More than 6,000 villagers have been forced to leave rural communities within a six-kilometre (3.7-mile) radius of the Mayon volcano’s crater in northeastern Albay province in the Philippines. Officials on Saturday said thousands more need to be moved to safety from the permanent danger zone amid another threat: monsoon rains that could be unleashed by an approaching typhoon. Authorities warned that Typhoon Guchol, which is approaching the Philippines from the Pacific but is projected to skirt the archipelago, may still dump heavy rains – unwelcome news for those living near Mayon’s slopes. “There’s a typhoon and floodwaters may rush down Mayon and swamp this village. That’s one of our fears,” […]
More than 400 wildfires are burning across Canada, making it one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory. The eastern province of Quebec was hit by more than 130 wildfires but a change in the weather seems to be helping firefighters contain them. Al Jazeera’s Gaybriel Elizondo reports from Roberval Quebec, Canada. – 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 #WildFires #Canada
Four children have been found alive, 40 days after the plane they were travelling in crashed in the Colombian rainforest. The single-engine plane they were flying in crashed into the jungle in the southern Caqueta province of the Amazonas region on May 1. People in Colombia are calling their survival “a miracle”. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti has this update from the capital, Bogota. – 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 #Colombia #PlaneCrash #Survivors #Cessna206
Israeli forces have injured dozens of Palestinians in a rare raid in Ramallah. Soldiers were sent to demolish the home of a man accused of carrying out two bombings. They opened fire at people who were protesting. Two journalists are among the injured. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim has more from Ramallah in 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 #WestBank #Israel #Palestine #OccupiedWestBank #Raid #Ramallah
Brazil has lost one of its musical icons. Astrud Gilberto became a global star after releasing her 1964 rendition of The Girl from Ipanema. With her smooth and laid-back singing style, she introduced the wider world to Brazilian bossa nova. Take a look back at one of Brazil’s biggest musical exports ever. Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor Lucia Newman 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 #Brazil #AstrudGilberto
Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Poland on the 34th anniversary of the eastern European country’s first post-war democratic election – a march the liberal opposition billed as a test of its ability to end nearly eight years of nationalist rule later this year. The enormous anti-government march in the capital Warsaw on Sunday was attended by citizens travelling from across the country to voice their anger at the right-wing administration. protests come ahead of elections in which the governing party is seen as the likely favourite to win. Al Jazeera’s Nadim Baba 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 […]
Three Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack near Egypt’s border after a gunman wearing an Egyptian police uniform opened fire – the first deadly exchange along the demarcation in more than a decade. Israeli and Egyptian authorities have opened a joint investigation. Al Jazeera Willem Marx reports from West Jerusalem. 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 #Egypt #Israel #Border #Shooting
Hundreds of people are reported to be trapped in a gold mine in Ghana. Many of them came out but were arrested for working underground “illegally”. Families of those held by police have called their arrest “cruel”. The country’s southern Ashanti region is known for its mining industry. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez Hoda-Yan 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/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Ghana #Miners #Humanrights #Ashanti
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko says he is being “illegally held” by security forces. Sonko has called on his supporters to protest, leading to fierce fighting between demonstrators and police in some neighbourhoods in Senegal’s capital. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Dakar, Senegal. – 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 #Senegal #Protest #OusmaneSonko #Dakar
Archaeologists in Egypt are examining exciting new findings in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara. They have discovered human and animal mummification workshops and two previously unknown tombs. Al Jazeera’s Barbara Angopa 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 #Egypt #deathrites
