and the leaders of divided cyprus are meeting in geneva for talks hoping to find some common ground before resuming peace negotiations that have been stalled for you the. few i'm god as welcome to the program more than 200000 people have now died from covert 19 across india the numbers keep rising fast driven at least in part by a new more infectious variant of the virus countries around the world have begun sending medical aids to india including desperately needed oxygen as the wave of new infections overwhelms its health care system hospitals are being forced to turn away patients and authorities scramble to get equipment to those who needed most. in some indian hospitals the oxygen supply has run out finding. people who might have survived the disease are dying as a result. of getting out there there's no oxygen in all of town. let me know my mother was admitted 3 days ago i was told she was fine and recovering all the tests were done then last night they said they didn't have any more oxygen she passed away. hospital's an i.c.u. units across the country are overwhelmed after weeks of

the president of turkish controlled northern cyprus arison tar and turkey's president to one both want a 2 state solution that would formalize the depression of the island the un and the e.u. favor a federal solution with 2 states under a central government. to. take a different position. based on a 2 state solution. we have been negotiating. but leftist groups recently took to the streets to demonstrate for a federal system they want to see cyprus united and ankara sway over the island curbed the turkish cypriots in the north are divided. the few border crossings between the north and the south are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic un peacekeepers have patrolled the ceasefire line for decades . anger over deadlock negotiations is also evident in the greek part of the island. government has. from corruption to environmental destruction to. peace talks then. people on both sides of the divide are united in their frustration with their leaders. and of course the. disillusionment has grown over the past years and expectations are extremely low for a few people expect the cyprus d

secretary general antonio terrace is holding meetings with leaders of divided cyprus in geneva cyprus has been split along ethnic lines for decades the 2 sides are hoping to find common ground and resume formal peace talks that have been stalled since 2017. time seems to have come to a standstill and for russia it's largely greek population fled during turkey's invasion of cyprus in 1974 the once popular tourist destination has been stripped of life ever since in a nearby village. ekes out a living from the arid landscape the farmer is disappointed that peace talks between the turkish and greek parts of cyprus have been unsuccessful only see years . we want the same opportunities that the e.u. and the rest of the world offer the greek cypriots the sanctions against us should be lifted and we should be recognized as an independent state. president of turkish controlled northern cyprus arison tar and turkey's president. both want a 2 state solution that would formalize the depression of the island the un and the e.u. favor a federal solution with 2 states under a central government. to.

the president of turkish controlled northern cyprus arison ta tower and turkey's president wretch of the one post $1.00 to $2.00 state solution that would formalize the depression of the island the un and the e.u. favor a federal solution with 2 states under a central government. to. take a different position. and position based on the 2 state solution for health a century we have been negotiating. but leftist groups recently took to the streets to demonstrate for a federal system they want to see cyprus united and ankara sway over the island curbed the turkish cypriots in the north are divided. the few border crossings between the north and the south are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic un peacekeepers have patrolled the ceasefire line for decades . anger over deadlock negotiations is also evident in the greek part of the island. the current government has. from corruption to environmental destruction to. peace talks then. people on both sides of the divide are united in their frustration with their leaders. and of course. disillusionment has grown over the past years and

president of turkish controlled northern cyprus arison tar and turkey's president recha heir to one post $1.00 to $2.00 state solution that would formalize the depression of the island the un and the e.u. favor a federal solution with 2 states under a central government. this time will take a different position. and position based on a 2 state solution for health a century we have been negotiating. but leftist groups recently took to the streets to demonstrate for a federal system they want to see cyprus united and ankara sway over the island curved. the turkish cypriots in the north are divided. the few border crossings between the north and the south are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic un peacekeepers have patrolled the ceasefire line for decades . anger over deadlock to go see asians is also evident in the greek part of the island. the current government has. from corruption to environmental destruction to. peace talks to a dead end. people on both sides of the divide are united in their frustration with their leaders this is and of course this is disillusionment has grown

