and then with the united position deal with problems from around the world. the government says they are aiming for 70 percent of the population by the end of the year. the news. ready we took the necessary appropriate delivered action the us secretary of state defense strikes on a wrong back growth in iraq. back that on content the attacks. ah, other can vanelle, this is elder, they're alive from go home. also coming up. an international coalition tends to increase efforts to stop the growing influence of isolated parts of africa.

patients and make shift tense and indonesia, a rush for safety and bangladesh, asian countries struggle to deal with a surgeon cove with 19 cases. i'm. we're harding and dough. how, where there's a rush to thin rescue dogs. the united states after the u. s. says they're closing their borders to them. i met a rabies scare. ah . the secretary of state is defending the strikes against paramilitary and on groups along the iraq syria border and nibbling can says the strikes will send a strong message. both the iraqi and syrian governments have condemned the attacks . so has iran, the strikes targeted? the popular mobilization forces an umbrella group of iranian backed fighters. iran come, begins coverage from baghdad. this is the moment the usaid it hit, a popular mobilization forces base ne,

iraq's outcome border crossing with syria. the air strikes happened in the early hours of monday, targeting both sides of the crossing. on the rocky side, a base used for drone attacks with hit a statement from the u. s. department of defense fed. the targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by iran backed militias that engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against us personnel and facilities in iraq. the rocky military spokesman issued a strong statement. we condemn the usa attack that targeted a site last night on the rocky syrian border, which represents a blatant and unacceptable violation of rocky serenity and a rocky national security. in accordance with all international conventions to groups, backed by iran, were targeted to type has bella and could type said asha harder reaction from the groups was swift. that i've, as i had a harder i've actually reacted very strongly promising an open war against us

targets with in iraq itself. now the real concern here is one simply of escalation . the iranians also react to the dish to well here with us still continues the wrong path from the region. what we see today is not only the sanctions, but also following the wrong policies and previous administrations in regard with the actions they carry out in the region. some analysts suggest iraq must have been consulted before the strike. this is only the 2nd time the president biden has use military force, as was mentioned earlier, 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 forces. at the same time, the negotiations are going on. what level of coordination remains unclear? the popular mobilization force is comes under control of iraq government. it was only a 2 days ago. prime minister must have called me praise the parliamentary to regroup

in public. however, there's long been some concern about who certain groups within the umbrella organization actually on. so 2, whether it's iran or iraq, it's clear that the popular mobilization force is a part of its security structure. so in effect, the u. s. bomb denali. but the u. s. was clear that the popular mobilization flight has had attacked us targets. and the bombing was in response to that. and where the response promised by the group, it's likely this will further divide the usa iraq and opinion on the u. s. role in the country, amazon. com. how does era back that? well, let's go live now to white house correspondent, kimberly help kids. kimberly, as we mentioned, the us secretary of state has spoken about these strikes. what else did he have to say? well, the secretary state has been very clear about the motivations of the bi made ministration and the commander and chief joe biden with regard to the strikes. now a 2nd time since the beginning of the year,

this action has been taken. and the message overall is that this was defensive in nature. in other words, that these targets were carefully selected and were only selected because they used, we're used to store equipment that had already in the past multiple occasions. been used to attack us personnel. and it's interesting, take a listen. we took necessary appropriate delivered action that is designed to, to limit the risk of escalation, but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message. this action in self defense to do what's necessary to prevent further attacks i think, sends a very important and strong message. but it is delicate time. and given the fact that the united states is trying to work with iran to bring its nuclear program

into compliance. so under the 2015 j c p o, a to live it arrives nuclear program. so this is going to be problematic as those discussions continue at the same time. the other problem for the bio ministration is that many members of his own party and capitol hill are not happy that this administration acted unilaterally. and so, but argue in violation of us law, given the fact that it is congress that authorizes the use of military force, not the white house. so members of congress and new a 7 and the house of representative asking for a briefing immediately asking for an explanation about the imminent nature of the threats and what predicated those potential threats in order for the us to act without congressional authorization or i thank you for that, that white house correspondent, kimberly how good foreign ministers meeting in rome to discuss a coordinated plan to defeat. i so say a working group needs to be set help to monitor the 5 is especially in africa where

