came paul brennan there live from london paul thank you. an oxygen shortage of hospitals in new delhi is growing more urgent by the minutes on monday the nation of nearly 1400000000 people registered another records in daily kovan 1000 factions more than 350000 cases 2800 people died in the single in the biggest single day increase so far in his capital has the best medical facilities in the country but it's also been struggling with emergency shortages salissa both purana has more from the just opened school with 19 care center in new delhi. where outside and makeshift. center which is just opened to cater to the very large numbers of people who can't find hospital beds because all the hospitals in. the center has 500 beds oxygen delis leaders said that they'll be adding hundreds more intensive care unit beds to the indo tibetan border police are providing medical personnel and so we have other very distraught family members of the 19 patients trying to get them admitted here but they are being told that they still need referrals and that

paul brennan reports from westminster. >> downing street, the very heart of boris johnson's government among the stream of damaging leaks and revolutions, -- and revelations, the questions of how the renovations were paid for. made front-page news. it is been alleged that johnson first try to get wealthy supporters to pay for the work. then his political party loaned him the money. if so, that should've been made public. >> theprime minister -- >> electoral commission is now involved and at prime minister's question, the opposition labour party smelled blood. who initially, prime minister, initially is the keyword here, paid for the redecoration of his downing street flint? >> minister, i think i have answered this question several time. and the answer is, that i have covered the cost. i have met the requirements i have been advised to meet in full. >> what do we get from this prime minister, dodgy contracts, jobs for their mates and cash for access, and whose at the heart of it the prime minister, major sleeze sitting there. >> again and again johnson would not clarify who had paid th

share price back up but the workers who made that possible by demanding their share of the success paul brennan al-jazeera shortage he's learned. from kim bell in dull how with the headlines on al-jazeera european and u.k. regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca covered 19 vaccine and rare blood clots but they insist the risk of the corona virus is fog race and then the risk posed by tossing.

spending watchdog says it has reasonable grounds to suspect an offense may have been committed paul brennan reports from london. downing street the very heart of boris johnson's government is in turmoil among the stream of damaging leaks and revelations in recent days the question of exactly how the renovations of johnson's downing street apartment were paid for have been front page news it's been alleged that johnson 1st tried to get wealthy supporters to pay for the work then that his political party loaned him the money if so that should have been made public prime minister the electoral commission is now involved and at the weekly session of prime minister's questions the opposition labor party smelled blood who initially of prime minister initially is the key word here who initially paid for the redecoration of his downing street . minister misspeak i think i'll answer this question several times and the arts the answer is that i have covered the costs i have met the requirements that i've been obliged to meet in full what we get from this prime minister of this conservative government

the rules don't exist in this electoral commission there is a watchdog prepared to apply them paul brennan al-jazeera westminster and northern ireland's 1st minister has announced that she's resigning after calls within her party for a leadership contest she says she'll resign as party leader on may 28th and has northern ireland's 1st minister by the end of june critics blame arlene foster for the trade barrier down the irish sea which is known as the northern ireland protocol which was agreed as part of the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. the russian authorities have painted over a mural of the jail kremlin critic hours after it appeared issued a jubilant in the name making a heart shape with his hands next to a slogan a hero of a time the mural was painted in president vladimir putin's hometown st petersburg the opposition figure is serving a 2 and a half year prison sentence for violating parole while he was being treated in germany last year for poisoning more on that and everything else that we have been covering here on al-jazeera on our website there it is al jazeera dot com. and now the

whether or not tory party donors paid for renovations at his residence last year i want to bring in paul brennan our correspondent in london paul this sounds like another lively session of premises question times but any one of these would be a problem for any prime minister but coming all together like this this must be giving boris johnson a headache. data i hope our international viewers who perhaps aren't always familiar with the way prime minister's questions operate here in the u.k. enjoy that other parents edition of a it's rather typical of a very combative boris johnson on the very forensic leader of the opposition kids start giving his background of a former director of public prosecutions is questioning is very precise and very deliberate as you say boris johnson has been in trouble now for several weeks there's been a series of damaging and embarrassing leaks about text messages between him and the saudi crown prince text messages between him and a billionaire businessman james dyson over tax affairs and the prime minister has got himself also in a very bitter row a war of words with

price back up but the workers who made that possible are demanding their share of the success paul brennan al-jazeera shortage he's learned. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories in the you and u.k. medicines regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca qubit 1000 bank scene and rare blood clots but they insist the risk of the corona virus is far greater than the risk of death from clotting the number of corona virus deaths in brazil has dipped slightly from a record high of 40 to 100 announced on tuesday.

