>> attack in bangkok. thailand's capital in shock in the wake of a deadly bombing at the popular religious shrine at the heart frt city. >> the pentagon's plan to use drones around the world, grabbing intelligence and increasing air strikes western inferno.

we don't have enough research. >> firefighters battle extreme hit, draught and windows, as 100 wildfires burn across the west defending his bran, anexpose of the work culture at amazon. how he's firing back at allegations of retail giants, a matter of survival of the fittest good evening, i'm dalt ertion in for antonio mora. thailand is reeling from a deadly bombing. the government promising to find and punish those responsible. 18 killed, more than 100 hurt, the explosion occurring near a hindu shrine. wayne hay is in bangkok with the latest. >> it's fairly quite in the

heart of bangkok as military and police officers pour over the scene of the shrine, and the area around, trying to peace together exactly what happened around 7 o'clock on monday, when the huge explosion ripped through, claiming so many lives. what they managed to find out is this was one bomb in the aftermath of the explosion, and there was speculation, that there were several explosive devices. that was not the case, there was one device, then put in the grounds of the shrine itself. there was speculation in this may have been a motorbike bomb or a car bomb in the aftermath of that explosion. police saying that was not the case. this was one explosive device causing so much damage and mayhem. we are no closer to finding out whose behind us. we heard from the minister of defence, there was also the

deputy prime minister saying that they were not sure if this was politically motivated. the government planned to hunt downs those responsibility. >> in china, hundreds taking to the streets in the light of the chemical explosion. the warehouse where the explosion happen violated safety rules, was twice as close as it should have been to residential areas. hundreds were killed, and badly wounded. >> an indonesian plane that crashed yesterday had half a million in cash on board. the wreckage spotted from the air. there was 54 bags on board. the fund were to help the poor offset increases in fuel. so far there's no word of

survivors. the new humanitarian was helping in the attacks. more than 100 killed, dozens wounded after drugs dropped on the marketplace in the town of doma. speaking on the first trip to syria. steven o'brien called all the attacks on civilians unlawful. >> i'm horrified by the total disregard to civilian life by all parties in this conflict. attacks on civilians are unlawful, unacceptable and must stop. i appeal for every party engaged in violence, fighting, to protect civilians and respect international humanitarian law also a willingness to work with the government to alleviate

suffering. >> the pentagon announcing plans to step up the use of war zones, saying it will increase intelligence flight by 50%. jamie mcintyre has our details from the pentagon. as u.s. commanders used the drones as a weapon of choice, the demand for drone flights outstripped the supply. the air force says it's capable of putting about 60 drones in the air every day around the world, between 60 and 65, but the pentagon says it would like to increase the number by a third over the next four years. the way they planned to do that is to continue to have the air force provide flights around the world, and 10 or 20 flown by the u.s. army, and an additional 10 from u.s. special forces, and 10 more unmanned drones, unmanned

and unarmed drones that would be flown by contractors. this would require, of course, some additional drone pilots and drones to be manufactured, if you link about it. they are a bargain, compared to the cost of manned aircraft. the mq-9, top of the line drone costs about 40 million, if you include the ground station and everything that goes with it. by comparison, the g 35 stealth -- f-35 stealth fighter costs 134 million. it's a big difference, and the advantage that drone pilots are flying usually from a remote location from a trailer in the desert in nevada, not in the war zone under fire. all of this prompted an interesting remark from the navy secretary this year, who ruffled feathers in the air force, saying the f-35 should be and almost certainly will be the

last man strike fighter aircraft that the department of navy will buy or fly. an indication will be that drones are the new normal. the air force pushed back against that. thinking that there would be room for more manned fighter planes the iranian nuclear deal is far from done, it could be rejected in washington or tehran, if it goes through the iran supreme leader says it's not an opening for western way of life in the country. >> translation: it is not definite will it will be accepted or rejected here or there. their intentions was to find a way to infiltrate the islamic republic, we blocked this way and shall block it for good. ayatollah khamenei saying that the american political or cultural influence is not welcome in iran. the iran nuclear deal is winning the support of american rabbis.

