and a procession across the country for his burial next week. the calendar rules ambia for more than 25 years until 991 and is remembered as a staunch african nationalist to did up to south africa during a party. as more and everything we're covering here out there a dot com, they'll be comment in analysis. and that takes you behind the headlines and also you can watch it on live streaming. that option is there as well. ah, main stories now, the united nation says aid is getting back into a few years water integrity region. but the situation remains. dia, the acting un, a chief says the famine has dramatically worse than in the past 2 weeks. about 400002 grinds. now estimated to be suffering from famine. another 1800000 are on the brink. some 2000000 people have been forced from their homes and fighting broke

out in november, ramishes roger single from the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs addressed the security council about this on thursday. this i'm afraid, is more alarming than when you were briefed. 2 and a half weeks ago. 2000000 people are still displaced and close to 5.2 and people still require he mentioned assistance. the great majority of them, women and children. one of the most distressing trends is an alarming rise and food insecurity and hunger due to conflict. the us military is pulled out of afghanistan's background base, keeping it in the control of afghan forces. us president joe biden had set a september 11th deadline for a full withdrawal and says, the pull out is on track. official say dozens of people stormed and looted the complex after the americans left during the night without informing local troops. alan fisher has more from the white house. well jen, sec'y,

the press secretary is just given everything in the last odor shows. she says the shadow for the withdrawal is going to be at the end of august, so well ahead of the september 11th deadline. certainly leaving by graham, it's importantly important significantly and symbolically because it was the center of the us operations in afghanistan. it was really a run the near field when they moved in just after september the 11th 20 years ago . and they turned it into a small american city. or either for more people have been found in the rubble of the apartment block that collapsed in florida 8 days ago. this brings a number of confirm debt to 22 with a 126 remaining. missing the me on my ami de mares signed an emergency order to demolish what's left of the building ahead of hurricane elsa outside of the challenging the political establishment in latin america. that story is coming up in counting the cost. next, talk to al jazeera,

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avoid another default was full and currency reserve. the country could mine its way . i have trouble huge reserves of lithium when osiris once more from international miners and shit, its minerals overseas, and late to e commerce them at least is playing catch up. we talk to one of the biggest investors and asked can of asians deliver another success like right hailing up, carrying the news. latin america's fortunes have been inexplicably linked to commodity prices as copper, gold, oil, and solely prices rise. so do political fortunes, foreign money, flood sensitive region, and everyone feels richer, but inevitably come to see producers. the curse of rising currencies makes it more expensive to imports, leading to inflation hot money leaves, and that sore and people fall back into poverty. and the cycle goes on, right now,

the pandemic is hating the region harder than any other, according to the un economic commission on latin america and the caribbean, just over a 3rd of the regions population or 209000000 people are living in poverty. that's $22000000.00 more than last year. was slightly more than 8 percent of the world's population, or $600000000.00 people at half, almost 28 percent of all the death from coven 19 at the economy contract, almost 8 percent last year. that's despite government spending $86000000000.00 attempting to support the economy, while many incumbent governments are under pressure for their poor handling of pandemic. can it's mainly parties on the left that are taking advantage 13 countries or holding elections in the next 15 months or so. through the revenue elected primary school teacher trade union activists, federal casteel,

as its next president, his campaign asked a simple question, why is the resource rich nation so poor? he unseated conservative rival keiko for g. morry. that when she les a communist danielle judge way is likely to unseat the right of center sebastian p . yeah. in november's presidential elections at an interview, bloomberg, he said, people are coming to the realization that the liberal policies are incompatible with democracy. chileans have had enough of the free market that has failed to reduce inequalities. and then columbia left one, candidate, gustavo, petro, could become the country's 1st socialist liter. i knew that a silver could, they could come back in brazil against right when the populace j are both nato, who, belittle the pandemic, has almost half a 1000000 citizens perished. a patchwork of locked fence have done little to

