The Rhine River flows through six European countries and has been used to transport people and produce for thousands of years. But weeks of high temperatures and little or no rainfall have made it impassable for heavily laden ships. It is a main waterway for transporting coal, iron and other natural resources, and the lower the water level, the less cargo that can be carried on ships travelling its course. Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Cologne. 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
A hostage standoff in which a gunman demanded a Beirut bank let him withdraw his trapped savings has ended with the man’s surrender and no injuries. Authorities say 42-year-old Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein entered the Federal Bank in Beirut’s bustling Hamra district with a shotgun and a canister of gasoline and threatened to set himself on fire unless he was allowed to take out his money. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr has more from Beirut. 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
Dozens of people in Bangladesh have been injured in protests against a rise in the cost of fuel. It follows a price increase of up to 50 percent last week. The government is blaming global energy markets. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Dhaka. 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
Brazilian jiujitsu star Leandro Lo has been buried in Sao Paulo, after being shot dead in a nightclub on Sunday. The eight-time world champion’s death has caused shock and outrage in the martial arts community. Al Jazeera’s Monica Yanakiew has more from Rio de Janeiro. 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
A day after China announced it was extending its biggest military drills, Taiwan has carried out its own live-fire exercises to simulate defending the island against a possible attack. Tension has escalated since United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei last week – a move Beijing called a provocation. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi has more. 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
A late night roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan has struck a vehicle carrying members of the Pakistan Taliban, killing a senior leader and three other members of the group, several Pakistani officials and the group said. Abdul Wali, also known as Omar Khalid Khorasani, was a top commander of the Pakistan Taliban and was allegedly behind some of the deadliest attacks in recent years. 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
China’s foreign minister has walked out before the start of a gala dinner at the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting. Earlier in the day, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the meeting he hoped Beijing would not “manufacture a crisis” about Taiwan. Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi has more from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 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
Germany is gearing up to become the world’s third-largest military spender after the United States and China. As NATO members ramp up military spending after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a German parliamentary report has suggested the German military is lacking everything from heavy equipment to warm underwear. Critics have pointed out that the country has already increased its military spending by 55 percent in the past eight years, and they propose that efficiency, not money, is the problem. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen has more from Berlin. 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 […]
Nigeria is ramping up efforts to finish the construction of a pipeline that will help deliver its gas to Europe. It’s also trying to triple its reserves as prices and demand for gas surge due to the conflict in Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Port Harcourt. 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/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Nigeria #Construction #Gas #GasCrisis #GasPrices #Europe #Demand #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar
The head of Iran’s atomic agency says his country has the ability to produce a nuclear bomb, but doesn’t plan to, according to an Iranian media outlet. Mohammad Eslami’s remarks come as Tehran confirms it has responded to a European Union proposal aimed at salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem 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/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Iran #NuclearBomb #NuclearWar #EuropeUnion #EU #IranNuclear
