to deport hundreds of thousands of on the day she muslims who fled to neighboring west bengal and so yes all the elections in the test but this time it's going to be really important to see how muslims vote and that's going to have a huge impact on the result and the hindu nationalists to be j.p.s. policies and they hold over the country. with this once those results could be a few weeks time for the very rich elizabeth thank you. well still ahead here on al-jazeera coroutines free travel is back on the horizon between australia and new zealand we'll have the details and the u.s. president faces a tough sell on taxes as he tries to offset the cost of his massive infrastructure plan those stories after the break. for. now residents of the gulf states will have noticed quite a strong winter the last 2 days is the traditional show mild it will last well into tuesday and probably wednesday otherwise the winds aren't overly strong the suddenly being induced over saudi arabia and this brown here is the likelihood of light dust or sand being taken away into jordan beyond that the picture is

west bengal and kerala whereas there are only about 14 percent of the population over all and dhea and so yes the litmus tests with muslims playing a key pot in these elections. all right liz thanks very much and if that tell us about some reporting from. protesters in may mark continue to demonstrate against a military coup and crackdown which is killed at least $570.00 people and young gone they 3 red paint on to the streets where protesters have died the military join to power on february 1st it's now published a wanted list of celebrities for supporting the protests they need to. be doing the red paint strike is one of our creative ideas to motivate the public to continue striking this red paint represents the blood of our fallen heroes it is to send the message that their blood is not yet dry and this strike is to warn the soldiers that soon we will drown them in wet blood the death toll from flash floods and landslides in indonesia and east timor has risen to at least 155 rescuers are calling for more heavy equipment to help reach people in cattle communities just to washington r

around 8000000 people are eligible to vote in the state of west bengal today many turning out this election is going ahead. the ruling party in west bengal of the trinamool congress actually asked the election commission to condense this the elections which have taken place over the last month the election commission decided against it this is going ahead despite west bengal reporting its highest number of cases but because it's one of the tests that can the states that conducts the lowest number of tests the 17000 cases that it recorded on wednesday the real number they aren't an accurate number and we also have elections going on local council elections taking place in the most populous state with their with numbers are also going up along the and people are dying because of a shortage of beds and also jim but the statements to the chief minister who is the state's need it denies that there are any shortages back to west bengal all 4 candidates have died there from the coronavirus one of the candidate's wives says that she holds the election commission responsible she is not the only one

maharashtra are and previous but the elections are being held in other states get a law to west bengal and some not the elections assembly elections or a live report on local issues now because if he has been following model braun descriptives as it will for its electoral victory electoral mileage this for example it has been talking about into core but hindu talk is not this singular issue that because if he has been partially it has been fostering the new liberal market model but along with it it has very very comprehensive living porpoising on the communities community driven pollute dicks for example in its sun they have been talking about the civilizational conflict conflict of civilization they have been talking about that indeed in us people sure rights culture and identity has been kryten by the east to bengal region mostly and in kinshasa west bengal they have a different model they have been talking about their dual give the citizenship rights to the minorities from this treaty countries are going to stand back a stand and in all these in kerala and in tamil nadu the election

elections particularly in the west bengal we've got millions of people voting to do in west bengal and that's despite the pressure on the country's health system. that's right there around 8600000 people who are eligible to vote in west bengal today and west end of capital calcutta kolkata recorded it showed a positivity rate of 50 percent on sunday meaning that 50 percent of the people who had test star were positive and west bengal conducts the least number of tests some of the lowest test anywhere in the country so the real number of infections are many times higher it's where we have seen large political rallies for a few months now by all of the political parties involved including the b j p including prime minister narendra modi who stood in front of thousands of people just days ago without a mask and said that he had never seen such large crowds and so there is criticism of the government often for allowing such large gatherings to go ahead. modi maze disaster was trending on twitter and the government's response to that was to ask twitter and other social media platforms to re

