After a gap of four years, the Kila Raipur Games known as Punjab’s Rural Olympics kicked off on Friday. The three-day competition sees hundreds of athletes compete in traditional, but also bizarre, sporting events. Al Jazeera’s Peter Stemmet 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/ #India #PunjabRuralOlympics #KilaRaipurGames
“This is not contested.” A spokesperson for the US State Dept. recently refused to say whether Palestinians are living under Israeli military occupation. Why is this problematic? @DalalIRIQAT explains. 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
At least 23 people have died in hundreds of forest fires in Chile. Nearly a thousand people have been injured as a blistering heatwave is complicating efforts to control the blazes. The fires are raging across the central-southern regions of Araucanía, Biobio and Nuble. The government has extended emergency orders. Al Jazeera’s Um-e-Kulsoom Shariff 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 #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Chile #wildfires
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says the ‘scale of the accident is significant’ after fire at an electrical substation left nearly 500,000 people without power. 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 #BreakingNews #AlJazeeraLive #Russia #UkraineWar #VladimirPutin #aljazeeraenglish #newsfeed #news #aljazera #latestnews #latestwhatsappstatus #ukrainewar #ukrainerussiawar #power #odessa
More than 40 people have been killed in northern Nigeria’s Katsina State after gunmen attacked a village and stole sheep and cattle. It is the latest violence ahead of the general election scheduled for February 25th. Lack of security, a key concern for voters, has become widespread in Nigeria. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Abuja, Nigeria. – 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 #Nigeria #violence #elections
Thousands of Israelis have braved heavy rain in Tel Aviv to protest against their government for a fifth consecutive Saturday. Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is the most right-wing in Israel’s history, and there is widespread anger about its proposals to weaken the powers of the Supreme Court. Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports from West Jerusalem. – 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 #Israel #Netanyahu #protests
Thirteen Palestinians have been wounded after an Israeli raid on a refugee camp near Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. It is the latest incident in an escalation of tensions in which thirty-six Palestinians and six Israelis have been killed since the start of the year. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Ramallah. 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 #Palestinians #Israel #Raid #Occupation #Missle #TearGas #Jericho #WestBank #Palestine #AqbatJabr
At least 13 Palestinians have been injured, two of them seriously, after Israeli forces fired bullets, missile and tear gas during a raid of the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho city in the occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Ramallah, the occupied West Bank. 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 #Palestinians #Israel #Raid #Occupation #Missle #TearGas #Jericho #WestBank #Palestine
The Indian stock exchange has imposed restrictions on the trading of shares of all companies owned by tycoon Gautam Adani. More than 100 billion dollars have been wiped off the value of his Adani Group after allegations of fraud. India’s government is denying links to the conglomerate. Al Jazeera’s Pavni Mittal reports from New Delhi, India. 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 #Adani #India #GautamAdani #Companies #AdaniGroup #Crisis #Stock #Shares #Government #Indian
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has defended a newly unveiled mega-prison. It is built to house thousands of alleged gang members. The so-called “Terrorism Containment Center” has been built outside Tecoluca, southeast of the capital, San Salvador. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher 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/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #Prison #Gang #Tecoluca #Gangs #President
