insult. with exclusive interviews, and in depth reports, al jazeera has teens on the ground. there hasn't been a train running by for almost 2 decades to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news. ah, this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm emily anglin. this is the news allen live from doha, coming up in the next 16 minutes. the us says it's killed. the later of, i saw abil abraham al karachi in a ride in northwest syria. take his president. rachel typo on holds, talks in ukraine. it's the latest diplomatic effort to come tensions with russia. west african late is a warn, curves are becoming contagious,

as they hold an emergency summit on the military tank over in became a facet and caught in the crossfire we report from columbia is out iraq of region. that's the same race inside of killings, with fighting intensifying between rebel groups. and he to send it to the sport as we get full camera route against egypt from the semi final of the africa cup of nations. and the winter olympics may not officially start until friday. but there is already action in beijing. ah, we begin this news hour with breaking news out of us where president joe biden has announced the killing of abu abraham l. has she, me l, correct? she? the later of i, so by american special forces in syria, in a statement, joe biden says last night and my direction

u. s. military forces in the north west syrian region successfully under, took a counter terrorism operation. that thanks to the skill and bravery of our armed forces, we've taken off the battlefield. abu abraham l has she has she, me, albuquerque, she, the leader of isis. all americans have returned safely from the operation. it happened in the town of atman in italy, province. people say they heard shelling and gunfire during a 2 hour battle, and the homes with damaged it was the largest u. s. right in a labor province since an attack in 2019 that targeted isolated i will becca l bag daddy. at least 13 people including 6 children reported to have been killed. we have that report his standing by him because solo is in istanbul, but 1st let's bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly hell kit. hello there. kimberly. we're waiting to hear from the president

at the moment. what are you hearing out of washington? while we're waiting to hear from the u. s. president, what more we know about this right now is limited to the statement you just read as well as the fact that the u. s. president certainly watched this as it took place from the situation room due to the fact that he released a photo on social media showing himself along with his national security team. and the vice president as this operation was executed. we know, of course, from media reports that the, the, the fact that even as the white house is congratulating the operation and the fact that special forces were able to be successful in the words of the white house in returning home without casualties. that is not true. of the individuals on the ground. and so we're watching very carefully to see what the white house has to

say about this. why there were civilian casualties. why this wasn't minimized. and why this took place at all in terms of, oh, the imminence of the threat, the threat to the american public. and i can tell you that the appetite for this type of operation is waiting in the united states. given a generation of war, the messy withdrawal of us troops from afghanistan. so a lot of questions to be asked in the coming hours. some that will be addressed at a upcoming pentagon briefing with the pentagon spokesperson but 1st, the u. s. president, due to speak from the roosevelt room here at the white house in the next hour. and kimberly, while i still have you what you make of the timing of this a bone raid, i mean, given the recent statements by the u. s. defense chief who said military order the military to better protect civilians. well,

it's really hard to know why the u. s. president executed this now. i can tell you his calendar has him leaving almost immediately after he makes the statement to go to new york city will. he will be talking about crime. so we're really going to have to wait and see and hear from the president himself about why he executed this when he did. okay, thank you very much for that update. kimberly how can live for us in washington day say, let's go live now to send him to solar who is in east amble. st. him. what are you hearing out of syria? well, the locals are, is telling us about the situation, especially about the civilian situation because among the 13 killed, there are 6 children for women and 3 men, according to some western media outlets. and according to some locals, it was a bulk or al cray. she who a blowed himself up with a suicide

a jacket, as the u. s. a u. s. forces started the operation and a some argue that some of those women were a, his wives and the children. some of the children were his children and we are hearing from the civilians. there that the a u. s. military's in at 1st called on a called on the targets to evacuate the house before they started. ah, the operation and some argued that this also meant that maybe they try to get the target alive rather than killing him. and the is in some of the announcements they called on some other names else and al cray. she, this is what some eye witnesses suggest and the videos show that it also the military called on some name as a bold beta and are, is that of course, the area is it is totally

a residential area. a build up with tense. an ottoman is the i d p camp by turkey, syria border hundreds of thousands of id p. syrians have been living in the area since the syrian civil uprising started in 2011 n a n lip. it is the last rebel how territory inside syria, with more than 3000000 people living in a very tight, a very tight place and is civilians are of course terrified because the it, the, the story has to size. there are people cold terrorist by the western and international powers and they are being targeted among the tents among the 10. so or among the i d p i i d p s, and this is scary and threatening for the civilians living out there. also, the location of the operation is just a between 3 to 5 kilometers to the syria border,

