Approaches an important milestone hes preparing for his 1st major address to the u. S. Congress. And colombias biggest trade unions take to the streets to rally against the president s event ducasse social and economic policies. Corona virus infections in india have spiraled to more than 360000 new cases in the past day that is a global record and its led to more than 3300 recorded deaths that takes indias death toll past 200000 although many critics say the official numbers for both deaths and infections are far below the reality in their correspondent and as with proud of this report now from new delhi. After failing to find help at medical facilities family members of coded 19 patients bring them to attend outside a sikh temple on the outskirts of delhi. Volunteers here providing oxygen for free often driving long distances to find stockists really are doing or or all of india. Turn to go. How do you do our job and all over to nearby cities from 10100. Family members of patients to have travelled hours to bring them here theres a. When i need to commute from my place and come here for this oxygen so i can not be without an oxygen so i have to give it one no matter how much time would be. India seeing shortages not only of oxygen but of hospital beds diagnostic tests and Vaccines Vaccination centers in the worst affected state ran out of doses again on wednesday. Theyre telling us that injections arent available here as vaccines havent arrived i registered to come here 3 days ago all the way from chamber to bunker i only found out after coming here theres no proper information they tell us to call the helpline number and come back in the morning the World Health Organization says the low rate of vaccinations is one of the reasons for indias surge in cases the u. S. Is sending Raw Materials so india can manufacture more of its own vaccines and many countries are sending oxygen and other medical supplies while predatory and work day and night to keep up with demand mass commissions have become the norm the creditor i am behind me has been working from 6 in the morning until midnight but because it doesnt have enough pires to cremate the bodies which are being brought every day and had to build 20 in the park next to it and now these 50 in this open space those whove lost family members say they went through the same struggle to cremate their loved ones as they did find their hospital bed when they were alive elizabeth purana aljazeera new delhi. Pakistan has reported a new daily record of 201 coronavirus deaths there have been more than 5000 new Infections Health Officials Say hospitals are being overwhelmed less than one percent of the countrys 220000000 people have been vaccinated soldiers have been deployed to cities with high infection rates to enforce restrictions has more now from islamabad. Theres a constitutional clause in the pakistani constitution which. Can call in the military forces in case of emergency and. Administration richard exactly what has happened and 16 major. Had now guard troops fanning out to ensure that people continue. To. Die im. Ready for any other contingency given the fact that the situation across the board in india is getting back from bad to. Be very careful because of. The pandemic one that did the country decided to relax. And. This time the government did not taking any. Plans to close down. Communication transport they were to be no. Transport people would be. Much simpler. Because the interior ministry had. To be closed in order to avoid the large number of people are travelling to do its part which. Taking the. Door dead a medical facility. Stretched up to 70 percent of the rent in. Order to take in and get an order by the likes of which. Being right now. With u. K. Prime minister has denied any wrongdoing in the downing street flat make of a scandal johnson says he covered the cost of the recession to the property himself. They didnt clarify who initially paid the u. K. Political watchdog launched a full investigation into johnson about a possible violation of finance rules a former adviser claimed subPrime Minister trying to get conservative party donors to secretly pay for the renovation so i have covered the costs and by that most people will find it absolutely bizarre and of course as an Electoral Commission invest it best again this is not i can tell you that i conformed in full with the code of conduct with. Ministers listeria with our code and i officially have been kept. Been advised me throughout this whole thing but i think people will think it absolutely bizarre that he is focusing on these issues appropriate and has more now from london. Political commentators here in london where unanimous in saying that the Prime Minister looked angry and rattled red faced and really struggling at times to answer the very for and sick questioning of the leader of the opposition secure starmer the Labor Party Leader whose questioning basically concentrated on who exactly paid the initial invoice for these rather expensive renovation works the took place at the downing street apartment of the Prime Minister when he 1st moved in there with his girlfriend kerry simons now the Prime Minister insisted repeatedly that he had covered the cost but he very studiously avoided saying who had covered the initial invoice the payments and there is anecdotal evidence to say that it could possibly have been the conservative party that actually paid the initial bill and then was repaid by Boris Johnson and who paid the conservative partys funds well large conservative donors probably its called its been called here cash for curtains as in the with the potential for it being a kind of cash for influence kind of affair now thats not to say that it has been that the the commission that has responsibility for transparency and Party Funding is now going to look into it but they dropped a bombshell into the mix just an hour before that Prime Ministers question session when they revealed and they announced that they had enough evidence on the face of it to believe or to suspect that there had possibly been an offense committed. No the islands 1st minister is stepping down Arlene Foster was facing a revolt from within the Democratic Unionist Party and will resign as party leader on may the 28th and his 1st minister by the end of june foster has faced criticism over her handling of breaks it and the r. C. Border. On the eve of his 100th day in office u. S. President joe biden is due to give his 1st speech to a joint session of congress it is an opportunity for him to update americans on where his election promises stand the pandemic in his 1. 