i feel is expanding. here's what it leaves for mr. had to say. in the problem i came, contrast started reasonable. the real problem is that the fight against terrorism needs a holistic approach to read the coalition with the experience that has is able to tackle this problem in a holistic way the institutions of those countries are weakening more and more precisely under the attacks of tentative cells at the moment, protecting the hill also means protecting the security of europe and stopping traffic as of the mainly men and women. i feel affiliated armed groups are opening up new fronts across africa, even as the group sees a decline in the middle east. iceland fighters have been blamed for increased violence across the whole region, especially in molly looking to fossil and the sheer and mozambique fighters claiming ties to isis have stepped up attacks and the northern combo delgado region . at least 2500 people have been killed. 700000 displaced in 2017

and in democratic republic of congo, the governments imposed military rule in the northeast to stop firing violence, much of it claims to i for linked fighters. because hawk has more now on why eiffel is expanding and africa. well, it's more specifically in regions where there are weak governments and security forces are or the state out. i'm thinking here in this a hell region, specifically in, in the, the, the tri border area of molly nice year. and so we've really seen an uptake of, of attacks by our group to fill the ball. so i feel affiliate in that specific region. that's because the, the state is largely absent and there are existing grievances that they'd bat from before. the time that i saw was around our groups who are active, they're farmers and herders fighting overland. and with the absence of the state to mediate that well, the arm groups have step in step 10. also it's,

it's worth bearing in mind the, the historical narrative of these groups, they're trying to revive this pre colonial times where there were islamic states in that region. and that's all fostering and the, the, the, these arm groups in, in them trying to establish themselves in those specific regions. also worth noting that despite the presence of so many of peacekeeping forces in molly, we've got the biggest peacekeeping force of $14000.00 and sort of the g 5 to hell, which is a band of, of nations, of arm armies in the region, trying to fight off these arm groups, well the islamic states in the greater or has stepped up attacks just a few weeks ago. there was an attack in brick fossil there. and the u. n says that they were children that were attacking villagers, children to age between 12 and 14, many petrol stations and lebanon have stopped operating for government time to come

. fuel subsidies prompted some distributors to start holding supplies. its feared, the move will push the price of fuel even higher as anger mounts over the countries deepening economic crisis. the lebanese pound is plummeted in last 18 months, sending inflation soaring and pushing half the population into poverty. some demonstrators have conquered bank routers. me so the highly infectious delta barrier of covert 19 is breeching defensive across asia . 4th and governments to bring back tough restrictions. the exodus of people ferrying a job loss due to the looming restrictions is continuing in bangladesh. have a child re, has more from a ferry terminal outside of tens of thousands of people crossed into south and south west. and that's for this friday tom and 40 mile outside dot com. it's no one has similarly a 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 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 paper daily way down or if they want to be with their family and villages and towns what they have a social network and get the support because they won't be any work left in dot com at least a wicked bit total shut down and it could possibly be extend that now the fear is the virus any and very and the delta a very and it's spreading very quickly in the monitoring bundle of that and now it's spreading into hospitals. i book, there's a panic among the people that there's infection. the 2nd wave could be much worse than the 1st one. indonesia is one of the hardest hit nations, in se asia,

hospitals in the capital have set up hence to treat the overflow of patients. and it's jessica washington tells us from a cemetery burial side some overwhelmed to this is tom cemetery, one of the newest cove with 19 burial sites here in the invasion capital in north dakota. and this location had to be opened up for burials because the other major covered 900 very on site reached 100 percent capacity. as you can see, it's incredibly busy. there are excavators, workers, what non stop body after body arriving at this new cemetery. the workers say that their workload is almost impossible to keep up with the confirmed death hole in indonesia is almost 60000. but don't to say huge is a low rate for testing across the visa. the actual just told could be much more,

very difficult to watch. families grieving at this cemetery. this makes shift symmetry where they have to say good bye to their loved ones in a location like this. not just java cemetery work is struggling to keep up with their workload in light of this surge of covered 900 cases. but health care work is as well. some hospital in java, in particular in the capital jakarta are already at 100 percent capacity. and some have even resorted to having tense in comp, ox outside hospitals to deal with the overflow of patients. doctors, a warnings that is strict protocol isn't introduce the health care system will soon pull up the still ahead on algebra waste needs a systemic un global action to root up discrimination, 5 against 5 people in the report inspired by the killing of george. i call it the

white gold of renewable energy. how argentina is banking on? lithium beneath fell flat to power its economy. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello. we've seen some really heavy rain recently across southern parts of china. more of the same over the next couple of days we got to my your front, the plum rains continue to post way across a similar area. so widespread flooding remains a concern over the coming days. a system makes his way out to a little area of low pressure, just to the southeast of japan. and then our main area of low pressure, the remnants of tropical storm champ, continuing to move out into the open water, dragging some really wet weather, very close to that eastern side of japan. still