the president of turkish controlled northern cyprus arison tata are and turkey's president wretch of the one both want a 2 state solution that would formalize the depression of the island the un and the e.u. favor a federal solution with 2 states under a central government. to. take a different position. based on a 2 state solution for health a century we have been negotiating. but leftist groups recently took to the streets to demonstrate for a federal system they want to see cyprus united and ankara sway over the island curbed the turkish cypriots in the north are divided. the few border crossings between the north and the south are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic un peacekeepers have patrolled the ceasefire line for decades . anger over deadlocked negotiations is also evident in the greek part of the island. government. from corruption to environmental destruction to. peace talks then. people on both sides of the divide are united in their frustration with their leaders. it's and of course. disillusionment has grown over the past years and expectations are extremely low

secretary general antonenko terence's holding meetings with leaders of divided cyprus in geneva cyprus has along ethnic lines the decades the 2 sides are hoping to find common ground and resume formal peace talks that have told. time seems to have come to a standstill and for russia it's largely greek population fled during turkey's invasion of cyprus in 1974 the once popular tourist destination has been stripped of life ever since in a nearby village. east out a living from the arid landscape the farmer is disappointed that peace talks between the turkish and greek parts of cyprus have been unsuccessful all these years. we want the same opportunities that the e.u. and the rest of the world offer the greek cypriots the sanctions against us should be lifted and we should be recognized as an independent state. the president of turkish controlled northern cyprus arison ta tower and turkey's president aired a one both want a 2 state solution that would former allies the deficient of the island the un and the e.u. favor a federal solution with 2 states under a central government. to. take a

grant from cyprus will take 2 steps and will take you to hotels that once crowded golden beaches are now sitting and. looking bleak over the coronavirus has made painfully clear that germany's digitization is legging far behind many companies were ill equipped for employees moving to offices schools all but unable to offer digital learning but things seem to be improving with some startups using the crisis to promote digital projects that are likely to. the cafeteria is empty no one can eat here because of strict guidelines that are likely to remain in place for a long time and yet hundreds of employees in this frankfurt business complex need their lunch and they'll get it thanks to a new app designed to order lunch while strictly adhering to a social distancing guidelines customers order and pay by phone their meal is ready for pick up and the lock box just minutes later for the company behind the app the pandemic create it's just the right environment to launch. for the core of our isp and demi came as a shock for us initially as many of our clients are restaurants and much affecte

the president of turkish controlled northern cyprus arison tar and turkey's president wretch up to air to one post $1.00 to $2.00 state solution that would formalize the depression of the island the un and the e.u. favor a federal solution with 2 states under a central government. to. take a different position. based on a 2 state solution for health a century we have been negotiating. but leftist groups recently took to the streets to demonstrate for a federal system they want to see cyprus united and ankara sway over the island curb. the turkish cypriots in the north are divided. the few border crossings between the north and the south are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic un peacekeepers have patrolled the ceasefire line for decades . anger over deadlock negotiations is also evident in the greek part of the island. the current government has. from corruption to environmental destruction to. leading the peace talks to then. people on both sides of the divide are united in their frustration with their leaders. this is and of course this is disillusionment has grown over the pa

president of turkish controlled northern cyprus arison tar and turkey's president. both want a 2 state solution that would formalize the depression of the island the un and the e.u. favor a federal solution with 2 states under a central government. to. take a different position. and position based on a 2 state solution. we have been negotiating. but leftist groups recently took to the streets to demonstrate for a federal system they want to see cyprus united and ankara sway over the island curbed the turkish cypriots and the north are divided. the few border crossings between the north and the south are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic un peacekeepers have patrolled the ceasefire line for decades . anger over deadlock negotiations is also evident in the greek part of the island. the current government has. from corruption to environmental destruction to. peace talks then. people on both sides of the divide are united in their frustration with their leaders. this is and of course this is disillusionment has grown over the past years and expectations are ext

