and victor joins us now from sao paulo. just devastating, that reporting there. and what do you do in a country with skyrocketing cases and deaths and a president who told the people there to stop whining, even as numbers worsen? >> reporter: david, there's no easy answer in a country that is now on its fourth minister of health since the start of the pandemic. but the president is changing his tune a little bit, with an election around the corner. he is now scrambling to buy as much vaccine as possible. what health officials tell me is so frustrating, brazil has the capacity to widely distribute vaccine, they just don't have the supply. david? >> really important reporting tonight. victor, thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, and president biden holding his first cabinet meeting today, appointing five cabinet members to lead the effort now to sell his massive new infrastructure plan, to rebuild bridges and roads across this country. and the president says creating millions of new jobs in the process. the white house arguing tonight democrats and republican

miguel nicolelis in sao paulo, really appreciate your time and your work. >> thank you.ou very much. >> we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back. >>> the u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, made a surprise visit to afghanistan on thursday. this of course coming just one day after president biden announced plans for a u.s. troop withdrawal from the company. cnn's nick paton walsh with details. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state antony blinken in kabul, he said to essentially tell afghan officials that the u.s. is not simply going away from here. the relationship it has with the afghan government is simply evolving. i'm sure some of those words may have rung hollow in the hearts of afghan officials, fearing what a military withdrawal could do here by september 11th on the battlefield. but certain publicly the reception seemed to sustain . the first reaction we got from the government is president ghani, who tweeted after president joe biden's speech that they respected the u.s. decision about troop withdrawals and wanted a smooth transition, saying the afghan g

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo. — has ordered all residents returning from a major hindu festival on the ganges to quarantine at home for 1h days. the order applies to all those attending the kumbh mela between april— the— fourth and the end of the month. they must also be registered and tested: anyone found to have flouted the rules must go to government quarantine centres. india has reported a ninth straight day of record covid cases. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is in delhi. she explained why india has been hit so badly by the pandemic. officials say it's down to poor social distancing and lax behaviour. that is what they were saying a few weeks ago, but the issue is really as the virus spreads, there seems to be mixed messages in terms of how the virus is contained. i'm speaking to you from delhi where at the moment there is a weekend lockdown in place, so only essential services are allowed to operate. all restraunts and shops are closed for the weekend. although they will reopen tomorrow. b

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.irus — delhi — has ordered all residents returning from a major hindu festival on the ganges to quarantine at home for 1h days. the order applies to all those attending the kumbh mela between april— the— fourth and the end of the month. they must also be registered and tested: anyone found to have flouted the rules must go to government quarantine centres. india has reported a ninth straight day of record covid cases. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is in delhi. she explained why india has been hit so badly by the pandemic. officials say it's down to poor social distancing to poor social distancing and lax behaviour. that is what they were saying a few weeks ago, but the issue is really as the virus spreads, there seems to be mixed messages in terms of how the virus is contained. i'm speaking to you from delhi where at the moment there is a weekend lockdown in place, so only essential services are allowed to operate. all the shops are closed for the weekend. although t

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.. mr navalny has been on a hunger strike for more than two weeks, because he�*s not being allowed access to his own medical team. the european union says it is deeply concerned about reports of his health and has called for his release. speaking on the andrew marr show russia�*s ambassador to the uk, andrei kelin, was asked if mr navalny would be allowed to die in prison. he will not be allowed to die in prison but i can say that mr navalny behaves like a hooligan, absolutely, in trying to violate every rule that has been established. his purpose of doing that is to attract attention for him, also by saying that today his left hand is sick, tomorrow his leg is sick and all of that stuff... the european court of human rights has ruled that the charges against him for the money laundering are, they say, arbitrary and unfair. isn�*t the truth that he is in prison because he is a threat to president putin, for democratic reasons? no, not at all. he has violated his terms of parole and that

