the use of the report, so he's going into a national perspective to try to explain your global audience. how's it could impact the life? this is an important part of the world and i was very good at bringing the news to the world from here. ah, and iran backed paramilitary group valves, revenge after its members killed us, that strikes along the iraq syria border. ah, hello, i'm come all santa maria here in doug with the world news from al jazeera, denisia and hospitals and burial sites are overwhelmed. asia pacific nation see arise, the code 900 infection, again, driven by those new variables. also in the news warnings civilians,

and me and myra taking up weapons and forming and teach them to militia. they risk a ferocious response from the army and they call the white goals of renewable energy. look at how abs tina was banking on, lithium, beneath the salt flat to power its economy. ah. so iraq, back to paramilitary and armed groups in iraq are promised a joint response to us as strikes targeting them along the syrian border. the u. s . says the facilities hits were being used to launch attacks against american troops in iraq. rocks popular mobilization, also the payment, se for its members were killed. us, president joe biden ordered the strikes against the same groups in february. well, in a statement, the pentagon said this president biden has been clear that he will act to protect

us personnel, given the ongoing series of attacks by iran, bank groups targeting us interests in iraq. the presidents directed further military action to disrupt and deter such attacks around as reactive saying the u. s. needs to stop creating problems in the region 70 the alerts and what i had the hampton on that in my see to the us still continues the wrong path. in the region, what we see to die is not only the sanctions, but also following the wrong policy, as in previous administration is in regard with actions that carry out in the region is we recommend the us to correct it's part of the seat of creating tensions and problem that the people of the region we recommend the us to correct it as part of creating tensions and problems for the people of the region. and the regional nations decide for themselves without their interference. and what the us does is here to the security of the region that the us itself will be one of the victim of a lot more with him or in con, in bank, that enron,

as much as these as strikes are obviously an issue in around making the point there, what happens next? the retaliation could be crucial. well, that's why these strikes took place in the early hours of monday morning max. you tacked to base that the american say was use to build drones. now when we say drones, we're not talking the big large scale military ones. we are talking drones that are commercially available. so the value of that target has already been questioned. these are easily replaceable that cheap and whether it will dent into the capabilities of the problem. obligation forces remains to be seen. but 2 of those popular mobilization forces brigades actually targeted in that attack. it was considered has below, and it with guitar hash heart of now it was katasha hardy, who last 4 of their members, their reaction was incredibly swift. they said they would now in an open war with the u. s. and they would target us aeroplanes and us targets in,

in baghdad and be on now. is that a threat of an escalation? this is the 2nd time the us president, joe gordon has actually targeted those power military forces. the 1st attack was of course, in february, now this one in the early house of monday, as i say now, escalation is a real worry. what does that mean? what capabilities does the pay of i have and whose orders are they actually operating under? that's a real controversial statements. well, you had the statement that from the iranian foreign ministry spokesman, the key word he used that was region use a reference sanctions as well. now the sanctions on iraq there in iran, there against iran in lead is or against key figures in the iranian government. so they've conflating those 2 things as they probably should. this is not just an attack in iraq against a sovereign iraqi to get, but actually an attack on them as well. in the u. s. says this is

a strike against the p. m. s, because the u. s. have been attacked by them. okay, that's fine. but the p m if is part of the iraqi security apparatus is sponsored by the state. so does that not muddy the waters between the 2 countries where it's long been a bone of contention between the rocky federal army, for example, and the popular mobilization of forces. america actually supplies with weapons will help with training the rocky. it doesn't do that with the problem, i believe ation forces. a large number of those forces are backed by iran, and that's where they get the weapons from the been getting them since 2014 from iran. so the question many have been asking is, who do these p m s actually are so to do they are to iran or do they are going to be iraqi government? normally they do come under the control of the prime minister. in fact, there was a parade just a few days ago with a p. m. i showed in for se weaponry and the manpower that they had on

display iranian weapons clearly, but the prime minister was actually there. and he complimented the popular mobilization forces saying we've been to the rocky been to the rocky federal police . now it's your turn to have your role acknowledge. and then we have these attacks . where do these attacks come from? well, have been in the past in the past few days, attacked navy u. s. consulate and are built. so that may well have been one drug for this is also good attacks in the last 6 months against us, military convoys against us personnel, particularly near baghdad, international apple. so the americans might clearly say, and they clearly saying the statement that they were justified in this attack. but yes, technically speaking, this is a rocky sovereign force that has been attacked. what the continent sites was between the rockies and the americans, if any, will probably never come out, but it's unlikely that there was a clear conversation and asking for permission,

