two states, india and pakistan. india had a hindu majority, pakistan was predominantly muslim. millions of people were forced to leave their homes and switch countries amid terrible communal violence. and its legacy is still felt today, not least by those whose families chose to remain despite the political and religious divide. this is the story of one of them. i'm mohammad amir mohammad khan, known as suleiman to family and friends, the raja of mehmoodabad. i'm from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, including a beautiful palace called the qila of mehmoodabad. the indian government is laying claim to my property, saying that it is enemy property. no one is paying for it. so these days, everything is crumbling. this dispute goes back to 1947, the partition of india into two states, a muslim majority state called pakistan and a hindu majority state of india. it was estimated that a million people died, ten million people were displaced. some muslims went to the state of pakistan. many hindu

india has the. there are concerns that if you do not acknowledge a problem you cannot solve it. trust government. indians will for the. mosque up they will respond to restrictions they. need to put their trust element to me very diminishing so a lot of political discourse in this country well people are only sentient that's what's the government all those who criticize and oppose it now or bored or gifty or doesn't the government also question what exactly happened how did they get here . that's affecting everything. you're watching a special edition of news on india's coronavirus crisis still to come in the program researchers around the world are trying to find out all the ground about the being 161 corona virus variant circulating in india but just how deadly is it and what can be done to prevent it spread. the corona what is pandemic is having a massive impact on india's public health system but what about the mental health impact on people who are not sick with the virus we speak with young ind

and now british—controlled india won its independence and split into two states, india and pakistan. india had a hindu majority, pakistan was predominantly muslim. millions of people were forced to leave their homes and switch countries amid terrible communal violence. and its legacy is still felt today, not least by those whose families chose to remain despite the political and religious divide. this is the story of one of them. i'm mohammad amir mohammad khan, known as suleiman to family and friends, the raja of mehmoodabad. i'm from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, including a beautiful palace called the qila of mehmoodabad. the indian government is laying claim to my property, saying that it is enemy property. no one is paying for it. so these days, everything is crumbling. this dispute goes back to 1947, the partition of india into two states, a muslim majority state called pakistan and a hindu majority state of india. it was estimated that a million people died, ten million people were displaced. some muslims went to the state of pakistan. many hindu

of india was flexing its economic mites. india's oil minister and drug product called oil purchases, a weapon for his country. and when opec extended the production constant april, india's refiners ready plans to cause import from saudi arabia by about a quarter, according to royces, for don, understandably, sees high oil prices as a threat to india economic recovery. the international energy agencies forecast that india is consumption will double, and it's oil import bill billy triple from 2019 level stable than $250000000000.00 by 2040. so what's going on as the 2nd biggest asian in port after china is india using it, economic clouds to diversify its oil supply. it johnny has not via skype from london is which it balances cross energy analyst at energy aspects could have with a set richard. it's totally understandable. i suppose that india feels it's economic growth. could be crypt by rising oil prices. it's anger seems to be aimed particularly at saudi arabia. how easy would it be for india to see other sources of oil? well, certainly we've seen it in the already looked try and di

his name — in india. this concerns a briton. his name is _ in india. this concerns a briton. his name is cristian michelle, who has been — his name is cristian michelle, who has been in — his name is cristian michelle, who has been in prison in india for overm — has been in prison in india for over... well, nearly 2.5 years without — over... well, nearly 2.5 years without a _ over... well, nearly 2.5 years without a trial. he is accused of having — without a trial. he is accused of having paid bribes in a helicopter deal some — having paid bribes in a helicopter deal some ten years ago and that doesn't _ deal some ten years ago and that doesn't appear to be a credible charge — doesn't appear to be a credible charge against him, yet he is in the most _ charge against him, yet he is in the most hazardous of conditions in a delhi _ most hazardous of conditions in a delhi jail— most hazardous of conditions in a delhi jail and with this covid situation, i think the danger to him is even _ situation, i think the danger to him is even greater. but the point of the ma