which is very close. and this is also seen as a risk hit by the turkish side as well. experts have been discussing on turkish media outlets since the morning that there was the new national security threat by the turkey syria border, which can cause more refugee in flux to turkey. so people in the experts are evaluating the situation on the turkeys side, then we didn't hear much from this is syrian local government and the local government in it lives so far. but of course, this is a, this is an interesting time because this is the largest scale operation since 2019 a the attack that killed the assault that killed the former. i so leader abu bakar elbow. daddy, there is certainly many moving parts to the story. we appreciate your time at. thank you very much. center console him. ok, so let's take a closer look. now at abu abraham l has she me,

allocation. he was born in northern iraq in 1976. and later rose to become an officer for the former iraqi president saddam hussein's. on the army, he joined an al qaeda affiliates off to the us invasion of iraq in 2003, but was detained by the us. a year later. the founder of iso baccha al about daddy was detained in that same prison. he said to have cooperated with the americans helping to identify dozens of al qaeda and i feel members that reportedly led to him being released grey, she lighted, joined the ranks of i, sol as a close aid to back daddy. he was known for playing a major role in attacks against the u. z minority group. ok, let's bring in p. j. crowley, who is a former us assistant secretary of state and author of red line. he joins us live from virginia, page 8, thanks for being on this news our. how much of a blow is the killing of albuquerque sheet to this terrorist group?

anytime that, that you can, you know, put a dent in the leadership of a group like this. it's meaningful. think about al qaeda, for example, is never quite been the same since the last of them or some have been lot and so leaders will be replaced or they can also be capable of. but it takes some time for a group like the islamic state to recover from p j. i asked a question about corresponding kimberly. what do you make of the timing of these able and there's been some, some need of the give it significant rather developments over the past few weeks. it is what we've all been focused on ukraine and all of a sudden we're brought back to syria. but it's a reminder that a global power, like united states, can do more than one thing at once. so we do have the situation in ukraine. we still have a negotiation going on with iran, and yet, you know,

we still have this lingering battle with the united states and the region against the islamic state. obviously they're trying to make a com back and, and this is a reminder that we haven't overcome. you know, the threat, that is the a small mistake poses, as of yet pedro, what will be made of the civilian casualties, given washington's race in history. and the statements made by the defense secretary. well, this will, this will obviously be scrutinized. there, there should be a lot of video that allows people to kind of go back over, you know, what happened? i think we have to be very cautious of be specific details. so, you know, even going back to the raid, the killed or salad been logged in 2011. it was days or weeks before we had a firm understanding of what happened. so was to say a case where there was an explosion launch from the outside,

an explosion launch from inside. who are these people? how good was the intelligence that we had? not just about the location of the islamic state leader, what, who was surrounding him? i think we've got to be got to let wait and let you know a lot of the details, you know, by merge be verified, and then we'll have a full accounting of what happened and, and lessons learned from them. all right, well, we appreciate your time. we're gonna have to cut you shortly because we have a live event happening at the moment. okay, tech he's president, is in key. if it talks with president va, letting me zalinski is the latest diplomatic effort to ease fees of a rational invasion of ukraine. we have a translation on this press conference. i'm in a listening as durations of bulls county, but at name it isn't said leave with align them booked it early. this is nadeem and about the great the will let us veto a goal sicily. nothing that he didn't receive this message is that given up,

we'll just put it all comes you've left for me. that is having a good hour. more with the ed difficulties and challenges it to full for the economy. and it is said because of that current situation and i held a with grateful to mr. president for the support to following territorial integrity for the support of the cranium at that time, there language in the construction of their accommodation. and so the implementation of this in important human yet is not the most. and especially i would like to think a president at the hands of for q was to become an maddie,

it in, in the negotiation between us and russia. but it could combine, it is important that every one is ready for this air. and as to the relations between our countries and to day are we are actively a corporate kink in the development of infrastructure. and for the business a v expect that were the work of the turkish republic in ukraine and will become even more active and we are supporting it. somebody who is it is a special attention, was paid today to our corporation in

a vh and defense areas. a creation of joint enterprises exchange of air technologies in their construction or will it's much unmanned aircraft please stems, but god traditional it will provide a new impulse. it would be to that ahead relations. and i hope that as a result of this, these negotiations will boost our her defense capabilities for despite all the restrict, okay, that was ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, who's holding a press conference with his turkish counterpart by jim type earl on