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.u festival on the ganges to quarantine at home for ia days. the order applies to all those attending the kumbh mela between april 11th and the end of the month. they must also be registered and tested. anyone found to have flouted the rules must go to government quarantine centres. india has reported a ninth straight day of record covid cases. meanwhile, in the uk, more than 70 cases of a new indian variant have been identified, leading to calls that india should be put on the government's red list for travel. let's find out more from mike tildesley, associate professor in infectious diseases at the university of warwick. welcome to you, thanks very much for being with us. what more do we know about this new indian variant and how much they concern it is? so how much they concern it is? sr obviously we do need to remember that we do get a variance emerging all the time and many of those are pretty benign, are not really much different from any other variant circulating and occasionally

our correspondent mark sent as this report from a center of vaccinations in sao paulo. has been a little bit of a slow day at this vaccine center in the heart of sao paulo as people come in to get vaccinated over the age of 67 in our health care workers. they are coming to get the astrazeneca and the coronaus -- the corona shot from china. before they show it is full because there were some videos circulating online that would seem to suggest empty shots were going into people's arms. the vaccine goes in, and once done, proof of an empty syringe. perhaps the slow day is echoing the slow vaccination drive. only 11% of brazilians have received their first dose and 4% have received both doses. this is the country with the second highest death toll in the pandemic. more than 375,000 dead. many people blame the government and president bolsonaro, who received proposals for tens of millions of pfizer doses but said no. his critics said because of his anti-vaccine, antivirus control stats. >> we have tv programs and whatsapp messages that distort information and spread fear. o

this picture is from sÃo paulo on tuesday. the train station is packed. is brazil's vaccine rollout. that began in january, and around 8% of the population has received at least one dose. this m is responsible for the rollout. he is brazil's health minister, fourth person to do that job since the pandemic began. he's also a doctor, which some people find reassuring. here's an epidemiologist. >> the new minister is trying to do things based on science. his main enemy is the president himself. so, realistically, the new minister is trying to do the things right. we havaccelerated the vaccination. so, our goal needs to be 1.5 million doses per day. we are getting to one million per day, which is actually good, because our previous average was around 300,000 per day. and this minister admits the possibility of doing lockdowns, which is something the president doesn't admit. ros: we've already heard from a lot of people, but the man at the center of this is the man we've heard referred to, brazil's president, john jair bolsonaro. he's raised doubts about vacci

mark lowen sent us this report, from sao paulo. when brazil's dead keep coming. in latin america's largest graveyard, night shift burials to clear the backlog. the agony of loss deepened by the snatched farewell, reaching for dignity denied. this is a nation buckling under collective trauma. there is barely time to grieve before the next one arrives. another number in more than 350,000 dead. "my father died this morning," says willians. "he got covid in hospital. i have no words for the pain. "other countries are recovering but in brazil is getting worse. "if our president had bought vaccines earlier my dad could still be here." with hospitals in most regions 90% full, they're putting beds where they can. an indoor arena, once alive with brazil's passion for sport, now a field hospital for virus victims. this country has become the global epicentre and a super spreader of the variant ravaging the young too. how does it feel to see younger patients here now? it's scary. the majority of those in brazil's intensive care wards are now

mark lowen sent us this report, from sao paulo.rings no respite when brazil's dead keep coming. in latin america's largest graveyard, night shift burials to clear the backlog. the agony of loss deepened by the snatched farewell, reaching for dignity denied. this is a nation buckling under collective trauma. there is barely time to grieve before the next one arrives. another number in more than 350,000 dead. "my father died this morning," says willians. "he got covid in hospital. "i have no words for the pain. "other countries are recovering but in brazil is getting worse. "if our present had bought vaccines earlier my dad could still be here. " with hospitals in most regions 90% full, they're putting beds where they can. an indoor arena, once alive with brazil's passion for sport, now a field hospital for virus victims. this country has become the global epicentre and a super spreader of the variant ravaging the young too. how does it feel to see younger patients here now? it's scary. the majority of those in brazil's intensive car

manuel bojorquez, cbs news, sao paulo. >> diaz: the pandemic is far from over. manny, thanks.he covid crisis and other pressing global affairs tomorrow on "face the nation." margaret brennan's guests include the president of france, emmanuel macron, and the new u.s. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield. divers returned today to the waters off the louisiana coast. they are searching for lost crew members aboard a lift boat that capsized on tuesday. two more bodies were recovered yesterday, bringing the death toll to four. nine others are still missing. a safe landing today in khazakstan... >> touchdown. touchdown confirmed at 11:55. >> diaz: a soyuz capsule returned two cosmonauts and an american astronaut, kate rubins, to earth. they spent 185 days on a mission to the international space station. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," "eye on earth." the unusual fight over sand on a california beach. also, racket giveaway. meet the teen getting the game into new hands. and later, large-scale love. one woman's quest to save hippos was more than she bargained for.