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they call it white gold and now after an almost 7 year campaign the people of cyprus can consider it theirs and theirs alone. from mid april when european union will officially consider hulu me a product unique to the mediterranean island the decision won't only provide an economic boost to the country it's also being seen as a symbolic gesture that could bring together traditionally feuding greek and turkish cypriots referring to the cheese in both languages cypriot president nicos honest as the artist tweeted a milestone day for hulu me or holy him and for our country a shield of protection is now in place adding that it was to the benefit of all cypriots greek and turkish. the saltine cheeses already cyprus is top export with the new case wheat in germany and greece its biggest buyers producers hope its new protected origin status will further cement its image on the international stage. we're going to offer before we think that this new designation will boost the value of the product and it will once again be recognized around the world as a separate product. eaten in a salad or

members greece and cyprus over these gas fields in the mediterranean. well that's right at the sea in the mediterranean are believed to have vast reserves of any cheek and that has been the catalyst for the resumption of of territorial disputes over the control of all of these seas between both greece and cyprus that has been the last clashes between warships pouncing off one another as they both try to enforce their claims of those seas and they really will see concern that these 2 nato members could ultimately have signed come kind of military clash that's why the e.u. now is rewarding turkey with these talks although these talks have sorted there is the concern that still nothing has been resolved as of yet and they the belief is certain concessions from the e.u. will the hope of them can be the facilitator for some kind of agreement but it's still a long way off during journeys in both are now thank you. i mean while diplomats from russia china the u.k. germany and france are meeting in the austrian capital vienna today for talks aimed at salvaging

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come to a standstill and for russia it's largely greek population fled during turkey's invasion of cyprus arison top tower and turkey's president wretch of air to one both want a 2 state solution that would formalize the depression of the island the un and the e.u. favor a federal solution with 2 states under a central government. this time will take a different position. and position will be based on a 2 state solution for health a century we have been negotiating. but leftist groups recently took to the streets to demonstrate for a federal system they want to see cyprus united and bankers sway over the island curbed the turkish cypriots in the north are divided. the few border crossings between the north and the south are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic un peacekeepers have patrolled the ceasefire line for decades . anger over deadlock to go see asians is also evident in the greek part of the island. the current government has. from corruption to environmental destruction to. peace talks then. people on both sides of the divide are united in their frustration with their leade

pushing across into turkey cyprus upright not being see there will be more snow will cold air they're coming into a good part of the ankara just 6 degrees celsius wintry mix to just pushing across that's at least inside of here well snow to across scandinavia there we go with that cold west started to talk its way across northern parts of the u.k. so scotland temperatures no higher than about 7 celsius in glasgow on friday off there is a 12 for london one to some wet weather across much of western europe at 12 turns into a 7 by the time becomes a sad state as that cold air will continue for a little further south with wetter weather coming in across much of france in the low countries much of west you see some pretty weather wet weather as we go on through the next couple of days and some of that whether it will also affect the phone north of morocco a chance of one of 2 showers for an all in algeria. it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy impacts all of our issues you're putting more money into the hands of someone 1st taking money out of the hands

let me show you exactly where this heat this high heat is starting to build and it's toward turkey cyprus and the levant let me put on the temperatures now honey this will really tell the story 34 degrees for aleppo we're also getting into the thirty's on cyprus we have some unusual showers popping up into yemen unusual and that is so far north and east also starting to spill into the huge as mountains in saudi arabia so that is the picture on friday looking good in doha $36.00 degrees and plenty of sun to go around take you to africa and still bouts of what weather remains unsettled for tanzania this is been really the trend for the last several days also what weather for the democratic republic of the congo central african republic and right through into cameroon that will continue on friday take you to south africa right now and we do have the eastern cape quite a push of moisture coming onshore this is cool rain to some snow the 1st of the season for the suit to and show the 3 day forecast for zanzibar that unsettled and wet trend will really continue right through into the weekend sa

the un is launching another round of talks about the future of cyprus the islands is divided between its southern greek speaking parts in the south declared republic of northern cyprus where turkish is spoken the presidents of both areas are meeting un secretary general in geneva the foreign ministers of greece turkey and the u.k. are also there decades of talks have been unable thus far to find a solution the u.s. attorney general has announced an investigation into the evil police department in kentucky it follows last year's killing of briana taylor a black woman shot in her home during a bush police raids and it comes only days after the death of another black man during the police stop in north carolina or grenell reports. as protests over the police killing of andrew brown jr continue his family members were allowed to watch a snippet of police body camera video showing brown being shot repeatedly they were outraged by what they saw my dad i ask you to just trying to save his own life you know he was not in no office he was not in the home of him at all it's just messed up how