certainly what happened in charities ghar could scarcely have gone much worse paul brennan al-jazeera. turning to me and now where at least 3 anti military protesters have been killed by security forces in the latest demonstrations against february's co. despite the military crackdown thousands of people turned out in cities across the country for easter sunday in the biggest city young gone young people handed out eggs many of them decorated with the 3 fingers the new or the slogan spring revolution will a treat as of now announced arrest warrants for nearly 60 celebrities known for their opposition to the coup. thank you for the lot of parents used to not let their children go out but the young people are determined to fight they have a strong will to get freedom now some parents are letting them go out and join the strike with them. garia could be heading for a political crisis despite months of anti-government protests and such in case of covert exit polls in sunday's parliamentary elections put the prime minister boyko poor self in 1st place but he could struggle to form a coalit

2017 the maoists for the government for more than 4 decades demanding land and jobs for farmers paul brennan has more. the security personnel included paramilitary officers from the central reserve police forces elite cobra unit special forces police who were supposed to be well equipped to tackle the maoist fighters known as next else instead their intelligence led raid on a naxalite hideout in the dry brush and sparse forests rapidly escalated to 24 hour firefight of extraordinary for all city. the chief of operations in the region described how the rebels used rocket launchers and hand grenades against the security forces he denied that the police tactics had been at fault the casualties were unfortunate he said but the rebels also suffered numerous losses the extent of those rebel losses on not clear but the police casualties were abundantly obvious as they arrived at hospital in right for more than 20 elite police officers were killed and more than 30 others wounded including several left in a critical condition. our security personnel have been killed i pay tribute to them and i want t

are under new scrutiny after police arrested several people at a recent vigil for a magic woman paul brennan is at one of the rallies there in london for us for them we last spoke it was all looking very peaceful but there's really been quite the police deployment they were saying that now. the protests started at around midday in hyde park which is about a couple of miles away from here in this congress until now in parliament square which is where i'm standing on the home of parliament whitehall they seem to start to move a little bit down whitehall now it's been entirely peaceful for the most part of the day apart from about 10 minutes ago 20 about 20 minutes ago when there was a spill and scuffle and then the police came under attack missiles and bottles just on the corner over there and one point in the quite nasty but it's largely calmed down now that people have stopped for the throwing things at police but the main grievance there into the bigger issue at stake here is this police and crime bill which the government is trying to push through parliament at the moment still in the lowe

price back up but the workers who made that possible are demanding their share of the success paul brennan al-jazeera shortage is london. go for tiger woods was driving at nearly twice the speed limit when he crashed his car 2 months ago according to an investigation at the accident in southern california left the gulf in legend seriously injured when he visited off the road and hit a tree and his county sheriff also said there was no sign of woods breaking including he did inadvertently hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal woods is now in florida recovering from multiple surgeries on serious leg injuries including shattered bones come on you can catch up any time on our website the address for that is out there dot com he watches live by clicking on the orange line michael. or one of the top stories on our jazeera european and u.k. medicines regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca coated 19 vaccine and rare blood clots but they insist the risks associated with a corona virus are far greater than the risk of death from clotting there's

price back up but the workers who made that possible are demanding their share of the success paul brennan al-jazeera shortage east london. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories european and u.k. medicines regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca qubit 19 bank scene and rare blood clots but they insist the risk of the corona virus is far greater than the risk of death from a blood clot and expert witnesses testified at the trial of the former police officer who's accused of killing george floyd jodie sigler said derrick cho even used inappropriate deadly force when kneeling on floyd's neck for all the 9 minutes .

