Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have blocked roads across the country after he lost Sunday’s election. Former leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won by a little more than 1 percent. Bolsonaro has still not publicly conceded defeat. Al Jazeera’s @Teresa Bo reports from Luziania in Brazil. – 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 #Politics #Brazil #Pro-Bolsonaro #Elections #JairBolsonaro #LuladaSilva
Russia is stepping up efforts to capture the eastern town of Bakhmut. It sits on the main road leading to the Ukrainian-held cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk. As Al Jazeera’s @Assed Baig reports, if Bakhmut falls, it could bring other areas within the range of Russian artillery. – 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 #Ukrainewar #Russia #Ukraine
How to deal with Brazil’s criminal organisations has been one of the campaign issues. In poor neighbourhoods, police crackdowns have left many dead. Al Jazeera’s @Teresa Bo reports from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. – 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 #Brazil #elections #crime #gangs
Ukraine says wet weather and difficult terrain is complicating its advance in the southern Kherson region. Kyiv’s forces are piling pressure on Russian troops. But the prospect of another battlefield setback for President Vladimir Putin has fuelled fears the Kremlin could use a nuclear weapon. Al Jazeera’s @Harry Fawcett reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. – 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 #Ukrainewar #Ukraine #Russia
Russian army admits situation in Southern Ukraine’s Kherson region is ‘very difficult’ and ‘tense’. Ukrainian forces pushing Russian forces out in a counteroffensive to retake occupied Kherson area. Ukrainian forces have pushed Russian troops along the Dnipro River, threatening to trap them. Russia is struggling to keep regions it claimed last month as Ukrainian forces stage a push back. Kherson is one of the first regions to fall to Russia since it began its invasion on February 24. Russia has attacked Ukraine’s capital and several other cities, targeting critical infrastructure. – 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 […]
With intense fighting taking place in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, more foreign fighters have joined the war, including some veterans of the Chechen wars. They are fighting alongside the Ukrainians against what they consider to be their common foe. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Soledar and Bakhmut are key targets in a push to recapture areas annexed by Russia. Al Jazeera’s @Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. – 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 #Ukrainewar #Ukraine #Russia #military
The Ukrainian military has retaken control of dozens of villages in the south of the country, but it says Russian forces are pushing back against its counteroffensive. Despite the fighting, Ukrainian civilians have begun returning to their destroyed homes. Al Jazeera’s @Charles Stratford met some of them in Arkhanhelske, in the Kherson region, Ukraine. – 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 #Ukrainewar #Ukraine #Russia
NATO defence ministers have discussed how to prepare for a potential Russian nuclear attack against Ukraine and maximise the alliance’s nuclear deterrent. “NATO’s nuclear deterrence preserves peace, prevents coercion and deters aggression,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said after the gathering in Brussels. Putin’s “nuclear rhetoric is dangerous and irresponsible”, he said. Ministers of 29 of the 30 alliance’s member states took part in a classified meeting of the so-called “Nuclear Planning Group” to assess the latest developments and threats by Putin. France, currently the only nuclear power in the EU, abstained from the consultations as usual since it relies on the principle of “nuclear independence”. Al Jazeera’s Natasha Butler has […]
It is not just the Zaphorizhzhia power plant fuelling nuclear fears in Ukraine. People there are preparing in case Russia launches a nuclear attack. This comes despite United States President Joe Biden saying he doubts Vladmir Putin would use such a weapon. Al Jazeera’s @Rory Challands reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. – 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 #Russia #Ukraine #Ukrainewar #nuclearweapon
The battle in eastern Ukraine is intensifying as the country’s forces try to advance into the Luhansk region. Thousands of Russian troops have retreated from the area in recent days, leaving behind considerable destruction in villages and forests. Al Jazeera’s @Charles Stratford drove to the front-line village of Torske, Ukraine. Warning: viewers may find some images disturbing. – 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 #Ukraine #Ukrainewar #Russia #ukrainerussiawar