the final phase of states elections are going ahead in india's west bengal states despite another day of record coronavirus deaths those days so more than 3600 fatalities and nearly 380000 new cases 17000 of those were in west bengal and health experts now fear it will become india's next step be sent to al jazeera as elizabeth lanham has the latest from new delhi where most hospitals have reached full capacity. one of delhi's largest grounds the romney made on with the government is constructing a $500.00 bed intensive care unit facility which is going to be lent to the biggest cotton hospital in the country which is doing the same thing in another ground and linking that to the hospital this is because of delhi's hospitals. full and the biggest public hospital that's mia by its still you see scenes of desperate family members outside as you do every single hospital not able to get this to loved ones admitted now dellys leader has said that despite trying their best that hospitals are running beyond capacity you can see pictures of people still sharing beds hospitals tell us patients

and despite this crisis and the rising number of cases people are turning out to vote today in west bengal why is this still going ahead. it's because the election commission wouldn't allow the election which has been taking place all over the past month because there are so many millions of voters that it had to be held on the one month it wouldn't come dems the time this is despite the fact that cases are going up as they are around the country for handed it in the west bengal election have lost their lives a high court or the southern city of chennai said the election commission is responsible for india's surge in cases because it's allowed such large elections to go ahead over the past few months but they say that because western goal is near the end that it has to finish today the last day but we have local council elections taking place also in the state of the 30 day should the largest say and this is happening despite so much criticism not just from india but also internationally the world health organization earlier this week said that the large gatherings will see them over the p

the final phases stage elections are going ahead in india's west bengal state despite another day of record coronavirus day there is a saw more than 3600 and nearly 380000 new cases 17000 of those were in west bengal and health experts now fear it will become india's next epicenter 40 countries have pressure supply oxygen to help india's overwhelmed house system elizabeth ranum has in ages from new delhi where most hospitals have reached full capacity. we are at one of delhi's largest ground the ron miller made on with the government is constructing a $500.00 bed intensive care unit facility which is going to be linked to the biggest cotton hospital in the country which is nearby it's doing the same thing in another ground and linking that to another hospital this is because the delis hospitals are still full and the biggest public hospital that's near by it's still you see scenes of desperate family members outside as you do every single hospital not able to get their strict loved ones admitted now dellys leader has said that despite trying their best that hospitals are running beyo

well we have the 4 states of west bengal. and the union territory of produce sharing going to the polls all of these regions are outside the big j.p.s. traditional base in the speaking northern and central states the have the speaking heartland as it's known and that is why these elections are recruiting crucial for the b j p to try and get a foothold in the east northeast and in southern india and they have put everything into these elections especially in the state of west bengal with have never been in power there also never been power and in fact from the regions going to the polls today that the g.o.p. is currently only in power and it is expected to be reelected there but it is facing one of the most in west bengal all those facing one of the state's most popular powerful leaders month advantaging has been in power there for 10 years she's also one of prime minister in that in the more he's most vocal critics and the fight for west bengal has been the most noteworthy of this all of these elections that has been mobbed b

the view from west bengal.ved ones abroad and turning their attention to what they can do to help as sima kotecha reports. special prayers here for those thousands of miles away. a small hindu congregation at a temple in wembley chanting what is known as the hanuman chalisa. it is a devotional hymn believed to have immense power in helping those in need. 0ur duty, we should do, and we should pray to the god to protect the india, protect all the people, protect all the indians and the whole universe and give us the strength to fight this covid. through continuous prayer worshippers think about their loved ones living in the midst of the crisis. some of them want to travel there, they can't see their relatives, and some of cannot attend the funerals and some of them who are here from india and they can't travel back. 0n the whole, generally, the indian community here are really upset. the media and whatsapp messages have kept british—indian connections with the motherland and with the covid crisis in vivid focus.