00 trillion dollars spending plan likely to feature prominently speak to an official joins us live from outside the white house and so plenty to talk about for the u. S. President. Its going to split into 2 parts hey look what i did for you hey look what i want to do for you what i did for you will be pandemic how hes boosted the numbers of vaccinations across the country remember he said he wanted 100000000 jobs and 100000000 arms by his 1st 100 days people thought he was pitching that a bit low the numbers well in excess of that in the Vaccination Program is rolling out and then he managed to push through a covert relief bill which gave every american an extra 1400. 00 every one that was eligible at least and he says that the economy is starting to move again as must mandate start to be dropped and people get vaccinated certainly things are improving hes going to talk about Foreign Policy how hes much stronger on russia than the last guy how hes confronting china in the china seas and how he plans to withdraw troops out of afghanistan in sit 10 but remember donald trump is already committed the us to doing that in may joe biden has bumped that done to september which will mean 20 years of americas longest war will come to an end under the Biden Administration but whats he going to promise well is the American Families bill 1. 00 trillion dollars he says he wants to give exclusive prex. Preschool free for every 3 and 4 year olds in the country he wants to make sure the Community College is available for 2 years to everyone in the country hes also talking about improving the financial safety that for struggling families he wants to bring in more paid leave for families more paid sick leave for families as well he wants to increase access to health care across the United States for struggling families all of this hes planning to do quite late for the 1st term normally we get a state of the union a story we get a joint address very early on in the 1st term we dont call it state of the union when its the 1st tear hes decided to wait were told it was conflicting shed jewels but really we think it was because he wanted to be able to stand up and tell the American People the good news story about how hes delivered on corporate right and this American Families bill be added to make all of that happen is going to cost a lot of money isnt it. Exactly 1. 00 trillion dollars and whos going to pay for it well he says its going to be those who own the most he has a plan he says he can raise 1. 00 trillion dollars from taxing those who already aaron said in effect can amount of money the highest earners in the United States he wants to increase the tax rate from fixed 56 percent to 39. 6 percent he says that is really for those who are in a much more than the average American Family he wants to close tax loopholes lap tax loopholes he wants to make sure the enforcement of tax is much more uniform he thinks that can raise 700000000000. 00 now can he do that well can he get it through congress the problem is that as soon as you Start Talking about reversing tax cuts republicans dont want to know about it they see that is a big problem thats why this speech is so important joe biden believes that by speaking to the American Public directly he can get past the partisanship in washington. He believes that he can convince the American People that this is a good idea and if you look at the polls Many Americans support him even republicans thats his idea of bipartisanship not necessarily pandering to republicans on the hill but speaking to republicans in the country and getting their support for what he wants to push through. And thanks to the unofficial at the white house. Still ahead here in the announcer as south africas president Cyril Ramaphosa tells a judicial inquiry his ruling party should have done more to prevent corruption under his predictions. I am simona full team in iraq and there is there are close to the border with saudi arabia where nomadic tribes a struggling to cope with the effects of Climate Change. Its time for the. Sponsored plan Qatar Airways hello there are some drenching rains coming for japan and this is the same system that was plaguing southern areas of china as that what weather now moves across the South China Sea into japan tokyo 22 degrees on thursday but this is a quick moving system so by friday its out into the pacific for china mostly looking fine and dry for the most part some showers popping up into shanghai air quality good for beijing on friday with a high of 20 degrees for Southeast Asia were still dealing with these bouts of heavy heavy showers for indochina and for the southern philippines weve seen about a months worth of rain in 24 hours that trend of what weather continues well the story for india is the potential for some strong storms to bubble up towards southern portions of the country and for sri lanka but the high heat continues ahead of monsoon season you know where else were 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 aljazeera 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 dont work for him or in his south bank whether hes saying casual like to think that theres nationalism is not as ugly as someone elses 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 hes 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 pay for renovations to his official residence Ross Johnston says he personally cover the cost u. K. Political watchdog is investigating. On the eve of his 100th day in office u. S. President joe biden is give his 1st speech to congress hes expected to detail a 1. 