say when the case was detected is banned flights to and from india of weapons today like india latin america struggling with high demand for covert vaccines but there just aren't enough to go around in argentina only a small number of people have received the jab and the country recorded 16000 new cases on saturday and will soon surpass a total of 3000000 person alberta finance is warning of difficult weeks ahead with limited space in the intensive care units he's extended a nighttime curfew in the capital by 3 weeks as well here in point of sars when we say a small number of the population or a small proportion of the population has been. vaccinated daniel how small are we talking. far too small for most people's liking i mean less than 2 percent of the $42000000.00 inhabitants of argentina have had their 2nd surround 1112 percent have had their 1st vaccination but it is proving difficult just to get enough vaccines some of being coming in from russia the sputnik be is coming from russia we've had some of the us for seneca made in india but having heard the robot you just heard abou

they're also concerned that what's happening in india could come to bangladesh . they say if the indian variant is allowed to circulate on the streets of london desh the consequences would be devastating. the urging bangladeshis not to let their guard down despite their desire to get back to normal for many though the situation is already dire and will only get worse if the pandemic is not brought under control. joining us is chamonix air hussein who leaves the public health association of bangladesh and has been working on public health matters for several decades i'm curious because we've seen this play out across the world the poor are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic what is the government of bangladesh doing about that and you are much. more. or less. but still the big ocean use their. war saw during the lockdown so one of those bombing is required. and just to hold. people who are really not i mean every day i mean. that's one support is given but there are number of organizations and us. are also coming up. along with situations of these poor sou

now those vaccines we're treating as india's vaccines but they were never india's vaccines they were contracted up to 50 to 60 percent of those vaccines to go to countries like nigeria who instead of getting the doses that they were contracted to receive and promised to receive last year their seed flee enough to back a little less than one percent of their populations this is countries like ghana countries like nigeria and if they were lucky to get any vaccine doses out of from the kovacs to salute the which is this consortium run by the world health organization and garvey and seppi now this is a huge letdown there are countries other other countries like pakistan who didn't get any doses by the way so the indian crisis where we're essentially usurping vaccines that were not meant for us to be used for us is creating this situation where it's not satisfying the indian need and it is letting down the other countries who have even less vaccines than us and who depended on this supply in order to get through this crisis right but the 2nd quick point that i want to make is that the vac

india records 400000 coronavirus cases in a day and there's no side of it he was spied. alive adrian for the good this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. symbolic beach burials another bleak milestone for brazil as it appeals for international help with covert 19 vacs. a truck bombing in afghanistan as peace talks between the government to tell about resume and foreign troops start pulling out. of a state of siege is declared in parts of the democratic republic of congo after growing violence between armed. india's reached yet another grim milestone as a grapples with the biggest surge in corona virus cases in the world it's reported a record 400000 new infections in 24 hours as of battles to contain the virus it's making all adults eligible to get a vaccine but there's a problem with that too with some states saying they've run out of doses elizabeth brought in reports from new delhi. money could gold sits by her husband's hospital bed just hours after she lost her mother to cope at 19 she's managed to find him oxygen but not the ventilator doctors say he need

now those vaccines we're treating as india's vaccines but they were never india's vaccines they were contracted up to 50 to 60 percent of those vaccines to go to countries like nigeria who instead of getting the doses that they were contracted to receive and promised to receive last year their seed flee enough to back a little less than one percent of their populations this is countries like ghana countries like nigeria and if they were lucky to get any vaccine doses out of from the kovacs facility which is this consortium run by the world health organization and garvey and seppi now this is a huge letdown there are countries others other countries like pakistan who didn't get any doses by the way so the indian crisis where we are essentially usurping vaccines that were not meant for us to be used for us is creating this situation where it's not satisfying the indian need and it is letting down the other countries who have even less vaccines than us and who depended on this supply in order to get through this crisis right but the 2nd quick point that i want to make is that the vaccin

wave. india was flexing its economic mites. india's oil minister and drug product called oil purchases, a weapon for his country. and when opec extended the production concent april india, refiners ready plans to cut imports from saudi arabia by about a quarter, according to royces, brought on, understandably, sees high oil prices as a threat to india economic recovery. the international energy agencies forecast that india is consumption will double, and it's oil import bill billy triple from 2019 level stable than $250000000000.00 by 2040. so what's going on as the 2nd biggest asian in port arthur china is india using it economy clouds to diversify its oil supply. and joining us now via skype from london is which mallets and cross energy analyst at energy aspects could tell . with a set richard, it's totally understandable. i suppose that india feels it's economic growth. could be crypt by rising oil prices. it's anger seems to be aimed particularly at saudi arabia. how easy would it be for india to see other sources of oil? well, certainly we've seen it in the already look, try and d