e. pierre is the latest and diplomatic effort to ins fees of a russian invasion of ukraine. moscow is condemned to you as decision to send more troops to eastern europe. let's get the latest now from our correspondence hotter, abdel hamad, who joins me live from the capital cave. what are what you make of these statements obeyed briefly. we've only heard it briefly. what do you make of the statements from the ukranian president? well, it certainly sounds like a very satisfied president zalinski, you know, the economy here has been biting in years warning about it. and that's why he had been, he has been asking world leaders to tone down to rhetoric because he wasn't afraid the economy was going in a tailspin. what now was happening as a parent or president or no on arrived here. and they did sign a overreaching trade agreement. there is a trade free zone out between the 2 countries. and then they had the agree and that

agreement goes beyond the defense industry. when you have that very big deal between the 2 countries about these a bacteria, drones, which are produced by turkey. now turkey and ukraine working together a factory is gonna be built here, new grain somewhere to actually produce the improved version of that drone, which will be a huge military assets for the ukrainian army has been tested by the, as or by johnny arman and gave them really an edge when it came to that war and a gordon, or kind of a back in 2020, not beyond that. turkey also gets to win from this. we're just last year. the volume of trade between the 2 coaches was 7500000000. they're hoping to reach 10000000000 this year dollars rather. and also turkey as received more than 2000000 ukrainian juris in 2021. so, so far,

while we heard from president zalinski is really talking about the economy and he had actually said a few days ago in part i'm just going to have to interrupt you there because we're hearing from right. yep. type oh to one he's now speaking, following the press conference of letting me zalinski check his peggy bacon. now we have translation content, her business ukraine. ah, implementing tires have seen says and therefore i am extra scott and i was like to send mr. justin and the ukrainian people out of it for the wall. what's the galaxy as medically in crimea?

the in part, he won't like to support and continue supporting b, janitorial incorrectly. and so are in the all ukraine out the hi fi is all see you paid in to get out of the travel and i would like to appreciate colo sense. and colleen, country of the black sea as name as he will, like. com can yellow to thought on a technical level. we want to horse buddha and really fin 3 to a desk today. and i that with the tech he's president. read up type edwin hot out. i'm going to bring you in again, hota abdel hom at in here. can you talk a little bit told to us

a little bit about the relationship between these 2 countries, between turkey and ukraine. how much are they allies with each other and is turkey playing both sides effectively? i think it is a relationship that is improving by the day in these economic does. a very important for both countries. and in turkey has always said that it, the territorial integrity of ukraine must be respected in the past president air to one has also said that it would be very unwise of russian president vladimir putin to have a military escalation or indeed to invade ukraine. so took, he was very clear on his position or all along, and actually i think there was a very symbolic imagery when he arrived at the presidential palace earlier today, he was received in ran pomp and that the turkish president stopped looked at the

parade there. and said, slab al gray, you know, which means glory ger craner. i think that says a very strong message on where he stands when it comes to this crisis. the problem is he is and may do member. and so at a certain point, he is also in a difficult position because he does enjoy or to he does enjoy a good relations with russia, even though they don't agree on certain files. for example, on syria and on libya. but duke, he would like to keep that relationship while going ahead with his relationship with ukraine and being an a to member the 2nd largest army of nato's as it is certainly a very important position there. now turkey and we heard president zalinski say a dimension it in his opening remarks of this press conference, he said that he welcomed the role of b deja. that turkey is trying to pitch itself as inviting both the ukrainian

president and the russian president to anchor to have talks there. i think that is something the ukrainians would like very my again, i'm apologies how to we're going to have to breaking to you again because we have the u. s. president joe biden speaking after the later of iso was killed in a write a note in syrian the special forces conducted the operation in italy will province listening. nunez hygiene, doland. he took over his leader of isis in 2019 after united states counterterrorism operation. killed by godaddy. since then i says as director terrorist operations targeting americans are allies in our partners and countless civilians in the middle east, africa and in south asia. hodge, abdullah oversaw the spread of isis affiliated terrorist groups around the world. after savaging communities and murder reduces, he was responsible for the recent brutal attack on

a prison and north east syria haunting ices fighters, which was swiftly address by our brave partners in the syrian democratic forces. he was the driving force behind the genocide of the city. people in north western iraq, in 2014, we all remember the gut wrenching stories mass slaughters that wiped out entire villages. thousands of women and young girls sold into slavery, rape uses a weapon war to thanks to the bravery of our troops. this horrible terrorist leader is no more. our forces carried out the operation with their signature preparation of precision. and i directed the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. knowing that this terrorist had chosen surround himself with families, including children, we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk than our to our own people. rather than targeting him with an air strike. we made this choice to minimize civilian casualties. our team is still