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.er at the bbc sport centre. good evening. there have been some big cup games in england and scotland, highlights are coming up after the news, but stay right there if you'd like some of the headlines. leicester have reached their first fa cup final for over 50 years, they beat southampton 1—0. a few thousand fans were allowed in to watch at wembley, as was our sports correspondentjoe wilson. they're back, cautiously and limited in numbers. local residents, mainly, but supporters, in the broader sense, of football. anna's a student who lives nearwembley, holding a ticket to an experiment. i'm 19 myself, so i am one of the people who's lowest at risk of getting the virus, so i don't mind taking part in something like this. and if it means i get to see a club perform, i'm all for it. spectators had to show a negative lateral flow test to get in, keep on face coverings and maintain social distance. after the game, they'll be monitored, too. did we have the right capacity? were there big qu

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.luding the united states, britain and france, have condemned an increase in russian troop numbers near its border with ukraine. the joint declaration comes as ukraine says another one of its servicemen has been killed in clashes with russian—backed fighters in the east. the kremlin said it wasn't moving towards war, but wouldn't remain indifferent to the fate of russian speakers, in eastern ukraine. friends of alexei navalny say he has lost 15 kg in weight since being sent to a prison camp. he is on hunger strike but has accused authorities of improper treatment. one person has died and another one is being treated in hospital following a shooting in paris. it happened in the early hours of monday afternoon in the 16th arrondissement of the french capital. the attacker opened fire hitting a man and a womanjust outside the hospital henry dunant. the mayor of the 16th arrondissement has confirmed that it was not a terrorist attack. princes william and harry, have paid separate tributes t

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.ys in a row, taking the total number to nearly 14.5 million. it makes it the world�*s second worst—infected country — behind the united states. india has also suffered one of the highest number of fatalities. the headlines on bbc news... a senior conservative mp warns borisjohnson he�*ll lose the support of so—called �*red wall�* voters in former labour seats unless he resolves the row about lobbying. the two russian men suspected of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent attack three years ago are being sought by police in the czech republic. a warning from nhs providers — its chief executive says it will take five years for some hospitals to catch up with the backlog caused by the pandemic. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s chetan. good afternoon. fans return to wembley later this afternoon, with 4,000 set to be in attendance for the fa cup semi—final between leicester and southampton as part of a government pilot event, tickets have been limited to lo

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.the liberal democrat peer was a leading member of the 19705 labour government, and one of the first women cabinet ministers. mark politics was in her blood. her mother was vera brittain, a famous writer and feminist campaigner. shirley williams joined the labour party in her teens and entered the house of commons in 1964. in a male dominated profession, she was often the only woman on the platform. she rose to a cabinet level when labour returned to power in 1974, and later as education secretary began to replace grammar schools with the comprehensive system. but she and others became disillusioned as the labour party moved to the left. too many have done something which is known as keeping your head down. well, the time has come when you'd better stick your head is up. in 1981, williams dramatically walked away from labour, one of the so—called gang of four who established the sdp, promising to break the mould of british politics.

brazil not to use the vaccine let's bring in julia ponce he's an epidemiologist he's joining us from sao paulo thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera so what do you think is behind brazil's decision not to use the russian vaccine. pleasure to be here daryn the decision was technical a regulatory agency enters the sponsible for evaluating the documents in the samples so by all the providers of vaccines that try to get authorization for importing in use in brazil. has however failed to do that and there was a very short time for analyzing those documents they based their decision on what was the leopard and unfortunately the data did not stand up to the strictness of the evaluation that they do for all the vaccines that have to be approved here in brazil so when the russian makers of the vaccine called the decision political do you not buy that they point to a recent u.s. government report that says washington tried to persuade brazil not to use the vaccine well most all of the reasons that the regulatory agency used to deny authorisation for that vaccine for technical so no political entities

maria de jesus' 22-year-old son renan was stuck on a waiting list for an icu bed in sao paulo. by the time he received treatment for the coronavirus, it was too late. he died two weeks ago. now telling us she doesn't want anyone to suffer the way she is now. i wish i could give her a hug right now. >> this pandemic ravaging brazil. victor, just devastating, that reporting there, and what do you do in a country with skyrocketing cases and deaths and a president who told the people there to stop whining, even as numbers worsen? >> reporter: david, there's no easy answer in a country that is now on its fourth minister of health since the start of the pandemic. but the president is changing his tune a little bit, with an election around the corner. he is now scrambling to buy as much vaccine as possible. what health officials tell me is so frustrating, brazil has the capacity to widely distribute vaccine, they just don't have the supply. david? >> really important reporting tonight. victor, thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, and president biden holding his first cabinet meet