00 trillion dollars spending plan to expand access to education and to child. Unions in colombias capital protesting against president even ducasse economic policies despite a ban on gatherings juta Coronavirus Thank you about fiscal reforms including tax hikes colombia saw widespread protests in 2019 but they during the pandemic that speak to of course one of their m. P. s who joins us live from the capital of bogota and these protests underway across colombia despite this decision by judge to suspend demonstrations because the country is going through the worst moment of the pandemic tell us more about was how. Early morning hours. Number of. Thousands of thousands of people started taking to the streets blocking roads blocking. Protests that almost didnt happen as you were saying because at the last moment last night a federal judge share that demonstrations. Had to be prohibited because the country is going through the worst moment. Since the beginning. But the spike that the organizers here in the country yesterday and Representative University students and so far have decided that it was necessary to continue with these demonstrations because the government is trying to pass a major face School Reform that they say will greatly at the poorer classes and the middle class and the country raising taxes on a number of basic facts and some of them that i have said so far for example among other things that people here say are absolutely unacceptable are the fact that they want infos taxes on gasoline on pensions even middle class pensions and also funerary services and many other things that the government say this reform is necessary because the country the countrys economy economy has contract that greatly during their pandemic burden almost 77 percent of the economy there so they say this is necessary to maintain the level of social spending the government has kept during this crisis and this is the situation now this is the 1st major protests in 2021 and as you can see people took to the streets and are now in great numbers to tell the government that we do not like this reform. It will lead spruces to being forced to go to the truly reform. President even said they will not say that they simply cannot do anything because not only this reform has passed and they have government this one. I make major caps in social spending but they also said that they fear that this well negatively effect that the International Credit rating of the country that people here are saying that this reform could be done differently the opposition have been presenting plans and it has been so popular up until now that even the parties that usually support the government are now saying that they will not vote for it without the government presented their reform in congress yesterday. Started there but whats looking is that these protests will be in the you might in the push the government to to finally we throw their reform or being open to changes to head to head this was something that unions and social organizations were hoping for as a possibility to revive the major protests that weve seen around the country back in 2009. 100 times about the. Demonstrations continue in colombia. South africas president has told a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor that he will not defend the indefensible several run imposes governing party could have done more to prevent corruption during jacob zuma tenure peyser is the highest ranking official to testify at the inquiry into the socalled state country scandal faces allegations of lying a business family close to him to secure government contracts and influence policy for me to miller has more now from johannesburg as the sitting president is the highest ranking official to appear to fire up the Zonda Commission of inquiry into state capture or corruption but many didnt expect explosive evidence today they had expected some clarity on the role the African National Congress Might have. Played in corruption specifically the appointment of political officials in roles that could have benefited individuals and the a. N. C. At large still roma porson has admitted that the African National congress has allowed looting and that factions within the Political Party created a Fertile Ground for corruption minutes of africans want accountability and its not certain if theyll get that from the president s testimony at the commission we know that in recent months former president jacob zuma refused to return to the commission saying that it was a witch hunt that he was being vilified and the a. N. C. Was being targeted and they are many a. N. C. Members and supporters who feel the same way there is another day of testimony from expected and many will be watching to see if there is greater understanding of exactly how soft africa got to this point or whether or not this will just be a p. R. Exercise for the president in a year when South Africans are going to local elections and the African National congress is looking for votes the u. N. Says a worsening conflict in africas whole region is leading toward it cause an unparalleled humanitarian crisis record 29000000 people are in need of a touch 5000000. 00 more than last year 6 countries became the 1st cameroon chad mali nigeria requires 3700000000. 