compiling the report. but we do know that as our troops approach to capture the terrorist and a final act of desperate cowardice, he and with no regard to the lives of his own family or others in the building, he chose to blow himself up. not just of the vest, but the blow up that 3rd floor, rather than face justice for the crimes. he is committed. taking several members of his family with him jest as his predecessor did. i'm grateful for the man's courage, his skill, new termination of r, u. s. forces who skilfully executed this incredibly challenge emission. the members of our military are the solid steel backbone of this nation. ready to fly and endanger at a moment's notice to keep our country and american people safe as well as our allies. and i'm also grateful to the families of our service members. you serve right alongside years of these soldiers and sailors, marines special forces,

the love ones, giving them the strength and support they need to do what they do to our service members and our families. we're forever grateful for the what you do for us, and we owe you a debt. thank you. we're also aided by the essential partnership of the syrian democratic forces. i want to commend our dedicated intelligence community, the department of defense and members of our national security team throughout the government, whose meticulous and tires work over the course of many months insured that this mission succeeded. this operation is testament to america's reach and capability to take out terrorist threats, no matter where they try to hide anywhere in the world. i am determined to protect the american people from terrorist threats. and i'll take to city decisive action to protect this country. and will continue working with our close allies and partners. the searing democratic forces directly security forces, including the kurdish press murder,

and more than 80 members of the global coalition to keep pressure on ices to protect our home. we remain vigilant. we remained prepared last night operation, took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield and has sent a strong message to terrace round the world. we will come after you and find you. once again to day, we continue our unceasing effort to keep the american people safe and the strength and security of our allies and partners around the world. well, thank you all, may god bless you and may god protect our troops. i'm heading off to new york right now and late and i thank you for your time. appreciate her. i'll go that with you as president joe biden on the killing of i, sol, lita. in net neural than syria. we have our white house correspondent, humbly, how kit standing by, but before we cross to her, i just wanted to make note of the fact that he said it was incredibly challenging

mission and that he confirmed that the iso later blurry himself up. kimberly, what did you make of what president biden had to say? well, i think what we heard there is the explanation of the u. s. president, who knew that there would be some pushback regarding those civilian casualties. you'll remember we initially here al jazeera said that the president would be speaking more than an hour ago, and this speech ended up being about an hour late from what we initially anticipated were told. and that may have to do with the fact that the u. s. president was getting some criticism for this operation and those civilian casualties. so you heard there the u. s. president giving his version of events saying that it wasn't the result of the us special forces that these as civilians were killed. but instead he said it was an act of cowardice, cowardice this, this ice

a leader instead chose in the final moments of his life to blow himself up, taking some of his family members with him. and so the u. s. president saying that there was also an effort by the us special forces to clear the house where the ice a leader was staying in advance. and they were successful in doing that. we understand, according to the white house of what we know is that there was a successful evacuation of some of the members of the house, but that that was not entirely evacuated. those that remained behind, we are told, were used as human shields. and that is what resulted in those casualties. so the u . s. president giving his account of the events, of course, as we often hear in these cases, they will differ from those witnesses on the ground. but certainly what we do know, i from the background information that was provided to reporters,

is that it is the belief of the white house and of the national security team that this ice, a leader posed a threat to the american people in that is why he was taken out that he had been responsible for genocide. as you heard there the u. s. president talking about in northwest iraq, in 2014 the slave meant of you see the girls that he had been orchestrating and using as a weapon of war, rape against these women. and that he was overseeing a network that extended from africa to afghanistan. that he was directly responsible for activities in iraq and syria, and that they felt that in order to protect the interests of the american public and the united states as a whole, that he was needed to be removed if you will. and so from the situation room and this has been released on social media at the u. s. president, along with his national security team and vice president oversaw this operation.

one we understand had been in the planning for at least a month was okayed and approved by the president, the commander in chief of the u. s. military for at least a month and was executed in the last 24 hours. now the u. s. president speaking about why there were those civilian casualties given the fact that many or upset that that occurred in the taking out of this ice a leader. thank you very much for that update. kimberly, how can i live for us in washington? as she mentioned, president joe biden said the horrible terrible lady is normal. okay, still a hand on al jazeera. i'm rob reynolds on the shore of the salton sea in california, and beneath our feet here is a treasure trove of lithium, the mineral that will fuel the clean energy revolution. and we'll hear from india's army athlete at the banking winter olympics that's coming up in schools.