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.condemned an increase in russian troop numbers near its border with ukraine. the joint declaration comes as ukraine says another one of its servicemen has been killed in clashes with russian—backed fighters in the east. the kremlin said yesterday it wasn't moving towards war, but wouldn't remain indifferent to the fate of russian speakers, in eastern ukraine. princes william and harry, have paid separate tributes to their grandfather the duke of edinburgh. william described prince philip as an extraordinary man one person has died and another treated in hospital in paris. an attacker open fire hitting a man and a womanjust an attacker open fire hitting a man and a woman just outside a hospital. the area of the area has confirmed it was not a terrorist attack. —— the mayor. princes william and harry, have paid separate tributes to their grandfather the duke of edinburgh. william described prince philip as an extraordinary man from an extraordinary generation. harry wrote of him as a mas

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.pus teacher. the setting was a kelp forest off the coast of cape town — one of the world's richest ecosystems. and now the makers of the film are part of a campaign to preserve the underwater forest. our africa correspondent andrew harding has braved the chilly waters with them, to see for himself. the sea life here is spectacular. but try for a moment to look past the exotic creatures crowding the cold waters near cape town. and focus instead on the seaweed. the endless underwater forests of kelp. t the endless underwater forests of kel. g the endless underwater forests of kel. ~ , ., of kelp. i think we should check out _ of kelp. i think we should check out the _ of kelp. i think we should check out the caves - of kelp. i think we should check out the caves and l of kelp. i think we should - check out the caves and have a look at the sharks are there... i came here with a group of activists who want to draw the world's attention to this extraordinary but little—known ecosystem. they

. >> reporter: inside this hospital in sao paulo is like so many in brazil, beyond the brink. >> these are your most sick patients. all intubated, all covid and all in very critical need of care here. >> reporter: dr. daniel de jesus has been on the front lines for more than a year now and this is the worst she's seen it. drive, she believes, by a variant thought to be more contagious. in your experience, how many of these nine people in this one room will recover or not? >> less than half will recover. >> reporter: these doctors an nurses just keep doing what they do, they have no other option. here in brazil, there have been nor than 3,800 deaths in the last 24 hours. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, sao paulo. >> o'donnell: and there's still much more news ahead tonight on "cbs evening news." breaking tonight, new arrests in the disappearance of kristin smart some 25 years ago. and the new japanese plan to geo rid of waste water from a nuclear disaster, why critics are warning of an environmental disaster. al disaster. losing a tooth didn't stop you but your partial can act like a bacter

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.nger strike for 18 days, because he�*s not being allowed access to his doctors. prison officials say he�*s refused the treatment he�*s been offered. the united nations nuclear agency has confirmed that iran has started enriching uranium to higher levels than previously achieved — complicating ongoing international talks over a deal with tehran. the international atomic energy agency said the natanz plant had produced uranium of 60 % purity, bringing it closer to the level required for nuclear weapons. what was once the world�*s largest iceberg has finally broken apart. a—68, as it was known, covered an area of nearly 2,300 square miles when it broke away from antarctica in 2017. but satellite images show the "mega—berg" has now virtually gone, broken into countless small fragments that the us national ice center says are no longer worth tracking. here�*s our science correspondent, victoria gill. a 1—billion tonne block of ice. when iceberg a—68 broke away from antarctica back in 2017,

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.roken apart. a—68, as it was known, covered an area of nearly 2,300 square miles when it broke away from antarctica in 2017. but satellite images show the mega—berg has now virtually gone, broken into countless small fragments that the us national ice center says are no longer worth tracking. here's our science correspondent, victoria gill. a 1—billion tonne block of ice. when iceberg a—68 broke away from antarctica back in 2017, it measured more than 2,300 square miles — a quarter the size of wales. it was only by imaging it from space that scientists could actually follow the massive iceberg's journey as it inched its way north. at one point, it was on a direct collision course with the antarctic island of south georgia, potentially threatening to cut off vast populations of penguins and seals. but it was off that coast in the open ocean swell that the world's largest iceberg broke apart and now that it's officially been declared deceased, the scientists who've been following itsjour