but millions turned out to vote for regional elections in west bengal, sparking fears that the stateurn into the new epicenter. a report from new delhi. reporter: she is inconsolable after hearing of her mother's death while waiting in line get oxygen for her. i want to go to my mother, she cries repeatedly. earlier, she described just how difficult it is to get help in delhi. >> we have been out of our house since 2:00 in the morning. , there is no oxygen available and after a lot of running around, we finally got here by around 4:00. initially there was a queue on the other side. than we were told we had to come to the front and queue here. my mother is ill and for the past two days we have been able trying to get a bed in a hospital in delhi. reporter: her mother is one of 6445 people who died in india on wednesday. that he remains one of the worst affected states. its leaders say, despite trying their best, every hospital in the capital is overburdened and treating people beyond their capacity. that is why this place in central new delhi, where political rallies and religious fes

a minister in the state of west bengal molloy got alk lamented that the government had underplayed the coronavirus situation in the country west bengal is one of the indian states worst affected by the rise in cases and for more on this i'm joined now by prefixing our he's the cofounder of or news a fact checking portal in india for the joins me now from about unrest in india think you are focused on a daily basis on weeding out fake news and misinformation online in india did most of the tweets that have been blocked meet that standard not at all there was no misinformation these are people expressing their opinions about the ground situation for example one act of unequal massing saying that it is difficult to get medication another you know member of parliament from another political party saying that you know the prime minister should be held responsible. a journalist a senior journalist from a organization called n.e.p. news saying that you know you criticize tablighi jamaat incident in which happened where the muslim community was criticized for walling a religious congregation b

health experts say the devastating scenes witnessed in other states and will be repeated in west bengal as a result of the larger political gatherings elizabeth brannon al-jazeera new delhi . meanwhile brazil has passed 400. 1000 coronavirus tests its health ministry confirmed on thursday another $3001.00 deaths taking the total beyond that 400000 mark brazil is only the 2nd country after the us to reach that bleak figure another 70000 infections were also registered reaming the country has reported 14500000 cases. palestine's 1st election in 15 years has been delayed president mahmoud abbas blamed israel foreign source and d. about whether it would allow elections to proceed in occupied east jerusalem as well as in the occupied west bank and gaza in a televised announcement abbas said the elections would be delayed until the participation of the palestinian people in jerusalem could be guaranteed the parliamentary elections were shy jools for may 22nd while a presidential vote was due in july well let's cross now to algiers need to eva he moves in her ballot for a said need what about

in southern india and they have put everything into these elections especially in the state of west bengal with never being in power they've also never been power and in fact from the regions going to the polls today that the g.o.p. is currently only in power and it is expected to be reelected there but it is facing one of the most in west bengal all those facing one of the state's most powerful leaders month advantage he has been in power there for 10 years she's also one of prime minister in that in the most vocal critics and the fight for west bengal has been the most noteworthy of this all of these elections that has been mobbed both the campaign and the voting itself by violence by rival groups physically attacking each other the balance of the chief minister has been campaigning from a wheelchair for the past 3 weeks after she said she was attacked by an unknown group of people and that has really set the tone for the campaign there. still ahead here in restrooms called for more heavy equipment as the death toll from flooding. news to more rises. controlled mozambique's on resources

health experts said the devastating scenes witnessed in other states will be repeated in west bengal as a result of the launch of political gatherings elizabeth purana al-jazeera new delhi where there is a younger against the indian government for its handling of the pandemic many people have taken to social media to share their thoughts has a look at your broad. take a look online for posts about the coronavirus crisis and india and your time line will be flooded with plays for help for oxygen and other medical equipment or a place to lay the dead to rest and this was a video a man's outside a clinic desperate for oxygen which is eventually delivered after countless phone calls by family and supporters many medical workers have signed up to online platforms to beg for assistance all share their stories talk to go to him saying heads up a hospital in new delhi. to sustain our vision for the next 2 hours. you don't want to do our. part of. this videos also gone viral it said to show a distraught man who's big policeman not to take away the oxygen cylinder he did arrange for his mother