340 writing a letter to congress urging members to support the agreement. the settlement is not unanimous, some jews in relation to binyamin netanyahu say they believe that congress should reject the deal the numbers affected by the i.r.s. dispute is three times higher than reported. 334,000 had information stolen from the website. the i.r.s. says it's part of a scheme, claiming fraudulent tax refunds. russian cyber criminals probably were behind the hacking. wildfires ravaged thousands out west. firefighters battled the flames. fuelled by high winds and droughts it is going to be a long fight. you get the heat, dry conditions in the western states and wind and you get a potential disaster on your hands, which appears to be what we have at the moment.

the fires in the western states now are so numerous and so intense that the department of defense approved active military members to be sent to help the more experienced firefighters to tackle the flames across four western states a trail of destruction. raging wildfires def ouring everything in their path. for the first time in 10 years, active military will be sent to fight the blazes. the help can't come too soon. crews in washington state are stretched to the limit. >> we don't have enough resources to put the huge line. they have to prioritise structures. >> the flames are not only decimating the tourists and apple strip, but reduced homes to ash. >> i'll never get that stuff

back. never in a million - anything. we'll pull through this, you know. >> six fires in a popular resort down destroyed more than 50 houses, 100,000 acres of brush and sparked on evacuation order for 2700 people. >> it was a panic zone, but we had enough time. people coming up telling us hey, it's heading your way. get out. don't act like we see it. >> firefighters are not faring better. in drought-stricken california, 13,000 firefighters are taking on 19 wildfires alone. crews are depending heavily on air support, including a hoopa scoopa plane. across the country 7 million acres burnt in wildfires, more than the two years combined.

more than two years in the same period. it adds up to $100 million a week according to the forest service saying it will burn through its budget. and leaving some to protect what's there. >> our state resources are stretched so thin. it was up to us to defend our own property. that's what people do. >> it the 200 soldiers we spoke about have been drafted in from the 17 infantry division. joint base at washington state. 10 teems of 20 soldiers will dig difference, in the quieter parts of the fire, allowing experienced firefighters to do that. >> it is a mess out there. >> kevin corriveau, our meteorologist has been tracking the fire. >> last night we had 80 wildfires, tonight 95. it will get worse through the next couple of days.

we have six or seven weeks of prime wildfire season to go. this is what we are looking at towards the west. the mass of wildfires is more to the north, oregon and idaho. take a look. i want to show you the newest one here. 5600 acres, and it has increased by 2% we expect this area to see more. as we go through the next couple of days. where you see the areas of red, that's red flag warnings. warm conditions across the regions, tomorrow, 86 degrees, this is well above average. the reason being that the jet stream is high across this area. where we see 83 degrees. you see the temperatures as they

increase towards wednesday, and this is representative of the whole region, how warm it will be. we see a break by the time it gets to friday. the forecast over the next seven weeks, above average fire for all of this area coming up, back to durango, colorado. officials say the river is safe to use, after 3 million gallons of toxic waste spilt into it. not everyone agrees. >> a scathing report on amazon's work culture that has the company playing

real dutch shell has a permit it needs to drill oil in the arctic ocean. shell can drill off alaska's north-west coast, the first time in more than two decades. environmental groups opposed the drilling. they have been trying to block the project for months officials in colorado have been given the go ahead for people to use parts of the animus and san juan rivers, but 12 days after the toxic waste spilled into the rivers, some are not convinced it's safe to

do so. jacob ward is in durango colorado with more. >> if you were to pull up in a tour bus, having not known what happened, you would have understood that this stuff had come down the river, lead, cadd by my um -- cadmium coming from the mines. scientists are grappling with the long term effects. there's no front line agency that can tell you with a bling red light that the water is toxic or dangerous. instead, it's the long term effects that people get to look at closely. in this case, the home is that

this will draw attention to the need for better ongoing monitoring. >> and so in one respect this spill was a good thing. our water quality has been going down because of heavy metal concentrations increasing, yet we haven't had a lot of action. i hope this will catalyse actions. but without addressing it, then i would expect the heavy metal levels to go up... >> if there were another . >> they talk of 300 gallons a minute coming out of the mines. the problem according to several people that we spoke to is you cannot go in and begin to clean it up. doing so takes on a liability that few are willing to entertain. it faults for the government agencies to deal with it. the e.p.a., which is where we arrive here. this is a community that wanted

to do something about the mines for a long time, but found that there's not been administrative tools or the scientific resources to really get this exactly to the place that people would like is to be. >> thank you a scathing report in the "new york times" about amazon.com has the company in defense. the paper interviewed 100 current and former employees, they say that the annual company had pressure to perform, one had a poor review coming back from cancer treatment. the director sent a report saying: it's summer, and for a lot of us that means vacation. for americans, they seem to take