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european countries such as portugal malta and cyprus are also popular destinations. correspondent joins me from mumbai heidi we've heard a number of reasons there why millionaires might be leaving what is the primary reason as you see it now understand. as everything around the world is being in fact better. primarily at luby's more concerned about how well each and every country is taking care of the situation and india has not exactly done a good job here so definitely people who can afford to keep the country who are going out for. their family and will somewhere and they're losing their options and then obviously it has not been appalling really it has been weakening is the dollar . after that acts of terrorism is also an issue that the government has a hard businessman i understand and and again they're fostered and a lot of business men have been complaining the government comes up with very ugly to policies and the tax operations have been terrorizing them and so basically next right looking a lot on ease of doing business but it has not done a good job there

let me show you exactly where this heat this high heat is starting to build and it's toward turkey cyprus and the levant let me put on the temperatures now honey this will really tell the story 34 degrees for aleppo we're also getting into the thirty's on cyprus we have some unusual showers popping up into yemen unusual and that is so far north and east also starting to spill into the huge as mountains and saudi arabia so that is the picture on friday looking good in doha $36.00 degrees and plenty of sun to go around take you to africa and still bouts of what weather remains unsettled for tanzania this is been really the trend for the last several days also what weather for the democratic republic of the congo central african republic and rate through into cameroon that will continue on friday take you to south africa right now and we do have the eastern cape quite a push of moisture coming onshore this is cool rain to some snow the 1st of the season for the suit to and show the 3 day forecast for zanzibar that unsettled and wet trend will really continue right through into the weekend sa

pushing across into turkey cyprus upright not being see there will be more snow will cold air they're coming into a good part of the anchorage just 6 degrees celsius when she makes to just pushing across that's at least the side of here or snow to across scandinavia there we go with that cold west opted to talk its way in across northern parts of the u.k. so scotland temperatures now hot in about 7 celsius in glasgow on friday off there is a 12 for london one to some wet weather across much of western europe at 12 turns into a 7 by this whole becomes a sas take is that cooler weather will continue and a little further south with wetter weather coming in across much of france in the low countries much of west you see some pretty weather wet weather as we go on through the next couple of days and some of that whether it will also affect the phone north america a chance of want to show is for an all in algeria. xenophobia violent and beating the drum for an ethnic civil war in the heart of europe. a generation identity was at one time a fostex growing far right organization on the contin

pushing across into turkey cyprus upright not being see there will be more snow was coming into a good part of the anchorage just 6 degrees celsius wintry mix to just pushing across that's at least the side of here or snow to across scandinavia there we go with that cold west started to talk its way across northern parts of the u.k. so scotland temperatures now higher than around 7 celsius in glasgow on friday off there is a 12 for london one to some wet weather across much of western europe at 12 turns into a 7 by this whole becomes a sas take is that cooler weather will continue to fund a little further south with wetter weather coming in across much of france in the low countries much of west you see some pretty weather wet weather as we go on through the next couple of days and some of that whether it will also affect the phone north of morocco a chance of one of to share was for an all in algeria. you buy them until price is the defining story of our time never before have done it already in human health so clearly outlined and tried agis here is a good many environmental solution

another area of dispute is turkey wanting tdrill for gas in the mediterranean in areas which greece and cyprus see as their territory. the latest talks between the eu and turkey aim to mend fences, but there are still huge differences to overcome. brent: let's get more from our correspondent dorian jones. he joins us from istanbul. can we say that both sides were successful today in resetting their relations? dorian: ankara certainly sees this as a major diplomatic win, the fact that two eu top officials were prepared to come to turkey and meet face-to-face at a time when these meetings are extremely rare. it is seen as a victory itself. while there was a lot of focus on turkey's deteriorating human rights record, after the meeting, ankara will be focusing on the commitment they received for the opening and starting of customs, the modernization of the customs union agreement. that is a key demand for ankara, and it appears an opportunity for liberalization with eu officials talking about the importance of face-to-face contact between the two. that will be seen as an effort at liberalizing vis

