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occupied west bank. i met with full following the death of a prominent critic and rescue teams. race against the clock to find survivors of a larger building collapse. ah, the us military is conducted as strikes in iraq and syria, against iranian back to militia 2 locations in syria and one in iraq with targeted both along the border ranks popular, mobilize asian forces, se 4 of the members were killed in the attacks. will the pentagon release the statement saying president biden has been clear, he will act to protect us personnel, given the ongoing series of attacks by iran, bank groups targeting us interests in iraq. the president directed further minute reaction to disrupt and deter such attacks from washington

d. c. his rosalyn jordan. late on sunday, the paragon announced that i had the orders of jo brighton, the us president. the us military launched defensive precision air strikes against 3 targets. 2 in syria and one in iraq. the targets are, are ron backed militias, according to the pentagon groups that have been trying to launch drone attacks on us forces and bases inside or rock. the pentagon goes on to say that the president used his constitutional authority to order these air strikes in order to protect us forces, who are in iraq providing training and support to the rocky military. now, why have is life for us in baghdad? so what kind of reaction are we getting from the pm? s? will tell me what is so called directly resistance brigade has just issued

a statement saying that they will retaliate the avenge the blood of their fallen soldiers before full of soldiers that were killed by the american native strikes. they belonged to the has beloved brigade, and i say to shudder or the sea to shudder brigade the in of near the border between iraq and c. now, remember, this attack comes only a couple of days after the, the, the, the attempt to attack the american consulate in unbar, excuse me, in the india and then also a iraq, an, a 3. the johns were shot down a very close to the american consulate in kurdistan, region and northern iraq. and also this also, the attack comes only

a couple of days after the anniversary parade that was taken by the popular mobilization force in a city. now, there is also many comments by political representatives of the popular mobilization force in the parliament and also from the political elite condemning that tech. and also encouraging the iran backed out of the groups to retaliate now of the resistance, the resistance brigades. that statement also indicates that the presence of the american troops in iraq is unconstitutional and is a violation of the mandate that was passed by the iraqi house representatives. and the also say that they will continue resisting, as they say,

are fighting the presence of the american soldiers in iraq. but meanwhile, as you know, that the american presence in iraq is by virtue of agreement with the government of prime minister, most of called me. and also that entails the training and giving military counseling to the iraqi soldiers, especially with the rise of threats from isolate sleeper cells. recently, as you know, there has been there have been multiple attacks by jones and by missiles of targeting get u. s. military facilities, including the anal, said the military base in the province and also needed about that international airport or. and that was my moods, i'm the law from bank that now as we've been reporting,

this is the 2nd time president joe biden has ordered military strengths in the region. the 1st was in february against some of the same iraq bank groups that followed rocket a tax on us spaces. the pentagon says there were 5 drawing a tax on us led coalition personnel in iraq since april. the us says iran backs miller sure, including. i've has the law and good type say the show that use the facility, which was a tax on sunday on it's called as a senior fellow at the center for american progress. he's also a former assistant secretary of defense. he says the u. s. he came to send a message to iran. i think they are very significant because this is only the 2nd time the president biden has use military force. the 1st strike was almost exactly 4 months ago. the end of the end of february. i also think it's significant that he attacked rainy and back courses at the same time that go,

she ations are going on about reinstating the j. c p away because i think he wants to send a signal that yes, we want to get back into the nuclear agreement, but we're not going to let you do all these other things. and then finally, i think it's also a signal that even though the united states is getting out of afghanistan, we're not leaving the region. we're going to keep troops in iraq until we can see that the situation is stable. we don't want ices to come back into the syria, iraq water. these are theoretically part of the iraqi military, but they're under a rainy and control. and basically they would like the united states to get out of the region. so a ran, could extend its, its influence, the iraqi government likes us to do the same because they don't want to take on the iranian backed militias themselves, given the, you know, the percentage of the ship that live, that live in iraq. so this,

i'm sure they coordinated this with the iraqi government and in iraq high school is claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on an electrical power station. the tank happened in the city of some ra, iraq's ministry of electricity says the law had the power station suffered severe damage after it was hit by car. you shall rockets, me a devastating 3rd wave of covey 19 is from to tougher restrictions in south africa. presidents over the phone or address the nation and set out new locked down measures for 2 weeks. all schools will close starting on wednesday night con curfew is being extended. it's also a ban on all gatherings and the sale of alcohol. delta variant 1st detected in india has led to the recent surgeon, one of africa's worst hit nations. we are in the grid of a devastating wave that by all indications,