ah, let's go with your weather report for the middle east and africa. hello everyone. great to see you. we have some disturbed weather across so that we'll touch on that in a sec. but look at this southerly push there. riyadh may hit 30 degrees on friday. let's go in for a closer look because it's not just rea, it's round the golf though. her 25 look at q weight 27 degrees, could see some sand and dust stirred up. i think it's gonna stay dry here. most of that energy will be across western areas of iran. high temperature is for southern pakistan, karachi, $31.00 degrees that rain peters out across the northeast to pakistan. so those temperatures will come up. okay, here we go to the levant right now in some thunder. he downpours could be expected here. it's kicked down those temperatures. ramallah just the high of 9 degrees

flooding a possibility for south africa. we're talking pretty much durban rate in 2 port elizabeth, we've got an incoming tropical storm. first. i want to show you what it did to maricia. as we saw it, top wind speeds of about a 155 kilometers per hour, so that down trees more than $200.00 millimeters of rain. and by saturday it's looking like it's going to make landfall long that east coast of madagascar. and that's gonna generate some severe flooding and the days to come. okay, that's it for me. we'll see you soon. take care. ah, there was a time when the oak of van gogh river flowed through enough to sustain life in the northern calahan desert all year round. 3 that change, we wondered 3 men in different parts of the van go down as they faced drought, wild animal and man made threat in the constant fight was a vibrant risk in it all. but swan and al jazeera

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how about you watching al jazeera, i'm emily anglin, a reminder of our top stories this our, you as president joe biden says, the leader of i saw has been killed in a ride in northern syria. special forces conducted the operation in italy province, but instead the lady blew himself up in an act of desperate cowardice lay 13 people, including children, were killed in the attack. turkey's president is in here for talk with the president for letting me it's zalinski. if the latest diplomatic effort to ease fees on a russian invasion of ukraine, moscow's condemned to you as decision to send more troops to eastern europe. the chair of west africa as regional block acre was, has warned, a string of recent cruise could be contagious. gunny and the president made the remarks in accra where west african ladies are holding an emergency summit. they are weighing a range of sanctions to do with soldiers who toppled became fossil governments last

week. we can also is the 3rd country in the 15 nation block to be taken over by soldiers in the past 18 months. the domino effect started in august 2020. that's when molly and colonels over 3 president abraham, the car cater riding on a wave of anti government protests. then in april, last year, chatty and the president interest debbie was killed in fighting while visiting troops on the front line. the military installed his son as the new president. in september, the soldiers overthrew president of a con day in guinea after he won a controversial 3rd term last week. soldiers and became a foster detained the president and seized power. despite engagement by it was elections haven't been held in any of the countries after the military seized pelham and arnie this week, there was a fouled co attempt in guinea to south, in which 11 people were killed. ok, let's bring in delane god joe,

who is a specialist in security in this whole region, and she joins us from new year. thanks for being on the program. delana. first of all, what do you make of the significance of acre was making? do they still have influence in the region? thank you, emily, and thanks for having me. and these, these 2 political and military missions that took place in the past few days in booking at to check on the situation and have been analyzed by echo us today. and the decision not to impose other sanctions aside from suspending, booking up from and from the community from the economic community and was quite well received so far, although it just happened so. so we need to understand more m a who has decided to impose sanctions on money and getting the past year. and it did not just suspend these 2 countries from a class. and there was the attempted queen,

guinea this week is particularly relevant, i believe, because it looks like there is this push from certain strands of west african military is to exploit this window of opportunity and rides the popular feeling. and we come, we come to to question that requests and the governments are inefficient. so the african union has also responded to what happened in both kena. and they released a document on the 27th of january in which they are. they asked to analyze root causes for these military takeovers. so there is a reaction and the perception that equity has been inefficient in the past few years is that delana eco was chem and said the trend must be contained before devastates our whole region. so given that then not implementing sanctions on became fossa far. so what does it mean or what does he mean when he says it needs to be contained? what does that look like then?

the, the containment, i mean the, the reaction to what happened with the 1st queen money and some money has suffered from to cruise. and last year, within, within the span of the year, there was one military court mediately followed by another one. the reaction from echo as the 1st time was not to impose economic sanctions. i was wanted to wait and wanted to see a roadmap for elections when the transitional government slash military jaunty money failed to provide that failed to provide that roadmap for elections. that's when equest decided to react. so there is a i believe economic sanctions wouldn't do equals any good either. so many looking a bit citizens are inhabited by this deep feeling of justice and they will have, in case economic sanctions are to mean post in the future. they will have a perception of echo s as imposing something that has citizens suffer much more

