and challenges in pub way faces today, despite going tension with a sedan, ethiopia that for the next phase of filling it down on the blue nile. july on jesse it up from the wells, most populated region in depth. stories from across asia and the type of coaches had conflicting politics. and when i went on out there, ah, if you, if you government declares an immediate cease fire in the t grier region to grey and forced to say they now control the capitol mcclay a hello barbara, are you watching al jazeera life from london also coming up condemnation and calls for revenge after us strikes in iraq and syria kill members of the ran back the

paramilitary groups. rescue workers found to keep searching for survivors after pulling a tense body from the rubble of a florida apartment long and argentina's white gold mining the lithium extraction. that could be a boon to the economy. cost to the environment. ah, the if you can, government has declared and immediate and unilateral cease fire in the northern te grow region after 8 months of fighting with the rebel forces that the great people's liberation front would use to run the region says it is now back in control of the regions capital, medically after ethiopian government appointed officials and soldiers abandoned the city, the government and the gray enforces have been at war since november when he c o. p prime minister abi, amid sent in troops to oust the pete the t p. ls all sides have been accused of

carrying out mass killings. the conflict is also triggered a humanitarian crisis that's left hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of famine. well, the, if you can, government will need a statement saying in order for farmers to work on their harvest to make it possible for 8 to be delivered without any military involvement to allow fighters who want to come to peace and find the peaceful solution until this harvest season is concluded, the ethiopian government has declared to cease fire starting today june 28th, 2021. well, that statement came after he rise and trim administration, which was appointed by the government called for a truce, so that aid could be delivered. it will fall into the academy honda but in a dilemma touch it and the child will ask him to cry. an old piece of people in the federal government for cease by based on humanity in such

a way to prevent further damage. so it is possible for the people to respite and become part of the solution. some i don't, ellen but worked with them as we will know at the time, you mean right now it's devaney season. the locus was destroyed almost all the projects integrated last year. and they couldn't quit remaining purchase because of the force of the structure from the war. and malcolm lab has been following developments from nairobi and neighboring kenya. see the gray people's liberation front began an offensive about a week ago. we heard that just a few hours ago. there was heavy fighting on the outskirts of the city around the airport and the edge of the city of mckelly and other places on the outskirts of the city dot went on for several hours and the people we've spoken to that say the c p l f forces took control, they came into the center, the city took control of key road junctions around the outside of the city. and that the p easier government forces left now since then there been people cheering along with the p l. f. i to in the street,

the city shooting fire government administrators from the federal government appointed. the administration had been there since this conflict began in november . they said just in the, in the last few hours or in the last couple of days as needed. jubilation at the moment people on the street to the city mckelly, the regional capital. we don't know yet what this means and this is going to be stability across the whole of the rest of the region. a lot of the conflict has been for quite brutally and the small towns in the villages when there be numerous reports of massacres over the last month of civilian and particularly young men and boys didn't seem to be of fighting age has been reportedly killed by eritrea. and ethiopian troops that certainly mckelly is the big prize here, and everything suggests that the t p l f. have taken control of it once again. well get sure right as an advisor to the president of

t grey fate and executive committee member for the t grey people's liberation front . he spoke to me from mcclay and confirmed that the group are back in control of the regions capital is fully under the control of our forces, government forces and the government is back in control of the capital. and to right, of course, we have, we need to stress coughing to the food stamps at a conference to go. and we have in joint units after units of how much we spent shaking this through the units of hops. so put each of the natural forces, and today it will be coming to vs that use courses. we're not going to put up any effects and looking

at property private property including roving the 5 bags. so we decided to take back to the iraq has condemned us. there strikes along the border with syria. they targeted the popular mobilization forces. i don't berella group of iranian backed fighters. the group says 4 of its members were killed any threatening retaliation. the u. s. says they have the facilities that were being used to launch attacks against its troops in run con reports. now from back that this is the moment the usa did hit are popular mobilization forces, base ne, iraq's all calm 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 said the targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by iran backed militias that engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against the 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 buller and could type said i shot a reaction from the groups with swift dive. as i shall 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 reacted to valuable government view is 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 actions they carry out in the region. some analyst suggest iraq must have been consulted before the strike. this is only the 2nd time that 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 courses. at the same time, the negotiations are going on. what level of coordination remains unclear? the popular mobilization force is comes under control of the iraq government. it was only a 2 days ago. prime minister must have called me praise the paula mirror to regroup in public. however, there's long been some concern about who certain groups within the umbrella organization actually answer to 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. bombed an ally, but the u. s. was clear that the popular mobilize ation fighters 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 us role in the country. enron come out is era backed out. and us present. and joe biden has been speaking about those there strikes during a meeting with the outgoing israeli president reuben riffling at the white house. he reiterated the u. s. policy on iran room. we'll never get a nuclear weapon on my watch as they say. and, and i directed last night air strikes, targeting sites used by the rainy back militia groups responsible for the tax on us personal rack. and i have that authority in your article too. and even

those up in the hills who are reluctant to acknowledge that have acknowledged that the case of the syrian government news agency says the international coalition military base and they're as or has been attacked. the base is near the l. omar oil field local sources told al jazeera that a missiles hit the base, there are no reports of casualties. italy's foreign minister has proposed a setting up an international task force, the counter, the threat of iso across africa. it's been backed by the us secretary of state, at a meeting in rome, of members of the global coalition to defeat the armed group. i still as made, major gains in recent weeks in a jury of this, the hell mozambique and the democratic republic of congo. nicholas hark reports. at a conference in rome, members of the global coalition against ice will warn. the fight is not over.

