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other. and the un says 4000000 people in ethiopia faced critical water shortages after the failure of the last 3 rings. ah, the u. s. says the leader of ice all has been killed and a special forces operation in northwestern, syria. i will abraham l as she me. ok i, she was one of at least 13 people including 6 children killed during the rate in the town of acme in rebel held, it'll be province. it was the largest u. s. raids since an attack in 2019, they killed the previous leader of ice or, or white house corresponding kimberly how kit has more. this horrible terrorist leader is no more. in an address to the nation, the roosevelt room of the white house us president joe biden spoke about the

operation. he ordered the killed the ice, a leader abu ibrahim l, how she me l crushing 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 as us special forces moved in the ice a leader reportedly detonated an explosive and a final act of desperate cowardice. he chose to blow himself up, taking several members of his family with him. the mission happened thursday in northwestern, syria in it live province. residence on the ground said at least 13 people, including children, were killed in the operation. the pentagon said there were no true casualties with the credit or what might in his vice president and national security advisors over

saw the mission from the situation room of the white house. it was the biggest us rated, syria says the 2019 operation that killed the ice, a leader abu bakar albert daddy. this operation was literally months in the planning the u. s. targeted the ice, a leader for threats he allegedly posed to us interests and crimes committed in iraq in 2014, including the enslavement of edi women. the raid comes a week after the defense secretary ordered the u. s. military to do more to protect civilians in combat operations often largely forgotten in the west postilion may be the only, it's sort of a lining of this is it has brought back media's attention to the conflict and syria seems from their perspective that no one really cares or a one advantage in the sense is that this is now go to your back into,

into the news. despite efforts to limit casualties, some members of congress are now calling for an investigation into the civilian deaths to ensure that every reasonable step was taken to protect innocent lives. kimberly help get al jazeera, the white house. let's take a closer look now at who i will. e. but he mel as she me. ok. she was. he was born in northern iraq in 1976. and later rose to become an officer for the former iraqi president saddam hussein's army. he joined. that'll kind of affiliate up to the us invasion of iraq in 2003, but was detained by the u. s. a year later. the founder of i sal albuquerque. but daddy was detained in the same prison crash she is said to have cooperated with the americans helping identified dozens of al qaeda and i saw members and that reportedly led to him be released now he later joined the ranks of i, sol as a close, aided to by daddy, he was known for playing

a major role in attacks against the z. the minority group. p. j. crowley is a former us assistant secretary of state. he says, the operation will raise many questions about the actions of special forces and the ongoing threat. poor posed by eyes any time 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. so it's a loss of them or some have been lot. 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 what we've all been focused on ukraine and all of a sudden were 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 the negotiation going on with iran. and yet, you know,

we still have this lingering battle with the united states and the region, you know, against the islamic state. obviously they're trying to make a, come back. and, and this is a reminder that we haven't overcome, you know, the threat that is the moment state poses as of yet. this will obviously be scrutinized. 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 the specific details. so you know, even going back to the re, the killed or some of the law in 2011. it was days or weeks before we had a firm understanding of what happened. so was just 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's you know, a lot of the details. you know, i emerge, be verified, and then we'll have

a full accounting of what happened and lessons learned from them. i in the latest diplomatic effort to ease fears of a russian invasion of ukraine turkeys president has met president the president of ukraine volota mere zalinski. turkey has good relations with both countries and hopes to act as a mediator. and then another development, the pentagon says it is new information suggesting russia plans a so called false flag attack to justify a military invasion of ukraine without providing any evidence. while all this comes, as russia condemns the u. s. decision to send more troops, the eastern europe, the u. s. has around $74000.00 military personnel stationed around europe. many of these forces can be deployed on behalf of native germany, hosts the lion's share of us personnel. but there are also some in italy, britain,

spain, and turkey. the u. s. also rotates soldiers through poland. nato boasts of 40000 strong response force that it could call on. if a threat arises, france and germany are leading it to spearhead leading a spearhead force that can be operational within 72 hours. but there are also several multinational battalions permanently in place on the continent. with around 4000 troops stationed across the baltics and poland, then another 4000 in romania. the u. s. is also providing military aid to ukrainian forces. hold the bill hamid as more from we're actually here give air force and we have the 7 delivery of military, a part of that. you 200000000 a packet from to you as that just arrived. i'm now at this time it's scaring about 80 tons of every mission for grenade launchers. now this is all being loaded