a possibility of some localized flash flooding coming through here. a backwash of showers over the next couple days and will be humid temperatures in the socket. getting up to the oppressive. 30 degrees celsius penny a shower was to just around the korean peninsula to a northeast corner of china. southern parts. yeah. stay wet, more heavy rain coming through here over the next few days. not as much rain as i should be across indo china. meanwhile, usual scattering a showers across a good part of south east asia. the philippines. laser sinks and heavy down portion heavy array, also making his way over towards march or over the next couple of days. heavy rain continues into northeast and parts of india into bangladesh into a minima. we'll see some heavy rain now starts just pap, up for the western side of india. sponsor cut on airways. most people will never know what's beyond these. the deafening silence of 100000 and how it feels to touch danger

every day. most people will never know what it's like to work with. every breath is precious with fear is not an option, but we're not most people. oh the the me just there a reminder of our top story this our, the us secretary of state is defending the strikes against power. never tree and armed groups on the rock 3 a border around back groups and iraq are threatening to retaliation bank that has condemned to the attacks foreign ministers meeting and run to discuss

a coordinated plan to defeat. i so say a working group needs to be helped to monitor the fight is especially in africa. what i saw was expanding the delta variant is spreading fast and bangladesh. tens of thousands of scrambling to leave darker ahead of a nation wide lock down on the same bas ravi has more now on how countries in the asia pacific region. a coping with a surgeon cases thailand is shutting down construction sites and indoor dining, as well as ben and gatherings of more than 20 people. the latest restrictions to address new outbreaks of coven 19 grim news for a tourist hub at the start of the summer season. and he could come by dirty. i don't make any profit, nobody at best. i break even. but i can stop selling food. it's my livelihood. i can't rely on the government help every day. can i have to save ourselves?

it doesn't make any sense to ask for help and hence now super rock has been cooking noodles in bangkok, chinatown, for most of her life. her shop has been open for 49 years. for millions, just like her. the pandemic has meant it's a struggle just to make a living. indonesia said a new record for daily cases on sunday, with a total of more than $21000.00 hospitals in the capital. jakarta are overflowing with patients. it is the hardest hit southeast asian nation with more than $57000.00 deaths. but the real figure is believed to be even higher during an emergency meeting and australian health official warned the situation. there is the worst. it's been since the 1st wave of the pandemic. cities across the country are going back into locked out. we really face to my serious crisis in the coven pandemic since the early days. in february, march, last year. it's made the worse because this was

a largely avoidable and foreseeable crisis. but thanks to the very poor procurement and roll out of the vaccines, we don't have that strength to, to respond to the situation that's emerging. in fiji, there's been a sharp rise in cases this month. even relatively isolated island nations have been unable to avoid the pandemic. the rise of cases in fiji is definitely a white horse with pacific nations who absolutely can prevent a way from reaching their shores. it is not an inevitability that we will see co bid taking over in the the think. people are well coordinated. governments and humanitarian organizations are working together. they are learning lessons from across the pacific and across the globe. but for many they continue to be difficult lessons. it's a lonely time. it's straightforward. because

you know you and your families, you can go see your friends. you can't yeah, we can dr. official, medium, but now we're just looking for the content to the like was, is us is up as of the gallons as, as, as fusions. we all is that then they know that's one. some. despite new variance, 8 groups say getting jobs in arms is still the only way to slow down the pandemic, which continues to hurt people. and economies around the world is in basra, v o g 0. and the us 10 people are now confirmed dead after another body was recovered from the ruins of a building that collapsed near miami. rescuers say that her no sounds of life from the rubble of the 12 story apartment building more than 151 people are still accounted for. such crews are slowly tunneling through the debris. much of the work

has to be done by hand. the world is being told and must stop denying and start dismantling systemic racism against africans and people of african descent. the un rides chief has released a report which was launched off the murder of george floyd. it analyzes $190.00 deaths, mostly in the us. the study shows how police are rarely held accountable for rights violations of crimes, against people of african descent and passion repeated in many countries. the structural racism leads many and poverty in facing barriers to education, health care, and employment. a cause on countries to formally acknowledge centuries of injustice, violence and discrimination, and to give reparations. but it says monetary compensation alone is not enough. systemic racism needs a systemic response. we near transformative approach that tackles interconnected areas the driveway system and lead to repeated wholly avoidable. try you this like

the death of judge roy. i'm calling on all state to stop denying and start dismantling race to end impunity and build trust to listen to the voice of people of african descent and to confront pass legacies and they leave redress. tribute. lindsey is a black live matter scholar and associate professor at the ohio state university. she says the report will add momentum to the campaign for reparations. i think the consideration of reparations and the rolling movement around it will tear to frames we're. we're addressing what weiss is gaining traction and i think this should put nation on notice that we think of african. ready descent will not be pacified by simply a statement about the legacy and after live to levy and colonialism. what are the landing action that we're talking about health care disparities that have to be rightfully address?