protested for months against a new farm law around 30 percent of the population in carroll and west bengal are muslim and many angry about a law that creates a pathway to citizenship for minorities who face religious persecution but it excludes muslims the b j p s also using its nationalist ideology to gain hindu support its promise to implement a national census where everyone will need to prove their citizenship akil of unjoined the term is professor of political science go hard to university he says the plight of farmers and changes to citizenship laws will influence the vote significantly. we do to remember that they've promised protests we'll have more impact in certain states like. maharastra are and the prettiest but the elections are being held in other states coming now to west bengal and assam know the elections assembly elections are primarily fought on local issues now visit has been following. from the script is it all for its electoral victory electoral miley this for example it has been talking about into talk but hindu talk is not the singular issue that would be zippy has

the reasons behind india's covert 19 crisis is unchecked mass gatherings in the eastern state of west bengal cases jumped from about 3300 to nearly 100000 between march and april the highest rate of growth in the country another staggering jumps being blamed on the state's long assembly elections with campaign rallies attracting large crowds prime minister narendra modi and opposition politicians of both been running for support despite the surging current of r.'s cases voting began last month with the last of 8 phases coming on thursday dr s k a money order was the man is a critical care specialist who works in intensive care at a hospital in calcutta the capital of the state of west bengal and joins me now on al jazeera dr good to have you with us on the program can you just describe the scene of the situation that your hospital is experiencing with covert 1000 cases a situation that certainly for the last. 20 days. are you in that bag. number of cases actually i still remember the number of cases not hospital around 20 months back when suddenly there was this work on the cases started rai

millions lined up to vote in the indian state of west bengal despite record numbers of covid infections deaths. plus, a royal anniversary, william and kate celebrate 10 years of married life, we look at britain's big day. ♪ welcome to world news america. the world was given a glimpse of the jailed russian opposition activist alexei navalny earlie today, the first time since he ended his hunger strike. he appeared in court viaideo link appealing against his conviction in a separate case. he launched an attack on president putin saying his ground was slipping, accusing him of turning russians into slaves. our correspondent reports now from st. petersburg. >>'s head shaven and face gaunt, this is the first glimpse of alexey navalny since his three we congress trike. the opposition politician transformed as a prisoner. this video now his only platform. the one official camera will not film his speech but audio does get out. today, he denounced let mere putin as a president whose only care is clinging to power internally. -- eternally. pressure on navalny's supporters intensified. they have

and west bengal states elections have gone ahead despite recording the highest growth rates in cases experts warn it could become india's next epicenter as millions turned up to vote following weeks of major rallies where polls are also taking place in villages in the most populous states of which are pradesh a 5 day lockdowns being imposed from friday nights and on saturday india is preparing to vaccinate all adults over the age of 18 but the website for registration crashed the day it was launched it's unclear how the government can inoculate an additional 600000000 people when there's already a shortage of champs well elizabeth parag has the latest from new delhi where hospitals have reached full capacity. we are in one of delhi's largest grounds the ram-leela made on where the government is constructing a 500 bed intensive care unit 19 facility to deal with a number of patients in delhi delis hospitals are full and they're having to turn away sick patients and their desperate family members delis leaders said that despite trying their best every single hospital as operating beyon

well we have the full states of west bengal. and the union territory of go into the polls all of these regions are outside the j.p.s. traditional base in the speaking northern and central states to have these speaking heartland as it's known and that is why these elections are recruiting crucial for the b j p to try and get a foothold in the east northeast and in southern india and they have put everything into these elections especially in the state of west bengal with never being in power there also never been power and in fact from the regions going to the polls today that the g.o.p. is currently only in power and it is expected to be reelected there but it is facing one of the most in west bengal all is facing one of the state's most popular powerful leaders month advantage he has been in power there for 10 years she's also one of prime minister in that in the most vocal critics and the fight for west bengal has been the most noteworthy of this all of these elections that has been mobbed both the campaign and the voting itse