it's likely that the americans simply did this frustration among con, reporting from baghdad. thank you very much. me on to cobra news and the highly infectious delta variance of curve at 19 is breeching defenses, across asia, and forcing governments to bring back tough restrictions. a lockdown will begin in bangladesh on thursday, and huge numbers of people are now scrambling to get out of the capital city before it takes effect. also reco, breaking infection counts in indonesia, hospitals, and cancer and other parts of the country of now set up tents outside to treat the overflow of patients and thailand, tighten restrictions, its capital bank coke and other provinces to tackle its worst outbreaks so far. so we have got tony chang in bangkok and we've also got jessica washington in jakarta

speaking to both of them shortly. first, this report from time via chandry, who is that a ferry terminal near docker? tens of thousands of people crossed into south and south west, and that's for this friday tom and i'll 40 mile outside dot com. it's no one has similarly up terminal. now there are many other terminals, what people are still processing, not as many, but on the way out, we saw hundreds and thousands of people actually walking, taking pre was renting even ambulances because there's no public transportations yet. another parent is like the country is going to going to walk down from thursday july everything will be shut down. most of the people are working people daily way down or if they want to be with their family and villages and district on what that social network and get the support because they won't be any work left in dock at least for the wicked be total shut down and it could possibly be extend that now the fair is the buyer of indian very and the delta varian is spreading

very quickly in the district bordering binding about that. and now it's spreading into hospitals. our book fair and panic among the people that there's infection. the 2nd wave could be much worse than the 1st one. right, so that was temporary chantry and bangladesh. we now check in with jessica washington in june counter i mentioned the hospitals are overflowing just together . all for reality, behind you is that the burial fonts are as well. that's exactly right. i'm here in north jakarta, at one of the new covered 19 burial sites. and the reason that this site has just opened is because all the symmetries are already at 100 percent capacity. now, you'd be forgiven for thinking that this is a construction site based on the noise based on the presence of eskoville activated . but this is a cemetery and it's tragic to witness the family's trying to grieve for their loved ones. inside are busy environment, while there is this construction going on with the grade tickets here. say their

workload has increased to the point that they simply cannot keep up with their work because they've barely buried one body in the ground before another ambulance to rise with more bodies to bury. now as you mentioned, it's not just the symmetry work is overwhelmed, but doctors and nurses as well. hospitals in jakarta, some of them are 100 percent capacity. all those in west java also experiencing the same fate. to give you an idea of just how this situation, this 2nd wave of infection has spiral here in indonesia. but in particular on the island of java, the positivity rate in the division capital is around 40 percent doctor say that if more isn't done to stop transmission, the health care system will color. jessica washington with that report from chicago . thank you for that. and now into tony chang in bangkok to bring us up to date with the worst thing situation and thailand,

tony. indeed the pain being felt here more economic at the moment with the new restrictions being placed on in restaurant dining construction sites being closed. and i think we spoke some people earlier in china town in bangkok who said that this was really a hammer blow. they've been struggling all through this year with increasing lockdown. they're not getting the aid from the government that they were getting last year. and this latest announcement, these new restrictions would last month, really sending some people one i spoke to had been in business for 49 years, said she just had no idea how she was going to get through. but frustration also because while the government is tightening restriction, it's not putting in place a real long term. we saw them do that last year and it was very effective for most of 2020 infection figures in thailand were in double digits if that and the

fatality list was $61.00 in total. yesterday we saw 51 deaths, and i think some people would take the can only hit if they felt that it would provide the safety, particularly from these new variance that are coming out. there's also a real concern that in today's time we're going to see the opening of the book at sandbox. that's the sort of experiment by the time government to try to reinvigorate tourism, which is shut down. for the last 15 months. bank sinay to tourists can come in. they can stay on the island without quarantining for 14 days, although they can't leave to go on to mainland thailand until that period is expired. but the bookings are looking great. it's not a great time for people to be traveling overseas, especially with the concern about these new variance. and also there's a fear now that many people in per cat have been vaccinated with china vague, which is proving to have less efficacy against the new beta and delta variance the starting to come through. there's a real concern with people coming into town,

which we haven't seen much of in the last 16 months. they could easily get inside and they could well spread further. tiny chain with that back from bangkok. thank you. tony. rival palestinian groups have been fighting after the death of an outspoken critic of the palestinian authority. there have been days of demonstration in his daughter but not died in the custody of security for the last week. police fire t against and stun grenade in bethlehem. with some protesters with stones and other projectiles. at a check on the weather is next. and then more coven news. we've already looked at asia. we'll also see how the deals of variance is hitting africa, bringing more restrictions that the and the way the fighting in yemen in wheat was rival, often baffled for control of an oil rich region in the know