india was flexing its economic mites. india's oil minister and drug product called oil purchases, a weapon for his country. and when opec extended the production constant, april india, refiners ready plans to cause import from saudi arabia by about a quarter, according to royces, brought on, understandably, sees high oil prices as a threat to india economic recovery. the international energy agencies forecast that india is consumption will double, and it's oil import bill billy triple from 2019 level stable than $250000000000.00 by 2040. so what's going on as the 2nd biggest asian and pause after china is india using it. economy clouds to diversify its oil supply. and joining us now via skype from london is which mansell cross energy analyst at energy aspects. could tell you with a set richard, it's totally understandable. i suppose that india feels it's economic growth. could be crypt by rising oil prices. it's anger seems to be aimed particularly at saudi arabia. how easy would it be for india to see other sources of oil? well certainly we've seen india already look, try and diversify it

we are witnessing right now is any carnage of india, we don't even know the numbers in rural india. the government of india is not even been transparent in telling us how many people have lost their lives. the official figures are 2000 deaths a day, but from what we hear from local are 2000 deaths a day, but from what we hearfrom local media and any people i have been speaking to, it could be anywhere between 20,000 deaths any day. could be anywhere between 20,000 deaths any day-— could be anywhere between 20,000 deaths any day. indeed, rana, thank ou. i deaths any day. indeed, rana, thank you- i appreciate _ deaths any day. indeed, rana, thank you. i appreciate you _ deaths any day. indeed, rana, thank you. i appreciate you joining - deaths any day. indeed, rana, thank you. i appreciate you joining us - you. i appreciate you joining us here on the programme on bbc news. that was rana ayub joining here on the programme on bbc news. that was rana ayubjoining is here on the programme on bbc news. that was rana ayub joining is there from mumbai. does today mark the start of a final r

of india was flexing its economic mites. india's oil minister and drug product called oil purchases, a weapon for his country. and when opec extended the production constant april, india's refiners ready plans to cause import from saudi arabia by about a quarter, according to royces, for don, understandably, sees high oil prices as a threat to india economic recovery. the international energy agencies forecast that india is consumption will double, and it's oil import bill billy triple from 2019 level stable than $250000000000.00 by 2040. so what's going on as the 2nd biggest asian importer after china is india using it, it can make clouds to diversify its oil supply. it. joining us now via skype from london is which now and some cross energy analyst at energy aspects could tell you with a set richard, it's totally understandable. i suppose that india feels it's economic growth. could be crypt by rising oil prices. it's anger seems to be aimed particularly at saudi arabia. how easy would it be for india to see other sources of oil? well, certainly we've seen india already look, try a

india is actually the world's vaccine powerhouse. it makes 60 of the world's vaccines and it's home to major manufacturers, including the serum institute, which is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world. yet, the pace of vaccination has been quite sluggish vaccines are now being diverted for domestic use vaccines that otherwise would have gone to africa. so two questions do we have a possible domino effect here if those vaccines aren't going elsewhere and secondly, why is it that india actually hasn't gotten the raw materials needed to make vaccines because they're being held back, for example, by the united states. very good question. important to understand this. it's a global pandemic pandemic is on the global level. if we want to control it, we need to vaccinate people as quickly as possible everywhere in the world, including india. of course it is it, we need to vaccinate people as quickly as possible not reasonable to hold back any material. if you say okay, my country first, i need to ccinate my people it's short sighte

with potentially harm india's the supply of vaccines that india can deliver to the rest of the world including the e.u. is that the concern in the e.u. right now. we are concerned because of the situation in india very much 1st of all because of the situation affect the indians themselves but 2nd also because india is one of the biggest if not the biggest producer of acceptance worldwide and until the current crisis india has exported tens and tens of millions of folks in school just in india to other parts of the world this exports have now stopped and this may have negative impact on the availability of exodus is in large parts of the world so we are concerned and really fun to try to find a way to to make up for that. yanick not just the european commission of a crisis management thank you so much for joining us from brussels. a new w. tertian of the coronavirus in india has been partly blamed for the rapid increase in cases it's said to be more infectious and deadly than. here is what is known so far about. the west indian state of maharashtra is where the b. 1617 far into the co