contain the pandemic with costs rise and governments of keen to get people vaccinated and find new sources of income to pay for the pandemic. argentine is one country that has huge potential to become one of the world's leading lithium producers. it's a major challenge for the south american nation seeking international partners to help develop the industry traceable, has more lithium extraction is well under way at the orlando full flats in the province of who in northern argentina, it is referred to as the wire 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 in tina lodge public transport system to

include electric, but lithium production is a priority for argentina's government. it's a 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, 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 the chinese company that is already producing lithium in our container and is hoping to advance into batteries. and we sign with another chinese company to build batteries and cars that 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 a lithium triangle. i didn't penal bolivia until you have a wrong 70 percent of the words lithium research. the lithium is in liquid ryan

reserves. no k didn't fall flat. like this when thousands of liters of water are necessary to pump up the brine research to the surface. there later on, distributed in evaporation pools communities around this area are concerned that few extraction could complicate though 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 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 the fume. 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. 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. clearly. so i will just eda, who we are in tina. well, let's get some analysis now with him in a blanket. she's the head of america's risk insights that various maple crossed and

he may not joins us no, by skype from wellness. iris gets, i have you with his own counting the cost that as much as it's dangerous to lump together a region of $600000000.00 people are a dozen or so countries it does appear that there is momentum with all the candidates on the left. why? yes, the, if you think this is all to do with the pandemic, well, i think the condemn mac has actually exacerbated some of the underlying challenges that the region had had face for many decades. right. and, you know, i'd like to challenge a bit, this idea that the region is turning to the left. i think what we're seeing in latin america is a challenge to incumbent some establishment which, you know, we could say we're seeing more broadly across the world in the region. really, this is ingesting additional instability because it's fragmented political that

where from their inception intended to be representing small or you have a few number of parties, right? and now what we're ending up with is congress. it with a high number of parties and precedents that are acting in a way like they're in a part of the mentally system needing to get the support from, from all the political parties to rules. but at the same time, it's not a parliamentary system. so congress cannot remove the president except in exceptional circumstances. and unfortunately, we have seen that happening in the region increasingly over the past decade. where would you say the current rise in commodity prices? fred is coming a bit too late to save these incumbent governments in the region. yes. because the problem is not only can all make right. i mean, of course, the economy place a huge role and the pandemic hit the region very hard. latin america recorded the

2nd words t t p contraction as a region f d. i have massively in all the major economies, right. whether you're talking about brit sale, columbia, mexico, argent. see now they've all seen major drugs in f d, i in 2020. but there's also much more structural underlying social shows in the region that government is both on the left and on the right have failed to address for many years. and so voted in the region are looking for those new candidates that break with traditional parties. promise a break with traditional politics and promise to make those long lasting changes to address inequality, poverty, informality unemployment access to education, access to health care. so really, it's much more complex than if the economy doing well,

or is the economy to in poorly? at the moment, we'll pacifically if we, if we look at the case of peru petro castillo, he could be the next president there. is he rides to question? why such resorts rich nation is so poor? well, absolutely, for me has some significant structural issues to address. i mean, we, you know, speaking about the condemning with 70 percent in formality, we saw peru use games, but it had taken it adapted to may inject one year, whether we're talking about employment or poverty rates, right. and in education, the system remains shut down. so we're talking about generations where human capital development is going to back behind for several years. and as you mentioned, this is one of the most economically successful countries in the region. and we've been here and very wealthy when it comes to,

to its mineral wealth and especially copper. so of course, you know, from a political perspective, cassius promises to review the contribution that mining made to the economy and how that expense and how that helps develop men resonate with voters, particularly those in the rural areas where community see their environment affected by a of industry, but they feel lima, take all the, all the wealth and jackson distributed back to the regions that are hosting multinational extracted mineral to sheila, you know, in the countries no rewriting it's dictatorships era constitution a right wing free markets are new liberal as policies on the back cert over there, how do you see events that play a note? well, i did, she did a very different story because of course,

of the institutional development of the country hat. so even though it's face it similar challenges, right? the issues i mentioned before, i could make that same statement about sheila in terms of education and access to health care, et cetera. but i think that the, the huge difference in life, we compare it to the case of pro, or even the case of columbia, which is in the midst of significant civil and rest at the moment and have been for the almost 3 months. the difference is that killian political establishment was able to rally together or rather early on in the civil rest movement right after 2 months in 2019, and institute, a framework, and a road to re so that in a structural manner and in an institutional manner. now, the question is, will it be successful and will it be enough to block a social demand? because, of course, any structural response, right?

