and the g 7 countries looking for countless china is growing into them around the world. follow all the detailed analysis on algebra. ah bolden untold stories from asia and the pacific. on his era. oh and iran backed paramilitary group vowels revenge after its members are killed in u. s. s. strikes along the iraq syria border. ah, hello, i'm come all santa maria here and how this is the world news from al jazeera, indonesia and hospitals and burial sites are overwhelmed. as asia pacific nation see, arise encoded 19 infections driven by the new variables. there are wanting civilians

in me and me are taking weapons and forming anti militias, risking a ferocious response from the army and they call the white goals of renewable energy. argentine with banking on museum beneath the salt plants to power its economy. ah, while iran back power military non groups in iraq has promised a joint response to us as strikes targeting them along the syrian border. the u. s . as the facilities here were being used to launch attacks against american troops in iraq, iraq's popular mobilization forces, the p. m f. say 4 of its members which killed us president joe bind in order to strikes against those same those same groups. back in february, his the pentagon statement, it said president bible has been clear that he will act to protect us personnel,

given the ongoing series of attacks by iran backed groups talking to us interests in iraq. the president directed further military action to disrupt and deter such attacks. we have reaction from iran, which is accusing the us of just creating more problems with its actions that many dealers and what i had to have been on that in my see to the us still continues the wrong path in the region. what we see today is not only the sanctions, but also following the wrong policies and previous administration is in regard with they carry out in the region. they don't recommend the us to correct it's part of the seat of creating tensions and problems for the people of the region. we recommend the us to correct the party of creating tensions and problems for the people of the region and let the regional nations decide for themselves without their interference. and what the us does is hurting the security of the region. the us itself will be one of the victims and run con in baghdad. now, in that iranian foreign ministry spokesman, iran kept saying the word region or regional. this is much bigger than something

that just happens on that iraq syria border. absolutely, it's the operative word. hey, what the iranians are clearly saying is, this isn't just about what happened in iraq. this is about sanctions against iran, against individuals within the iranian government. it's also about the way the us is negotiating with iran and member. there is huge amounts of control the see as to who the popular mobilization force is actually out that you know, normally they come under the control of the rocky government under the prime minister. the problem is to actually was only a few days ago, very complimentary about those popular muslims ation forces that a parade that they were running thing that they were part and parcel of iraq, sabrina, security forces. now, a lot of people here suggest the actually some of those popular mobilize ation forces that gave it to attack actually take the orders from iran. now the 2 that were hacked well, could type his beloved and could type a show harder. asha hot and brigade actually last 4 of their members in that attack

. they've already bowed revenge. they think they want an open war with the us. so this real phase about escalation here as well. but it's all there is also a real, a comment on what the attack actually achieve. yes, it did kill 4 people, but this was a drone bass. now these drones military drones, they commercially available drains, but have been actually re engineered to be able to mount attacks, but they're not the kind of thing that is unavailable. you can actually replace these things very easily. so the questions about what the u. s. is actually achieved other than a lot of anger and the threat of escalation, thanks. and con, reporting from baghdad for us today. and now on skype from tat ron. we've got has enough maddie and who is a professor of middle east studies at the university of tara. nice to see your son

. let's clear something up. first. iran is reacting because these are iranian back parent attributes, but they're also part of the iraqi forces. they are sponsor to feel like almost by the iraqi state does not create a problem between the us and iraq. of course that's part of the equation. i mean, there are many iraqi groups and they sure are closely allied with the wrong and have very good guys also of the not all wrong. so they prefer to be wrong because, you know, a cooperation that's left to the fight against isis for basically on the ground. so that's create a month for the united states, of course, because they're, they're obviously a now a day to protect and they say the 2 parties that were in the recent at that could

that said to get that book. if you look into their narrative there, are there mean lines that we for iraq, software should be preserved. and they are saying that the united states is an attack on this scale is obviously in line with that it's saying that our software is not perspective. so it only boost their rhetoric against the united states and leads to convention, i would say, i think that that problem is there and they not is not doing good in resolving at least not escalate. what about the prospect of retaliation from this? i mean, we're already hearing that groups want to find that the fact that there are so many groups involved this could actually, what could this actually escalated more? of course the installation there in the year because if we take previous okay.