ah, ah, it's time for the journey with sponsored by cut on airways, how we got lots of lovely, warm sunshine. it's a central and southern parts if you're but still to areas of low pressure producing some live. the am foundry showers, like slow moving area of low pressure, just around the by a biscuit. it stays on, settled here, and on the cool side, by the area of low pressure, which was set to west side of russia, we will see some lively showers coming in here. close to moscow. 31 celsius in moscow. not quite as hot as it has been recently, but it is going to be humid at is certainly going to be a rather fun re at times. for much evasion, european is fine and dry should be fine and try for the football this evening and caressed. find and try to for the football in copenhagen, but i was, i was at western side of the year. that's where the show was. will continue not so

great in terms of tennis, whether there for wimbledon, which starts today. of course, she was never ready to fall where the latter part of the week before things do finally start to quieten down here tuesday, another unsettled day for western areas. more showers there. good part of jeremy, seeing some of those showers on a dry eye, which was central pause and southern areas warm sunshine in athens at around $35.00 degrees celsius and the warm sunshine on the other side of the met as well. still getting into the mid forties, therefore, tripoli, heavy showers there quite nicely now across central parts of africa, all the way to sir william. sponsor cut on airways. the world's lungs are being seized. the amazon rain forest is diminishing a rate of football pitches a minute to meet the market insatiable appetite for logging mining and farming. as both scenarios, government seek to relax conservation laws and increased production indigenous

communities on the brink of extinction. no, it's the bite of their life. people empower brazil's amazonian battle on al jazeera. ah, ah, the me. the top stories on out of the road this our run back per minute train. our groups in iraq promising a joint response to us that strikes along the syrian border. the u. s. says the facility hits were being used to launch attacks against 5th trip palestinian rival groups of fort after the death of an outspoken critic of the palestinian authority . in days of demonstrations and news down about died in police custody last week.

and the delta variant is spreading fast in bangladesh, which has reported its highest number of cobra debt. since the pandemic, again, on a daily basis, tens of thousands of people. now scrambling to leave duncan had a nationwide locked down on thursday. south africa and other parts of the continent are also grappling with rising infections from new variance. so african presidents, several ramifications has locked out measures will be re imposed for 2 weeks. schools are closing at night time, copays being extended as well, and there is another band on alcohol failed. we are in the grid, devastated wave that all indications seems like it would be worse than 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. these 30 people have been killed in an attack and central somalia, government officials as al, shut up fight instead of 2 carbons on sunday, targeting a military base in the town of seal. in the semi autonomous state of governor dug, that attack lead to fighting between troops and rebels. the death toll from the partial collapse of an apartment building in miami is rising. 9 people now known to have died, but 152 people are still unaccounted for. john henry reports from south side, florida 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. it 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 countries, sectors get a close to shore line. there it's 40, it's forced 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 rubble 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. so any space 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 actuate. 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 this 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 caused this failure. but 1st rescue workers are toiling around the clock to ensure that anyone who has managed to survive within avoiding the rebel is discovered before time runs out. john henderson, al jazeera surfside, florida in may and mar, there are warnings about civilians and protesters who are now taking up arms and

forming militias to try to fight against them in that region to international crisis. groups of these new groups are also using their inside knowledge of the forests to inflict serious ami casualties. that is provoking, severe counter attacks florence louis has more from quantum the one of the main reasons for this escalation and violence is because of the formation of armed and te june to our forces. and these are locals, armed with hunting rifles, and sometimes quite rudimentary weapons. some of these made and makes have jungle factories. now they're using their local knowledge of the areas where they live, to inflict and to launch attacks on the me, on my military. and they've been able to fix some rather significant casualties on the military known as the commodore. and now the men military has been responding to these attacks with overwhelming force it's launched attacks from populated areas . it's used as strikes helicopter gunship, artillery. now, the un estimates that so far,

