0 The new United States administration has revealed, for the first time, details of its policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. US President Joe Biden’s Middle East policy “will be to support a mutually agreed, two-state solution, in which Israel lives in peace and security, alongside a viable Palestinian state”, acting US Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Mills has told the UN Security Council. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the United Nations. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UnitedNations #IsraelPalestine #TwoStateSolution
0 North Korea’s nuclear programme is one of the key foreign policy issues facing the new US administration. Washington’s approach to dealing with Pyongyang changed considerably during Donald Trump’s four years in office, but that did little to get the country to abandon its nuclear ambitions. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from Washington, DC. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Biden #Inauguration2021 #NorthKorea
0 There have been running street battles between protesters and police for the fourth day in a row in Tunisia. Demonstrators have been gathering in several cities to vent their anger against the government. The coronavirus pandemic has crippled an already failing economy, which depends on tourism. And, a third of the country’s young people are without a job. Al Jazeera’s Priyanka Gupta reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Tunisia #TunisiaProtests #AlJazeeraEnglish
0 A South Korean court has sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y Lee to two-and-a-half years in prison, with implications for the direction of the technology giant and how Koreans view big business. Lee, 52, was convicted of bribing an associate of former President Park Geun-hye and jailed for five years in 2017. He denied wrongdoing, the sentence was reduced and suspended on appeal, and he was released after serving a year. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride joins us live from Seoul for the latest updates. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #SouthKorea […]
0 The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic says a soldier has been killed in an attack by armed groups in the capital Bangui. Rebels have been trying to overturn December’s election result – which saw President Faustin-Archange Touadera re-elected. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #CentralAfricanRepublic #CARunrest #CARviolence
0 In Italy, the trial of more than 350 suspected members and associates of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate got under way. The charges include murder, extortion, money laundering and drug trafficking. Most of the accused are appearing on video link from their jail cells. Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker rome from Rome, Italy. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Italy #Ndrangheta #Mafia
A large security operation is under way in Ghana ahead of Monday’s elections. There have been threats of political violence in recent weeks. The electoral commission says it has prepared about 39,000 polling stations. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Ghana’s capital, Accra. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Ghana #GhanaDecides #GhanaElection2020
US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of most American troops from Somalia, the defence department said in a statement on Friday, a move that is part of a global pullback of US forces before Trump leaves office next month. The Pentagon has not said how many US personnel will stay in Somalia to train and advise local forces. But critics say the withdrawal could not come at a worse time, with fighting in neighbouring Ethiopia and upcoming elections in Somalia. Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ […]
Azerbaijan’s military has moved into the last territory handed over by Armenia. The agreement followed six weeks of intense fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez-Hodayan has more. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Azerbaijan #Armenia #Nagorno-Karabakh
Iran’s parliament has passed a draft motion to halt unrestricted access by the International Atomic Energy Agency to its nuclear sites. The proposed changes could allow Iran to resume uranium enrichment at levels of 20 percent. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran #Nuclear