sions, when they might take the tags, it should be prepared to receive their reaction. i mean, when, when they, for instance, this estimated the commander of the p. m. you, along with the money back in 2020, they were thinking of restoring their deterrence against the new lot, but then they received many more tags because, but the main issue for the parties were think about the p. m. use is still on the ground. they, they don't want the united states on their, their, on their soil in their country. they want their sovereignty to be respected, and that's why things can escalate. and i think taking into account that they were killed in that recent that they have also issued the statement saying that they were to be that we value is only about i had

in joining us from tech ron today. thank you so much for your time and your perspective. we appreciate it. now the 30 people have been killed in an attack in central somalia. a government official says al siobhan 5 had set off 2 carbons on sunday, targeting a military base with seal in the semi autonomous state of gun, the dog that attack led to fighting between troops and rebels. in let's get you caught up on coven news in the highly infectious delta variance of coven 19. well, it's preaching defense is across asia, and it's forcing governments to bring back tough restrictions. we have reporters across 3 countries, starting in bangladesh where huge numbers of people are trying to get out of dunker to avoid the lockdown. that stops on thursday. here is 10 via chandry at a ferry terminal near dr. tens of thousands of people crossed into south and south

west, and that's for this friday, tom and 40 miles, i've got up dot com. it's no one at similarly up terminal. now there are many other terminals where people are still processing, not as many, but on the way out we saw hundreds and thousands of people actually walking, taking 3 with us, renting even ambulance because there's no public transportation yet. another fer, it is like a country's going to going to lock down from thursday july everything will be shut down. most of the people are working paper daily way down or if they want to be with their family and villages and what that social network and get the support because they won't be any work left in at least a wicked bit total shut down. and it could possibly be extend that now the fear is the indian very and the delta very and it's spreading very quickly in the margaret bangladesh. and now it's spreading into hospitals. i book there's a panic among the people that there's infection. the 2nd way could be much worse

than the one. also thing, record breaking infection that counts in indonesia, hospitals injure cancer, set up tents outside now to treat the overflow of patients. and it's jessica washington tells us from a cemetery burial sites are overwhelmed to 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 excavators. but this is a cemetery and it's tragic to witness the family's trying to grieve for their loved ones in such a 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. they've barely buried one body in the ground before another ambulance

arise with more bodies to bury. now not just the symmetry work is overwhelmed, but doctors and nurses as well. hospitals in jakarta, some of them are 100 percent capacity. others in west java also experiencing the same fate. to give you an idea of just how this situation, the 2nd wave of infections has spiral here in indonesia. but in particular on the island of java, the positivity rate in the indonesian capital is around 40 percent. doctor says that if more isn't done to stop transmission, the health care system will color and find the timeline which is tight and restrictions in bangkok and other provinces to tackle what is its worst outbreak so far? well, from tony cheng and bang called 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 to 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 with last month, really sending some people one i spoke to 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 economic hit if they felt that it would provide the safety, particularly from these new variants 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. vaccinated 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. and there are many other parts of the world thing. delta, very and driven out breaks in a moment. we'll look at how south africa presidents has been forced to respond death. and the death toll from the collapse of that apartment tower in florida rises. but rescue is still giving out. ah hello was seen some rather unusually wet weather in 2 parts of indonesia. recently

the seas. no rain should be a good deal further north, but even in indonesia, we have seen some big downpours. we've seen some flooding as well into we're passive versus away. see, show as well continue across a central areas of the region there really straggling the equator. the wet weather should be further north. it does mean by the same token that those showers that we should expect to be seeing and vietnam, for example. not quite as widespread as they would usually be. there are a few showers into indo china, but not as many as there ought to be some heavy shot with arrow into parts of thailand, scattering his showers into the philippines. and then as he, we're really across much of malaysia and on into indonesia. as frustrated here it is largely dry. we have got some wet weather just skirting through the bite. what an active area of low pressure just making its way in here feeding some wet weather into southern parts of w way taught, packed ice, abbas i brisk winds, brisk winds to to companies as you can see that squeezed on the ice, abbas here where the winds coming in from the south is going to be

a cold one. that could be some snow over the southern outs. i celsius, therefore were christ church and wanting to on that tuesday. but warming up nicely by wednesday afternoon. the in the next episode of science in a golden age, i'm exploring the contributions made by scholars during the medieval period in the field of medicine. science tend to be a good subject to bring different peoples from all over the world together. as such, like a magical and the more i learned about that, the more i respected science and the golden age with professor jimmy kelly on a jazz eda. ah,

the headlines on al jazeera at this hour and in iraq, well run back paramilitary and groups are promising a joint response to us as strikes along the syrian border. the u. s. has the facilities hit being used to launch attacks against its troops. the delta variant is spreading fast in bangladesh, which is reported at the highest number of daily code. the depth who's the panoramic began tens of thousands of scrambling to leave dunker ahead of a nation wide lockdown on thursday. and they were record breaking infection counts and indonesia as well. hospitals in jakarta and other parts of the country, set up tens outside to treat the overflow of patients. south africa and indeed other parts of the continent are also grappling with rising infections from the new variance, south african president, certainly on the 4th that has