price back up but the workers who made that possible are demanding their share of the success paul brennan al-jazeera shortage he's learned. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories he you and u.k. medicines regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca qubit 1000 bank scene and rare blood clots but they insist the risk of the corona virus is far greater than the risk of death from clotting the number of corona virus deaths in brazil has dipped slightly from a record high of 4200 announced on tuesday another 3800 deaths were reported on weapons day as he has throughout the pandemic the president continues to play dumb covert 19. an expert in the use of force has testified at the trial of the former police officer who is accused of killing george floyd jodie steiger said derrick cho being used inappropriate deadly force when kneeling on floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes 30 you have an opinion to a degree reasonable professional certainty how much force was reasonable for the defendant to use on mr floyd after mr floyd was handcuffed placed in a

released from prison in march after serving 5 years on charges of forcing against the government paul brennan has more from outside the iranian embassy in london. and events at this location that has led to this latest conviction against muslims or god iraq left rather extraordinarily an event back in 2009 a protest against the iranian government witnessing dozens of garri rachleff attended at which she gave an interview to the b.b.c. persian service that has now been resurrected by the prosecuting authorities in tehran and she has now been convicted on a propaganda charge of propaganda against the iranian republic. and oxygen shortage at hospitals in the delhi is growing more urgent spy the minutes on monday india registered another record and daily call with 19 infections bangladesh is closing its land or border with india in response to the record breaking infection rates that ceiling banas affects are from monday and x. clued stransky taishan of gates the european union has taken legal action against pharmaceutical company astra zeneca it says the vaccine manufacturer breached its contrac

correspond paul brennan who is live in london outside the iranian embassy paul good to see you what's the reaction been from west minister. universal condemnation of this move from senior politicians i mean the reason why i'm here outside the iranian embassy is because it's here in 2009 that nazneen zardari rockliffe attended government rally and anti government protest and during the protest gave an interview to the b.b.c. persian service and it's for that 12 years later that the iranian authorities have now prosecuted and convicted her for what they say is propaganda against the iranian islamic republic the reaction let's start with the foreign secretary dominic robb who said it was totally inhumane and wholly unjustified decision to come to this this conviction and we continue to call on around to release immediately the prime minister boris johnson then subsequently added his voice to the chorus of outrage i don't think it's right at all that knows and should be sentenced to any more time in jail i think that it was wrong with it it's wrong that she's there in the 1st place and wi

spreading propaganda against iran she and her family of war with the allegations against several paul brennan is live in london and joins us from outside the iranian embassy paulo what's happening but these latest charges she's been accused of plotting against iran presumably from inside a prison cell what's going on. well no it's the reason why we're here is because it's here that. doesn't ins are going to directly it's alleged offense is supposed to have taken place 2009. government protests here outside the iranian embassy as an ins a go rachleff participated in protests and gave an interview to b.b.c. persian and now 12 years on the iranians have decided to prosecute her for this despite the fact that she's already gone through the system for the other charges which she denied she denies these charges as well but on march the 14th in a 20 minute hearing behind closed doors they. tried her for this offense and have now decided that she will be sentenced to another year in prison i have to say that she's not been ordered back to jail yet so technically she's not behind bars but the other as

that offense may have been committed this follows days of allegations over government cronyism paul brennan reports from westminster. downing street the very heart of boris johnson's government is in turmoil among the stream of damaging leaks and revelations in recent days the question of exactly how the renovations of johnson's downing street apartment were paid for have been front page news it's been alleged that johnson 1st tried to get wealthy supporters to pay for the work then that his political party loaned him the money if so that should have been made public prime minister the electoral commission is now involved and at the weekly session of the prime minister's questions the opposition labor party smelled blood who initially of prime minister initially is the keyword here who initially paid for the redecoration of his downing street. mr and mrs peacocke i think i own to this question several times and and the answer the answer is that i have covered the costs i have met the requirements that i've been obliged to meet in full what we get from this prime minister of this conservativ