let me show you exactly where this heat this high heat is starting to build and it's toward turkey cyprus and the levant let me put on the temperatures now honey this will really tell the story 34 degrees for aleppo we're also getting into the thirty's on cyprus we have some unusual showers popping up into yemen unusual and that is so far north and east also starting to spill into the huge as mountains and saudi arabia so that is the picture on friday looking good in doha $36.00 degrees and plenty of sun to go around take you to africa and still about some of what weather remains unsettled for tanzania this is been really the trend for the last several days also what weather for the democratic republic of the congo central african republic and right through into cameroon that will continue on friday and take you to south africa right now and we do have the eastern cape quite a push of moisture coming onshore this is cool rain to some snow the 1st of the season for the suit to and show the 3 day forecast for zanzibar that unsettled and wet trend will really continue right through into the

let me show you exactly where this heat this high heat is starting to build and it's toward turkey cyprus and the levant let me put on the temperatures now honey this will really tell the story 34 degrees for aleppo we're also getting into the thirty's on cyprus we have some unusual showers popping up into yemen unusual and that is so far north and east also starting to spill into the huge as mountains and saudi arabia so that is the picture on friday looking good in doha $36.00 degrees and plenty of sun to go around take you to africa and still about some of what weather remains unsettled for tanzania this is been really the trend for the last several days also what weather for the democratic republic of the congo central african republic and right through into cameroon that will continue on friday and take you to south africa right now and we do have the eastern cape quite a push of moisture coming onshore this is cool rain to some snow the 1st of the season for the suit to and show the 3 day forecast for zanzibar that unsettled and trend will really continue right through into the week

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a low point when turkey started drilling in the mediterranean sea in areas that countries crease in cyprus consider their territory turkey has now put these activities on hold but other strains remain for example turkey and the use diversion policies on regional conflicts like libya and syria and you concerns over democratic standards of turkey even if the e.u. and turkey and are hoping for a new chapter in their relations cooperation between the 2 will likely remain fragile. our correspondent there in jones is standing by for us in istanbul hi dorian can you tell us how significant today's meeting is and what both sides are hoping to get out of it. well this is being presented as potentially a pivotal moment in turkey relations. reset this is what diplomats are talking about and laying down a framework where the 2 turkey in the e.u. could start to work constructively to read together this comes after a year of turmoil between the 2 and the fact that the 2 senior e.u. officials are coming to turkey in a time when people really travel for face to face meetings is seen as a major diplomatic

another area of dispute is turkey wanting to drill for gas in the mediterranean in areas which greece and cyprus see as their territory the latest talks between the e.u. and turkey aimed to mend fences but there are still huge differences to overcome. earlier we spoke to you have your correspondent dorian jones in istanbul and i asked him just how successful this meeting was in resetting e.u. turkish relations. well certainly seeing this is a major diplomatic when the fact that 2 top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus on turkey's at the to rating human rights record at the press conference after the meeting a press conference that wasn't broadcast by most of turkish news channels here uncle will be focusing on the commitment that they have received for the opening and starting of the customs the modernization of the customs union agreement that is a key demand and also appears the all opportunity of possible visa liberalization with the e

another area of dispute is turkey wanting to drill for gas in the mediterranean in areas which greece and cyprus see as their territory the latest talks between the e.u. and turkey aimed to mend fences but there are still huge differences to overcome thanks. and now to iceland for hundreds of hikers have been evacuated from the site of and are rotting vault that is after new fissures opened up on the ballot and a lot of us know. the spectacle has proved a huge draw for tourists as you might imagine since the volcano ward into life last . a sight to behold iceland's spectacular nearly 3 week old bookending corruption has entered a new phase 2 new fissures have opened near the which no side in the gelding a dollar a valley measuring 200 meters in total and lather also spewing from the new openings . some of the most impressive thing is this river down into the valley actually more than the fisher it's. good research. the new lava river is flowing down through the hills for hundreds of meters from the fisher and into neighboring united a live reality. if. you crack opening up. right of our people o