so multiple challenges for india. and how is india feeling? we've covered 900 will politics get in the way? is politics getting in the way? let me introduce you to add gas, we have a new we have thought to thought i li, and hopefully we'll be joined by dr. joe you to as well. but 1st of all, a new welcome back to the stream. nice to see you remind everybody who you are and what you do. hi, sammy, i'm, i know i'm a health care reporter. i work at a data journalism i'll call in spend the good to have you talk to so many welcome to the stream. tell everybody who you are and what you do. thank you for me. it was a pleasure to join you today. i'm a medical doctor by background, and i work in public health. i specifically work in be aerial. how do we make health systems stronger and more resilient? get to have you thought to join you to welcome to the stream. introduce yourself to our international audience. thank you for having me on visual for me. i'm dr. jerico, i'm a physician and i look up to patients who have who id a

but can india in this current crisis afford to supply vaccines to others. the short answer to that question is impossible because right now what has happened in india is that we have sent 68000000 vaccines out of india because we wanted to and that ended up being very very bad for us as you can see the situation is really bad in getting a nose if now in even if we want to send vaccines outside if we want to export if we want to help africa we cannot because we do not have enough vaccines to vaccinate our own people and right now the only solution to the current problem is vaccinating as many people as possible so that the solution to the short answer to that question is in the right now in your report of course you focused on on shop keepers own us how they are struggling right now how big indian companies holding up. the big indian companies have opened their bonuses and they're trying to has their employees as much as possible a lot of big companies have opened their own war chest where they're trying to get their employees and their family members as muc

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countries, because they rely on india for covid vaccines. now with the serum institute of india temporarily suspending the export of axioms, many african governments do not know when they look at their second batch of vaccines to be able to vaccinate their populations. katty: onef the things that has caused a problem in india, we know these new variants. how much does africa test for the new varian? do we know if they have arrived on the continent? reporter: uganda last week was able to confirm its first case of the variant identified in india. this looks like it is the first confirmed case within the continent. there might be other countries that have the variant, but the biggest challenge that african countries have, they do not have the capacity and resources to be able to frequently do sequencing of viruses. what they usually do most is the pcr tests where they are able to confirm that someone is covid-19 positive or negative. without this they are able to identify a particular strain of the virus, to be able to know what type of variant

was very important for india and india even though it came as a very at a very difficult time for the country that is fighting the pandemic and the search for a new covered 1000 infections that is the reason why prime minister mourdock could not participate in this summit in the person he pushed the european union to support india's proposal on the patents he was not successful there but the discussion is still going on and the announcement of new trade talks was also a huge success for him and a very clear signal in the face of increasingly assertive china in the region and of course because when for be quinn for prime minister it is alexandra thank you so much well the meeting in porto came as india reports its highest daily death toll since the beginning of the pandemic but destroying more than 4000 deaths from cover 19 in just 24 hours of course and all that the official figures on to comes the full extent of the crisis. in some places in india it is hard to believe the countries and crisis in the southern city of hit are about muslim celebrating the end of ramadan are out shoppin

, and from india's task force. the good news people are engaged, trying their best in the face of a very vicious pandemic. so, that is good. i think the government is getting attacked together in trying to -- getting its act together in trying to bring together oxygen. an army is being brought in. the air force is being brought into ship things. we are in emergency mode. the good news is we finally realized this is a full-fledged emergency and are bringing all resources to bear. the world is helping india out. going forward, what we have to watch out for is as this spreads to rural areas -- there are areas that have a fraction of the hospital facilities that delhi and mumbai have. we have to monitor that process and be quick to ship resources there, also pullout patients who are deeply affected and bring them into the areas where there are more resources. the south is relatively little affected. the silver lining is -- the city first affected in a big way. you are seeing the cases starting to come down. it may well

be very with india at this critical time we always. help make and we are ready to provide for the support e.u. leaders agreed to resume negotiations on a free trade deal with india the talks broke down 8 years ago also dominating proceedings a controversial u.s. proposal to lift patents on covert 19 vaccines india strongly supports the idea as a means of opening up new sources of production but bigger states oppose the plan they want to ramp up their own output instead. i just not believe that giving away patents is the solution to making vaccines available to more people. we need the creativity and innovation of those firms and that is why i believe in patent protection. should. some member states also criticize the u.s. and britain for stockpiling vaccines. for liberalizing vaccines other simpler things should be done such as removing the export block that the u.s. and the u.k. continue to maintain bear in mind that the e.u. exports as much vaccine as it gives to its own citizens. as the summit wraps up europe is passing the ball bac