less time off than they used to. researchers warn that it is costing american workers. jennifer london explains. >> reporter: you may not be surprised to hear that americans are using less vacation time than before. you may be one of those people choosing to log long hours at the office, instead of the beech. what may surprise you rks there's a cost to unused vacation time, and it's huge. >> according to a travel industry trade group u.s. companies owe employees the equivalent to 224 billion. to put it into perspective, that's half of the size of the current federal deficit. it's almost as much as the g.d.p. of portugal, and it's 24 times the revenue of the n.f.l. there's more. 52.4 billion, that's what employees like you are forfeiting each year in other earned benefits. a third of paid vacation days disappear. they can't be rolled over

because of use it or lose it policies. >> david bowman is a human resources consultant hard at work on a beautiful sunny friday morning, but looking forward to time off next month. >> why do americans leave so much unused vacation time on the table? >> first of all, they are afraid of backstabbing, if i take vacation time, what will happen, who will take my job. what will happen. they may be up for promotion or raise, and don't want it to look as though they are lazy, not productive or something. >> here is what is harder to calculate. the human toll. bowman says america's work centric culture created a society of burnt out worker bees. if you don't take time out. you begin to kind of float, you don't have the edge, the creative edge. that engaged edge.

they don't become what we call in h.r. engaged. they were not interested. their passion is no longer there. their effectiveness drops down. >> by comparison, european employees appear to have no qualms to take advantage of any and all time off. workers in france are given 30 vacation days and report using all of them. same goes for employees in denmark, germany and spain. >> in europe it's mandated, here it's not. company's say "well, it's not something we have to do." for the good of the employees family, the company should encourage taking vacation. and take it all. >> with a view like this who could argue

a northwestern university losing a bit to form a union. that would have given them bargaining rights on a day the board dismissed their cases. several former n.f.l. cases said they wanted the court to throw out a billion dollar settlement. it will hide the risk of concussions. the deal covers more than 5,000 retired players. but it's unfair. it excludes players yet to be diagnosed with a continue linked to repeated blows to the head. today the white house announced heroin addiction emphasising treatment over punishment. some places trying the approach. and a tribute to a man that became a real-life hero by playing a fictional character.

the food and drug administration is warning companies that make a specialised medical scope about a deadly bacteria outbreak. olympus, penn tack and foouji film failed to report problems with their endoscopes, 13 died from infections and the f.d.a. offered instructions on how to clean the scopes between us. the white house announcing a mission to fight heroin abuse, emphasising treatment. in some states it's so severe, they have no choice but to use a

different approach nowhere in the u.s. is the drug problem more severe than in the state of massachusetts. >> opioid abuse is stealing the livelihood of children, our siblings, our parents, relatives and friends one person at a time. >> this year on average more than two a day died there from an overdose. in the fishing port of gloucester, people call it a plague. >> in the seventh period i started smoking weed all the time. next thing i know about, by 10th grade i'm doing heroin. >> state officials say they are giving top priority to the problem. but after years of filling prisons with addicts, they are shifting to a different approach. >> we are not going to arrest or incars rate our way out of this. this is a disease and we must treat and dress it. >> in gloster, the police chief

has taken a radical step by promising any addict that turns in drugs immediate treatment. >> we don't believe in hiding it. the more we reduce the stigma, the more we get people involved, the less problem we'll have. >> in three months more than 100 in the small town took up the amnesty offer. massachusetts is one of 25 states organising emergency first responders to prevent death by administering narcan, which can reverse the effects of heroin within minutes. >> narcan is benign. the only function is to reverse narcotic overdose. >> in gloster, an addict can walk into a pharmacy and get nar laxin. the police department promise to pay for it with money seized from drug dealers. it is ebb couraged by the obama

administration, but they have been slow to back up with money. >> the administration wants more money. if it's not resolved, more people will die, struggle with addiction. >> america has a way to go before admitting the bigger drug problem is one of demand, not supply. >> finally tonight, 51-year-old lennie b robinson died at a car crash in maryland. you probably don't recognise his name, but you know his alter ego, fatman. he has been spending time and money dressing as the cape crusader, getting in the lamb bour genie, then he went to visit sick kids in local hospitals, and ordered brief feign when pulled over by police, and the video was post the online. a woman that worked with rochin son -- rochin son telling

reporters he was magic. i'm del walters in new york. join us for the news any time by going to aljazeera.com. lisa fletcher up next with "inside story". have a good night. [ ♪ ] checking your email, posting pictures on facebook, perhaps tweeting out your whereabouts. they are fairly route in in the internet age, but 15% of american adults still are not online. what is their hold up? fear of technology, lack of access. digital deficiencies.