00 to tackle the issue attacks by armed groups military operations in kidnappings are forcing millions to flee has also led to the closure of thousands of schools 1600000 children risk of severe acute malnutrition the region plunged into conflicts in 2012 after on groups took over in northern mali in violence spread to neighboring countries. From union is the regional spokesman for the u. N. World food program west africa and he says the conflict is driving up hunger and insecurity. The biggest threat to peoples ability to have food because comes the biggest thing that the biggest factor that causes accurate hunger as we have seen in this region is actually conflict its insecurity we have now as you just mentioned millions of millions of people across the central sahara region that is booking a fossil nice and modern as well as a live chat bees an area in northern parts of nigeria and cameroon as well as parts of nisha where we find millions of people who are desperately in need of Food Assistance but typically in the northern parts of niger where we have about 800 pounds and people who are even imagine seeing levels of Food Insecurity where they need immediate assistance without which they cannot survive and that is mainly due to the conflict and insecurity that has been gaining ground there one of joe bidens biggest Foreign Policy decisions has been to withdraw all u. S. Troops in afghanistan by september the u. S. Special representative for afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has been testifying before a Senate Committee about the pullout the world us change sends 2001 that Terror Threat including from a high that is now geographically dispersed and africa the middle east and asia we now face new urgent challenges as the president has set we must fight the battles for the next 20 years not the last 20 or brian could cheerless is a senior fellow at the center for American Progress and he says the troop withdrawal signals that the Biden Administrations approach to foreign affairs. I think america has changed our priorities have shifted to where i think President Biden is taking Foreign Policy which d is to address coded Climate Change and china the big 3 cs back then in 2008 he was still just a senator and the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he knew a lot about afghanistan and pakistan we were speaking in pakistan and he knew a lot about what it would take to do diplomacy to try to end the war in afghanistan here we are 1213 years later i think many People Democrats republicans have every allies that simply keeping troops in places for our long period of time isnt the solution so i think hes doubling down on diplomacy in afghanistan but then importantly hes trying to shift americas agenda to the broader competition in the world well see whether he sticks to that timeline it im very interested in seeing the fine print of whats actually left behind to protect u. S. Diplomats and to help the Afghan Government protect itself but i think thats going to proceed at a pace that in one lesson you probably learned from the obama administrations experience with iraq is that its easier to say youre ending a war than it is to actually see that war end so i think this is a team that will cautiously evaluate the situation on the ground in afghanistan in terms of the security situation but the most important thing as we saw with ambassador clear as id is theres a new prioritization of diplomacy there putting diplomacy 1st in u. S. Foreign policy and i think afghanistan is a key test case that that. Iraq spread to and under threat from Climate Change hot summers and the right to rain patterns are forcing many of them to abandon the traditional way of life samina 14 reports from the remote doesnt of iraqs ton approach its. Spring has arrived in the deserts of iraq southernmost from the province april is the time when the sandy soil should turn into grazing land to allow lifestyle. To gain weight ahead of the scorching summer heat instead camels must make do with scattered patches of scruffy grass. Climate change is eroding the sustenance of these animals spelling an existential crisis for the nomadic tribes who depend on them. Theres no rain and the land is dry the grasses down in the desert we have to sell some animals to buy food for the rest this is what life has become. During our visit clouds gathered in what some hoped would be the 1st proper downpour this year but only a few drops trickled from the sky barely enough to wet the ground there has been very little precipitation this year and when it does rain its only for a few minutes which is not enough to transform this into pastures for life stuck to feed on the wells that want sustained animals and humans alike have long run dry rather than migrating in sync with Mother Nature the bedouins by water and truck hit from a nearby village but how much longer can they keep going before theyre forced to abandon this increasingly difficult way of life. Cannot imagine doing anything else he has no education no other source of income. I never thought about leaving this life and i never will until my animals leave me step by step the animals will disappear. His friends are on the he left the desert a long time ago today he has come back to visit from a nearby town. Theres no future here they only know how to herd animals theres no education theres no future for the bedouins maybe in the end there wont be any left. Out of 9 siblings only one still lives a nomadic life the rest have swapped tents for brick and mortar dwellings in the desert hamlet of. Here sat on found work in the local water department. I prefer the desert but the kids have gotten used to the town air conditioners and phones they go to school. Sonce 5 children only know bedouin traditions from stories passed down from their grandfather tales about humans living in harmony with nature about large animal herds moving freely across borders and feeding on seemingly endless Green Pastures its a way of life that could soon be just a memory seem wonderful to an aljazeera in iraq smith on a province. This is observing the top stories and india has seen its worst day so far from corona virus with nearly 3300 more fatalities taking the official toll to past 200000 but the actual number sold to be much higher lets with parliament has the latest now from. The situation as such in delhi that people family members are to climb from hospital to hospital to have loved ones and measured from predatorial to come a toy and from burial to