in international support for india. ~ , ., international support for india. ~ ., ., india. in mumbai, a group of dentists joining _ india. in mumbai, a group of dentists joining the - india. in mumbai, a group of| dentists joining the frontline, all hands to the deck. somebody has to be there _ all hands to the deck. somebody has to be there to _ all hands to the deck. somebody has to be there to save - all hands to the deck. somebody has to be there to save lives. - has to be there to save lives. but even if cases are now successfully contained, it is predicted there is still a tough month ahead. the daily case count — tough month ahead. the daily case count is _ tough month ahead. the daily case count is likely _ tough month ahead. the daily case count is likely to - tough month ahead. the daily case count is likely to pick - case count is likely to pick up, the death count picking up two weeks later until the end of may. two weeks later until the end of ma . ~ ., , of may. within either deadly fire and an _ of may. within either deadly fire and an indian _ of may. with

for me ok enjoy in the stream today india continues to be crippled by the 2nd surge of the coronavirus we'll take a look at 3 aspects of the crisis and we want to hear from you you can jump into each a chat and open your comments in 2 days program we starts with to help us throughout the global pandemic it's often been fall into he is with us through some of the hardest i know it's points this is p.s.a. or it's a yet cod have a listen to why he decided to volunteer his services and millions of dollars. was going to. go on the. government. and i. just. i love a group giving their services to help our sick volunteers across india they are coming together to help people in need for the hose that the medical system cannot plug right now joining us from qatar is one uk saying he's the founder of sick age run out thank you so much for joining us today on the stream this is a story that's not getting out from india which is what sick volunteers are doing give us an example tell us a story of the services that you're providing. we have a waiting season selling those to whom could have been pat

they're also concerned that what's happening in india could come to bangladesh . they say if the indian variant is allowed to circulate on the streets of bundlers desh the consequences would be devastating. the urging bangladeshis not to let their guard down despite their desire to get back to normal for many though the situation is already dire and will only get worse if the pandemic is not brought under control. joining us is chamonix hussein who leaves the public health association of bangladesh and has been working on public health matters for several decades i'm curious because we've seen this play out across the world the poor are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic what is the government of bangladesh doing about that thank you very much. for. joining us. but it's still the big ocean waves there. saw during the log so one of those comment is. just so hold. your. religion is not i mean. that's one support is given but there are number of organizations and us. are also coming up. living situations of these poor souls who are not working. we're working

news defense from india's ruling party is covert 900 spreads unabated senior politician tells al-jazeera his government is not indifferent to the plight of india's people among the government talks up its handling of the pandemic we've got the stories of people who are doing their part to bring a little levity to a horrifying situation. of again i'm kemal santamaria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera a bridge carrying a metro train collapsed onto a road in mexico city killing at least 23 people 6 months since ethiopia's a region became a battleground and tens of thousands of people are still sheltering in neighboring sedan. and francis the parliament is debating a climate change bill right now and even if it passes environmentalists say it's not enough. another 350000 plus cases another 3 and a half 1000 deaths there is a frightening repetition to the covert $900.00 numbers coming out of india each day and yet a senior member of the governing body j.p. party has told al jazeera this tuesday the government can't be blamed for the current surge we will hear part of that inter

what can europe off india in the talks today. they will of course offer to operate they will of course offer to sort of produce vaccines under looser licenses that that is possible there are many legal possibilities to do this in just a ready producing astra zeneca under a license and they can do this without asking for money they can just grant them the license ok so try this and we'll help you set it up we'll help you with the technology will help you sort of educating your workforce because you need specialists to do this and so yes they will offer all of this and that might probably be just enough because for the indian side it is important to sort of come back into business was the european union after breaks it they know that britain is not the gateway anymore to europe and so they will want to give another try to revive the trade talks that had been suspended 7 years ago and that is the sort of aim of the exercise and of course the european union has promised $100000000.00 euros in immediate aid and they will go for the ne