reporter: despite all this, millions have been voting in the state of west bengal.he infection rate there is the highest since the pandemic began. political parties have been criticized for holding crowded election rallies, just when india is recording the deadliest days so far for any country during the pandemic. brent: dw's reporter has more on the crisis in delhi. repoer: as ind continues to post record highs in daily case numbers, delhi is the worst hit city. over tony thousand new cases every day -- over 20,000 new cases every day for almost two weeks now. facilities like this one behind me are at capacity. yet new patients continue to come. many are search and oxygen, beds, and medicine. the death tol is rising. there are long queues even outside crematorium's. -- crematoriums. vaccinations are a crucial element in the fight against the coronavirus, but already there are concerns that the availability of vaccines and affordability -- concerns of the availability of vaccines and affordability. many were unable to book a slot to get their jab because vaccination

system in india due to the more than 200000 cases being recorded daily a minister in the state of west bengal molloy got awk lamented that the government had underplayed the coronavirus situation in the country west bengal is one of the indian states worst affected by the rise in cases and for more on this i'm joined now by prefixing our he's the co-founder of or news a fact checking portal in india for the joins me now from about the rest of india to take your focus on a daily basis on weeding out fake news and misinformation online in india did most of the tweets that have been blocked meet that standard not at all those new misinformation these are people expressing their opinions about the ground situation for example one act of unequal massing saying that it is difficult to get medication other you know member of parliament from another political party saying that you know the prime minister should be held responsible. a journalist a senior journalist from organization call him to be news saying that you know you criticize the publication mark incident in which happened where the muslim

turning our attention to india where people in the state of west bengal are going to the polls despite a devastating surge in corona virus infections the country is gearing up to open its vaccine campaign to all adults starting on saturday but it will be weeks before the immunization drive has any hope of easing the situation in the nation's hospitals. a woman begs. for she pleads. as she tries to find oxygen for her desperately sick mother. father. i didn't get there my mother is very seriously ill and for the past 2 days we've been trying to get a bed in so many hospitals in delhi and. across india oxygen is still in desperately short supply. in the capital delhi volunteers from the sikh community have set up an oxygen center in a car park. good lord people are suffering as begging for oxygen we arranged for cylinders from anywhere we could we student queues her whole nights and sometimes got beaten up by the police. or. russia is the latest country to join an international relief effort. actually that is being. off i would say they're going to be with india or putting off. to assist

health experts say the devastating scenes witnessed in other states will be repeated in west bengal as a result of the launch of political gatherings elizabeth brannon al-jazeera new delhi. turkey has entered its 1st full lockdown of the pandemic amid a surgeon infections and deaths people stocked up on groceries and left cities before 3 weeks of 1st reactions to if it took effect on thursday residents will have to stay at home except for essential needs the government had previously imposed partial lockdowns or weekend curfews to reduce the economic impact palestine's 1st parliamentary elections in 15 years have been and they were due to take place next month but president mahmoud abbas decided to postpone the poll because of a dispute with israel over voting in occupied east jerusalem the opposition hamas has rejected the palestinian authority's decision calling it a coup and that but i hear him has more from. he said that it's official now that the palestinian elections are going to be postponed because israel didn't give a clear answer whether it's going to be allowing the palestin

cholera that 19 but millions of people still turned out to elect a regional leaders in the state of west bengal on monday it's one of 5 states that has held elections in recent weeks despite the drastically rising number of infections. hospitals across the country are facing a critical shortage of beds and oxygen. the u.s. and u.k. have responded by sending life saving medical supplies to india we want to try them all the support because they're close friends increasingly important partners but also we need this kind of international collaboration if we're going to get through the pandemic we don't can be safe until we're all safe. once the aid arrives armed police are deployed to escort the precious cargo that says regional states accuse each other of stealing oxygen. soldiers god a newly opened 19 care center in new delhi. there are 500 beds so far for the many family members who couldn't get their loved ones admitted to hospitals even fewer people are being turned away being told that they can only be admitted if they have a referral and have prevented just the same to also says that it can'

