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
Chile’s Congress has extended a state of emergency in the Araucania region. Armed Indigenous groups there have declared war against the state and big business. They are demanding the restoration of their ancestral lands, and self-determination. It is a stern test for President Gabriel Borich, just months into his first term. Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor @Lucia Newman reports from Santiago, Chile. – 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 #Chile #IndigenousGroups #Indigenous #ChileCongress #Araucania #Santiago
Defending Ukrainian troops will have to withdraw from the embattled city of Severodonetsk, the governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region has said, after weeks of fierce fighting against Russian forces in the strategic city. Al Jazeera’s @Charles Stratford has more 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 #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Severodonetsk #Russia
The war in Ukraine was high on the agenda of this week’s BRICS meeting. The host, Chinese president Xi Jinping, criticised what he described as the abuse of international sanctions. It was also the first major diplomatic appearance of Russian President Vladimir Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s @Katrina Yu reports from Beijing, China. – 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 #BRICS #Russia #China #Ukraine
Rwanda’s Foreign Minister is calling for a de-escalation in tension, along its border with Democratic Republic of Congo. On Friday a Congolese soldier was killed in an exchange of fire at the crossing. The neighbours have had a strained relationship for decades. Al Jazeera’s @Alexi O’Brien 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 #DRCongo #Rwanda
China has warned the US president not to underestimate Beijing’s resolve on Taiwan. Joe Biden said he’d intervene, militarily, to defend the island from any invasion. He spoke in Tokyo – on an Asia trip he hopes will firm up relations with allies. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Tokyo. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #US #China #Taiwan #Japan
As the funeral of a 17-year-old begins in the village of Kufr Dan, in the occupied West Bank, the UN Secretary General has called for ‘maximum restraint’ and for Israeli and Palestinian authorities to work to preserve calm amid the escalating violence in the Occupied West Bank. Six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since Wednesday. Al Jazeera’s @Nida Ibrahim reports from the Occupied West Bank. – 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 #OccupiedWestBank #Israel
The Red Cross says more than 6,000 people have fled into western Uganda. Fighting between the M23 rebel group and the army in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has sent thousand on the run. Nine years ago, M23 took control of swaths of territory along the DRC border with Rwanda, but was defeated in 2014 with the help of a peacekeeping mission. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb 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/ #DRCongo #Uganda
With the war in Ukraine, Pakistan’s ties with Russia are in the spotlight. In recent weeks, Prime Minister Imran Khan lashed out at foreign envoys who asked him to condemn the invasion. But while Khan plans to build a gas pipeline worth billions of dollars with Moscow, its major trading partners remain the US and EU. Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports from Islamabad. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Pakistan #Ukraine #Russia
The US has imposed new sanctions on North Korea after Pyongyang launched its largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile. Kim Jong Un says he is preparing for a long-standing confrontation with the US and expanding its nuclear war deterrent. Al Jazeera’s @Florence Looi 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 #NorthKorea #UnitedStates #ICBM