another group giving their services to help our sick volunteers across india they are coming together to help people in need for the house that the medical system cannot plug right now joining us from qatar is one uk saying he's the founder of think age right out thank you so much for joining us today on the strain this is a story that's not necessarily getting out from india which is what sick valentin's are doing have us an example tell us a story of the services that you're providing. we have no aiding is in selling those through quarantine patients almightily to patients like as we all know during if person gets affected because one thing the major issues is bleeding issue so we grew aid agency learned those to whom quarantine patients we flew a disservice 247 if anybody had when they told her knees or need to oxygen we provide them oxygen if we're told they need only medical assistance we're trying our best to connect them with doctors we are new york your loadout. 'd ospital beds of full basins are not getting the best hospital facilities so we are doing they're staying are told

now those vaccines we're treating as india's vaccines but they were never india's vaccines they were contracted up to 50 to 60 percent of those vaccines to go to countries like nigeria who instead of getting the doses that they were contracted to receive and promised to receive last year their seed flee enough to the accident a little less than one percent of their populations this is countries like ghana countries like nigeria and if they were lucky to get any vaccine doses out of from the kovacs facility which is this consortium run by the world health organization and garvey and seppi now this is a huge letdown there are countries others other countries like pakistan who didn't get any doses by the way so the indian crisis where we are essentially usurping vaccines that were not meant for us to be used for us is creating the situation where it's not satisfying the indian need and it is letting down the other countries who have even less vaccines than us and who depended on this supply in order to get through this crisis right but the 2nd quick point that i want to make is that the

two states, india and pakistan. india had a hindu majority, pakistan was predominantly muslim. millions of people were forced to leave their homes and switch countries amid terrible communal violence. and its legacy is still felt today, not least by those whose families chose to remain despite the political and religious divide. this is the story of one of them. i'm mohammad amir mohammad khan, known as suleiman to family and friends, the raja of mehmoodabad. i'm from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, including a beautiful palace called the qila of mehmoodabad. the indian government is laying claim to my property, saying that it is enemy property. no—one is paying for it. so these days, everything is crumbling. this dispute goes back to 1947, the partition of india into two states, a muslim majority state called pakistan and a hindu majority state of india. it was estimated that a million people died, ten million people were displaced. some muslims went to the state of pakistan. many hin

this is the news live from india can't seem to catch a break more than 400000 new coronavirus cases for the 2nd straight day aid is getting through but experts fear the crisis will get worse before it gets better also on the program. the growing international calls to waste patents on covert 19 vaccines the united states backs the deal but germany rejects the proposal and sides with drug developers plus with less than 5 months to federal elections germany's environmentalists greens are enjoying a popularity bounce polling ahead of concept. and extraterrestrial treat for wine lovers a bottle and age on the international space station is up for auction with an astronomical i stop it. as welcome to the program india is registering records daily covert 900 deaths and infections officials report more than 400000 new cases in the last day almost 4000 people died international aid is now flowing in to support overwhelmed hospitals india has been hit hard by a new variant mass gatherings recent religious and political rallies have also been blamed for spreading the virus. that's not branded. ch

our 2nd week in india india asked the e.u. for help and it got that hail to the tune of some 100000000 euros but up until now and you know all the time isn't portugal and india georgia mark the summit ahead of the meeting today and it describes as a profound moment of geopolitical significance to be talking about the current pandemic but also much more trade and investment in the group and discuss a free trade agreement so there's a lot of stuff that they need to talk and we'll know more of course once the summit gets underway in a few hours ryan and i thank you for that i'm dave davies delhi bureau chief amritsar chamber. and that summit leaders of the european union are coming together for what they're calling a social summit in portugal but the gathering might not be so sociable as a u.s. proposal to waive paid rights on covert 19 vaccines exposes divisions in the bloc while some members say they're open to the idea germany is firmly opposed it says made to stay in place and instead drug makers need to increase their output

india as the e.u. forget that it got that head to the tune of some 100000000 euros but up until now and you know all the time isn't portugal in india georgia man to some is ahead of the meeting today and it describes as a profound moment of geopolitical significance be talking about the government and in it but also much more trade and investment and even discussed a free trade agreement so there's lot of stuff that they need to talk him out and we'll know more of course once the summit gets underway in a few hours time and i thank you for that update data delhi bureau chief emirates a chamber. that turned out some other developments in the pandemic the world health organization has authorized the emergency use of china's cinephile vaccine that's the 6th to make their approved list new york city wants to offer vaccines to tourists find distributed jabs at times square as well as other attractions and one quarter of the e.u.'s population has received at least one vaccine jab the block is on track to hav