polling is being held over 8 days in west bengal 3 days an hour but only on tuesday in catalan and put a cherry. the election is the 1st an hour since the b j p government carried out a controversial register of citizens a campaign it said was meant to check illegal immigration from neighboring. nearly 2000000 of the state's 35000000 population were left off the list including hakim with an he cast his vote anyway as he waits to appeal against his exclusion. i have voted today and for this reason i am very happy because i am a citizen of india after they get the votes and form the government they hurt us if they keep us out it will hurt us. in are some of the b j p has avoided talking about its register of citizens and an equally unpopular law but haas track citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims it's focused instead on infrastructure projects and development but many voters are convinced it is going to there's unemployment everywhere the youth don't have any jobs and they roam around in the sleet so what will we do. all of the states holding on tuesd

devastating 2nd wave despite the surge millions of people turned out to vote for regional elections in west bengal that's raised fears the state may become the new epicenter u.s. president joe biden is in the state of georgia promoting his economic plan as he marks 100 days in office he's attended a driving rally in duluth where he pitched his vision to help grow the economy including investing trillions in jobs infrastructure and education. oh about 100 days i have to tell you i've never been more optimistic about the future of america and america is on the move again we're choosing hope over fair truth over lives white over dark. never working we're working again we're dreaming again we're discovering again we're living the world again i got some great markers you could deliver for the people police in kurdistan are reporting a renewal of gunfire on their southern border with just hours after a cease fire agreement at least 6 people have been killed killed in clashes since wednesday the border is disputed and the violence broke out at a water reservoir that both countries claimed as their own th

health experts say the devastating scenes witnessed in other states will be repeated in west bengal as a result of the launch of political gatherings elizabeth brannon al jazeera new delhi. palestine's 1st election in 15 years could be delayed president mahmoud abbas says israel hasn't yet confirmed if palestinians will be able to vote in occupied east jerusalem he says that's because israel has claimed it only has an interim government which doesn't have the mandate joe biden is marking $100.00 days in office as president of the united states on tuesday he addressed congress with what he called his blueprint to build america promising trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education. alexina valmy has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the kremlin critic attended a hearing by video link to appeal against his conviction for defaming a war veteran a separate court case is the citing whether his opposition network should be labeled extremist the kurdistan government says at least 3 people including a child have been killed in fig

country now cases ago not alarmingly despite that we have an election taking place in the state of west bengal today and where 8600000 people will go to the. election commission has allowed this go ahead despite russ feingold's capital. registering a 50 percent positivity rate with 50 percent of people who are testing. leading to . high court saying that india's election commission has single handedly responsible for the 2nd wave of the coronavirus in india elections have been taking place not just in west bengal the other states over the past few months how much of a difference to the situation in india will be international aid that it's on its way to make. well it is incredibly important because there isn't a malcolm oxygen supply in india to look at the number of hospitalizations and the number of people needing oxygen and so tons of food in pounds and traces are now on their way from the u.s. the u.k. is also sending ventilators an oxygen concentrator the number of countries. have our. air force in the in random places transporting oxygen trying to transport it as quickly as it can but it

in other states and despite all of that there was a large election taking place in the state of west bengal today the capital calcutta recording very high 50 percent positivity rate and yet elections are going on there as they have in the last few months in 4 states with a madrassa high court saying india's election commission on monday saying that the election commission is single handedly responsible for the 2nd wave of the coronavirus in india for allowing such large gatherings to go ahead and list mentioned that despite the surge in section numbers more than 8000000 people in west bengal in an assembly election today the 7th phase of polls began in the eastern states on monday well then 14000 cases and 59 deaths were reported on saturday. president biden says that the u.s. will help india just as it helped america through its worst moments of the outbreak is chief medical advisor dr anthony found she spoke to a.b.c. news as the white house announced that it will immediately send medical and protective gear as well as war materials for producing vaccines there's discussions about really

cases were reported on thursday but millions of people turned out to vote in regional elections in west bengal sparking fears that the state may turn into a new epicenter. meanwhile palestine's 1st election in 15 years could be delayed the president mahmoud abbas says israel hasn't yet confirmed of palestinians will be able to vote in occupied east jerusalem the parliamentary elections or show job for may the 22nd while a presidential vote is due in july joe biden is marking 100 days in office as president of the united states on tuesday here addressed congress with what he called his blueprint to build america promising trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education 100 days since i took the oath of office live tomorrow and all for family bible and her nation we all did it was in crisis the worst pandemic of the century the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war now. after just 100 days i can report to the nation america is on the move again. alexina valmy has appeared in court for the 1st time since end