africa is the new battle ground. i'll propose to do a group of the level that he got to allow for. i propose the creation of a working group to identify and hope the terrorist threat of islamic state in the african continent. we welcome some african countries that are not members of the coalition, such as became fossa, ghana and mos in beacon invited as observers. the own group is gaining ground in this a hell and it moves him beaks, northern province of cub delgado. nearly a 1000000 people have been displaced in 3000 killed as a result of the fighting that began in 2017. between an isolate $58.00 and will be security forces. last week, the 16 member southern african development community announced the deployment of troops to support mozambique military and its fight against iso. our approach west on the basis of terrorism is a global threat. and if he wants to face it, we must further understanding with the prospect of eradicate from our entire region, not a motor big. we're deeply aware of our responsibilities at the present moment in this

al regions of burkina faso new year. and molly, i feel affiliated groups are increasing their task that despite the presence of 14000 un troops, the g 5 regional coalition and the support of 5000 french soldier climate will be to be their main prospect. success of their brand as being in africa. and it's interesting that even as the summit is taking place right now in rome, only some days ago by dave bozeman release as beats. and we talked about how they get various pods, the world, and the single valve appraising that of the group in both west and central africa, fearing a wave of people illegally traveling to europe. some european countries are joining france by sending troops on the ground to not only fight isolate, but to disrupt human trafficking and illegal migration routes for the coalition

against iso africa is now the front line against the arm group. nicholas hawk al jazeera. another body has been found in the rubble of an apartment building that collapse last week in florida. it means 10 people are not confirmed dead with that number. certain to rise is more than $150.00 residents are still and accounted for . rescue efforts at the beach front building in the city of surf side are now into the 5th day search crew. say that they've heard no signs of life, but are vowing not to give up. we are exploring all possible avenue that they, i, dennis, and we're going to continue and work closely to exhaust every possible option in our search. here is going to be a thorough and full investigation of what led to this tragic event. we are going to get to the bottom of what happened here still to come in this half

hour as moscow said, a new record for cove. it that people are told they need proof of vaccination or a negative test results to enter bars and restaurants hot and about to get hotter a record. he breaks the northwest, us and canada. ah hello there. let's start in australia and it's a west and windy picture for western areas of australia. we got a weather system working its way into path, bringing with showers and storms and plenty of cloud cover. and as the ease is off to the east, we are going to see the temperature pick up, but there will still be quite a lot of cloud coming through. this country is sunshine ahead of the weather system, affecting southern areas of australia towards the end of the week. it's going to be

a rather wet picture and things are looking wet across parts of queensland. we have had some flooding to the west of brisbin where those torrential rains fall and we could see more and showers continued to effect the coast of new south wales. but inland things are looking a lot finer and dryer with plenty of sunshine. and we hope across the tasman sea to new zealand we've seen really unsettled weather conditions, severe gales and heavy snow. we've got a southwesterly wind blowing up across the south island, and that's dumping lots of snow on the southern out as we move into when say those things do ease, the cloud will remain, but temperatures pick up into the early teens with some sunshine managing to break through and it's still a very wet picture for east asia with japan, seeing much of the wet weather from the remnants of typhoon champion, the weather bag,

energy and change to every part of our universe. or small to continue. the change is all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your business. ah, the me a reminder now the top stories on al jazeera, the government has declared an immediate cease fire in the t gray region. after

months of fighting with rebel forces, the t great people's liberation front says and now controls the regions capital. michaela, after ethiopian government appointed officials and soldiers abandoned, the iraq has condemned us. there strikes along with border with syria. the target hid the popular mobilization forces, an umbrella group of iranian backed fighters, which is threatening to retaliate. and another body has been found in the rubble of an apartment building that collapsed last week in florida. it means 10 people are now confirmed dead, but more than 150 residents are still unaccounted for. now the highly contagious delta variance of coven 19 is forced in countries across asian pacific to bring back look downs and tighten further restrictions. the world health organization is warning that the variance is spreading rapidly and it poses a major global threat. zane bus driver has one thailand is shutting down construction sites and indoor dining,

as well as banding 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 they could come by dirty. maybe i don't make any profit nowadays. at best buy. bring even. but i can stop selling food. it's my livelihood. i can't rely on the government's health every day . can i have to say if i sell, it doesn't make any sense to ask for help and hence now the 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 set 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 lockdown. we really face to my serious crisis in the coven panoramic 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 merging 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 places in fiji is definitely a white pool. so pacific nation to absolutely can prevent