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.g climate change. after several meetings via videocall between the american climate envoy, john kerry, and his chinese counterpart, they also agreed to take action to reduce emissions, as well as to help developing countries to finance a switch to low—carbon energy. the united nations nuclear agency has confirmed that iran has started enriching uranium to higher levels than previously achieved, complicating ongoing international talks over a deal with tehran. the international atomic energy agency said the natanz plant had produced uranium of 60% purity, bringing it closer to the level required for nuclear weapons. what was once the world's largest iceberg has finally broken apart. a—68, as it was known, covered an area of nearly 2,300 square miles when it broke away from antarctica in 2017. but satellite images show the mega—berg has now virtually gone, broken into countless small fragments that the us national ice center says are no longer worth tracking. here's our science correspon

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo. victoria gill. a1 billion tonne block of ice. when iceberg a68 broke away from antarctica back in 2017, it measured more than 2,300 square miles, a quarter the size of wales. it was only by imaging it from space that scientists could actually follow the massive iceberg�*s journey as it inched its way north. at one point, it was on a direct collision course with the antarctic island of south georgia, potentially threatening to cut off vast populations of penguins and seals. but it was off that coast in the open ocean swell that the world�*s largest iceberg broke apart. it lasted for years like that, as it moved around, but eventually broke in two, four, five pieces and then those broke up again. but the end point for some of these fragments was quite interesting because just very suddenly overnight, theyjust fragmented into millions of little tiny pieces. and you could see that on the satellite data. and that process, i think, is something that needs studying a little bit more because

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.rance, have condemned an increase in russian troop numbers near its border with ukraine. the joint declaration comes as ukraine says another one of its servicemen has been killed in clashes with russian—backed fighters in the east. the kremlin said yesterday it wasn't moving towards war, but wouldn't remain indifferent to the fate of russian speakers, in eastern ukraine. friends of alexei navalny say he has lost 15 kilos in weight and strength third to a prison camp. he and strength third to a prison cam -. , and strength third to a prison cam | . , ., and strength third to a prison cam -. , ., �* , and strength third to a prison cam._ , ., �* , , ~' camp. he is on hunger's strike but also accused _ camp. he is on hunger's strike but also accused the _ but also accused the authorities of depriving him of sleep and proper medical treatment. last year he was the target of a nerve agent poisoning. princes william and harry, have paid separate tributes to their grandfather the duke of edin

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo. 50—minute service was viewed by 11 million people on the bbc, 2.1 million on itv, and around 450,000 on sky. the figures are the official overnight averages for between 3 and 4pm yesterday. the billionaire issa brothers who own asda have bought the british fast food chain, lyon. more than 70 lyon restaurants across the uk and europe have been sold to the brothers�* giant petrol forecourt business, eg group. the deal is believed to be worth around 100 million pounds. a section of brighton beach has been cordoned off after a possible unexploded mortar shell was found this afternoon. a section of the beach west of the palace pier has been made safe while police wait for the arrival of bomb disposal teams. people are currently being advised to stay away from the area. what was the biggest iceberg in the world has completely broken up. a68, as it was known, measured around 2,300 square miles when it broke away from antarctica in 2017. a warning, victoria gill�*s report contains some flashi

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.diums later when leicester play southampton in the fa cup semifinal. 4,000 supporters are being allowed in wembley as part of a coronavirus trial. yesterday, fans were allowed into the crucible theatre in sheffield, for the start of the world snooker championship. what was the biggest iceberg in the world has completely broken up. a68, as it was known, measured around 2,300 square miles when it broke away from antarctica, in 2017. here's victoria gill. a1 billion tonne block of ice. when iceberg a68 broke away from antarctica back in 2017, it measured more than 2,300 square miles, a quarter the size of wales. it was only by imaging it from space that scientists could actually follow the massive iceberg's journey as it inched its way north. at one point, it was on a direct collision course with the antarctic island of south georgia, potentially threatening to cut off vast populations of penguins and seals. but it was off that coast in the open ocean swell that the world's largest iceber

here and sao paulo's largest para's openness residents say emergency aid doesn't go far enough i mean they say that my fear is that my daughters will go hungry one of them still under 18. this is also my granddaughter and i think to myself well they go hungry and the like but far from up until december the brazilian government provided those in need with around $1000.00 euros per month in 8 community centers like this one have been offering free meals but donations have dropped. presidential year both scenarios administration is once again offering help but a more modest amount a community movement known as g. 10 is demanding more. for similar thought since i'm going to have the emergency a little of $23.00 euros is enough to buy a domestic gas cylinder 5 kilograms of rice and one kilogram of the us a family can't survive a month on that it's shameful brazil is a rich country and letting its population go hungry and the pandemic is still out of control brazil is a country in crisis and there's not much light on the horizon. a more stories making headlines around the world starting in

mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo.s, say she was "frightened" by what happened. elizabeth mahoney�*s son has been told she was also put to bed in the stranger's home before anyone realised what had happened. the welsh ambulance service has apologised. nicola smith reports. treasured photos of elizabeth in healthier times. two years on after treatment for covid in hospital, she was ready to be discharged. but instead of taking her home, the patient transport service took her to a house in newport several miles away. it's not clear how it happened, but herfamily away. it's not clear how it happened, but her family believe that she may have been mistaken for another patient with dementia. she was told another patient with dementia. 5ia: was told apparently that her name, i won't say the ladies name, but she said "that isn't my name." she says "this isn't my house." mum was frightened. initially, we heard from the service because before that, we didn't really know whether it was a chair or a bed or upstairs, downstairs, wh

here and sao paulo's largest openness residents say emergency aid doesn't go far enough i mean they are going to save them my fear is that my daughters will go hungry one of them still under 18. this is also my granddaughter and i think to myself well they go hungry and. from up until december the brazilian government provided those in need with around $1000.00 euros per month in aid community centers like this one has been offering free meals but donations have dropped. presidential year both scenarios administration is once again offering help but a more modest amount a community movement known as g. 10 is demanding more. for similar thought since i'm going to have the emergency a little of $23.00 euros is enough to buy a domestic gas cylinder 5 kilograms of rice and one kilogram of beans a family can survive a month from that it's shameful brazil is a rich country and letting its population go hungry and the pandemic is still out of control brazil is a country in crisis and there's not much light on the horizon. in iceland hundreds of hikers have been evacuated from the site of an er

on that this is a cardiologist in sao paulo.olitical scenario - of polarisation, it gives people away from the reality. it's common to see people thinking that the number. of deaths is not so high, - or seeking ineffective treatments supported by these statements. we hope that this newl minister can change it. brazil's president has shifted his tone on immunisations recently — pledging to make 2021 the "year of vaccinations". however, his position on lockdown remains the same. last week, he said... for further analysis, here's the bbc�*s south america reporter daniel gallas. the specialists in brazil, health experts don't really know whether, you know, the absence of lockdown may have contributed to this worsening of the crisis. could it also have been that brazilians are more relaxed throughout the summer? they're not adopting social distancing practices? all of that, we have seen — but of course, the manaus variant is more deadly and spreading more easily, and also it may not be as resistant to the vaccine, although vaccines a

here and sao paulo's largest is open to us residents say imagine ca doesn't go far enough away there are brasero my theory is that my daughters will go hungry one of them still under 18. this is also my granddaughter and i think to myself well they go hungry and that will live forever up until december the brazilian government provided those in need with around $1000.00 euros per month and community centers like this one of been offering free meals but i'll go into about a go straight to the european babson's agency or where the press conference has begun regarding any potential link between the astra zeneca vaccine. blood clot i'm very delighted to have visited today mrs e. mail cook the executive director of the european medicines agency dr said in his trial is the chair of him a safety committee the family of vigilance risk assessment committee press and dr peter i lead the head of analytics and you may who can provide additional information about the review and the scientific evidence it was based on before we start i want to explain how we plan to run this press briefing so plea

this is paula galvao, a doctor at a field hospital in sao paulo. >> the difficulty of saying this recently is not only elderly patients arriving, but also many younger patients. these were the worst patients i had yesterday. amy: on wednesday, brazil's far-right president jair bolsonaro once again refused to order nationwide public health measures and scoffed at opposition politicians who accused him of genocide over his administration's disastrous handling of the pandemic. >> let as not to accept the policy of staying at home, of closing everything, lockdown. the virus will not go away. the virus, like others, is here to stay and will remain for a lifetime. it is practically impossible to eradicate it. until then, what are we going to do? amy: on tuesday, brazil's lower house of congress passed a bill, backed by president bolsonaro, that would allow corporations to directly purchase vaccines on the international market and give them to employees ahead of priority groups, including medical workers and the elderly. the british government on wednesday recommended that people under the age of