a now the lockdown measures will be re imposed for 2 weeks. schools will close nighttime curfew be extended and there is another band all the sale of alcohol. 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 looked 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. australia cove at 19 response committees, in an emergency meeting to discuss the growing cluster there. largest city, sidney is in a 2 week locked down. this is in the state of new south wales,

her only 18 new luckily transmitted cases were recorded on monday. but health officials say that number is sure to jump due to the delta variance spreading quickly. darwin in northern australia is also had lockdown. rival palestinian groups have been fighting off the death of an outspoken critic of the palestinian authority. have been days of demonstrations in his art but not died in the custody of security forces last week. at least for a t against and stun grenade in bethlehem. with some protesters with throwing stones and projectiles at office and there were some of the scenes elsewhere in the occupied west bank. stephanie deca has more on that. the chaos on the streets of it. among the group of pro government supporters march down to where around a 100 protesters had gathered peacefully chanting slogans against the policy and authority. protestors were beaten and members of the media were aggressively targeted. many say been

a concerted campaign against the press. camera cards 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, the 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, detained by members of the palestinian security forces. last thursday, anger at the government here is rising. 84 percent of the palestinian people say impulse 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 left, but not least, the palestinian people want to struggle for freedom one to struggle for justice to supplement. so ending and we see the p a and the p is role has been assisting the occupations preventing the post and the struggle seemed 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, ultra 0. my law in the occupied west back sweetens prime minister,

stefan dolphin has officially handed in his resignation. the left leaning social democratic party leader had a week to either quit or call us now the election author lost no confidence vote in parliament. it is now up to the parliamentary speaker to find a replacement. lawson is a form, a union boss, or a fragile minority coalition for 3 years. to me in my, where there are warnings about civilians and protest and taking up arms and forming militias to fight the military jones. her international crisis. groups of these new groups are also using the inside knowledge of the forests to inflict serious army casualties. that provoke theory, severe counter attacks, florence, so he has more from quantum her 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 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 on 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 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 the 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. the dest health from the partial collapse of an apartment building in the united states,

is rising. 9 people now known to have died. the thing is, $152.00, still unaccounted for. his john hindrance report from south side near miami, 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 sinking landfill. it was built on deck might be something to do with the foundation settlement. it might be something to do with deep is somewhat to columns that might be deteriorated over time. remember, this building is close to the shoreline and when you have structures, especially country structures that are close to shore line there, it's 40, it's forced to salty. see what that kind of exciting deterioration of the country.

search and rescue teams cut a deep trench through pancake concrete in 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 that 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 what you have in your computer environment, simulating the same type of failure. then 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 is managed to survive within avoiding the rebel is discovered before time runs out. john henry and al jazeera surfside, florida. saudi arabians relates to 2 prominent female activists from prison in austin nearly 3 years. the fema asada and some odd, but that we were among a dozen or so. activists rounded up in august 2018 had been campaigning for the women's rights to drive and an end to the mail guardianship system. both restrictions has since been lifted. finally, lithium, which is becoming an increasingly hot commodity because it's used in the batteries that power laptops and phones and electric cars, all about tech now. and tina wants to supply the world with its large lithium reserves. but it's theresa by reports. many worry this could come to greater cost

for the environment. lithium extraction is well under way at the orlando full flats in the province of who, who is in northern argentina. it is referred to as the wire gold of renewable energy. that's what the market says. again, tina needs to increase leaf you mix fraction, but also manufacture batteries to add value to the production chain. layer a. we are trying to establish a small supply chain of the 2 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 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 our container and is hoping to advance into batteries. and we signed with another chinese company to build batteries and cars. 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 pino 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 pop the brain research to the surface there later on, distributed in evaporation pools. communities around this area are concerned that unless you extraction could complicate their access to water. people

here depend on the small flaps to make a living. dining and lament flores is part of the indigenous communities in the area on the i to be in which one ancestors have been living here since before the argent time state. and now they want to invite 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 flights 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 alto native ways to extract lithium. so we are looking at both disruptive technology. that means technology that need to evaporate water to extract lithium. and we're also looking at where we michael, upgrade to the current of operating knology. and we are looking to try to we gather some of the water that he's currently lost during of operation. it would be

an inconsistency to extract lithium for a, for a green, a world. and for a greener economy if we are contaminating the regions or the locations around the bosses. developing technologies is expensive and will take time. a major challenge for developing nations while trying to find a balance between conservation and growth please, i will as the theda pool, we urgent tina. ah, how about the our on odyssey where these are the tell stories, the iraqi military is now condemning the u. s. as strikes, which happens along the syrian border, calling them a breach of sovereignty strikes, targeted iran backed power, military and armed groups in iraq who are now promising a joint response. the us is saying those facilities were.