still ahead on al-jazeera state elections began in india's and west bengal by the b j p party and may have a hard time securing a win. hit by covert 19 why many artists on the island of bali say they're struggling to get by. in sports we're going to show you a stunning finish at the world match play golf tournament in texas. the snow's almost finished in turkey not quite finished the scandinavian and most of the weather is coming in from the atlantic but not so much from the north and more from the west now again that is spring that's probably fairly promising so though it's wet and windy there's the blue in the errors going cross the british isles northern germany scandinavian the baltic states and there's an old frontal system warning through ukraine giving rain to kiev not snow there's nothing much else so temps you can start to rise in the twenty's very happily in spain in italy were coming up that way really in bowl garia and turkey they could desu shooting to get there copenhagen shows the dramatic change in the wind comes in from the west we're starting off at 6 or light rain a

and bangladesh that also have voting population in west bengal which is scheduled for election in 27 march critics are saying that part of his visit is to woo voters and it's west bengal's from this particular community which is why he's also going to this sacred temple in southwest of the country now as you said there's been several days of protest in bangladesh by the left wing as well as by the religious right wing have been saying that prime minister modi and his big party has been cracking down on most lands that also critical of the citizenship act and the cracking down in kushner as well as the water sharing issue the border killing all those have been played down by the government saying it's an independence day celebration we have just inviting a head of state as of nothing to do with politics there's also a significant amount of strategic relationship between china and bangladesh india's trying to woo bangladesh into its corner china's right now the biggest supply of credit for bangladesh a country that is growing very rapidly one of the highest g.d.p. in the wall. it's sta

are expected to vote in the month long state assembly elections that will take place in phases west bengal and some in the east kick off the polls that will be followed by tamil nadu put the cherry and caroline in the south the governing b j p considers this a chance to ramp up its strength in the states the party says it has a winning chance in india's 4th most populous state of west bengal it's up against the state's chief minister mamata banerjee who's governed there for decades and it wants to mark a political presence in kerala where power has alternated between alliances led by the communists and the indian national congress a killer run john due to a professor of political science a go haas university in us some he says the j.p. has been consolidating its popularity among smaller minority groups while marginalizing muslims. all these identities have been playing a very important truth in the elections 2020 quid pro quo 21 you cannot call it entirely national or for that matter regional brought in a sum and with the bengal if you look at it as something jump and visibly has been talk

for the 1st time both west bengal and assam are in the east bordering bangladesh the 2 states are at the core of tensions over what over a new law that grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims and there's been anger in bangladesh sponsored by a visit by india's prime minister as narendra modi attended the country's 50th independence celebrations protests turned violent tanveer chantry reports from dhaka. prime minister sheikh hasina welcome india's leader with warmth and praise gloating nor in their modi for supporting bangladesh especially through the global pandemic. for the government of india has always been the side of good and bad times this time india has handed over 109 ambulances to the people up and the dish i extend my heartiest things to prime minister narendra modi his government and the people of india. but violence flared among opponents of modi's visit some clashes turned deadly as police fired on protesters. still narendra modi was keen to honor his country's role in bangladesh's emergence as a new nation 50 years ago following

alarming increase in infections among young people state elections begin in india as are some in west bengal why the b j p e may have a hard time securing it when. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways we're seeing the spring rains getting more excited now in east asia rice humpy sort of line here it's it is the typical shape which brings rain through china south korea and japan is not really aligned itself to stay stationary yet it's still very much an up and down system and this is really heading for most of japan during sunday with the tail off invited to go beyond still called nothing snow but almost out of sight and behind it nice warm spring sunshine not enough to really stir the atmosphere in beijing where equality is getting worse again then the next little belt. peace forming in the middle of southern china with to get some rain i think later on monday hong kong is enjoying some pretty warm sunshine at 29 she with degrees this is generally a foreign area 3 southeast asia and most the northern philippines southern philippines soloway see most as well as it

state elections in india's west bengal state and assam are also underway polling is taking place in multiple phases lasting a month prime minister new interim ots b j p has been mounting an aggressive campaign to secure a win in west bengal for the 1st time both that the state and assam are in the east and the border bangladesh now the 2 are at the core of tensions about a new law that grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims u.s. politicians have been visiting my group facilities in texas near the mexican border the number of arrivals has reached near record levels in recent weeks and many unaccompanied children it's being called a crisis and democrats and republicans are blaming each other she has returned see has more from macallan in texas. on friday dueling congressional delegation has attempted to frame the us is latest border crisis light across the river we heard. michael are saying we are coming republicans have been using social media to bolster their narrative of a free for all being taken advantage of by traffickers and undocumented migrants