into this rocks vibe, ukrainian army. but as for the main agreement, which is that these fire agree read for 3, you grade, and the russian back separated this hardware, dissemination not go to the front line. it would be a violation of that. i agree with the moment. all of this is being loaded by the ukrainian army. i'm going to ukrainian bases were also they need to get training on how to use this new military hardware for senior aides to the u. k. prime minister have resigned within hours of each other as fresh amounts of boys. johnson over the party gates scandal, director of communications, jack doyle, step down shortly after the departure of policy head. when it mirrors out, there have been a followed by the chief of staff, dan rosen, field and senior civil servant. martin reynolds. the prime minister is facing

increasing questions of his leadership as investigations continue into parties held a downing street during coven lock downs, were already challenged, joins us live now from southern england. by skype or worry, it does seem that the pressure on the prime minister because of party gayden and other things that were said in parliament just keeps on mounting. i mean, how terrible his position well, that's what conservative n p 's are having to ask themselves at the moment. and of course there is that magic number of 54 letters. going into gram brady, who is the chair of the 922 back bench commission. basically if the 54 letters is reached and a vote of no confidence has triggered in the prime minister that has not happened yet. those 54 letters have not gone in some have we don't know how many, but certainly the events of today are making the prime minister look, i think,

a little less stable than he was before a little more in depression. now none of the names of these resignations are particularly big names. household names i should say, but they are important people. they are some of the core team that is surrounded by johnson and his prime minister ship so far. and they have left her a variety of different reasons. the big question is, were they pushed or, or did they jump? we don't really know the answer to that at the moment it's being spun. i think both ways, by enemies and friends of boris johnson, certainly one of them jumped and jumped in quite a spectacular way. my dear mercer was the 1st to go and she said in her resignation letter that she was resigning because of something bar. johnson said in parliament

the other day where he basically repeated a false allegation about searcy, a storm or the leader of the opposition. saying that when he was director prosecutions, one of the top legal positions in the country before he was the leader of the opposition. he had not done anything to prosecute a very, very famous pay to fall an ankle. jinny savage, who was also a tv presenter. now that is a false claim, it has been proven to be false. play many, many times and bars. johnson still said it, he's got a lot of flak for doing that. ammunition mercer in her resignation letter, said you are a better man than many of your detractors will ever understand, which is why it is desperately sad that you let yourself down by making a scurrilous accusation against the leader of the opposition. now the other resignations ah basic be being presented by lawless, the prime minister, as part of this big, clear routes that he promised of the downing street operation following the su gray

report. but i have to say it doesn't seem like he's in control of these resignations at the moment and there's a sense that these are people leaving a sinking ship dominic cummings, of course no friends of the prime minister, his former aid. now arch enemy tweeted earlier on the day, it's the unmistakable signal that the bunker is collapsing and this prime minister is finished. you can take that with a pinch of salt if you want. but i think quite pertinent is the fact that rich, soon as the chancellor of the exchequer, supposedly on team boris said, when he was asked about what the prime minister said about jimmy sample, that i wouldn't have said it. and i'm glad that the prime minister clarified what he said, so it is significant when the chance of the exchequer, one of the key positions in the country, is distancing himself from the prime minister, or a challenge with the latest, from the southern england. thank you. was african countries of announced that they

will send a stabilisation forced to guinea the south 2 days after an attack of the presidential palace, which has been seen as an attempted coup gun as president who chose the economic community of west african states, warned that a string of recent cruise has become contagious and could prompt even more the fight nana who for are those warning at any emergency summit in across the block decided against further sanctions on booking fossil soldiers. they are toppled the government last week, and it's the 3rd country in the 50 nation book to be taken over by soldiers in the past 18 months. and rescuers off the coast of nigeria, a searching for 10, missing oil workers. after a super tanker used as the storage deco sank, following a massive explosion, the 130000 ton trinity spirits flew up on wednesday with around 8000000 liters of oil on board. the tanka was permanently more than shallow water off the coast of

the niger delta is no confirmation yet of how much crude oil might have filled into the ocean. and the un says more than 4000000 people in parts of the fuel you are facing critical shortages of water. after the last 2 rainy seasons failed hundreds of thousands of children already severely malnourished in those areas. malcolm webb has one for nearly 2 years. the rainy seasons has failed in the lowland regions of eastern ethiopia. the un says more than 4000000 people are facing critical water shortages. in recent months, the livestock, they depend on to survive, have been dying in their tens of thousands access for journalists, n e t, a period restricted to un release. this video from the somali region, hundreds of thousands of people are depending on health and nutrition support from