and in this case now, china, india, russia, iran. but finally, finally, i've had a thought is one area where all the big players have a consensus. china, prussia, european union, the us there is a convergence on a lot of sun. they could have differences and other areas, but here, fortunately, there is a convergence. and it's interesting to see china's growing role. now as, as the u. s. leaves and china also very concerned about the spillover of islamic militancy, intuition, john, or over the border china offering to host talks between the afghan government with taliban talking of peacekeeping operations potentially of things got to get out of hand. this is christalin jer, politically. they see china step into the role of the china, the neighbors, you know, the interest is inevitable and they also realize that they can help them. you know, a lot of san would require reconstruction. a lot of san would require investments, boast, conflict, investments, and china, most times to gain the economic got it all the china is building the go, o

like i said many countries coming to india's aid. will this make a dent in the problem, or is it too little too late? >> i think as you setout there's a record number of cases and deaths. you're seeing 11 days straight, every bit of help is needed and every bit of help counts at this stage. and what we're seeing, kim, is the world really coming together in a show of solidarity and cooperation to try and relieve some of the really critical shortages that we've seen in india for several days now and the shortage when it comes to oxygen. we've seen people queuing up for days on end trying to get oxygen tanks, oxygen supplies to their loved ones. many of them unable to get their hands on oxygen. so as india tries to ramp up its health infrastructure, countries, companies are stepping up and stepping in. we have seen a lot of countries already, u.k., the uae, saudi arabia, singapore, many of them sending in shipments to india. and that's in a variety of forms. we've seen oxygen generated, we've seen ventilators, liquid oxygen, ppe medicin

ros: help me understand how this works in india. is it the resnsibility of the national government and narendra modi to order stricter restrictions in places where the virus is particular bad, or is that the responsibility of the state leaders? >> so, the whole legal ability to lockdown comes from something called the national disaster management act, which allowe government to act, and it is an authority that is given to the central government. the central government can delegate that potion to the state governments, is what they have done, i think appropriately so. it is up to the states to lock down or impose restrictions as they see fit. the problem is that some states don't ha enoh testing to understand how much covid they really have. you said 20 million cases. that is a gross underestimate. testing in india is really low. we don't have eyes on the epidemic in many parts. ros: i read that tweet from the opposition saying a crime has been committed against india. i don't know about a crime, but would you say that the government

they've had relations with india. and we have no, we have no issue with that. what we are saying is, and we are not even objective india playing a post conflict, constructive rule and reconstruction in rebuilding militia. with that. what we have said is they have the limitations of the peace process because they do not have their not immediate neighbors of a lot of fun. they do not have 3000000 refugees, a living in their country. we do redo the world, it's forgotten them. but we are living with them, but you're talking of afghan hassan as a sovereign country, but water will be, is a country which the u. s. will continue to bomb it will. and surely i've got to start will go back to the situation. it's also had in the past of a great deal of jostling of a great power competition. and in this case now, china, india, russia, iran. but finally, finally i've had a soc, is one area where all the big players have a consensus. china, prussia, european union, the us there is a convergence on a lot of sun. they could have diffe

what do ou by the india government. what do you think — by the india government. what do you think the _ by the india government. what do you think the solution - by the india government. what do you think the solution here is, then? should the world health organization or some other body be in charge of coming up with a name that actually people can identify and people can remember, that doesn't go with a country name? sure, there's actually rules that they have for coming up with names of the actions, so we don't call them by the area where they were originally identified, so for example, that why the virus that causes covid-19, south that why the virus that causes covid—19, south coast v2, is called exactly that, not named after wuhan where was originally discovered —— sars. so trying to come up with the names of these different variants, that definitely would be helpful stopping the problem is there are so many out there right now and is going to be more that come, so i think it is really important for people to remember that these variants can really em

as a reporter how is that being played out in india. absolutely and the reason babs whatever doctors may not be able to would they need to do their job. we have a prime minister this is a 2nd term that he is the prime minister he's been he's one with an overwhelming majority so he's an important man and i have wondered if a reporter watching several broadcast that he has made to the nation why on any of these broadcasts he wouldn't have used that amazing time that he has with a whole country wrapped around his finger why he didn't use that time more effectively to just tell us the kind of things that we need to tell us you know he's a prime minister was speaks in hindi in b. is the is a language that's spoken by large majority of this country to speak to people in the language they understand you know there's so much of or an adulation for this prime minister just tell people the kind of things they need to hear this is also a government that likes to brag and as a journalist closely tracking statements from this government watching the