than governments. and so, and, and this also adds up to the organisation silence in the face of constitutional manipulations that are aimed at promoting 3rd residential times in countries like could you well and guinea. and then this contrasts with its insistence on a rapid return to constitutional order. and in mind, for example, and probably in book in a, in a most to come, we appreciate your insights. we do have to move on to lane a. got joe, a specialist insecurity in the sahara region. we appreciate your time and being to us from the g. thank you. california had its gold rush almost 200 years ago now. the hunt is on for lithium. the highly prized metal is a key component of bat traits to power electric vehicles in the drive to combat global warming. rob reynolds reports from the community in california looking to strike it rich. california's salton sea shimmers like

a mirage in an arid land, but its waters are nearly lifeless, full of salt and agricultural chemical run off the farm. and communities near the sea are among the poorest in the us, with high unemployment and nearly one and 4 people living in poverty. frank salazar is a local resident and activist what we lack is opportunity. you know, i think opportunity is what we need here in this, in this county. the salton sea is shrinking as streams are diverted to farming on windy days, toxic dust from the dry lake shore fowls, the air where you look at the asthma levels of our local children. when you look at the cancer levels of our local residence there through the roof, but far below the seas, flor lies a vast reservoir of super heated water rich in lithium. the element used to create batteries for electric vehicles and a key to slowing global warming. we have what some of described as

a saudi arabia of lithium here in the state of california. the stakes are high, not only for the regions, future prosperity, but for us national security. the u. s. wants a domestic supply of lithium today. more than 80 percent of all lithium is mind in australia, chile, and china. but the salt and seas, treasure trove of the mineral, could change those numbers dramatically. we expect to produce about a 3rd level in from this site. it's incredible resource companies are already drilling what you say in the background. there are 2 production wells full diamond wells that will produce enormous mensa braun to fade the plant that which will be located. he state and local officials envision a lithium based industrial complex with battery factories and electric car manufacturing, while pain job with benefits that currently are in hearing impaired county. i salivate when i think about it 510 years down the road. how big it can be?

conservationists like aileen anderson, approve of the environmentally friendly extraction process, powered by geothermal energy. they hope lithium projects will generate funds to restore the salt and see which is a crucial stop over point for migrating birds. and she's looking at the big picture . if we're going to transition to clean energy and get off our fossil fuel induction, the fans going to being change your opponent. hope for a region down on its look, and a planet heating up. rob reynolds, al jazeera, imperial, california. that's bringing a young one who is a professor of mechanical engineering at war chest to polytechnic institute in massachusetts. he joins us alive now. thanks for being on this knees. our yen y is the lithium so important, particularly in the battle against climate change. so because at least here is the

k adam in the floor, lithium batteries, they know the jan batteries, it is widely used for possibly electronics electric cars on the greatest star ridge last via laser. it will, they need to leave their yard or 2 mega lithium batteries. professor, you mentioned batteries that lithium is used for batteries, but what are the potentials? does that have on this leave? there has other applications or by rule. i know like a people are biting like leafy iron batteries will be vitally use an electric cars . there's a huge market that you see like old news from major car companies. right. so they announced by it was on 30 it was on 35. 0, the car will be made by a will be power to buy it. if you buy theresa, there's a huge market, huge fortune potential for the lease here. and so can those batteries then be recycled? what impacts are there on the environment using lithium and right now,

like the people are starting, thinking about that the fan battery recycling on the consider is a limited resource and also like it is hard to y loda lisa or from either on the toner from, from ether, my name, so recycled me. leave your advisor is, is a critical for sustainable industry. and also the addition to recycling, i think that we also need to think about of developing either time self by teresa like a so the i am by threes is i think these are also important professor. what are some of the other challenges in the theme becoming a sustainable industry? not just there is i think they're like, oh, i don't know how to mind to leave here more efficiently and also lower cost and less also probably in part and i still think the recycling is

a key piece of puzzle yard or to enable or at the industrial sustainability because as i said, i got leave there, there's only limited resources for leave. there is also mainly mind that, you know, a few countries like australia should be china, argentina. and so imagine they got the for example, you asked you eyes like her for deals at raphi ampersand awful on the fan by teresa . but we don't mind leaving her here. so lies la vega. you use a lot often ether, but you don't produce any leaves here. so my miss, you have to recycle loza. savannah batteries, micah no dish and i got are based on some report of by it was on the 23rd, 2000 and said, did you for people who don't recycle or leave here, there is not enough leisure for the, for the, for the industry military. when by the electrical medical industry, well,