another area of dispute is turkey wanting to drill for gas in the mediterranean in areas which greece and cyprus see as their territory thank you the latest talks between the e.u. and turkey aimed to mend fences but there is still huge differences to overcome thank. you correspondent dorian jones in istanbul asked just how successful the meeting between the 2 sides was. well certainly seen this is a major diplomatic when the fact that 2 top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus on turkey's to to rating human rights record at that press conference after the meeting a press conference that wasn't broadcast by most of turkish news channels here uncle will be focusing on the commitment that they have received for the opening and starting of the customs the modernization of the customs union agreement that is a key demand and also appears the opportunity of possible visa liberalization with the e.u. officials talking about the importance of face

another area of dispute is turkey wanting to drill for gas in the mediterranean in areas which greece and cyprus see as their territory thank you the latest talks between the e.u. and turkey aimed to mend fences but there are still huge differences to overcome thanks. in iceland hundreds of hikers have been evacuated from the site of an erupting volcano as after new features opened up on the mountains during lava smoke and spectacle has proved a huge draw for tourists since the volcano bored to life lost. his sight to behold iceland's spectacular nearly 3 week old look any corruption has entered a new phase 2 new fissures have opened near the original site in the gallatin the dollar valley measuring 200 meters in total. and lovaas also spewing from the new openings. are some of the most impressive thing is this river down into the valley actually more than the fisher at southmead a good research. the new lava river is flowing down through the hills for hundreds of meters from the fissure and into neighboring united to live valley. we had to do crack opening up her right developer of people or or

another area of dispute is turkey wanting to drill for gas in the mediterranean in areas which greece and cyprus see as that territory the latest talks between the e.u. and turkey aimed to mend fences but there are still huge differences to overcome thanks r.k. let's get more now from our correspondent dorian jones who joins me now from istanbul did even 2 years adore you and so can we say that both sides were successful today in resetting their relations. well certainly seen this is a major diplomatic when the fact that 2 top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus on turkey's to to rating human rights record at the press conference after the meeting a press conference by most of turkish news channels here uncle will be focusing on the commitment that they have received for the opening and starting of the customs the modernization of the customs union agreement that is a key and also appears the opportunity of possible visa liberalization wit

central and eastern parts of turkey remain on the cool side that cold air now slipping down across cyprus into that western side of syria lebanon jordan also seeing some of that cooler as i want to say showers making their way towards southern parts of the caspian maybe a sharrow to the northern areas of iran maybe a little bit of a wintry mix over towards northern parts of afghanistan but south of that generally not too bad a little legacy of cloud he can just make out says just moving across the kuwait that will eventually just drag its way just to the north of us here in cots temperatures generally getting up into the low thirty's over the next day plenty of hazy sunshine and then notching up early next week plenty of hazy sunshine just around the horn of africa larry is the shallows there it's essential in southern parts of atheist and then the shah was about if they ramp up once again is the southern parts of uganda some heavy downpours over towards the democratic republic of congo i was saying some very heavy rain now starting to push its way up into the gulf of guinea the show is e

with a missile and not in northern cyprus so that is something that has happened to see in response israel has continued its strike operations on syrian territory targeting syrian anti-aircraft batteries so if the now these really mean she sings was not a deliberate attack near this very important site rather an accident you find a lot more on the web site the dress for that is al jazeera dot com. this is a dizzying array of things that the top stories it's earth day and the u.s. is returning to center stage in the fight against climate change president joe biden is due to begin hosting a virtual 2 day summit of world leaders and it's speeding up global efforts tackling carbon emissions will be high on the agenda for the 14 year leaders the u.s. is expected to pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by around 50 percent by 2030 and it hopes to convince other nations to follow suit from beijing katrina you has more on what the chinese government is up against if it wants to make will changes. most of the environmentalists and researchers that we spoke to say that they do believe that