at the risk of extinction many of them could help us with the help like here at the bancroft in west bengal which are not secret weapons against wider says that bacteria could be found one but a good reason to protect them the potential of mangrove swamps in indonesia is already being researched in germany and the findings are very promising. the development of new antibiotics is a race against time most antibiotics were derived from substances produced by soil dwelling microorganisms at the helm of the center for infection research in germany 70 octavian is studying sediment from mongo swans to isolate bacteria that produce antibiotic substances the samples come from a nature conservation area in indonesia. the microorganisms in this hobby to have adapted to their tidal environment to thrive in the sediment and brackish water they've evolved to produce a variety of novel unto microbial compounds. but then the. whole know the world needs new antibiotics then. a growing number of pathogens are developing resistance to the antibiotics used in medicine today. well that's because so many antibi

scenes witnessed in other states will be repeated in west bengal as a result of the launch of political gatherings elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. well as india struggles with this record surge in corona virus cases there's mounting anger against the government for its handling of the pandemic many have taken to social media to share their thoughts here's a look here brooke. many on twitter remain unconvinced by the official line with the government accused of trying to hide the truth one death a day a character in this political cartoon says despite the line up of bodies behind him and there are those who say they're witnessing the collapse not just of the health system but all layers of government led by prime minister narendra modi the hash tag resign modi has been trained across the country this week though on wednesday it was blocked by facebook for several hours anyone clicking on a post so this one instead facebook says it happened by mistake and not because of a request by the government but there's plenty of skepticism because the government has been ordering the removal of cri

state currently ruled by the b j p and it's fighting off a stiff opposition challenge now both west bengal and share a border with bangladesh and they were at the core of the recent law that creates a pathway to citizenship for minorities from neighboring countries who faced religious persecution it's been controversial however because it excludes muslims. neal and john de is a delhi based journalist he's also the author of a political biography the indian prime minister narendra modi he's joining us from new delhi to discuss these elections thanks for your time so the prime minister has campaigned quite heavily in no west bengal and a win there would be a major boost for his party do you think his efforts are going to pay off militants going to be very difficult to actually predict or can we be because olds but there is certainly no doubt that mr moore do you personally has invested tremendously in the party's election campaign interests me more is almost predicted it has a kind of lost on the final frontier along with a sandwich is old school in eastern suit and also what is wrong with t

despite all this millions have been voting in the state of west bengal the infection rate there is the highest since the pandemic began. political parties have been criticize. for holding crowded election rallies just when india is recording the deadliest days so far for any country during the pandemic whatever and we will have much more on the situation in india coming up in our special coverage in just a few hours time meantime in berlin the extensive restoration work on the renowned new national gallery is now complete the building is a cultural landmark for the city and a masterpiece of modern architecture the gallery is set to reopen for visitors in the summer. after more than 5 years the renovation of. calorie is finally complete and for now the famous an iconic museum designed by big meets founder can be admired in its simplest form has a temper of lights on the surface not much seems to have changed the hull is now 2 seconds you're not often hired 19 times of openness this hole is a unique structure no other museum in the world is like it that was one reason to preserve it of c

despite all this millions have been voting in the state of west bengal the infection rate there is the highest since the pandemic began. political parties have been criticised for holding credit election rallies just when india is recording the deadliest days so far for any country during the pandemic but it was in the meanwhile in turkey the country has entered full lockdown at strictest since the start of the pandemic as it fights its own battle with soaring coal with 1000 cases and deaths people have been ordered to stay at home for nearly 3 weeks only allowed to go outside for grocery shopping and other essential needs correspondent yulia han sent us this report from istanbul. saying goodbye a moment of calm. but only briefly. there is not much time for farewells here in xinjiang liqui you at one of the largest cemeteries in istanbul while the families mourn outside the next coffins are already arriving the funeral home workers try to ensure that everything is as dignified as possible but it has been turkey's deadliest month since the pandemic began and that has also become very ap

