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Comac C919: First medium-sized Chinese built airliner takes flight

Comac C919:First medium-sized Chinese built airliner takes flight The first medium-sized airliner built in China has taken off on its maiden flight. It’s designed to meet soaring demand for air travel there and challenge the worldwide dominance of Airbus and Boeing. Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown reports from Beijing. – 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/ A tour of China’s first big passenger jet – the C919

Exclusive: On the front line with South Sudan rebels

More than 100,000 people have been displaced from the usually calm county of Kajo Keji in South Sudan. The area is now militarised and split between government troops and rebel fighters. The government has been fighting the rebels since 2013 when the ethnic war first started, two years into the country’s independence from Sudan. Al Jazeera has gained exclusive access to a territory controlled by the rebels within Kajo Keji, as Catherine Soi 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Philippines’ MILF rebel group ‘committed to peace’

The leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) say they are committed to peace negotiations with the government. Some fighters – including child soldiers – are laying down their weapons in exchange for government benefits. But not all commanders are convinced. Al Jazeera was granted an exclusive interview with Abdullah Macapaar, known as Commander Bravo who says he will never give up the rebel group’s weapons – not until historical injustices, which he says were committed by the Philippine government, have been corrected. Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports from the island of Mindanao. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on […]

NYPD eases dress code rules for Sikhs

Many Sikhs in the US are winning the right to practice their religion in the workplace. In the New York Police Department, dress codes are easing to accommodate the religion’s requirements. Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from New York. – 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/

The scientific legacy of Dolly the sheep

Twenty years ago, British scientists introduced the world to Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned using nuclear transfer. She only lived for seven years, but the scientific advances that came from her creation continue. Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips reports from London. – 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Exclusive: Israel’s parliamentary plot against UK politicians

Al Jazeera has uncovered evidence of an Israeli diplomat’s involvement in smear campaigns to discredit a British minister and other politicians. Al Jazeera’s investigative unit went undercover with an Israeli lobby group for several months. The investigation reveals conversations in which a diplomat plotted to damage the careers of MPs they feel don’t give enough support to Israel. Al Jazeera’s Clayton Swisher reports from London. – 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Russia’s Orthodox Christians enjoying revival under Putin

Putin has embraced his faith, routinely appearing at Christmas and other religious services. It is the height of the festive season for Orthodox Christians, and in Russia, there’s a little more to celebrate. 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the church is enjoying a renaissance under President Vladimir Putin. Putin has embraced his faith, routinely appearing at Christmas and other religious services. Analysts say he is using the Russian Orthodox Church to promote a so-called pivot to traditional values. Al Jazeera’s Natasha Ghoneim reports from Moscow. – 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 […]

Visiting the first free black town of the new world in Colombia

Haiti is the first country where black slaves declared their freedom as an independent nation. But what is far less known is that 200 years earlier, slaves in Colombia established the first free black town in the new world. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from San Basilio de Palengue, Colombia. – 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/