seems like it would be west and those that have preceded it. the peak of this 3rd wave looks set to be higher than the previous 2 waves. the 1st wave, if we recall last that 15 weeks, the 2nd wave lasted nearly 9 weeks. we don't know how long this one will last, but indications that it could last longer. hospitals are overwhelmed and running out of oxygen as robin smith reports from cape town on indications right now what we're being told is that this 3rd wave is going to be worse than what we experience during the 2nd way. and this is no, but an expected government or the same thing that the 3rd wave would actually hit us, not as hard as the 2nd wave did. and this was because they weren't expecting down

for variance to come to the africa. but now what we've heard is that the adult variant that is most dominant in full that's we got the moment, not as you played that bite from the president. he went on led to say that, you know, private, public confident bottling under the pressure. we are hearing reports of ambulances keeping outside of people, being turned away for treatment for admission into hospital of people being treated at home, but not having enough oxygen uh, hospital beds, running or hospitals running out of space on oxygen as well. and what we also use, you've made it very clear that the current restrictions clearly are not working. people aren't giving them either. the case knew how secretary says bringing an end to the current a virus pandemic is the most immediate priority. sandra, java is the former finance minister and replace his match. hancock whose

resignation was forced by scandal to shake up, puts more pressure on government that's been heavily criticized for its early handling of the pandemic. the country is now dealing with higher infections. we are still in upon demick, and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible. and that will be my most immediate priority. to see that we can return to normal food and as quickly as possible. not got a lot of work to do. i'm sure you appreciate that. and if you can excuse me, i'd like to get on with it. paul bryan has the isis from london growl as a full entry that he has to deal with such a job. and i have to say he's an experienced government minister. he was the home secretary under theresa may when she was prime minister. and he was the chancellor on the brought on doris johnson's government before he quit in february of 2020 some, 17 months ago after a dispute with downing street with dominant cummings over whether or not the

chancellor and the prime minister would have to show a special advisory team, so look, he's got experience. he has no specific experience in the health department though . and labor is the opposition party and they're not exactly happy about it. because as chancellor labor is saying that such as java was essentially the architect of austerity. the labor shadow, health minister, who's described it as putting the fox in charge of the hand coop as far as pointing such a job it, he's made his 1st statement as health secretary. he's going into the office today. sunday morning. he said, we're still in a panic. i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible and it will be my immediate priority to see that we can return to normal soon and as quickly as possible. i've got a lot of work to do, and if you'll excuse me, i'd like to get on with it. what such a job as challenge now is festival controlling what we're seeing here in the u. k, which is an uptick in new infections of current of ours,

but also the long term issues reform of the an h. s. tackling the social care issue, the increasing number elderly whose care needs to be funded somehow by government appointment. have a new and a chest chief executive, for example. there is the short term, but there's also the long term strategic stuff that such a job. it needs to grasp very quickly. the delta vary and is spreading fast in bangladesh where they'll be a nation wide shut down from thursday to control the outbreak. tens of thousands of people are scrambling to leave the capital in the last 24 hours. and the dashboard record, highest number of death pen demik began 100. 19 people have died more than 5200 new infection from dr. here's tanveer chantry. now on friday, the government and now that district locked down and it will be in force. that's when the people got panic and thousands of people are leaving the capital city. the

buses restrict on the trains are shut down, so they're going by any means of transport. some people are actually walking because from july 1, there will be a complete shut down and it will be enforced by law enforcement agency, including the military will be applied. so people are panic. they want to be with their family. they want to be in their home this day, guarding their rural villages. now the quick question is why it took so long. the virus has been spreading since may 15th, that was record at the influx rate was growing high in the border and the government still there are the strict are shut down, bangor that has 4000 kilometers a border with india. and it's very part of a lot of trade people going back and forth now spreading through the capital city hospitals in the district with bordering india, our full di twos are in full capacity. it's still not a crisis point, but it could very well reach that still had an al jazeera when live in thailand, where people in some areas are going back to life under restriction. and

a new view of mars, as china's rover explores, the martian surface. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello, good to see where dialing up the heat said cross the middle east fell jaffar of 50.2 degrees. this now means that your 5th day at 50 degrees or above, and i think we'll get a few other spots across the middle east in there as well. so baghdad, we've got 50 degrees in the forecast for you. well above average, you know, where else we're starting to see those temperatures. climb is as we head toward the levant, check out some of these temperatures aleppo, 40 degrees right through areas of turkey as well. the sea resort city of on talia 40 degrees and also on cyprus. nicko. c. a 41. all of these while above average

except for going to eastern africa. we've got to talk about some bouts of heavy weather. rain, i should say, moving through south sedan into the central african republic. and because of just how intense this rain will be, we are running the risk of seeing some flash flooding, particularly as we head toward the west of juba on monday. okay. towards that south, and we've got a weather maker pulling into the western cape look what it does, the temperature in cape town, 14 degrees. but really let's run this story by the numbers now because we're going to be last with a lot of rain. $38.00 millimeters of rain and then we're going to see those winds pick up at a pretty good clip is while projected at about 72 kilometers per hour on monday. sponsor cut on airways challenging the way mainstream media report. the news stories like these should be easy pickings for political reporters out of old power to account how it is in journalism is breaking the destruction of civilian property

