The US State Department says there’s no way to safely evacuate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Rafah as the Israeli military prepares a ground invasion. “We don’t want to see Palestinians evacuated from Rafah unless it is to return to their homes. And we have made that quite clear to the government of Israel,” said spokesman Matthew Miller. “We don’t think there’s any effective way to evacuate 1.4 million Palestinians. There’s no way to conduct an operation in Rafah that would not lead to inordinate civilian harm and would severely hamper the delivery of humanitarian assistance. And that’s the point that we continue to make to them.” Al Jazeera’s […]
The US has reinstated oil sanctions against Venezuela’s government, arguing it has not met conditions to hold fair and competitive elections as negotiated with US envoys and the opposition last year. However, the US oil company Chevron will be allowed to continue a joint venture with the Venezuelan state oil company. Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor Lucia Newman 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 Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Venezuela #UnitedStates #VenezuelaOilSanctions #USsanctionsonVenezuela #NicolasMaduro #OilAndGas #2024VenezuelaElections #VenezuelaEconomicCrisis
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller was telling reporters the US ‘doesn’t dictate to any country what it must do’, when a reporter’s reply caused laughter in the press briefing room. 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: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
China and the United States have agreed to push to stabilise relations to avoid veering into conflict, but did not announce any major breakthroughs during a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Beijing. A roughly 30-minute meeting with Xi on Monday was Blinken’s final engagement on the closely watched trip, which included talks with China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu has more from Beijing, China. 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/ #AnthonyBlinken #XiJinping #USChinaTies #ChinaUSTalks #Blinken #USChinaRelations #AlJazeeraEnglish
When superpowers fall out, the rest of the world worries about what might happen next. So the visit to China by America’s top diplomat is being closely watched. The military and economic giants fail to see eye to eye on many vital issues. There’s rivalry and mistrust on both sides. But there’s also an acknowledgement, however hesitant, that the strategic rivals, need one another to further their own interests – both at home and abroad. So will Antony Blinken’s visit signal an improvement – or fuel divisions? Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom Guests: Einar Tangen, China affairs analyst and Senior Fellow, Taihe Institute. Natahsa Lindstaedt, Deputy Dean and Professor, University of Essex. […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held “candid, substantive, and constructive” talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing, the State Department said. Sunday’s talks marked the start of the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years as the rival superpowers aim to stabilise strained relations. “The Secretary emphasized the importance of diplomacy and maintaining open channels of communication across the full range of issues to reduce the risk of misperception and miscalculation,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said. Blinken invited Qin to Washington, DC to continue discussions, added Miller. Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu reports from Beijing, China. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow […]
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called the killing of Abu Akleh an “horrific tragedy”. In a statement on Twitter, Pelosi said a “thorough, objective investigation is needed now”. Addressing reporters in Washington, DC, US Department of State spokesman Ned Price called for an “immediate and thorough investigation and full accountability”. When asked whether the US would support an international investigation, Price repeated: “Israel has the wherewithal to conduct a thorough investigation”. Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett reports from the White House – 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/ #ShereenAbuAkleh #JusticeForShireen #UnitedStates
Russian troops are carrying out large-scale military drills in Belarus, as well as naval drills in the Black Sea near the border with Ukraine. Kyiv says the war games make navigating critical waterways “virtually impossible”. Al Jazeera’s @Charles Stratford reports from Kharkiv in eastern 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 #Ukraine #Russia #Invasion