we're talking about food insecurity, water and security. we're talking about housing and security, job basic income, nice things that spectrum address, the 100 years of effects of mac, racism. and it's not just the lingering effects, but the, all the way to make anti black racism shows up in the lives of african peoples of african descent out the world. and so getting rid of statute matters in terms of addressing the symbolic legacy of those things. but that legacy is also quality rate. that legacy is also in the disproportionate raise that cobra has affected lack unity wealth. the world is also evident in the course of ways the flexible experience of the legal system. and we silence when pacifically, not only in the united states, but in canada and brazil, and south africa and nigeria, those legacies matter as well. lithium is becoming more of a hot commodity in

a world that shifting to wood renewable energy is used in the batteries that power electric cars, laptops, phones, and all are all that pick. argentina wants to better exploit its large lithium reserves. but as theresa ball reports, many worry this will come at to greater cost. lithium extraction is well under way at the level full flats in the province of who in northern argentina, it is referred to as to why gold of renewable energy. that's what the government market says. again, tina needs to increase lithium instruction, but also manufacturer 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 lodge public transport system to include electric, but lithium production is our 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. some of the see, the endo, what you see was we are 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 sign with another chinese company to build batteries and cars. we'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 lithium triangle. i didn't penal bolivia until you have a wrong 70 percent of the words. lithium research. the lithium in liquid ryan reserves no k to install flat. like this one,

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 lithium extraction could complicate their access to water. people here depend on the soul flat to make a living dining and lament flores is part of the indigenous communities in the area, in which one ancestors have been living here since before the arch in time 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 flights in the region. they are broken 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 technology. 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 least him for a, for a greener 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 can tina the us is suspending the importation of dogs from more than $100.00 countries, which are considered to be high risk for rabies is particularly bad news for rescue organizations and the dogs that they hope to re home. the haunting reports from

dough home was abandoned abuse neglected, dumped. these dogs or some of the lucky ones that had been rescued from inhumane conditions and now live in a shelter. but their chances of finding a home are about to dwindle. star on july 14th, the united states will ban dogs from entering for at least a year from $100.00. 13 countries considered high risk for rabies guitar is on that list. 80 percent of the dogs here at cut are animal welfare. society are re homed in or transferred through the u. s. with little paperwork and no quarantine required. more than a 1000000 dogs are sent to america every year. paths are as such a small country with such a trans, the population that the actual group of people that can adopt pat is so small compared to the number of animals that can, that are looking for a new heim. that cutting out half of our adoptions overseas will absolutely cripple us. if we can't, we hi, my animals,

we can't take in more animals off the street. the us centers for disease control and prevention says some dogs receive fraudulent vaccines abroad, and the u. s. does not have the number of facilities needed to how's those that are denied entry at u. s. airport. in a statement to al jazeera, the cdc said many vaccination programs in countries around the world were suspended or canceled during the coven 1900 pandemic. as a result, the risk of importing a dog with rabies may be higher. rabies and dogs has been eliminated from the united states since 2007, but remains prevalent overseas. 59000 people die every year from the disease. every dog at the shelter is vaccinated, even though cases here are rare. 19 years of living and kept on rescuing dogs, dealing with animals on a daily basis. we've never come across. we've never heard of. we've never been notified of any kind of case of rabies in casa,

some pet adoption agencies have had to tell some hopeful owners that their dogs won't be able to make it out in time. we're talking about us military troops here to i'm sure the cdc would not directly mean to advocate and these soldiers are no longer going to be able to take home the animal that the friend is andrew to become their emotional support. there are some exceptions to this band guy. dogs will still be allowed to enter the united states, and some personal pets will be accepted on an extremely limited basis. but the reality of this band for dogs like this mean that they'll be spending longer in the shelter and might have a hard time finding a forever home. dogs that have been here longer and breeds that struggle in the summer sheet like huskies in german shepherds are top of the list to go for the rest. they'll have to continue waiting in the desert 1st, 2nd chance. leah harding al jazeera doha ah.