. this is all evident for what firm tries and the re speaking. now, we've been getting stories all john taken from the houses in the middle of the night and tortured the listening post coverage. the way the news is covered on algebra. ah ah, watching out 0 time to recap our headlines now. the us military is conducted as strikes against rainy and back the militia, 2 locations in syria and one in iraq, latan to both along the border. the rocks popular mobilization force to say 4 of them were killed in the time. a devastating 3rd wave of cobra. 19 is from the top

of restrictions in south africa, the closure of schools and extension of a nighttime curfew and abandoned all gathering. the delta variances spreading far in bangladesh where they'll be a nation wide shut down from day to pretty fall the outbreak. tens of thousands of people scrambling to leave the capital. now tighter restrictions have come into effect in bangkok. another type province is for a month construction sites of closed in the dining and gatherings of more than 20 people. a band. tony chang is live for us from bangkok, so how devastating i'll be shut down measures for people. i think we're hearing the people here facing really serious problems. they. we were speaking to a lady who has a noodle shop down the road here in china. so she's been in business for 49 years.

she's survive all sorts of natural disasters, doing political process military. she says this latest restriction on, in restaurant dining is going to kill her offices. got large debts already and she just doesn't see how she can get through the next month without making any income. and i think that's the problem. we're not in a full found. the government seems very keen to avoid that since march effectively . but they have introduced probably turn to restriction. many people are really feeling the squeeze. now they were promised this last year when the 1st lockdown was in place, that things will get better into 1021. then when the 2nd law, they were told things would improve in the summer. now, with this, the continuation of this lockdown situation for a month, at least. i think many people here figuring this to go on till the end of the year . tony, how do these new restrictions? 15 with plans to reopen the tourism industry in thailand.

bullshit the big problem tourism is fundamentally important to the economy hit. the big hope had been to reopen on the 1st of july of scheme, the government pulling the book at sandbox because it's been almost impossible for terrorists to get everyone coming in and be they tie or foreign has to do a mandatory 14 day warranty. and that's been the case most of the last 12 months. it's really killed off the tourist industry in many areas. a lot of those businesses have been hanging on with the hope of this summer. we would to see people coming back. so now if you are fully vaccinate, you can, if you've got the right visa, go to, you'll have the stuff on the island, but you won't be stuck in a hotel for the full day. off of that, you can go back on the mainland china. but the problem is hotel, things are not particularly high. i think given the global situation, people are not keen to spend that kind of money on a holiday and tyler,

but also domestic terrorism would be what these new locked down measures. individual provinces are putting their own current rules in place so that anyone coming from bangkok now has to do 14 days for going up to the north for example. and that's going to make it very, very difficult. in addition to which the vaccination program, which the government is rolling out, is going very slowly, they were trying to get domestically produced supplies of astrazeneca routes. that seems to be a problem that the moment we've only got about 7 percent to vaccinate. and i think people are very well until that program can be fully rolled out. the chances of opening up a very, very slim much tony cheng neighboring malaysia authorities are extending a national lock down. their restrictions were to be lifted on monday. but the prime minister says they will not be eased until daily cases fall below $4000.00.

israel's knew the like to 5 minutes to enough, tommy ballads has chad, a current, a virus cabinet meeting, despite having one of the worlds fastest vaccine rollouts. and then the mosque mandates has been reinstated this new infections rise due to a localized outbreak of the delta variance. israel reported 113 new covey, 900 cases on saturday, a book assess notes. our request is very modest, where mosque isn't going to get vaccinated, especially i am addressing our youth. i know how much you want to have fun this summer and you will be able to, i have 4 children in this age group. we don't want to impose any restrictions or not on parties, on trips or anything like that. but specifically because of this, if you don't want restrictions, go and get vaccinated today. talk to your parents, them, get vaccinated, let them alone. in the occupied west bank, there have been violent clashes between rival palestinian groups over the death of a prominent critic of the palestinian authority fees for the scenes in bethlehem where riot police use here. gas and dung grenades protested,

trying to stop people from gathering outside the disease authority headquarters. and it was a similar situation in ramallah anger's growing over the death of dissolved by that who was arrested by palestinian forces on thursday. his family says he was dragged away and severely beaten. stephanie deca has more the chaos on the streets of it. among a group of pro government supporters march down to where around a 100 protesters had gathered peacefully chanting slogans against the palestinian authority. protesters were beaten, and members of the media were aggressive. the targeted many se been a concert campaign against the cam records were forced to be removed and taken. a colleague had his camera smashed. we were surrounded by thugs who forced us to bring down the satellite antenna on our old hosting trucks. there are security