state elections in india's west bengal and assam states are underway polling is taking place in multiple phases lasting a month prime minister noda modi's b j p has been mounting an aggressive campaign to secure a win in west bengal for the 1st time democrats and republicans are blaming each other for a surge of people crossing the us border from mexico the number of arrivals as reached near record levels in recent weeks a growing number of western retail giants including haitian ammonite here facing a boycott in china there are concerns about the suspected use of forced labor by weekers inching jencks cotton fields created a backlash on chinese social media with the hashtag ice the portion jeong cotton getting more than 5 and a half 1000000000 views. or as it actual building has collapsed in egypt's capital cairo it's unclear how many were in the multi-story building when it came down in the middle of the night reports say at least 3 people have died and up to 23 injured. a new attempt will be made to refloat the huge cargo vessel that's blocking egypt's sue is canal the ship's japanese

in multiple studies as last prime minister b j p has been going to campaign to secure a win in west bengal for the 1st time both the states are in the east and bordering bangladesh the to the core of tensions between a new law that grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims. iran and china are expected to sign a 25 year cooperation pact that comes as chinese foreign minister wearing years into iran meeting iranian president hassan rouhani and the foreign minister jarred series that he said to have political economic and strategic components iran's economy has suffered from international sanctions after the u.s. withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal china remains part of that agreement. u.s. politicians have been visiting my group facilities in texas near the mexican border the number of arrivals has reached near record levels and recent weeks and many are unaccompanied children is being called a crisis and democrats and republicans are blaming each other she had returned to the reports from the calendar in texas on friday dueling congressional delegation ha

community which is a significant population in west bengal and which is in 27 march there is election in west bengal indiscriminate it typically supports be gippi back government because of the citizenship many of them migrated from bangladesh into west bengal so there is a political angle da there angle is geopolitics regionally india's neighborhood bangladesh has a cool relationship last few years with india because it has been moving to its china in terms of it can. diplomacy much more cooperative and strategic towns in economic terms so india wants to woo back bangladesh into its orbit like nepal and long calls are moving to us china so much more than just a visit but no major as agreement is expected to be signed like water sharing agreement the border killing issues are not there just some small things like border infrastructure some trade deals and etc there may have been some criticism of modi's visit or plans for part of his plans at least in india but of there has been criticism within bangladesh as well as we were saying before the have been some protests against his visit

are expected to vote in the months long state assembly elections that will take place in phases west bengal and in the east kick off the polls that will be followed by tamil nadu who cherry and caroline in the south the governing b j p considers this a chance to ramp up its strength in the states the party says it has a winning chance in india's 4th most populous state of west bengal and it's up against the state's chief minister mamata banerjee who is govern there for a decade and it wants to mark a political presence in kerala that's where power has alternated between alliances led by the communists and the indian national congress. a professor of political science at the university and as some he says the j.p. has been consolidating its popularity among smaller minority groups while marginalizing muslims. all these identities have been playing a very important truth in the elections 2020 quid pro quo 21 you cannot call it entirely national or for that matter regional brought in a sum and with the bangle if you look at it as something jump and visibly has been talking about you know conso

hatred in india and modi is hindu nationalist party is hoping to secure an unprecedented win in west bengal as voting gets under way for state elections a victory for the b j p there would consolidate modi's control and yes parliament's. more news at the top of the hour right here on al-jazeera up next is people in power thanks for watching. mexico in a no account is one of the most powerful drug trafficking syndicates in the world but it's $1000000000.00 narco bosses are also dealers in corruption misery and murder in the 2nd part of our investigation into the council's operations this is how it explodes the desperate and leaves the families of victims in despair. soon alone mexico the stronghold of one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the world the sin aloa cartel its capital is considered a hub of global drug trafficking primarily to the united states but within the cartel rivalries are common grounds of fighting for control of the territory. that. in 15 years this drug war has already led to the deaths of more than 230000 people in mexico they are not worth a year in the u