it certainly is a growing industry. we appreciate your insights. thank you very much. yan wang, a professor of mechanical engineering. appreciate your time. thank you. bomb explosions, kidnappings and killings in columbia. during the past, month have killed at least 50 people. rebel groups are battling for control of cocaine at smuggling in the oil, which region of a rule come as alexandra ramp, yet he reports the attacks a terrifying communities. wilkerson busy reconstructing the actor martinez building in the center of that avina. last month, a car bomb exploded, destroying much of his flock. dissidents of former far gravels are being blamed for the attack, which killed one person, the buildings house, human rights groups, social organizations, and unions, lane armika, we were holding a security meeting because of the way the conflict was evolving. with direct

attacks against social organizations and community leaders, little capital that the park dissidence are accusing us of sympathizing with the e l n. and that's how they justified attacking us at an oil rich region on the border with venezuela has been mostly calm since the signing of a peace deal between the government and sorry, scribbles in 2016. but violence returned as far as dissident groups began to fight e l. n. rebels for control of drug trafficking in contraband routes. since the beginning of the year, more than 60 people have been killed, others kidnapped or forcibly displaced. at that time though, they've got the sister of security guard see me on that. got killed in the explosion, says locals are terrified when this war is said, and my brother is just one of many victims. everybody is anxious because we don't know what will happen tomorrow. at the moment that even on a quiet day, people can't sleep, can't rest. well, they see

a leaving the house. yes. everything has been affected. i normally at 6 30 pm, the streets of the center of said i may and i would be alive with people shopping. but since the conflict started, shops are closing early and people are hurrying home, fearing another possible attack. and on top of that, the mayor has imposed a curfew every night, starting at 9 pm. the government has increased, its military presence in the area under. the violence has pushed more than a dozen health workers to quit after hospitals were also threatened by the groups. already, catholic priest, albert heat, al doris, holding healing sessions to help workers deal with trauma. louisa, he says, part of the problem is that the military is mainly protecting the oil infrastructure in the region long neglected by the government as always thought equal. it's a problem that goes back in history. the government has always prioritized,

protecting military infrastructure. instead of the people, the church has asked the president to re open the door to appease dialogue with the yellow divorce. supposed to be a meeting in stockholm, the government didn't go. we're also trying to talk to then dissidence, but to we are on our own. for hundreds of left, others like sonya lobbyists promised to rebuild and continue their work for the people, even if it might cost him their life. allison, that i'm p a t al jessia sort of in person. still ahead on al jazeera, the winter olympics officially start on friday, but the killing action is already underway in beijing. that's next and spoke with peter. ah, this feels like representation of who i am and what i want people to remember me by. markson is my get out to is, is not even just martinez. the people around it is got to when i'm telling the

story about my life is going to take 50 future to do a don't. so i will need to do the can you, let's do deep. oh ward, with documentary witness on out his era. oh, a time after he's paid everything. thank you very much. they still one day before the start of the winter olympics in beijing, but some events have already begun the mixed doubles, curling composition as started of the national aquatic center, with a small domestic crowd because of covered 19 restrictions. but those people who cheered on china's 1st competitors in the games,

fans too young and lindsey who won their opening match. but who, having a great day for the hosts and the women's i saw the china will be the 31 by the check republic. the most, they were the big hits of 2018 silver medalists canada football and then their opening match the canadians winning up on convincingly 121. it all gets going for real on friday with beijing becoming the 1st city to host the summer and winter games. the olympic torch relay continues, having stopped off at the great wall of china, making its way through the opening ceremony at the birds nest stadium, which was the venue for the 2008 summit lympics. but these games have been controversial since staging one. the hosting rights in 2015 have been hit by diplomatic boy called from several countries including the us, britain and australia of china's human rights record. athletes are allowed to express views, but not in the field of play on podiums, international olympic committee, president tom of buck, once the sport to stay separate from politics. we are writing

a new check. in sporting history. we can only accomplish these mission. he was the live be games stand above and beyond all political differences. this is only possible if the olympic games are politically neutral and do not become a tool to achieve political goers. india is home to the world's largest mountain range, but it has a patchy record in winter sports. only one athlete is representing the country of the beijing olympics. winter athlete say they is little government support and few financial incentives for sports. people have any metal has more nestled in the himalayas in indian administered kish, me. the town of good mark is one of a chas highest and largest key results. it's also way out of con, 1st took up,