230000 people have been displaced by fighting and insecurity so far. and the i, c, g says that the international crisis group says the elderly and the young are more vulnerable to violence and displacement. not only that, some of these conflicts and areas which haven't seen violence in decades. so it means local age. organizations has now got to set up new supply lines and they've got to set up new operations to reach those areas that fighting between yemen. government forces and who the rebels were killed. dozens of people in the oil rich region about a 120 kilometers east of the capitol center is the government last snore than stronghold and it's crucial for peace negotiations. more in this report, rachelle labelle us the dusk in the matter of only illuminate the offensive on gemini government forces. darkness has done nothing to stop their recent offences. after almost 7 years of war,

merab is the front line. the area is the saudi best government, la stronghold and northern human. it is rich in natural resources and both sides. belief controlling merit means controlling peace, negotiation the mode of city has become a hub. unlike an operational room for the o. d, coalition to attack him, and that's why they think by killing mad this actually will, will clear all know to pm and hundreds have been killed since fighting escalated in merit in february. since thursday, the government says the iranian, but who fees have renewed their assets, attacking them from the north, south, and west. the us is fighting and merit is a serious threat to achieving a truth. what do you estimate of when we thank god, our morals are high and the tribes are joining to support the battle on the front line. merab used to be a relative safe haven. it attracted hundreds of thousands of people displaced by

fighting and other parts of the country. the people fed up of the situation in march. 1000000 people found in his hands and people set up and the all one who backing the government's understanding that the seats for them, the only hope for truth and all the peace in yemen who fees fired a missile at this petrol station in merab? earlier this month, filling up his car was to his sag. he'd taken his 2 year old daughter with him to a market that morning. they too had settled in merab after being displaced by fighting for the north. tal here and lay again wood to of 21. people killed k any before her that had happened. she was such a fun child. she loved having fun, a lot and light. joking around her dad adored her. he was enough with her good milam on her last, surrounded by leon's favorite toys, and a battle looming, every louder fighting. intensifying is the prospect of peace

fuel the war. shall at bellis o. jazeera saudi arabia is released to prominent female activists from prison, and after nearly 3 years, a female said and some odd, but that we were among a dozen or so. activists rounded up in august of 2018. they had campaigned for women's rights to drive an end to the male guardianship system. both restrictions have since been lifted. the lithium is becoming an increasingly hot commodity that is used in batteries that power our electric cars and laptops and phones all about tech. and alger tina wants to supply the worlds using its large lithium reserves. but as theresa reports, many worry this could come to greater cost for the environment. lithium extraction is well and away at the level full flats in the province of who, who is in northern argentina. it is referred to as to why

a gold of renewable energy. that's what the market says. again, tina needs to increase lithium extraction, but also manufacture batteries to add value to the production chain layer a. we are trying to establish a small supply chain of lithium batteries. so we can meet with the demand. one area of demand is the transformation of fudge and tina's large public transport system to include electric, but lithium production is a priority for argentina's government. it's minister of production says that government has already signed deals with several companies. china is a major player in the business and has been increasing its presence in the region, democracy. and though what you see was we're seeing lots of interest in the possibility of investing in the country. last week we signed a memorandum with a chinese company that is already producing lithium in argentina, and is hoping to advance into batteries. and we signed with another chinese company

to build batteries and cars are going to be you're seeing lots of interest because of our natural resources, industrial history and technology that allows us to plan ahead. lithium, ion batteries, rechargeable and lightweight power. the most used electronic devices on the planet from cell phones to laptops. much of that, lithium comes from what is known as a lithium triangle. i didn't penal bolivia until you have a wrong 70 percent of the words. lithium research. the lithium is liquid, ryan reserves no k to install flat, like this, when thousands of liters of water are necessary to pump up the brian research to the surface there later on, distributed in evaporation pools. communities around this area are concerned that unless you extraction could complicate though, access to water, people here depend on the source labs to make a living. if you don't know who the and lament flores is part of the indigenous

communities in the area. like on the i to be in which one that ancestors have been living here since before the argentine state. and now they want to invade it. we haven't seen any serious studies on what will happen to the water. it is something that worries us that we are concerned about what is being done to other salt flats in the region. they are broken and dirty, and we don't want that to happen here. and that's why scientists like victoria flexor i working to find, i'll turn it in ways to extract lithium. so we are looking at both disruptive technology that means technology do not need to evaporate water to extract lithium . and we're also looking at where we might call upgrade to the current of operating technology. and we are looking to try to we gather some of the what the daddy's currently lost during of operation. it would be an inconsistency to extract least him for a, for a greener world. and for a greener economy if we are contaminating the regions or the locations around the

developing technologies is expensive and will take time. a major challenge for developing nations while trying to find a balance between conservation and growth. ladies i will as the theda pool we argentina fund. i have a look at this train with a view. china is trialing new sky train carriages in the city of chang. do they have glass on 3 sides? the developers say they are also greener and more canonical than other transit services. the me how about the out of thank you? through the headlines iran bank paramilitary and on groups in iraq, promising a joint response to us and strikes along the syrian border.