when we rewriting a constitution, creating effectively a new legal framework for the country. this takes a lot of time. so the question then becomes our chilion patient enough to see those changes through which are going to take anywhere between 5 to 10 years at least to, to show any result. in the meantime, what we're seeing is very short term demand for more money making it into people's pocket. and we have seeing that throughout the pandemic with the government having to give it into changing the pension system and allowing for pension withdrawals early on, as people want to see the money that they've been saving for many years, some decades back in their pocket. human blanco from various maple crossed thanks so much for talking through the complex dynamics in this fascinating region. we appreciate it. the skyrocketing fuel

prices in india, driving up the cost of foods and other basic goods, is putting pressure on millions of families and comes as the inflation rate surpasses. the crucial 6 percent threshold said why the countries central bank, elizabeth per item has more now for new delhi 12 year old shelba cooks flat bread for her family on a fire made of wood and dried cow dung. her mother sony urns just over $3.00 a day when she gets work, the vegetable farms that surround their home. but she says they can't afford to buy gas for cooking, as it was guilty is done by the day that it's really hard right now to take care of my family. prices are going up lentils, $1.30 kilo who's going to eat that. we don't buy anything to eat. we only eat the vegetables which grow in the fields and don't buy anything else because of the rising prices. the prize of essential items has been increasing in

india during the past year. cooking oil by 30 percent fruits and vegetables by 12 percent and lentils by 10 percent. and that has had a big impact in the country with average income as the equivalent of about $5.00 a day. one reason for the higher price of food is the cost to transportation. well, you know, the ones who groups are not for the poor because their prices are skyrocketing and even vegetables. people buy hossa kilo instead of one saves a lot while expenses are high. meanwhile, the fuel prices are already broken, the backs of the poor the government has increased fuel prices up to 50 times this year, leading to protests earlier this month. on average and indian spends nearly a 5th of their daily wages on fuel. little place a re put reflects an increase from the price of the book and services. what's the

point 3 percent in may, that is above the 6 percent threshold set by the bank of india. economists say the rise of the price of food is more worrying than that of fuel pissed off for prices going off is going to be much worse, in which case is going to have a devastating effect on the open for particular. and some of them, particularly those who are in non agricultural activities and who actually buy the food process, get the the government distributes for fashioned to the poor, but the help doesn't reach everyone. sony says she doesn't have the ration cod that's necessary to get the food. her children, including 9 year old, got him, are only attending classes because of the kindness of a few young people who are teaching for free. sony wants sure. but to learn to cook and clean and case her free education stops. and she'll have to find work.

elizabeth koran m. algae 0. new denny. the middle east has always loved bricks and mortar shopping. mostly because of family. owns conglomerates controlled by the old guards, but a younger generation has been pushing the boundaries with e commerce, with huge success, with rights hailing up, carry me being snapped, felt by uber and silk dot com, falling to amazon. and the panoramic has accelerated the shift old line for chauffeur's. i'm cities of like one company that has managed to raise $24000000.00 from the likes of south georgia. 80 and investment funds is open search. the man based mobile 1st classified marketplace claims to have $65000000.00 consumers across the region and sells goods worth around $30000000000.00 a year. so let's talk and i will call don't above the phones are and managing

director of investment group. i mean a group, he's also chairman of open 6. great to talk to you to a know you own many of the middle east talk e commerce sites and talk of course about open soup, sell any car, dot com and the right healing service genie. have you seen any more traffic as it were during the pandemic? thank you for having me. obviously been that and they make, has been a great excellent for adoption and usage of eco max services in a similar manner to how more by an education increase in education. the pandemic has been the driver for more usage and adoption in a business like open school cusick who have tend to our application to savage and find whatever they need be at that car or an apartment fashion. anything that they need. this has facilitated their lives. clareman,