places severe restrictions on palestinians so even if they cannot receive medical care within the west bengal gaza and they want to receive medical care elsewhere they really are at the mercy of the israelis regime as to whether they receive permits so this context prepared demick was already incredibly challenging and so you can see that the the added disaster of coves it has only made that situation a 100 times worse your what about the palestinian authority taking responsibility for vaccinating its people. so the posting authority is not a representative body was created after the all clear because really as a service provider as an interim government in waiting for a palestinian state the palestinian state has never come to fruition and so it's this is it's a sort of a limbo body and they've really not been able to deal with a pandemic effectively not only because of the israeli occupation because but because they completely do not have the resources to do so they are totally out of money they are dealing with an already depleted health care system and so really what they have the strateg

places severe restrictions on palestinians so even if they cannot receive medical care within the west bengal gaza and they want to receive medical care elsewhere they really are the musci of the is rated regime as to whether they receive permits so this context preplanned demick was already incredibly challenging and so you can see that the the added disaster of coves it has only made that situation a 100 times worse you're a what about the palestinian authority taking responsibility for vaccinating its people. so the posting authority is not a representative body was created after the also because really as a service provider as an interim government in waiting for a palestinian state the palestinian state has never come to fruition and so it's this is it's a sort of a limbo body and they've really not been able to deal with the pandemic effectively not only because of the israeli occupation. but because they completely do not have the resources to do so they are totally out of money they are dealing with an already depleted health care system and so really what they have the strategies tha

it remains unclear whether international travel could also billing to the queen pass for now is west bengal the an airport we remain closed to keep virus variants at bay. traveling is not yet on the mind of this group or film term friends into recent every age between 84 and 95 to how to play their favorite chinese boardgame are shown online for the past year after their vaccinations they feel safe again to meet i feel like at this point i am free i mean just to be able to talk to people you know it's want to default is very nice to see everybody's ok and remain pretty healthy throughout the year but very lonely and. it really is a wonderful feeling it's a 1st but cautious step back to some kind of normality. and about who ski is an associate professor of law at the university of exeter a research focuses on human rights digital lore and data protection so are immunity passports in general a good or a bad idea what do you reckon. well this is all part or a thing general they may contribute to the long term management of the been there make for example by facilitating return to travel to war

places severe restrictions on palestinian so even if they cannot receive medical care within the west bengal gaza and they want to receive medical care elsewhere they really are the musci of the is rated regime as to whether they receive permits so this context prepared demick was already incredibly challenging and so you can see that the the added disaster of coves it has only made that situation a 100 times worse you're a what about the palestinian authority taking responsibility for back to making its people. so the posting authority is not a representative body was created after the also because really as a service provider as an interim government in waiting for a palestinian state a palestinian state has never come to fruition and so it's this is it's a sort of a limbo body and they've really not been able to deal with the pandemic effectively not only because of the israeli occupation because but because they completely do not have the resources to do so they are totally out of money they are dealing with an already depleted health care system and so really what they have the strategy

nationalist party of indian prime minister narendra modi is hoping to secure an unprecedented win in west bengal as voting gets under way for state elections a victory for the b j p there would consolidate modi's control in india's parliament polling is also underway in the 2 states at the core of tensions about a new law the grants citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims thousands of people have joined protests in bangladesh against a visit by indian prime minister narendra modi they gathered outside a mosque in dhaka a day after demonstrations turned violent leaving 5 dead the protestors accuse modi of stalking anti muslim hatred in india bodies in bangladesh for 2 days to celebrate the 50th anniversary of bangladesh's independence the indonesian island of bali has been a cultural hub for centuries galleries and museums displaying the work of traditional artists the pandemic has forced many to close their doors some artists are found ways to keep selling their work many say they're struggling to get by jessica washington reports from jakarta. on the island of

nationalist party of indian prime minister narendra modi is hoping to secure an unprecedented win in west bengal as voting gets under way for state elections polling is also underway in assam the 2 states are at the core of tensions about a new law the grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims thousands of people have joined protests in bangladesh against a visit by the indian prime minister they gathered outside a mosque in dhaka a day after demonstrations turned violent leaving 5 dead the protestors accuse modi of stalking anti muslim hatred in india those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's up front by. one half scottish and half lebanese so diversity is really important for me and al-jazeera is the most diverse place i have ever worked we have so many different nationalities and this is east brought together in this one nice organization and this diversity of perspective is reflected in our coverage giving a more accurate representation of the world we report on and that's a key strength of al-jazeera. as turkey pulls out of an internatio