seguimos en brasil donde la policÍa en ciudades como sao paulo intervino este fin de semana para suspender pesar que existe una prohibiciÓn expresa de celebrarla en brasil hay 14 millones de contagios. por si el covid no fuera bastante en el sur de honduras las lluvias caÍdas inundaron el hospital de esa ciudad con el agua mojando las goteras no son denuncia hecha por el personal mÉdico. >>> los cdc relajan las restricciÓn de los viajes para los inmunizados muchas personas hacen planes para salir de vacaciones pero en india y brasil los casos aumentan sin control vamos con una experta del tema la doctora lori autora del libro "un daÑo irreparable" bienvenida nuevamente >>> gracias por la invitaciÓn >>> las vacunas en el resto del mundo no llega a la gente como en estados unidos creo que es seguro viajar?. >>> no en este momento la pandemia estÁ en un punto critico en el mundo ahorita se estÁn registrando mÁs casos diarios de lo que jamÁs se registraron, la organizaciÓn mundial de la salud ha dicho que estamos en una etapa crÍtica de la pandemia con un repunte que podrÍa superar por mucho t

the governor of sao paulo says he feels like he is fighting the coronavirus and the bul bullsinao virus are you still advocating for a lockdown right now? >> we are advocating a lockdown right now. at this time, please stay home. >> reporter: the virus has ravaged brazil's economy. and as cases surge, so does food insecurest. insecurit. we found a man, who in between bites of a donated lunch, which he has come to rely on, he made it clear to us his options are stark. he did this, meaning robbing people would be the other option.[speaking foren language] >> reporter: because there is no opportunity? >> uh-uh. >> reporter: the burials are happening one right after the other. there were about seven in just the 45 minutes we were there. and the crews are having to dig up graves and bury bodies around the clock. the world is concerned about what is happening in brazil, and not just from the standpoint of human suffering, and that's because the more the virus spreads, the more it can mutate. >> brennan: our manuel bojorquez reporting from brazil. we'll be right back. finally, with the help of

coronaviruse brasil sigue aumentando d'ia tras d'ia, son tantos los fallecidos que en ciudades como sao pauloante del pa'is est'an en sumando tumbas antiguas para hacer espacio y enterrar muertos que se registran a diario porque los cementerios ya no tienen sitio, ana con el reporte >>> brasil es la nueva zona cero de la pandemia, tan solo en el mes de marzo super'o las 77,000 v'ictimas, el c'omputo diario de contagios no para de crece >>> brasil se ha transformado en el epicentro de la pandemia en este momento en la mayor bomba de relojer'ia. a los hospitales de la mayor'ia de los 27 estados est'an al borde del colapso, hay filas en las unidades de cu cuidados intensivos y faltan ser nativos para la inoculaci'on de paciente >>> ahora decimos a los j'ovenes que se queden en casa para s salvarse, no enfermar e ir a parar a la puerta de una jus y cerrada porque no hay m'as plazas, en santa catarina lo que va del aÑo han muerto 15 niÑos. al menos 6 beb'es perdieron la vida en el estado, desde el inicio de la pandemia un total de 406 beb'es murieron en el pa'is, un n'umero 10 veces mayor al de es

sao paolo gridlocked 340 kilometers of stationary traffic almost equivalent to the distance from sao paulo to rio moscow november 2012 the notorious russian winter paralyzed much of the biggest country on the planet for 3 days and 3 nights snowstorms plus the highway between st petersburg and the capital. but how do traffic jams actually come about. the main reason is that you do not have enough capacity. of course. these reasons reasons are not that they do not happen that often. dumb people sometimes make driving mistakes of course for instance they did not pay him enough attention and then they have to brake hard. works and then there's heavy weather condition it's very close to 60 percent 70 percent into the. region there is. still a grass in this inquiry into syria. as soon. as there's no orders to get it if you're going to get over it. but the ant world runs differently. than our businesses he has without the principle is one for all and all for one hardly applies to motorists on the road everyone's thinking what's the quickest way of getting to my destination individuals focus on th

here in sao paulo's largest flavella, resident say emergency aid does not go far enough. >> my fear ist my daughters will go hungry. one of them is still under 18. there's also my granddauger. i think to myself, will they go hungry? up until december, the brazilian government provided everyone in need with 90 euros per month. donations have dropped. president bolsonaro's administration is once again offering help, but a more modest amount. a community movement known as g10 is demanding more. >>he emergency aid of 23 euros is enough to buy a domestic gas cylinder, five kilograms of rice, and one kilogram of beans. a mily cant survive a month on that. it's shamel. brazil is a rich country and letting its populationo ngry. >> brazil is a country in crisis, and there is not much light on the horizon. brent: iranian representatives say a first round of talks on tuesday aimed at bringing the u.s. back into the 2015 nuclear deal were constructive. their meeting envoys with germany, russia, china, and britain.in vienna . the u.s. and iran are not meeting directly, but it appears some progress

