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Saudi fighter jet crashes in northern Yemen’s al-Jawf province

A series of air raids in northern Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition has killed at least 31 civilians. The attacks brought a rebuke from the UN humanitarian chief for Yemen, who called it “shocking”. The raids took place after Saudi Arabia confirmed one of its planes had crashed in the same region. Houthi rebels claim to have shot the plane down. Al Jazeera’s Nicola Gage 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 #SaudiArabia #Yemen

Coronavirus: Cruise ship passengers disembark in Cambodia

Passengers from a cruise ship turned away by four countries because of coronavirus fears have finally been allowed off in Cambodia. The ship had been at sea for two weeks, and the 2,000 passengers and crew had been tested to see if they were carrying the virus when it arrived on Wednesday. Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay reports from Sihanoukville where the ship arrived. He says the Cambodian government is prepared to let passengers into the country, even if they were found to be infected with the virus. – 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/ […]

Yemen’s Houthi rebels release Saudi attack video

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Sunday broadcast footage they said was of a major attack into Saudi Arabia that killed or wounded 500 soldiers with thousands of others surrendering. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesman, described an ambush on the Saudi forces that then developed into an “all-out” cross-border offensive that trapped the troops inside Saudi Arabia. “More than 200 were killed in dozens of [missile and drone] strikes while trying to escape or surrender,” Saree said. The fighting took place in the southern region of Najran with video images aired showing armoured vehicles hit by blasts and surrendering soldiers. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe […]

Iran’s Zarif arrives for surprise G7 talks, no plan to meet US

Iran’s top diplomat has arrived in France for surprise talks at the G7 summit, an official announced, as US President Donald Trump appeared to brush aside French efforts to mediate with Tehran. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif landed on Sunday in the French seaside town of Biarritz, where leaders of the G7 nations – the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan – are holding their annual gathering. French President Emmanuel Macron, the host of this year’s G7 summit, has been leading efforts to defuse tensions triggered by Trump’s decision to exit the internationally-brokered 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions against Tehran. Al Jazeera’s […]

Japan to remove South Korea from favoured trade list

It is a political standoff that has plunged relations between Japan and South Korea to their lowest levels in years. Japan says it will remove South Korea from its list of preferential trade partners after earlier deciding to drop Seoul’s fast-track export status. South Korea has promised a firm response. 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 #SouthKoreaJapan #TradeList

Americans shocked at New Zealand’s move towards gun control

In addition to sharing tributes online, people in the United States are surprised by how quickly New Zealand’s government appears to be moving on to the gun control debate after attacks on mosques in the country killed at least 50 people on Friday. 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/

🇺🇬 Ugandan pop star MP Bobi Wine arrested on arrival l Al Jazeera English

Ugandan pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine says he will keep fighting the government or “die trying”. He was speaking to large crowds of supporters outside his home near the capital Kampala after returning from the United States where he received medical treatment. Wine has been charged with treason, but thus far, it appears that government efforts to stop his political activism have only made him more popular. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports from 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

Marawi siege: Philippine army kills two pro-ISIL commanders

Two top Philippine commanders of an armed alliance that have declared loyalty to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), have been killed, according to authorities, in a major blow to an ongoing armed rebellion in the country’s south. Isnilon Hapilon, the top commander of the Abu Sayyaf Group and Omarkhayam Maute of the Maute Group, as well as seven of their fighters, were killed on Monday, after military forces launched a major operation in the besieged city of Marawi, General Eduardo Ano, the top military commander, said in a press conference. Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports from Marawi. – Subscribe to our channel: […]

🇺🇸 🇰🇵 Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea in UN speech

0 Donald Trump has stepped up his rhetoric against North Korea, threatening to “totally destroy” the country. In a highly combative debut speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, the US president mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his “depraved regime”. Al Jazeera’s Diplomatic Editor James Bays reports from the UN headquarters in 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/

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/