It is hard to escape the worsening economic crisis gripping Lebanon. Jobs are scarce and food and fuel are growing ever more expensive as the currency’s value tumbles. There is a financial lifeline, though, from Lebanon’s expats. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, Lebanon. – 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 #Lebanon #EconomicCrisis
The United Kingdom’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is heading towards the Asia Pacific on a six-month mission being described as the most significant deployment of its kind in decades. The move has angered China, which sees it as an intrusion into the South and East China seas. And as Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from the South Korean port city of Busan, the mission is fuelling debate among Asian nations about building their own carriers. – 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 #SouthKorea #UnitedKingdom #AircraftCarrier
Kenya is hosting the World Rally Championship after a 19-year gap. Its world-famous Safari Rally was once known to be one of the toughest in the world. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports from Nairobi, Kenya. – 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 #Kenya #WorldRallyChampionship
Russia has warned it will target foreign warships that test its territorial claims in waters off Crimea. It follows a tense confrontation in the Black Sea on Wednesday. The Kremlin says it fired warning shots at a British warship that entered its waters. The United Kingdom insists it was acting legally. Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull 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 #Russia #UnitedKingdom #BlackSea #Warships
There has been a movement to ban the fighting of roosters in Mexico. But for many involved, it is part of the country’s national identity and a source of employment. About three million fights are held every year, and promoters are wary of allowing filming. But Al Jazeera gained access, in the city of Pachuca, to what organisers say is this year’s biggest fighting event. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
People in Madagascar are on the verge of starvation after the worst drought in 40 years. The UN’s food agency says there’s a desperate need for aid, with malnutrition more than doubling in the past four months. Al Jazeera’s Alexi O’Brien reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
The United Nations’ special representative for Afghanistan has warned of increased instability after recent military gains by the Taliban. On Monday, its fighters captured the Imam Sahib district in northern Kunduz province. Violence has escalated since the United States announced plans to withdraw its troops by September. Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor James Bays reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Afghanistan #Kunduz #Taliban
Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven is facing the choice of either resigning or calling a snap election, after losing a no-confidence vote in Parliament. The vote was triggered after the governing coalition fell apart in a dispute over proposed rent reforms. Al Jazeera’s Paul Brennan reports. – Subscribe to our channel: – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and liberation hero, has died at a military hospital in Lusaka where he was being treated for pneumonia, his son, Kambarage, said on Thursday. He was 97. Kaunda ruled Zambia from 1964, when the southern African nation won its independence from Britain, until 1991, and afterwards become one of Africa’s most committed activists against HIV/AIDS. “I am sad to inform (members) we have lost Mzee. Let’s pray for him,” Kambarage said on the late president’s Facebook page. The former president had been feeling unwell and had been admitted to the Maina Soko Medical Centre in Lusaka earlier this week. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa has more […]
Armed with shovels, buckets and determination, entire families of fortune seekers have travelled from across South Africa to a small village in the country’s east in search of what they believe to be diamonds. It started when a herdsman dug up a huge crystal-like stone in the small village of of KwaHlathi in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. However, geologists have not yet confirmed whether it is a precious diamond. Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #SouthAfrica #kwaHlathi #DiamondRush