the u. n's agency for children. the u. n says around 200000 children malnourished, and the numbers are growing foss. mobile clinics like this one, people can get some help, other victim enrich, therapeutic feeding, paste can help to bring children back from the brink. most of the people here depend on hurting livestock to survive. they have to walk further every month to find water. the pools where the animals drink her a fraction of their usual size. getting out what's left of the water isn't easy, but it keeps thirsty camels alive. the un mobile clinics are helping some. but it says it needs about 30000000 dollars to reach all the people who are in need this part of this, that's the key we ship to minimize. i'm this is that it, that's more children. and it's a critical integrated package of lives. if in with sanitation, promotion,

treatment or focus magician and the treatment of common illnesses, i'm including fascinations. as more animals die and crops fail, the number of people in need just goes up. the u. n says, in 2 months from now, nearly 7000000 people who need help malcolm web al jazeera. still to come on al jazeera, a worrying uptake in attacks on the colombian border as revel groups battle of a drug roots and resources. a $200000000000.00 wipe out for facebook's parent company is more users choose to log off for good. ah, there's been a lot of rain recently throughout australia and the still plenty in the tropics

because he's some sort of organization to this little frontal system is pushing out of the way purse on the other hand has been sitting in the sunshine. and there it is. there's nothing but sunshine, so 40 degrees is on offer to you on friday. well above the average, yet another 40 degree day adding to this record hot summer, but it cools down rapidly. $32.00, then $23.00. by time you get to sunday with the wind changing direction. at the same time, we've already changed the wind direction for brisbin. no longer hot and humid here it's on the cooler side, but 27 hotly cold. be honest. and there are a few showers here. the old line of rain stretches down towards new zealand and it's wedding to that. we'll see the right there for a couple of days lasting into the weekend, i think. and then eventually things become brighter. temperature drops that rain comes in at about 60 twenties by your average bessie a real picture for sunday. then same story for eastern part of australia, the cooling trend for the with west rain, possibly touching purse. now the rainy seasons pet itself up

a little bit in parts of southeast asia. so the coast of vietnam and southern philippines do look fairly wet, but asked was for lanka and towel neither to dry picture. ah. in south korea, military service is compulsory but some refused to take part one when a fleet, those dodging the drop on al jazeera ah al jazeera. when ever you. oh, lou.

ah, a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera, the u. s. says the leader of ice will, has been killed in a special forces operation in northwestern. syria, i believe, but a humorless shamia could i. she was killed during the rate of rebel held a italy province turkeys president has met his ukrainian counterpart, as he hopes to act as a mediator with russia while military pensions build. this comes as rush as can then the u. s. decision to send more troops. the eastern europe and force senior aides to the u. k. prime minister have resigned within hours of each other as fresh your mountain bars. johnson over parties held that downing street, if you included lockdown the winter olympics kick off in less than 24 hours was some of the sporting events already underway. it's an

unconventional games for many reasons. with scrutiny over china's heavy handed response to the corona virus. and its human rights record. china has been accused of committing wide scale abuses against the weaker people and the minority groups there around 12000000, mostly muslim wiggers living in the western region of sheen. jung rights groups accused china of detaining up to a 1000000 wiggers and subjecting them to torture and forced labor. in recent years, china claims it sent people to what it calls re education camps to combat terrorism . several countries of accused china of genocide, the un has been trying to visit sion, janet since 2018, but will only be granted access after the games on condition that the visit is not an investigation. the u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi is the latest to accuse the organizers and sponsors of the olympics of putting money 1st. now the i o. c. aided

by corporate sponsors, once again turns a blind eye with the 2022 winter olympics just to bolster their bottom lines. mister government, as i was said, if we do not speak out against human rights violations in china. because of commercial interest, we lose all moral authority to speak out against human rights violations, anywhere. explosions and kidnappings, in columbia during the past 3 months, have killed at least 50 people. rebel groups are battling full control of cocaine smuggling in the oil rich region of at oca. alice under, i'm 50 is there, and the z reports the attacks are terrifying. local communities, workers are busy reconstructing the actor martinez building in the center of vienna . last month, a car bomb exploded, destroying much of this flock. dissidence of former 5 grab both are being blamed

for the attack, which killed one person, the buildings house, human rights groups, social organizations, and unions lay nomic as if we were holding a security meeting because of the way the conflict with evolving with direct attacks against social organizations and community leaders got that out the far distance or accusing us of sympathizing with the ellen. and that's how they justified attacking us. ok, i know ill, rich region on the border with venezuela has been mostly com since the signing of a peace deal between the government and sorry rebels in 2016. but violence returned as far as dissident groups began to fight e l. m. 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 guy killed in the explosion . says locals are terrified with this war is sad,