a way from reaching their shores. it is not an inevitability that we will see co taking over 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 them stay for the next because you know, you and your families, you can go see your friends. you can't, you know, we can talk through social media, but now we're just looking for the content that was as, as, as pacific islands, as, as his feagins we all is that can, i know that's one some despite new variance, a group 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, b o g 0. tens of thousands of people continue to leave bungler vicious capital ahead of a nation wide lockdown that comes into force on thursday. the country has reported its highest number of daily deaths since depend demik began tanveer chandry reports from a ferry terminal on the outskirts of darker. the many have come to this very terminal, eager to live bangladesh, just capital. they want to return to their home villages before a new current via lockdown takes effect on thursday. with the public interest, city of transportation already suspended. some have squeezed into our direction, has popped onto motorbike and even hired ambulances to take them home. cuz he's a big home and our family members like many out of here, a strand of next to highway unable to find any transfer guy to be just mother who we've been waiting here for several hours,

but can't find any transport we live near by, but had to walk all the way here, we came to visit our relatives, but now we're not sure how we'll get back to medical. i guess the fairies were packed with hundreds of people, ignoring health and safety protocols. tens of thousands of people crossed into south and south west, and that's through the terminal 40 miles. i've got up dot com. it's no one. similarly, i've told me now. now there are many other terminals where people are still profit, many who are living the capital or migrant workers, and daily wage earners. they can't stay in the city during the lockdown because they have no way of making a living. didn't wonder what we are leaving because everything is shutting down here and this hardly any work. i have a family, it's much cheaper to manage ourselves in the village going to deca, which is why we took the decision. and i live health authorities, fear that over crowding and very terminals good or some the spread of the virus. we

came to duck with a patient to consult to the doctor. now, since everything is shutting down here, we decided to rush back home with many difficulties. hospitals that cross barnum of our been overwhelmed with new cobra. 1900 cases and the daily depths have more than doubled health experts are alarmed by the surgeon infections. it has been all over the country, more than 56 life in danger. more than 10 percent of the country. so someone like printing this excess, i having that last impression country and this is coming back to back. awesome. because in the end. so we're allowing the government has deployed the army along with border guards and other security forces to enforce a stick shut down in phases. starting on monday. many health officials have been critical of its recent handling of the pandemic, which has been followed by the delta vary and now they're worried. the situation

could get worse if the new measures are not properly enforce sandwich, otherwise, i'll just say our mouth bangladesh. the delta variant is being blamed for cov infections in rushes to largest cities reaching record numbers. moscow registered 124 deaths in the past 24 hour reporting period. and more than 2000 people are being hospitalized every day. st. petersburg isn't, is in a similar state, but it's still plans to host the euro's a quarter final football match on friday. the for rules mean that people in moscow now need proof of vaccination or a negative test result to enter restaurants, bars and other businesses. me as, as the senior. well, i don't really like this idea because i have a free minute and i would like to go to a cafe, but i can't. why can we go in the metro but can't go to a cafe? i want some coffee. i've been meeting them 20 minutes, and i would like to have a coffee with the food. i've had the 1st short of the vaccine already because

otherwise i can't go anywhere. that's why and i have to go to work. sweden's prime minister, stefan levin has officially resigned. the social democrat leader had a week to either resign or call a snap election after losing a no confidence vote last monday. but we will continue caretaker premier until replacement is found by the parliament speaker. the former union both had led a fragile minority coalition since 2018 that would been called the white gold and increasingly hot commodity as the move to renewable energy gathers pace. lissy of is used in the batteries that power, electric cars, laptops, phones, and almost all our others take in argentina, ones to try to supply the world. but a series of reports, many worry that this will come at to greater cost to the environment.

lithium extraction is well and away at the orlando full flats in the province of who in northern argentina, it is referred to as to why a gold of renewable energy. that's what the market says. i didn't need 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 bus. 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 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 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 know what livia until you have a wrong 70 percent of the words lithium research. the lithium is in 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 evaporation pools communities around this area are concerned that few extraction could complicate though access to water.

people here depend on the source labs to make a living dining and lament flores is part of the indigenous communities in the area . like on the i to be in which one the ancestors have been living here since before the argent times 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 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 technologies that do not need to evaporate water to extract lithium, and we are also looking at where we michael, upgrade to the current about technology. and we are looking to try to we gather some of the work 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 quite trying to find a balance between conservation and growth please. i will. cedar pool we urgent. tina canada has recorded its highest ever temperature reaching 46.6 degrees celsius as it's and the u. s. pacific northwest endure a blistering heat wave temperature is also reached on all time high of 44 degrees in the us city of portland. on sunday. health chiefs have warned of life threatening heat, excessive heat warnings have been posts that are cross oregon and washington stretching into parts of idaho, california, and nevada. the extreme heat has been blamed on the dome of atmospheric high

pressure. climate change is a factor here, but definitely a secondary one. the main thing going on is, is highly unusual weather pattern. but that being said, climate change is real. our temperatures have warmed here, especially summer nighttime temperatures. and so that has just kind of raised the baseline in made this heat event that much more severe. ah, and now the top stories on al jazeera, ethiopia has accepted an immediate and unilateral cease fire in te gray region. after months of fighting with the rebel forces that the great people's liberation france says it now has control of the regions capital mechanism. with a few open government appointed officials and soldiers.