intercepted by israeli air defenses and other incidents in 2019 when a missile ended up in northern cyprus so that is something that has happened in response israel has continued its strike operations on syrian territory targeting syrian anti-aircraft batteries so for now the israeli military saying this was not a deliberate attack near this very important site rather an accidental. also resigned evidence. that went missing with 53 sailors on board a car and lange garlands it for 02 was taking part in a training exercise 100 kilometers north of bali. morning reporting on wednesday jessica washington has this update from jakarta. what we do know is that a huge search operation is underway in the waters to the north of bali we know that there are 5 vessels involved in that search as well as a navy helicopter and authorities are looking into what appears to be an oil spill in the area north of bali but at this stage they say it's too soon to tell whether that oil spill or whether what appears to be the smell of fuel in the area is linked to this submarine we do know that help is on the way fr

turkey some choppy waters in the eastern side of the mediterranean some of the wet weather coming into cyprus as we go through thursday easing over towards the levant western parts of syria pushing into lebanon maybe even into well with the names of jordan could see some rather sharp showers for some brisk winds are rolling through but elsewhere for the southeast financial rime warming up doha getting up to 38 celsius and that is 100 in found high so the heat starting to build across the arabian peninsula right syria across a good part of the horn of africa somalia losey set family of ethiopia set fair you might catch the odd shower in the south pushing down towards lake victoria just along the rift valley and across the central areas the usual crop of showers there pretty much where they should be from the gulf of guinea easing down across the democratic republic of congo pushing down through angola northern parts of madagascar northern areas of mozambique also seeing some sharp showers and some coastal showers just brewing up there around tanzania pushing up towards the far south of kenya f

carry on like you did throughout the last years you know seeking trouble with greece's trouble with cyprus completely disregarding any human and democratic rights and so on and so forth we know how long the list is and we know how long any complaints that you have made against turkey and particularly president are gone now this was what was behind the visit and then instead we see this ridiculous diplomatic that that makes the e.u. look silly and that is worse than making political mistakes to look stupid in public yeah i mean this was as you say a high level meeting protocol you know is is that it exists so that things like this do not happen but we know mishaps do occur do we know that what happened to manners and common courtesy. you know obviously they don't come into play here because when you look at the characters involved we look at president editor on who doesn't believe that courtesy is a virtue we certainly haven't seen anything like that from him in the past he has treated midden usually with enough courtesy at least on the surface but obviously that doesn't stretch to women an

cyprus has ended a 2 week lockdown to contain a new wave of infections but it will accept to vaccinate to tourists from 65 countries starting next month's they won't need a negative code 900 test all go through a quarantine. health officials in gaza say they're facing a critical situation in the battle against kevin 19 has been a surge in young people being affected thought to be from the more contagious u.k. variant the rate of people testing positive is now among the highest in the world and vaccines are in short supply gaza already struggles because of israel's long running blockade still ahead on out to syria. after weeks of increased tension on the border between ukraine and russia hopes from here a resolution. sponsored ploy qatar airways. we got the rain clouds now gathering across central and southern parts of china so what's the weather coming through it will eventually make its way toward ca's china sea and beyond ahead of that sits fine in try high pressure in shots so some pleasant sunshine lots of lovely spring sunshine there for japan as we go for tuesday 20 celsius in to

middle east in particular this heat will be centered across areas of central turkey on the island of cyprus where we will get into that 30 degree threshold $26.00 for you on wednesday. temperatures have come down a bit sink kuwait for example at 38 and for us here in doha 37 degrees will be the high on wednesday and by thursday we'll get a bit cooler with that winds coming off the gulf i show you some of the boy story that we're dealing with into parts of africa so particularly heavy rains toward areas of the ethiopian high lands but also djibouti getting into some of these heavy spells of showers and we still have those showers hanging around areas of attends in the into northern mozambique and we can follow these showers right through the heart of africa into the gulf of guinea and in particular we'll get into some heavier pockets of rain as we head toward cameroon wednesday and thursday did also want to put this on your radar we'll watch to see just parts of south africa get clipped with some showers as we head toward the tail end of the week capetown a high of 1000 for you on thursday.