his key pulls. and now he's competing into slalom events. at the olympics in beijing committee ski include training, i was trained by my father for the 1st 8 years. he talked me the basics, the state and national level champions also trained good in good mug. they inspired me by and i also learned by watching them or eventually i started training in europe or not the countries. those experiences were great for exposure and skill development. there came every couple of heavy duty. india has sent only 15 olympians in the history of the winter games and has never won a meadow. con is the only entrance with yeah. many of those keen to compete say there's little money and knowing to nationally recognize federation to support athletes. constraining was funded by his father who runs a sky shop. his family and friends also supported him for half night is a national level nor border who once dreamed of competing at the olympics due to no support from government and from the private players. i couldn't make it in reality,

and i think the stream is going to die in gothenburg only as far as the infrastructure is concerned. we snowboard here on a v d very basic infrastructure. we don't have any slopes for snow borders know lift for snowboard. over the last few years, hundreds of enthusiasts have attended training camps and competition sponsored by the government. but the local sporting body said more needs to be done to spot and support putting talent might be on the other countries are winning metals, so why not india? kashmir has the best assets in terms of snow. we have slopes and new equipment. we request the ministry to conduct international level tournaments and coaching comes to boost our youth. there's no darth of talent here. we will have more r e cons con. hope to break into the was top 30 at the game. his greater goal is to inspire more people to take up the fort, but no said getting the support that's needed will be an up his dos. bob,

you mr. i'll just zita, new delhi. there's a clash of giants later, of the african cup of nations, 2nd, semi final pets, host, cameroon, against egypt. the camera unions have the tournaments top score in their ranks in vents on the bucket. we've got 6 goals and 5 games so far. they also have a home advantage in the battle to play single in the final, but egypt out for revenge, having lost cameroon. in the 2017 final. earlier we saw 2 african football journalist gary al smith, who says egypt, mom and seller has made no secret of his desire to win the title, but he thinks lose the match will be too close to call. there's a reason the semi final is being built as probably the biggest fixture that could have happened is couple of missions. and it's because between them come in and eat your top 12 titles that you know to more successful size and competitions history. that means that it's not easy to call asked div also being perhaps 2 of the besides

most a lot like his teammates out of your money, who has got it, you know, keep saying, look, he doesn't care about individual awards in his competition. all he wants is the gold medal or on his neck on sunday. remember boys, i've won european achilles the highest, especially in the primarily get champions league. the wants this to semester a spectrum. legacies. you know, in the countries for marcella in a country like egypt. you are not a legend. if you are not one, at least i'm african got me title. and so he needs this for his legacy. ah, canada all flying in their quest to qualify for the cutter world cup, they beat el salvador to know to make it 11 games unbeaten in the north. central america and caribbean region. i see, but hutchinson and jonathan david school for the canadians who are looking good to make their 1st woke up since 1986. so 3 games ago,

it's canada for points cleared the top of the us and mexico occupying the other 2 automatic qualifying spots. the team in 4th go into a playoff tops in golfer bryce and december has reportedly been offered more than $113000000.00 to become the face of a new gulf super league. the project backed by saudi arabia has approached several big names, but has yet to be launched december and other players who sign up risk a lifetime ban from the more established pga and european to his will tennis number one or that shock of which has made his 1st appearance being deported from australia of he's corona, bar vaccine states us the so made president alexander butchered the thank him for his support during the 11 days the 20 time grand slam title when i was in and out of detention joke, which described it as an unfortunate event, but since you'll give the side of the story to the media in the next week to 10 days, that's all before with ms. emily looking forward to the winter olympics. thank you

very much. pay down or i dont go anyway. we'll have more news in just a moment. stay with us. ah, ah ah, in south korea military service is compulsory. ah, but some refused to take pony one at one eigth leave. those dodging the draft on al jazeera americans are increasingly se authoritarianism might not be so bad. there were several steps along the way where the chain of command, if you like, tried to cover what your take on why they've gotten so wrong. that to me is

political malpractice, the bottom line on us politics and policies, and the impact on the world on al jazeera, for quite a few decades. casa, has been dealing with political and economic turmoil. and its people struggle to access essential needs, like adequate quantities of potable water, a sufficient number of beds for pregnant mothers, and limited access to up to date information for students. and in the has the, the ground water is not suffice. sent to meet the daily needs of all of its residents. this led to the development of the new water treatment facility and han eunice slowing down further pollution. the extension of, as if, as medical facilities was accomplished to provide expectant mothers with a safe and reliable opportunity to get the care they needed. the kuwait library at the university college of science and technology is not only

a repository of knowledge but an access point to the world beyond ah the u. s. says it's killed the later of i. so, abu abraham al karachi in a ride in north west and syria. this operation is testament to americas reach and capability to take out terrorist threats no matter where they try to hide anywhere in the world.