this variant is pretty widespread in india. when the numbers started rising, the policymakers of india did not respond. they continued to hold large rally, have lots and lots of big events. and unfortunately, all of that contributed to the spread. >> reporter: late last week, the first american planes carrying desperately needed supplies, including oxygen finally arriving in india. president biden offering even more help. >> we'll be able to send actual vaccines to india, which would be my intention to do. >> reporter: cries for help coming from millions of indians in the united states watching the catastrophe from afar. >> yeah, so this is only part of the story. >> reporter: including this doctor. she helped treat the very first covid positive patient admitted in chicago's northwestern memorial hospital 14 months ago, and was part of the team that performed the country's first post covid double lung transplant. >> i really thought that things were going to get better from here on out. >> reporter: but today, between her patie

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this is al jazeera these are your top stories more people in india have tested positive for cope with 19 in one single day than any other country with more than 400000 new cases reported in just 24 hours it's also expanded its vaccination drive to include all adults but is struggling to meet demand. 12 people have died in a new delhi hospital because of an oxygen shortage officials at the hospital say critically ill patients were without oxygen for 80 minutes it's the 2nd time in a week it's run out of stock elizabeth random has the latest for us from new delhi . we're outside one of just a handful of private hospitals which charge for the vaccine a handful of private hospitals in delhi which of vaccinating a small number of 18 to 45 year old delhi's leader like many regional leaders most of the state leaders in the country has said they simply don't have the things to expand the program the government announced weeks ago that from that day the 1st of may everyone about the age age of 18 would be eligible but there just aren't enough vaccine somalia's lower house of parliament has una

. ., , , ., india. last brief question, if atent india. last brief question, if patent rules _ india. last brief question, if patent rules were _ india. last brief question, if patent rules were waived, l india. last brief question, if. patent rules were waived, how quickly could that be achieved? there's going to be two keys. we have to get the patent rules wave quickly. in the past, this has sometimes taken months, but it could happen in weeks. what we want is to rapidly move to a moment where he got production happening, and that's down to do the companies themselves review or sing these drugs. companies tomorrow, pfizer, moderna, astrazeneca, they could all share their cannot technology with a handful of companies around the world and we can have production in months —— their fantastic technology. we still are going to be in a situation where we are no longer monopolised if we can pass this patent waiver. right now, the uk is resisting. the us is backing it and that's good news. the director gen

and they've had relations with india. and we have no, we have no issue with that. what we are saying is, and we are not even objective india playing a post conflict, constructive rule and reconstruction in rebuilding part of the real issue. with that. what we have said is they have their limitations view the piece process because they do not have, they're not immediate neighbors of a lot of fun. they do not have 3000000 refugees, a living in their country. we do, we do the world. it's forgotten them. but we are living them. but you told me afghan hassan as a sovereign country, but water will be, is a country which the u. s. will continue to bomb it will. and surely i've got to start will go back to the situation. it's also had in the past of a great deal of jostling of a great power competition. and in this case now, china, india, russia, iran. but finally august on finally of holostar is one area where all the big players have a consensus. china, prussia, european union, the us there is a convergence on a lot of sun. the

india is densely populated. 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. if you don't have to put this crisis have been prevented all my new bag of am is professor of history human rights and public policy at the city university of new york he specializes and modern day india but 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 t

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news live from berlin india is a global leader in vaccine production but the millions there are now asking where are our jobs india's vaccine rollout is in disarray some states have no shots to offer a population gripped by the devastating 2nd wave we'll hear from our correspondent in delhi also coming up as foreign troops begin leaving afghanistan women fear the gains they've made over the past 2 decades could be eroded under a resurgent taliban. and raising for science a chance for young people in liverpool to finally get around makes it out that dance with scientists tracking nearly every move. i marry in evanston it's good to have you with us india has reported a staggering 400000 new corona virus infections in just 24 hours adding to a week long streak a world record breaking numbers to battle the devastating 2nd wave saturday should have marked the start of a vaccine rollout for hundreds of millions of over eighteen's in india but most states are not taking part because they are not nearly enough vaccines to go around . these are the lucky ones. waiting in line to be vaccinated. and