basically we have gotten to about 2800000000 page views in open to last year. we're trying to get for us during the pandemic at this point of time, every 15 seconds. so probably since we started, there's been 2 items that were already sold on, on open source. what we have seen also is that after the book dodge where park chevy and fully lifted in many of the countries that this increase and savage, in traffic to eco max businesses in the mean magnesium, has got resisted and continue to increase in fact. so we're very optimistic about the future of eco max and online services, and they mean that wants to be optimistic advice and you're sure firms shown remarkable adaptability to the challenging circumstances. but for the raids shearing up genie, i mean, was that not have a toll by the pandemic? because we know uber and lyft really struggled during those tough times. of course

. so obviously when, when there were looked downs and people were unable to move. and jamie was, was significantly affected. however, when lockdown, we did partially, we noted that genie as gotten back to its previous level and exceeded its previous levels of mark more importantly after the lock downs were lifted. we've seen jeannie, basically hitting new 11 new york cards in terms of traffic. this is because use exam passengers have opted for private carriers because private coverage offered them. assurance in terms of basically security in terms of help those guys that are infected today because we have interest over our drive. by the end of this month, we're going to have 100 percent of all the g needs guys as being vaccinated,

which is something that is very hard or difficult to say or play in florida. i bag, you know, public transportation services. well, the great the, the business is approved, so adaptable and able to cope with the challenges. would you say there are any more unicorns in the middle east that we should be keeping an eye on at this time? because kareem, of course, is bought for more than 3000000000 by over and the scene has really inspired a lot more investments as investors are looking for the next big thing. oh absolutely. what's happening in the middle east? how that is that there is target sec of value that is happening in the largest traditional economy sectors. so take, for example, a business like open source. where did all of those ads that used to appear in 64 page printed newspapers in the middle east go. and the ad that is related to us at

rest, whether you are selling a car or getting an apartment or looking for somebody to hire, offering any kind of suggest, all of those ad has shifted to open soup. so all of those, you know, 1000000000 dollar evaluations have shifted to online businesses with the lack of open talk leading the way, not even that, but those businesses are getting close to that transaction. so though they started by, you know, selling advertising space now making a costs on the transaction itself, which means that even going to be bigger than that, you know, they're basically parallel business models in that traditionally economy. the same is happening, for example, in the automotive sector. congregating sectors, etcetera. the way you have seen many 1000000000 eggs being mended in the middle east because you know, they, where they're where car today, bags owning bad, largest show rooms and the most prestige. yes. you know, streets and do by your door. how order, you know, is that the order yog,

this is now, you know, moving online, where businesses, like any cars, have become the largest used cars to get back in the u, a. e, in, nor time becoming bigger than annual existing car trade tags. we're given this change in dynamic do you think there's a needs for attack index in the med least length and nasdaq to the spar growth? most definitely. i mean until to day. and there is no proxy for that growth of online businesses in the me that is listed that invest decades can buy into, to sort of participate in that growth of online businesses and immunization. and, and there are many reasons for that. one of the reasons is that, you know, that hasn't been big enough businesses to list the ones who have become big like, man, so quick snap. but i think, you know, we're seeing those big businesses coming through and we're seeing this. and it says

like, honestly, our own business, more than as i mean, a group where we're considering lifting of the group itself to provide access for ultra high network individuals and family offices to be able to invest and participate in that growth online businesses in the next i believe we are approximately 15 years behind the u. s. probably 10 years behind western europe and maybe 5 to 7 years behind south east asia. so there is a lot to come. there's a lot to come. a lot of cats are going to be, but a fascinating early, diverse, and changing landscape. great to get your thoughts on this. how doing the top of the managing director of the i mean group. thank you so much talking to us on counting the cost and thank you for having me. hello. amber is our show for this week, but it's more for you online at al jazeera dot com slash c p. c. that will take you straight to our page, which has in your episodes for catch up on i'm how am i in from the home currency

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