price back up but the workers who made that possible are demanding their share of the success paul brennan al-jazeera shortage he's learned. coming up on the news hour and one of. his most influential players assigned a new deal gemma's along in just a moment. all . the. time for your sports news here's gemma thank you come out the calls of tiger woods his car crash in february has been revealed with police saying the gulf it was driving almost twice the speed limit at the time of the accident in los angeles with was traveling at speeds of up to 140 kilometers per hour which was too fast to handle the curve of the road and ultimately caused his car to hit a tree investigators believe the 15 time major champion may have accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake when he realized he was losing control of the vehicle the l.a. county sheriff also said there was no evidence he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol but police say it didn't check his mobile phone to see if he was on a cool texting at the time of the crash which suffered serious leg injuries in the accident is mis

quarter of its value since it was listed on the london exchange at the end of march live there to paul brennan who joins us from london. strike will appear to be already having some impact presumably the writers are hoping for more. well indeed i mean the flotation of delivery has really focused attention on the whole gig economy and particularly after the recent court case involving drivers who partly won their case although the ruling in the u.k. courts didn't include riders who work for the food delivery side of that delivery situation is slightly different they floated on the stock market to institutional investors a couple of weeks ago they didn't raise the amount of money the capital that they expected today they wanted 4 pounds 60 or 60 pence. in fact it went for 390 and then the the the value then dropped even further to the 280 when the retail investors were able to start buying and selling their shares today the protest is designed to coincide with that and alex marshall who's the president of the independent workers of great britain union joins me to talk about this alex what is it

week over the past 7 days for the prime minister and one that we'll continue to monitor with you paul brennan outside the house of commons in london thank you paul. now south africa's president has told a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor that he will launch to defend the indefensible so robert poser says the governing party could have done more to prevent corruption during jacob zuma as tenure poser is the highest ranking official to testify in the so-called state capture scandal zuma faces allegations of allowing a business family close to him to secure government contracts and influence policy for me the miller has more outside of the commission building in johannesburg. those under commission is looking into wide scale corruption and until now much of it has focused on former president jacob zuma in fact he's called the commission a witch hunt and this is why he said he's staying away you appeared once or twice and said he wouldn't come back because he felt vilified he felt targeted many says he hasn't been given a fair opportunity to represent himself and the outcomes are real

paul brennan, al jazeera london. >> somali opposition fighters have taken a position in parts of mogadishua day after clashes with government troops over the president bid to extend his mandate. witnesses have seen armed men and vehicles with machine guns on monday. key roads were blocked. somalia is facing its wrorst political crisis after a failure to hold elections in fabric. on sunday heavy gunfire was turned into the night after fighting broke out between government forces and the opposition leaders. we are following developments from nairobi. >> we're being told now the opposing forces have held their positions but we have not had any active engagement this money. there appears to be shuttle diplomacy going on. nobody wants an outright war. so diplomats are trying to get opposing sides to the talking table, saying they must negotiate, they must de-escalate the tensions. we have seen statements from international partners like the u.k., the e.u., the u.n. calling for clalm, saying, whoever tries to keep somalia over the edge will be held responsible. we have also had a televised state

he's been praised for supporting the monarchy as it began reinventing itself in the 21st century paul brennan reports. that the official notice of prince philip's death was posted at the gates of buckingham palace the prince had died peacefully on friday morning at windsor castle it concluded the royal family joined with people around the world in mourning his loss the prime minister was among the 1st to pay tribute prince philip the affection of generations here in the united kingdom across the commonwealth. and around the world like the expert carriage driver that he was he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life. the duke of edinburgh witnessed 1st hand as britain's global empire was replaced in the 20th century by the current commonwealth of nations and now statements of condolence have come from across the continent he was a local guy. you know. his wife to observers you know and in kenya girl who are. visible everybody from small to india's narendra modi praise the prince's dist

under renewed scrutiny after police arrested several people at a recent vigil for a murdered woman paul brennan was at one of the demonstrations in london and reports on why the policing bill is so controversial. it's largely inspired by 2960 action rebellion protests which paralyzed central london for many many weeks and the police felt powerless to actually move people on and get the thought affairs of london the roads open and running again the criticism of all of this particular proposed legislation is that it goes too far the other way that it wouldn't allow the police on a much lower threshold not from the risk of serious disorder but just from public nuisance grounds to. finish times and impose more of the strictures on protesters the government doesn't appear minded to back down on this they have a majority in parliament theoretically they could push it through if they wanted to there will be amendments no doubt submitted by opposition parties who are very angry about it and the biggest criticism really is that it's a mammoth bill which lumps lots of different things in together for exa