manuel bojorquez is in brazil's city sao paulo. >> reporter: one of the reasons they're so concernedrazil, the more it spreads, the more contagious. in the country's most densely populated areas social distancing is practically impossible. this is sao paulo's second largest favela, the name giving to sprawling low-income neighborhoods in the shadows. life was tough here before the pandemic. but the virus has amplified the poverty. a crippled economy means food insecurity affects more than half of brazil's population. antonio told me if he didn't accept the community meals. he did this meaning robbing people would be the other option. because there's no opportunity. >> no. >> reporter: in this worst moment, i tried to give him the best of myself to other people. marcus desantis works for the nonprofit that delivers about 3,000 lunches here every day. >> it is the responsibility of the government that don't take care of the people. >> reporter: but the government, you feel has not taken care of the people here? >> no, no. >> reporter: president jair bolsonaro has been criticized for bl

mark logan, bbc news, sao paulo.re than a year into this pandemic and that is a situation in brazil's hospitals at the moment. the governor of minnesota has issued a curfew tonight, after another black man was killed by police. officials say an accidental discharge of a weapon caused the death of 20-year old daunte wright, yesterday just north of minneapolis. that is where the trial of the police officer accused of murdering george floyd has also started its third week. here is bbc's reporter. [shouting] reporter: these have become familiar scenes in the year of civil unrest about police violence, with every daily encounter reigniting a smoldering anger. [gunfire] [shouting] >> there is a standoff between police and protesters here. smoke bombs have been fired and teargas has been fired after another police shooting of a black man in minnesota. that man wasn't daunte wright, 20 years old, of mixed race. with the city already on edge over the trial of the george floyd killing, police moved quickly to release footage f

photograph shows an 85-year-old woman receiving her first hug after five months' isolation in her sao paulo home. through a plastic curtain which happens to resemble an angel's wings. >> that you review the photograph is one of the pandemic's few positive images. the picture suggests vulnerability, loss, grief and death but above all, survival. reporter: brazil has been especially hard-hit by the pandemic. 350,000 people have already died there. nursing homes were closed off for months to protect residents. >> in the split of a second, that we see the images, we feel how it must feel to be that other person, and get a sense of what unites us. reporter: the jerry looked through nearly 75,000 images. -- the ji -- the jury looked through nearly 75,000 images. brent: can international team of scientists is created embryos which are a mix of human and monkey cells. the team published the results of the groundbreaking experiment in the journal cell. it was to find new ways to produce organs for people who need transplants. the study raises professional and ethical questions, however, the paper's

this is how the city of sao paulo is trying to cope with the rising death toll from covid-19 in brazil'spital. so far, over 300,000 people have lost their lives in brazil. more than 3700 of them in the past 24 hours. experts in the country say brazil needs to adapt urgently to turn the tide. >> is ill needs to rapidly increase the speed of vaccination. i merely among the most vulnerable population to stamp out signs that do not say are effective against covid-19. and lastly, improve vigilance in the tracing of the variants that could have filed logical behavior from the mutant strains of covid-19 virus. reporter: the death toll rise comes as brazil's biomedical institute detected a new strain of the virus, similar to the one registered in south africa. as president j or bolsonaro struggles to growing pressure over his handling of the pandemic. on tuesday, top commanders of the armed forces stepped down, coming just one day after bolsonaro replaced six government ministers in a sudden reshuffle that appeared to secure loyalty. at the beginning of the pandemic, brazil's president disregard

our correspondent is in san paulo -- in sao paulo and drives us now. how seriously is mr.ro taking this investigation? >> he was being very bullish when he was speaking to reporters yesterday, saying he had nothing to fear. but his political future in chance of reelection next year hangs in the balce. the list of issues that this commission is looking at over his handling in theishandling of the pandemic, reads like a damming indictment over the fact that he minimized the severity of the virus. that he was constantly anti-lockdown, anti-any type of restrictions. that he promoted cures that were not scientifically proven, like hydroxychloroquine. there is a critical shortage of bread -- of beds and equipment. that he was far too slow to buy vaccines that perhaps he even allowed the virus to spread to try to achievherd immunity. and even that he committed genocide against indigenous regions in the amazon by allowing that deadly variant that broke out at the end of last year to spread uncontrollably. katty: you have been reporting from hospitals in brazil. it is devastating w

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