United States President Joe Biden and United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have held their first meeting as leaders at the White House. They pledged to deepen their cooperation on everything from economic security to Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/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/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #UKUSTies #RishiSunak #SunakUSTrip
In an age where technology is allowing people to connect in more ways than ever, why is concern over loneliness on the rise? The #IHaveNoFriends declaration is common on social media and experts say trends in friendlessness have only been made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. Now in the US, the nation’s surgeon general has issued an advisory on loneliness and why it should be considered an epidemic that poses a threat to both individual health and society at large. Studies show chronic loneliness can lead to anxiety and depression, as well as premature death and increased risks of heart disease and dementia. How has social media and the internet […]
Two children and an adult have been critically injured in a stabbing attack at a playground in France. Video shared online shows how people tried to intervene and stop the attacker at a park in Annecy. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/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/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
Purdue Pharma introduced the opioid painkiller OxyContin in the 1990s and promoted it aggressively as non-addictive. United States government lawyers argued that the company’s owners, the Sacklers, knew how their medication was being abused widely, but doubled down on production – and profits. Recently a lawsuit was settled for $6bn. Barry Meier, the author of Pain Killer (soon to be a Netflix series), started writing about the opioid epidemic 20 years ago when it was killing about 20,000 people yearly. He tells host Steve Clemons how corporate greed and government dithering have led that number to exceed 100,000 deaths last year alone. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on […]
Moscow says Ukraine has been shelling an evacuation point for civilians affected by dam breach flooding. President Volodymyr Zelenckyy visits flood hit Kherson region following dam destruction. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other’s forces of attacking Nova Kakhovka dam Kherson on Tuesday. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/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/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Ukraine #UkraineWar #NovaKakhovkadam #NovaKakhovkaDamBlast #Kherson #DniproRiver #Russia
Mexican prosecutors are investigating what President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called the “execution” of five men in an incident that has sparked outrage from human rights observers. Media outlets released a video on Tuesday, appearing to show a group of soldiers pulling the men from a crashed pick-up truck in Nuevo Laredo, a border city in the state of Tamaulipas. The soldiers then beat the occupants before lining them up against a wall and shooting them. “Apparently this was an execution, and that cannot be permitted,” Lopez Obrador said at a daily press briefing on Wednesday. “Those responsible are about to be turned over to the appropriate authorities.” Al Jazeera’s […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of a “barbaric act” in his first public comments on the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, which has caused widespread flooding. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has accused Moscow of destroying the Russian-held dam, said Russia-backed forces were failing in their efforts to evacuate residents. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a “comprehensive investigation” to establish the cause of the Nova Kakhovka explosion, following separate calls with Zelenskyy and Putin. Erdogan said an inquiry could be set up to include representatives from the United Nations, Ukraine, Russia and the international community. Journalist Yulia Shapovalova joins us live from Moscow to discuss Russia’s […]
More than 400 wildfires are now burning in the Canadian province of Quebec. Fires have been burning across the country for weeks,. And the smoke is travelling south, triggering air quality alerts for people in parts of the United States. New York City’s Mayor has urged residents with heart or breathing problems to limit outdoor activities. Tens of millions of people under air quality warnings as wildfires continue to burn throughout Canada Some cities including Toronto and New York briefly had the worst air quality in the world on Wednesday. – 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 […]
In this episode of Fault Lines, we look into Florida’s cosmetic surgery industry, which has made national headlines for its high incidence of patient death and disfigurement, especially with regard to the extremely popular Brazilian butt lift (BBL) surgeries. The Florida Board of Medicine has spent years trying to place guardrails on the industry, particularly with regard to BBL surgeries, but our investigation reveals a pattern of surgeons engaging in unsafe practices and lobbying lawmakers to allow them to continue doing so. Producer: Nicolas Pollock Correspondent: Natasha Del Toro Director of Photography: Jeremy Raff Editor: Warwick Meade Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian Fact Checker: Abdulai Bah Digital Producer: Riham Mansour Sound Mixer: […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ahead of a meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia. The US State Department says they had ‘candid’ discussions that included human rights concerns and ending the war in Yemen. Ties between Washington and Riyadh have been strained in recent years. To get more on this, Al Jazeera correspondent Hashem Ahelbarra discusses live in the studio. – 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 #Aljazeeraenglish #news #saudiarabia #iran #us