could be done better certainly what happened in chat is gar could scarcely have gone much worse paul brennan al-jazeera taiwan's transport minister says he's stepping down following a train crash that killed 51 people the train derailed on friday when it had a truck that rolled onto the tracks from a neighboring construction sites the sites manager has apologised and is in police custody. so then i would like to make a statement i have caused a serious accident to taiwan railway administration start i call train number 408 during the thomas sweeping holiday desir the skulls people to be wounded and dead i deeply regret the days i also express my most sincere apologies i will do all i can to cooperate with the english gators and take on their responsibilities i have. 6 of the derrick chauvinism murder trial over the killing of george floyd in minneapolis it has just recommenced court is in session let's listen in to the 1st witness and we can just call you dr langdon film that's for. dr langer felt did you provide emergency care to the the bottom to george floyd after he was taken to helping

her family and supporters just a month since she finished a 5 year sentence in a separate case paul brennan reports from london. photos of a smiling and relieved nazanin zakari rachleff last month after have 5 year ordeal seemed nearly over having spent 4 years in jail she spent the final months of her prison sentence under house arrest at her parents' home in tehran wearing an ankle tac to monitor her movements but hope she might soon return to the u.k. were dashed by a new charge of making propaganda and now a guilty verdict which nelson and her husband emphatically rejects last time around were trying to go this time around and. saying you know we've watched this now for you know. we've clearly been and as collateral. and we are still. sick are exactly the project manager with the charity the thomson reuters foundation was arrested a tehran airport in april 26th seen after visiting her parents she was later convicted on a national security charge an allegation she has always denied the new propaganda allegation dates back even further this new conviction relates to an event here at the i

order to allow more fans to attend as the coronavirus restrictions were lifted our correspondent paul brennan was out among the limited crowds in north london. a big safe wembley stadium and a lot more at stake than just the cow cup in this event this is the 2nd large scale test event here at wembley stadium with 8000 spectators allowed to attend the game 4000 of them are actually club fans from both manchester city and from tottenham hotspur the other 4000 residents and h.s. workers who secured bed tickets through a ballot system now the conditions for getting a ticket include you have to have had a negative coronavirus lateral flow test in the last 24 hours and you have to agree to have subsequent testing in the coming days after this game but those fans that we've spoken to ahead of the game today say they're just glad to be back the last game it was that was 26 of february i was our last game in betrayed away so it's been a year. i overdo. spare moment and hopefully by the summer we'll be able to enjoy some big stadium offenses certainly by next season. and watching city at the atlanta ga

for supporting the 1000 year old monarchy as it began reinventing itself in the 21st century is paul brennan efficient notice of.

spreading propaganda against her and she and her family have always denied the allegations against her paul brennan is in london but the reaction. universal condemnation of this move from senior politicians i mean the reason why i'm here outside the iranian embassy is because it's here in 2009 that nazneen zardari rockliffe attended and to rein in government rally and anti government protest and join the protests gave an interview to the b.b.c. persian service and it's for that 12 years later that the iranian authorities have now prosecuted and convicted her for what they say is propaganda against the iranian islamic republic the reaction let's start with the foreign secretary dominic robb who said it was totally inhumane and wholly unjustified decision to come to this this conviction and we continue to call on iran to release nelson immediately and the prime minister boris johnson then subsequently added his voice to the chorus of outrage i don't think it's right at all that nice clean should be sentenced to any more time in jail i think that it was wrong if it's wrong that she's there in the 1st

plotting against the government she and her family have always denied the allegations against paul brennan has more from outside the iranian embassy in london. it's an event at this location that has led to this latest conviction against nazanin who got a rock cliff rather extraordinarily an event back in 2009 a protest against the iranian government which is in 1000 inzaghi rockliffe attended which she gave an interview to the b.b.c. persians. that has now been resurrected by the prosecuting authorities in tehran and she has now been convicted on a propaganda charge of propaganda against the iranian republic. russia has suspended all activity offense anticorruption organization set up by alexina volley it comes ahead of a ruling that could see his knees men designated as extremist they saw headlines inside story coming up next. global military spending reached nearly 2 trillion dollars last year the u.s. is still by far the biggest spender a new report finds many countries have spent lavishly on their militaries despite the global pandemic so what's fuelling this spending spree this is in

