0 Voting has started in Uganda in fraught presidential and parliamentary elections with an internet blackout in place. Longtime President Yoweri Museveni is competing against opposition front-runner Bobi Wine, a pop star-turned-opposition leader. Security forces have killed more than 50 people in opposition rallies. Two-thirds of the country’s registered voters are under the age of 30 and many feel disconnected from politics. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Kampala, Uganda. – 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/ #Uganda #UgandaDecides2021 #UgandaDecides
0 An important gathering of North Korea’s governing party leadership has wrapped up with a commitment to further develop the country’s nuclear arsenal. The party Congress outlined Pyongyang’s policy agenda, as it prepares for a change of leadership in Washington. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Seoul. – 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 #NorthKorea #Nuclear
0 Tuesday marked the final day of campaigning in the bloodiest election in Uganda’s history. Yoweri Museveni is seeking a sixth term, and he is used the full weight of state security – including the army – to crack down on his 10 opponents. Al Jazeera’s Catherin Soi has the latest ahead of Thursday’s election from the capital, Kampala. – 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 #Uganda
0 An Indonesian search team has uncovered more human remains in the Java Sea – days after a passenger plane crashed just minutes after takeoff. As victims’ families mourn, divers are searching the waters to the north of Jakarta – looking for the aircraft’s flight recorder. Authorities are confident signals from the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorders were detected north of Jakarta’s coast. Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington has the latest from Jakarta, Indonesia. – 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 #Indonesia
0 Coffee farms across Colombia are suffering the worst shortage of workers in years. The fear of COVID-19 and low prices for coffee beans have made hiring pickers more difficult and offering higher wages impossible. Farms are missing up to half the temporary workers they regularly hire to harvest the crop. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota. – 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 #Colombia #Coffee
0 A search-and-rescue team in Indonesia has found human remains and twisted wreckage in the Java Sea. The discovery comes a day after a passenger jet disappeared shortly after takeoff from a Jakarta airport. Authorities say they are also close to finding the aircraft’s flight recorders. Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from the capital, Jakarta. – 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 #Indonesia
0 Madrid is experiencing its heaviest snowfall in 50 years. Storm Filomena has disrupted travel across Spain. Madrid’s main airport was shut down late on Friday and transport officials said the snowfall disrupted traffic on more than 600 roads. But most Spaniards are embracing the freak weather. Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis 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/ #Spain #StormFilomena #Filomenamadrid
0 Rescuers are looking for wreckage from an Indonesian passenger plane believed to have crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff from the capital, Jakarta. A total of 62 people are feared dead. Rescue ships have been dispatched to the Thousand Islands chain, which is just north of Jakarta where authorities believe they have found debris of the plane. Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from Jakarta. – 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/ #Indonesia #SJ182 #SriwijayaAir
0 More pictures are emerging from the moments the United States Capitol was overrun, and they appear to reinforce perceptions that a sparse police force was outnumbered and overwhelmed. At least one officer was killed in the melee. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Chappelle 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 #UnitedStates #DonaldTrump
0 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says the United States is his country’s biggest enemy, and has threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal. Kim said the US must withdraw its hostile policy towards North Korea if it wants to establish new relations. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Seoul. – 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 #North Korea #UnitedStates