members, you know, but with the civil clause, the related to different security groups, military intelligence and the which called the, the president gods. also this is part of that. most of them, you know, they are not civilians security. it's the 4th day of protests following the death of palestinian authority. critic, these are burnett, according to his family, who was beaten in the middle of the night, entertained by members of the palestinian security forces last thursday. anger at the government here is rising. 84 percent of the palestinian people say in poles that the palestinian authority is corrupt. so that's the 1st issue. the 2nd issue that the p a has become an authoritarian regime. they are arresting activists . they are beating people in the streets. and last but not least, the palestinian people want to struggle for freedom wants to struggle for justice. the supplements are expanding and we see the p a and the p. a role has been

assisting the occupations preventing the post and instruct seems like this rarely seen here. a large number of security forces were stationed not far from this and did nothing. we reached out to various members of the government. no one has so far given us a response. the level of intimidation over the media over the last couple of days has been immense. female journalists have been beaten with sticks. we were severely intimidated, not to film to bring down our live capabilities. and they continue to watch us to the point where we couldn't even take out our mobile phones. and all this prompted by a protest of only around 100 or so people, stephanie decor, i'll just 0 by law in the occupied west by the desk. tall from the collapse of a florida apartment tower 3 days ago is risen to 952 people, still unaccounted for. rescue workers recovered for more bodies from the debris on

sunday. john henry defaults from the side with a rising death toll in dwindling hopes of finding survivors. in the sir side, building collapse rescue workers have been battling rain fire and the cloth. as rescuers rummaged through tons of rubble from above and beneath a structural engineer tells al jazeera the collapse seems to started in the buildings foundation and the thinking landfill. it was built on deck might be something to do with the foundation settlement. this might be something to do with deep is some of the columns that might be deteriorated over time. remember, this building is close to the shoreline. and when you have structures, especially country sectors get across the shore line. there it's 40, is force to salty. see what that kind of exhilaration deterioration of the country . search and rescue teams cut a deep trench through pancake concrete and mangled metal and made

a grim discovery. we continued all night to build that, that trench. and as a result of that, we were able to recover for additional bodies in the rob, all as well as additional human remains. first responders say this is still a rescue mission, noting survivors could live on in so called void spaces. so avoid space can be created by pretty much anything if a wall falls and hit your refrigerator. instead of coming down to the floor, maybe a piece of furniture. maybe someone could be in a bath tub with a piece of wall over them, and the back of itself is avoid space with any face that could sustain life, family members or donating dna to identify those last in the champlain towers, south. but the search has been hampered by fire and rain. there is another worry just north of the building. they came down. there is another building called champlain tower north built at the same time with similar materials and residence

there are being offered the chance to voluntarily acura way. over the next 30 days, miami dade county officials will be inspecting it and other older high rise buildings, hoping to avoid another catastrophe on the sinking sands of miami beach. the chances of finding survivors decreased by the hour and by the day that the refill scattered throughout and its compact is extremely compact. so it's a very slow process where we have to sure we have to stabilize the best we can as we're moving through. after the rescue come the forensic engineers gathering samples from the collapse concrete and steel and putting their findings into computer simulations, we will try to replicate disputed by different simulations and based on the loss you have in your computer environment, simulating the same type of failure. now you will have a better understanding of what factor or factors cause this failure. but 1st rescue

workers are toiling around the clock to ensure that anyone who has managed to survive within avoid in the rebel is discovered before time runs out. john henderson, al jazeera surfside, florida mainstream political parties in france appeared to have faulted the ambitions of both the far right hand president, emanuel micron and the 2nd round of regional elections. exit polls indicate traditional center, right. conservatives have secured 7 regions, while the center last party looks to be on calls to control 5, marine la pens. national rally is failed to win a 1st ever region in strong hold around, say, and nice. emmanuel microns republic, on the move hasn't won any regions, either exit polls point to a poor performance. turn out the polls has been low. it's estimated only around 34 percent of people cost the balance, the final and actual test before next year's presidential election. and china has

released new footage from its mars rover. this includes the moment the parachute deployed from the town when one space crossed as it landed last month. it also shows the rover driving on the martian surface where it's been working for more than 40 days. the rover is looking for signs of water or ice, which could indicate planet has ever sustained life. and you can find much more on our website. the address there for you al jazeera dot com. ah, take you through some of the headlines here. now just here, now the us military is conducted as strikes against the rainy and bank militia. 2 locations in syria and one in iraq were targeted both along the border, the wrongs popular, mobilize ation forces say 4 of the members were killed vying to respond as a whole.