system in india due to the more than 200000 cases being recorded daily now minister in the state of west bengal molloy got awk lamented that the government had underplayed the coronavirus situation in the country west bengal is one of the indian states worst affected by the rise in cases and for more on this i'm joined now by prefixing our he's the co-founder of or news a fact checking portal in india for the joins me now from about unrest in india think you are focused on a daily basis on weeding out fake news and misinformation online in india did most of the tweets that have been blocked meet that standard not at all there was no misinformation these are people expressing their opinions about the ground situation for example one act of unequal massing saying that it is difficult to get medication other you know member of parliament from another political party saying that you know the prime minister should be held responsible. a journalist a senior journalist from organization call him to be news saying that you know you criticise the jamaat incident in which happened where the muslim commun

here in the state of west bengal elections remain the main focus up until now.rried, as 15—16,000 new cases are being reported every day in the state. during the past one month, people have been voting here for the state elections and huge campaign rallies were organised. thousands of people attended those rallies, most of them didn't wear a mask or didn't maintain physical distancing. the rallies were attended by the prime minister and the home minister who flew down from delhi almost every other day. but people are now frightened that cases may explode. gujarat has refused to impose i lockdown, even though the cases and deaths are rising. as you can see, this is a busy crossroadsj and the lives of many people i here have remained unchanged. we talked to a few people over here and found - they were out on the streets to - purchase non—essential commodities. gujarat is governed - by prime minister modi's bharatiya janata party. it says there is no scientific basis which says that lockdown - stops the spread of the virus. it also says that lockdown harms the econ

frustration india is densely populated and yet mass gatherings including fist state elections in west bengal have been allowed to go ahead. people have been gathering a lot there's been a lot of gathering in terms of people going out to the markets. there have been some rallies going on and people have been going to different festivals. you know for all health workers across india the situation has become a nightmare it's reached a point where crisis is a very mild word for it. but the battle to keep this country breathing must go on if you don't have anything. on joining me now is our delhi bureau chief amrita cina another day and then another record increase in infections mean this crisis will seemingly continue for some time yet and rita how are people coping and any guess it was another a bad day for india as the number of infections new infections rose by another record people obviously i extreme be moderate hospitals are under great pressure and you're running short of supplies oxygen is then his hospital beds the prime minister today had a meeting with this council of ministers and th

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a minister in the state of west bengal molloy got alk lamented that the government had underplayed the coronavirus situation in the country west bengal is one of the indian states worst affected by the rise in cases and for more on this i'm joined now by prefixing our he's the co-founder of all news a fact checking portal in india for the joins me now from about unrest in india think you are focused on a daily basis on weeding out fake news and misinformation online in india did most of the tweets that have been blocked meet that standard not at all there was no misinformation these are people expressing their opinions about the ground situation for example when activant promising saying that it is difficult to get medication nother you know member of parliament from another political party saying that you know the prime minister should be held responsible. a journalist a senior journalist from organization call it would be news saying that you know you criticized him out incident in which happened where the muslim community was criticized for willingly religious congregation but you'r

yet mass meetings including for state elections in the state of west bengal have been allowed to go ahead. people have been gathering a lot there's been a lot of gathering in terms of people going out in the markets there's been some rallies going on and people have been going to different festivals. for all health workers across india the situation has become a nightmare. real life. right into play by. the government but the battle to keep this country breathing must go on i mean if you don't if you have to cut this crisis have been prevented home on a bag of on is professor of history human rights and public policy at the city university of new york he specializes and modern day india welcome to the w that's that we where we are as the indian government lost control of this pandemic. thank you for having me i think by all appearances the answer to your question is yes i see that the indian government would probably respond by pointing out all the international outreach that it's done over the last couple of days and weeks and how it's managed to quite successfully negotiate deals with a