nationalist party of the indian prime minister narendra modi is hoping to secure an unprecedented win in west bengal as voting gets under way for state elections a victory for the b j p there would consolidate modi's control in india's parliament the philippines is again tightening quarantine measures as hospitals in manila struggle to cope with surging coronavirus infections the lockdown would last for a week and will affect 24000000 people living in the capital of nearby provinces. hundreds of venezuelans continue to arrive in colombia escaping fighting between the military and rebels venezuela's military launched an air and ground offensive against armed groups in a poor state on sunday more than 4000 people have crossed the border and search of protection those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news hour is in 30 minutes time for now it's inside story thanks for watching by. from north korea with a warning here on the ng threatens the u.s. following criticism of its latest missile tests so how should president joe biden handle one of america's most delicate diplomatic challenges this is inside

places severe restrictions on palestinians so even if they cannot receive medical care within the west bengal gaza and they want to receive medical care elsewhere they really are at the mercy of the israelis regime as to whether they receive permits so this context prepared them it was already incredibly challenging and so you can see that the the added disaster of coves it has only made that situation a 100 times worse you're a what about the palestinian authority taking responsibility for vaccinating its people. so the posting authority is not a representative body was created after the also because really as a service provider as an interim government in waiting for a palestinian state a palestinian state has never come to fruition and so it's this is it's a sort of a limbo body and they've really not been able to deal with the pandemic effectively not only because of the israeli occupation because but because they completely do not have the resources to do so they are totally out of money they are dealing with an already depleted health care system and so really what they have the strateg

more to a community back in west bengal the sex of what is expected to be don't mind that we know of at least 7 seats in floors of s 4 of the state assembly at a fattal islam from your bengali thank you. thank you but let's move now to the corona virus pandemic and take a look at some of the latest developments there india has recorded its highest number of covert 1000 infections in 5 months there have been over $59000.00 cases in the last 24 hours argentina is stopping incoming flights from brazil mexico and chile after rising kopek $1000.00 cases were reported in those 3 countries and the new restrictions come into force on saturday and romanian authorities have announced that easter celebrations will go ahead despite a surge in covert 1000 infections prime minister fluorine kids who said worshippers would be allowed to attend religious services while respecting health and safety rules passengers on flights to germany will likely have to produce a negative codein $900.00 test before being allowed to board as the country struggles to contain a 3rd wave of the coronavirus the move wh

nationalist party of indian prime minister narendra modi is hoping to secure an unprecedented win in west bengal as voting gets under way for state elections polling is also underway in 2 states the court of tensions about a new law that grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims. iran and china have signed a 25 year cooperation part chinese foreign minister one years into the deal is said to have political economic and strategic components democrats and republicans are blaming each other for a surge of people crossing the u.s. border from mexico the number of arrivals has reached near record levels and recent weeks and your attempts being made to refloat the huge cargo vessel blocking egypt soon as can all the japs ships japanese owner says crews will try to take advantage of saturday's high tide we'll have more news in half an hour goodbye. the health of humanity is its stake a global pandemic requires a global response. w.h.o. is the guardian of global health delivering lifesaving to lose supplies and training to help the world's most vulnerable people uni

party b j p has been campaigning hard for its 1st victory in the state of west bengal which has a populationf more than 90000000 people voting has also begun in assam home to more than 30000000 bodies popularity has been hit by months of protests by farmers and of course the effects of the pan am one of barcelona's top music venues will hold a concert for 5000 people in a covert 19 experiment they want to see how well they can prevent the virus from spreading at large events people's people must present a negative covert test taken that day and wear face masks a similar event was held in december. now earlier we discussed the experiment with. a senior lecturer in global health advisor at the university college london school of pharmacy. i think this is actually really important to better understand how economies that you have high rates of vaccination shouldn't flirt with any. confined space so this type of experience is not the 1st we've seen similar again back in december we had the experience again barcelona with 500 people there 5000 and equally also in berlin and germany and this is all

bangladesh's independence now modi's hindu nationalist party is hoping to secure an unprecedented win in west bengal voting gets under way for a state elections a victory for the b j p there would consolidate modi's control in india's parliament polling is also underway and. the 2 states are at the core of tensions about a new law that grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims a killer and john do it as a professor of political science i go hot see university and some he says that b j p has been consolidating its popularity among smaller minority groups while marginalizing muslims. all these identities have been playing a very important truth in the elections 2020 quid pro quo 21 you cannot call it entirely national or for that matter regional brought in a sum and with the bangle if you look at it as something jump and visibly has been talking about you know consolidating its been a christian emong small our national or smaller at any communities it has indeed been successful in building a rainbow ally and you know bringing in smaller attorney but equally to tri

