimes we do crazy things i don't know but i'll accept that we have regulation we want to regulation i was in this. we don't behave then yes penalties that's fine. obviously the the industry makes money of course it does if the industry did not make money how many people would be out of work. or sort of the last concern the public interest in the public safety is definitely not taking precedent corporate interests corporate profits have been getting priority with the regulator so that needs to change and one of the big ways to do that is just to require transparency. we we'd love transparency we would like to publish ever

paper a known perishable foods the government is imposing new restrictions as it battles its worst outbreak since the pandemic began in taipei and surrounding areas indoor gatherings are limited to 5 people and shops and restaurants are closed. chad has one of the highest maternal which will mortality rate in the world one out of every $100.00 pregnant women is expected to die during labor or from related complications for health workers are trying to improve the care they receive but say many challenges remain. morgan as more from the capital. this hospital in chad's capital is where comes to receive prenatal care it's more than 2 hours away from her home but it's her 1st pregnancy and she's been experiencing complications and with her due date just weeks away she fears for her life and that of her baby. i've heard stories of women suffering during childbirth and i've been getting regular pains in my stomach so i come to the hospital to get help because i don't want anything to happen to me. i was says her fear is made worse by the fact back teenage pregnancy increases the chances of maternal mortality she's only 14 and cha

of force the rest of the day's news coming up including taiwan's relations with hong kong plunging to the lowest point in years after hong kong closed its office in taipei an empty supermarket shelves and empty streets pandemics things not normally associated with east asia so now. let's look to europe where conditions are looking cooler than expected across much of central and northern areas for this time of year and that's due to this low precious sitting here we're seeing over cost a lot of wet weather coming through it's further east that we're seeing a higher pressure bringing warmer conditions to russia $27.00 degrees in moscow and that's extending up across parts of scandinavia but much of the west to weather as we go into wednesday is going to be across parts of ukraine remain we're going to see some storms kicking in there but we'll also have a wet weather across france and germany cloud cover there as well as the british isles though some sunshine will break through for the warmer conditions we've got to go to southern parts of europe look at the sunshine coming in for our friends in spain that extends across into italy and of course into gree

country's state news agency said the island's authorities had signed agreements with two local companies, though their vaccines have yet to receive official approval. last week, taipeichina's territory — of blocking a deal for taiwan to buy vaccines directly from biontech in germany. beijing has denied the allegations. south africa is increasing its covid—i9 restrictions to try and fight a surge in recent infections. a nightly curfew is to be extended meaning nonessential shops, bars and restaurants, will be forced to close by 10pm. courtney bembridge has the details. south africa has recorded more than 56,000 deaths and 1.6 million cases — more than any other african nation. and infections are, once again, rising fast. facemasks are mandatory in public and the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, has announced a limit on indoor and outdoor public gatherings. further restrictions are necessary to ensure that health facilities are not overwhelmed and that lives that could be saved are not lost. the country was hit by a devastating second wave in december and january when a variant emerged, and there are concerns the third wave is following the same trajectory. the s

the rest of the day's news is coming up including taiwan's relations with hong kong plunging to their lowest point in years after hong kong closes its office in taipei and empty supermarket shelves and empty streets pandemic seems not normally associated with east asia oh. hello there let's start in southeast asia and it's cloudy skies and thundershowers across much of the philippines you can see that on the satellite image there we could see some localized flooding where those showers optically really intense and it's a similar story for borneo some heavier showers here you can see the yellow peaks and into china seeing some of the heavy showers as well across southern parts of thailand and vietnam as well as we as we go into thursday indonesia will see those showers affecting parts of sumatra as we move now to a stray out we are expecting showers along the eastern coast of queensland and new south wales 21 degrees in sydney so temperatures where we expect them to be it's a dry unsettled picture across central areas as well as up in the north $33.00 degree degrees in darwin it's in the south that we are seeing the west so weather along the coast an

taipei office thank you so much. as pandemic lock downs continue to ease in britain london's victorian albert museum is preparing to reopen by unveiling a new look for its raphael caught the gallery is home to the raphael cartoons paintings the renaissance artists created in the 16th century as designs for tapestries commissioned by pope leo the 10th and the 7 of 10 original designs survived they were loaned to the museum by queen victoria in 865 the renovations to the gallery included a darker wall color and improved lighting. now what to football be bremner back to derek jack ruby and the queen have in common they've all been immortalized in bronze by francis siegelman and they didn't have to wait long because the british sculptor doesn't hang about famously her sittings lasts just 2 hours in a career spanning 3 decades siegelman has made dozens of works the accolades keep pouring in as the commissions. violin maverick nigel kennedy prime minister bars johnson and other members of british society when sculptor francis siegelman enters her studio in east london she always has silent observers here she's working on a private commission to 7

taipei office thank you so much. as pandemic lock downs continue to ease in britain london's victorian albert museum is preparing to reopen by unveiling a new look for its raphael caught the gallery is home to the raphael cartoons paintings the renaissance artists created in the 16th century as designs for tapestries commissioned by pope leo the 10th and the 7 of 10 original designs survived they were loaned to the museum by queen victoria in 865 the renovations to the gallery included a darker wall color and improved lighting. now what to footballer billy bremner back to derek jacket he and the queen have in common they've all been immortalized in bronze by francis siegelman and they didn't have to wait long because the british sculptor doesn't hang about famously her sittings lasts just 2 hours in a career spanning 3 decades siegelman has made dozens of works the accolades keep pouring in as do the commissions. violin maverick nigel kennedy prime minister boris johnson and other members of british society when sculptor francis siegel money enters a studio in east london she always has silent observers here she's working on a private commi