middle east in particular this heat will be centered across areas of central turkey on the island of cyprus where we will get into that 30 degree threshold $26.00 for you on wednesday. temperatures have come down a bit sink you wait for example at 38 and for us here in doha 37 degrees will be the high on wednesday and by thursday will get a bit cooler with that winds coming off the gulf i show you some of the oyster that we're dealing with into parts of africa so particularly heavy rains toward areas of the ethiopian high lands but also djibouti getting into some of these heavy spells of showers and we still have those showers hanging around areas of tanzania into northern mozambique and we can follow these showers right through the heart of africa into the gulf of guinea and in particular we'll get into some heavier pockets of rain as we head toward cameroon wednesday and thursday did also want to put this on your radar we'll watch to see just parts of south africa get clipped with some showers as we head toward the tail end of the week capetown a high of 1000 for you on thursday. killing

over a divided on you and international negotiators struggling to reach consensus over the future of cyprus. it's good to have you with us the coronavirus pandemic is showing no mercy for india today the 1000 death toll in india surpassed the 200000 mark the country continues to report record high numbers of new infections medical aid has from abroad has begun arriving as hospitals struggle to cope with. shortages of staff in supplies including oxygen the healthcare system is so overwhelmed that many patients are simply being turned away. a covert 19 ward in a hospital in delhi this hospital like so many full to overflowing medical staff stretched to the limit some falling ill with the disease themselves one reality in india's coronavirus emergency and here's another woman receives oxygen outside a sikh temple. she's not alone there's no room for these people in delhi's emergency wards relatives are left to cope with severely ill patients by themselves one woman describes her mother situation it's the one we believe. in and now she is not even a bigger body. factorization was the bill yeste

where else we're dialing up the heat well for the middle east temperatures particularly for turkey cyprus and the love that really heating up over the next few days aleppo 34 on thursday i want to show you the next 3 days in jordan where up to 32 when really we should be at 25 degrees and wall to wall sunshine on deck. 2 quick. ways from the al-jazeera london broadcast center to special guests in conversation when society is divided when women are defiantly the only thing that benefits from this paycheck itself unprompted spawn interrupted says her 1st words for growth are those who work or don't work for him or in his south bank whether he's saying casual like to think that there's nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's nationalists and caught one of studio b. unscripted. again you want to remind about top stories this and india has seen its worst day so far from the coronavirus with nearly 3300 more fame talents he's taking the fischel toll past 200000 the actual number is thought to be much higher. the british prime minister has denied allegations he tried to get party donors to

another area of dispute is turkey wanting to drill for gas in the mediterranean in areas which greece and cyprus see as their territory thank you the latest talks between the e.u. and turkey aimed to mend fences but there are still huge differences to overcome thanks r.k. let's get more now from our correspondent dorian jones who joins me now from istanbul good evening to yearly door you'd so can we say that both sides were successful today and resetting their relations. well certainly seen this is a major diplomatic when the fact that 2 top officials were paired to come all the way to turkey and meet face to face at a time when these these meetings are extremely rare is seen as a victory in itself and while there was a lot of focus on turkey's to to rating human rights record at the press conference after the meeting a press conference by most of turkish news channels here will be focusing on the commitment that they have received for the opening and starting of a customs the modernization of the customs union agreement that is a key and also appears the opportunity of possible visa liberalizat

like you did throughout the last years you know seeking trouble was greece has taken the trouble with cyprus completely disregarding any human and democratic rights and so on and so forth we know how long the list is and we know how long any complaints that you has made against turkey and particularly president are done now this was what was behind the visit and then instead we see this ridiculous diplomatic spat that makes the e.u. look silly and that is worse than making political mistakes to look stupid in public yeah i mean this was as you say a high level meeting protocol is that exist so that things like this do not happen but we know mishaps do occur do we know that what happened to manners and common courtesy. you know obviously they don't come into play here because when you look at the characters involved we look at president editor on who doesn't believe that courtesy is a virtue we certainly haven't seen anything like that from him in the past he has treated men usually with enough courtesy at least on the surface but obviously that doesn't stretch to women and our eyes have been