as a student in 1971, he fought against west pakistan in a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people. the bengaly. many wanted autonomy and voted for it in the elections of 1970. a landslide victory. the pakistani authorities refused to acknowledge the result of the election, and so began a brutal war, mass killing, rape and torture. within a month, they killed my brother—in—law. his son was only 21 days. this was a great shame for me. now talking with you, i'm still feeling not very good — i'm feeling very bad about what happens in our country. in 1971, with india's help, bangladesh gained independence. three generations of his family have not made the uk their home. but he wants his grandchildren to learn about their history. bangladesh was part of pakistan. those who lived and fought through the ware have tried to put it behind them, but 50 years on, younger generations are eager to learn about their heritage and the roles their families played in such a historic event. like british bangladeshi singer and award nomineejoy cooks. i think about it every day. i miss it so much, i long for going

starting to slide in across southern parts of the by of bengal mostly some of those showers just beginning to nose their way across into tom will see some west to where the creeping hit for much of india the warm sunshine and sees me warm sunshine does continue still getting up around 38 celsius and that pool has 100 in found hot we have got a few showers around the foothills of the himalayas could see a westerly disturbance spring up across northern pakistan by thursday. but. welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy breaking you. and when you leave with a smile we know a lot day's work is done counts are always welcome to our home. the air to. be watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour a judge has ordered the release of opposition leader it was months on call in senegal hundreds of people have been protesting outside the court west uncle was charged with rape its supporters say the case against him is from italy motivated results are coming in from the parliamentary elections in ivory coast but there's a dispute over who's in the lead at the ruling party s

further west from west papua where they were heavy a couple days ago is that going back towards java sumatra been fairly rare recently and just the north the small islands in the bay of bengal that's about as far north as that where it's going to get there is quite a strong wind developing go up into bangladesh another pick up or add to the dust is being blown in across the north indian plain new delhi sees windy weather for a couple of days so it will ease off but it's hard to get to friday's $36.00 degrees fairly steadily it's hotter than not in russia status horse not in southern pakistan into $42.00 to $45.00 degrees territory this time of blowing down the gulf but it's weakening still quite a strong wind blowing down the red sea. welcome to down from every one of us. even those work. let's go live tonight see geneva who are experts from the world health organization are officially presenting their findings about the origins of the corona virus pandemic let's listen in and for. kept from that side data from surveillance systems of differences and diseases that could give us a clue about the possible the possibility of having earlier cases than. 721000 we also look at th

further west from west papua where they were heavy a couple days ago is that going back towards java sumatra been fairly wet recently and just the north the small islands in the bay of bengal that's about as far north as that where it's going to get there is quite a strong wind developing go into bangladesh nothing pick up or add to the dust is being blown in across the north indian plain new delhi sees windy weather for a couple of days it will ease off but it's hard to get to friday's $36.00 degrees fairly steadily it's hotter than not in russia status horse not in southern pakistan into 42 to 45 degrees territory this blowing down the gulf but it's weakening still quite a strong wind blowing down the red sea. qatar airways. a lot of what the i.o.c. do exist. but my sister saved me if i want my life she should with my family. the reality of addiction in the arab oils and the struggle for come for a. full trust me it's a drug. i'll just email wells goes inside a rehab clinic in the nile downtown. rehab egypt edge of it action on al jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour a u.s. court's been hearing witness testimony in the trial of a former

further west from west papua where they were heavy a couple days ago is that going back towards java sumatra been fairly wet recently and just the north the small islands in the bay of bengal that's about as far north as that where it's going to get there is quite a strong wind developing go up into bangladesh another pick up or add to the dust is being blown in across the north indian plain new delhi sees windy weather for a couple of days it will ease off but it's hard to get to friday's 36 degrees very steadily it's hotter than not in russia status horse not in southern pakistan into 42 to 45 degrees territory this blowing down the gulf but it's weakening still quite a strong wind blowing down the red sea. qatar airways you are dealing with very powerful people people in influential positions in government where we know there were elements within the police completely admits that we're getting screwed twee we're getting too close to some people higher up the line if you're. doing the job itself. is essentially the perfect crime you have a diplomatic bag that part the congress search al-jazeera investigates the poacher's pipeline. welcome back a quick amount about top st