the rules don't exist in this electoral commission there is a watchdog prepared to apply them paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. and northern ireland's 1st minister is resigning after calls within her party for a leadership contest she says she will step down as party leader on may 28th and as the northern ireland's 1st minister by the end of june critics blame arlene foster for the trade barrier between down the irish sea known as the northern ireland protocol which was agreed to as part of the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. . south africa's president has told a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor that the governing a.n.c. party could and should have done more to prevent graft the so-called state capture inquiry is looking at allegations that former president jacob zuma allowed members of the controversial gupta family to secure government contracts and influence policy from a poser was the president on this he testified that he would make excuses or defend the indefensible but he didn't name zuma the south african president has faced opposition from within his own party over how to

price back up but the workers who made that possible are demanding their share of the success paul brennan al-jazeera shortage is london. the golfer tiger woods was driving at nearly twice the speed limit when he crashed his car 2 months ago an investigation has found the accident in southern california enough to go from legend seriously injured when he varied of a road and hit a tree in los angeles county sheriff also said there was no sign of woods breaking concluding he'd inadvertently hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal woods is now in florida recovering from multiple surgeries on serious leg injuries including shattered bones. the small west african nation of bin inas preparing for its presidential election this weekend with more than a dozen candidates disqualified from running and president patrice tennille is expected to face a weakened opposition after several changes to election laws i mean address reports from the coastal city of katrina. a rally for the president as election day draws closer it's mostly a long convoys parading the streets of the capital these days. m

could be done better certainly what happened in chat is gar could scarcely have gone much worse paul brennan al jazeera. so 5 years of an attack by armed groups in northern mozambique have spoken of the horror that unfolded one woman gave birth on the side of the road as she fed fighting in her hometown of pamela a tory good to be has a story. safe and sound in a hotel room this baby boy and his mother survived a traumatic birth during a raid by armed men on their hometown fatto abdullah as he was separated from her husband and 3 other children as they try to escape fighting in palmer she delivered her baby alone without medical treatment on the side of a road in the event you see i was tired while i was running and i was left behind by the group i was with then it got dark and i felt really sick and i couldn't go on i knew it was time to go into labor i slipped right where i was and gave birth alone armed groups stormed pama nearly 2 weeks ago killing dozens of people some of those displaced have arrived in the city of pemba the provincial capital of kabul delgado a province i'm about to se

rules don't exist and in this electoral commission there is a watchdog prepared to apply them paul brennan al-jazeera westminster northern ireland's 1st minister has announced she's stepping down after members of her party challenge her leadership arlene foster will resign as leader of the democratic unionist party and is northern ireland's 1st minister critics blame her for the trade barrier down the irish sea known as the northern ireland protocol which was agreed as part of the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. and her simmons has more from outside the northern ireland assembly in belfast there are up to half a dozen contenders in the leadership race all of them men and one thing you can count on is that the heart of the line they take against bricks it in the northern ireland protocol more chance they'll have of winning the protocol being foisted upon northern ireland against the will of union us has served to destabilise northern ireland and more recent times. and why if there is still a job of work today i'm proud that there is a young generation of democratic unionist getting involved in po

price back up but the workers who made that possible are demanding their share of the success paul brennan al-jazeera shortage. with the headlines on al-jazeera european and u.k. regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca covered 19 vaccine and rare blood clots but they insist the risk of the corona virus is fog greater than the risk posed by tossing india has announced another record number of new cases more than 126000 covered 19 infections were reported in the last 24 hours new delhi mumbai and dozens of other cities are imposing night curfews the government says people still are not complying enough with ma schools and social distancing. the number of coronavirus deaths in brazil has dipped slightly from the record high of 4200 announced on tuesday another 3800 deaths were reported on wednesday with around 92000 new infections president continues to play down covert 19 and has rejected the idea of a national lockdown an expert in the use of force has testified at the trial of the former police officer who's accused of killing george floyd jodie