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Chadians furious after opposition leader’s mother, son killed

0 Phone lines and internet have been cut off in Chad’s capital Ndjamena after security forces stormed the home of opposition leader and presidential candidate Yaya Dillo, killing his mother and son. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque has more. – 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/ #Chad

France: Sarkozy found guilty of corruption, sentenced to prison

0 A Paris court has found Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president, guilty of corruption and influence peddling, sentencing him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. He is the second former president in modern France, after Jacques Chirac, to be convicted of corruption. The 66-year-old politician, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted on Monday for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 about a legal action in which he was involved. – 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/ #France #Sarkozy

Saudi Arabia thwarts missiles while Yemen’s Marib fighting rages

Saudi Arabia said it has intercepted and thwarted several aerial assaults by Houthi rebels in Yemen targeting the capital Riyadh and other southern cities. The attack came as Houthi rebels push forward in the northern Yemeni province of Marib. They launched an offensive against the Saudi-backed Yemeni government there in early February. Saturday was the most violent day yet. The Yemeni government has issued urgent calls for the Houthis to stop their offensive. They have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. Marib is already home to the largest concentration of displaced Yemenis Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find […]

Khashoggi ban: US to impose visa ban on 76 Saudi citizens

0 US President Joe Biden has warned Saudi Arabia “the rules are changing” in their relationship. It follows the release of a US intelligence report which accuses Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of approving the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But the US has stopped short of directly punishing MBS, and the kingdom has denounced the report as “false and unacceptable”. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports from Washington, DC, in the US. – 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 #KhashoggiBan #UnitedStates #SaudiArabia

UN general assembly addresses Myanmar military coup

0 Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations has made an emotional appeal on behalf of the overthrown government. He has urged the UN to take “all means necessary” to oppose the military coup, as police and soldiers crack down further on protesters. Al Jazeera’s Diplomatic Editor James Bays reports from the UN. – 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 #Myanmar #MilitaryCoup

Several dead as gang leader escapes in Haiti prison break

0 At least eleven people have been killed in a prison break in Haiti, including a police officer and a detention centre director. Witnesses say they saw heavily armed men shooting at prison guards before inmates started to run. Al Jazeera’s Homara Choudhary 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 #Haiti #Prison

Ecuador increases death toll in prison riots to 79

0 Police in Ecuador say riots have again broken out between gangs in a prison in the city of Guayaquil. This week has seen the worst prison violence in the country’s history, with at least 79 people killed. Police have released a video showing special units entering some prisons during the riots. Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon-Manley 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/ #Ecuador #EcuadorPrisonRiots #PrisonRiots

At least 75 dead in Ecuador prison riots, dozens injured

0 Riots have broken out at three separate prisons in Ecuador, leaving at least 75 inmates dead. Officials blamed the riots at detention facilities in the cities of Guayaquil, Cuenca and Latacunga on disputes between rival gangs. Hundreds of police are trying to regain control of the prisons , which are home to 70 percent of the country’s inmate population. Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon-Manley 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/ #Ecuador #EcuadorPrisonRiots #PrisonRiots

Long-serving Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani dies at 90

0 One of Saudi Arabia’s most influential oil ministers has died at the age of 90. Ahmed Zaki Yamani helped direct an oil embargo against the United States in the 1970s. Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat looks back at his global legacy. – 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

Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on UN convoy in DRC

0 Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an Italian policeman and their Congolese driver have been killed in an ambush on a World Food Programme convoy in the eastern DRC. Luca Attanasio was on a mission in North Kivu province, an area teeming with armed groups. No police or security forces accompanied them. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio expressed his “great dismay and immense sorrow” over the attack. Al Jazeera’s 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: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #DRCongo #WFP #LucaAttanasio