and my brother is just one of many victims. everybody's anxious because we don't know what will happen tomorrow at the moment, so even on a quiet day, people can sleep. can't rest. well, they fear leaving the house. yes, everything has been affected. normally at 6 30 pm, the streets of the center of sara may and i will be alive with people shopping. but since the conflict started, shops are closing early and people are hurrying home, fearing and other possible attack. and on top of that, the mayor has imposed a curfew every night, starting at 9 pm. the government has increased this military presence of the area under the violence has pushed more than a dozen health workers to quit after hospitals were also threatened by the groups. hey, catholic priest albert here, al doris holding healing sessions to help workers deal with trauma. 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 apiece dialogue with the yellow. there was supposed to be a meeting in stockholm. the government didn't go, we're also trying to talk to then dissidence, but 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 them their life. allison that i'm p a t al jessia said i've been more than 6000 car workers in mexico, have voted in favor of a new union in one of the 1st secret ballots of its type. the vote of the general motors plant in the central city of seattle is seen as a test of new mexican legislation. aimed at helping workers find a voice and break the grip of traditional unions. john holman,

has worn out from mexico city ah, a change of shift in the general motors factory salon mexico, and the change of god with the union to of the 25 years. they now have new representation and hoping things will be different, lower than dizzy. should bear the true faith that always was a union here, but they never represented us. they always looked just for personal benefit, protected the factories, interests. now an independent workers union has taken charge. that could be hugely significant for more than just the $6000.00 workers here in mexico. it's a common story that unions are in cahoots with big business rather than getting employees better wages and benefits the g m workers. insulin, for example, told us they were paid lesson attempt of what the counterparts in the u. s. get. i've always thought that a labor reform, one of the requisites of a renegotiate to trade deal between this country. the us and canada,

aims to change that. it gives met, can work, has the right to vote on the unions and labor contracts and secret ballot. something that really happened before the election in salon was seen as a bell with a vote, with the new secret elections work. on thursday morning, the results, the new cynthia union trounced the old one. it's headed by paint worker alejandro morales. now she's came to get started the content of this at any up with the contract that we have was completely on the side of the employer. there weren't many rights for the workers and we have to change that and we have to be a union that really defends them. but it's not just met some workers who stand to benefit from this. there's a reason why you us union reps watching this vote carefully. it's obvious why in particular the us wants is negotiated for it. in the u. s. m. ca, trade deal, we curl, co opted unions mean less pay and benefits for employees, which in turn means cheaper mexican labor costs. the u. s. wants to stop. what it

says is unfair competition. there's no guarantees it's allow, will be repeated in the many mexican companies that don't affect us or canadian businesses nozik doin is he loves him, but he says, the sectors where there's interest from the u. s. government and unions. he promoted this reform going to be observed and will now see the closest we've had to free and fair elections. but we're talking about a very restricted number of companies, if there are thousands of others in mexico that have protectionist unions, and will never have those elections below. massive camera like june is lean biased . oh, it will be up to the mexican government itself to choose if it wants to change that or simply lead its own reform languish. john homan, al jazeera mexico city, the value of shares in facebook's parent company collapsed by 25 percent as markets opened in new york, wiping more than $200000000000.00 off the firm's value. met and reported weaker

than expected profits on wednesday. after revealing it lost a 1000000 daily users worldwide. kristen salumi is in new york. this is in part due to the company's earnings for the last quarter were lower than expected. and predictions for the current quarter are also being down played by c o mark to soccer bird. they had their annual meeting yesterday. part of the declining revenues has been attributed to changing policies that apple, believe it or not, apple change its privacy policies. that's having an impact on advertising and advertising. big source revenue, obviously for facebook. so that's one big issue. also, facebook has been losing daily users for the 1st time. it recorded a drop of 5, i'm sorry, 500008 half 1000000 users. most of them in africa, in latin america,

this is the 1st time they've seen their user ship go down and not obviously spooked investors as well. most of those jobs coming in africa and latin america suggesting that maybe facebook has reached a saturation point. they're also dealing with competition from other social media platforms, tick tock, in particular, the video social media site has been gaining in popularity. so all of that combining to make investors very concerned about facebook's future. ah, and now the top stories on al jazeera, the u. s. says the leader of isis has been killed in a special forces operation in northwestern syria abu ibrahim l, as she may cry, she was killed during the raid in the town of atoms in rebel held italy. the province witnesses reported shelling and gunfire during a 2 hour battle. it was the.