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The Ireland women’s basketball team refused to shake hands with their Israeli opponents during a EuroBasket 2025 qualifier in Latvia. Ireland made the decision after an Israeli player made allegations of anti-Semitism against them. 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…

US President Joe Biden has hit back at a special counsel report that makes damning assertions about his memory. The report concluded Biden would not face charges for mishandling classified materials. But went on to say his memory was ‘hazy’. Biden criticised the claims, as well as assertions he couldn’t remember when his son died….

Since Israel’s announcement of its intention to expand the ground invasion to Rafah city, we’ve been seeing a surge in bombardment, a significant intensity in scale and level of destruction. In central Gaza, a large number of people were reportedly killed after the bombing of a residential area. Civil defence members couldn’t reach the site…

US President Joe Biden accidentally referred to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the “president of Mexico”. Biden was speaking to journalists after a report into his handling of classified documents found the president’s memory was ‘severely limited’. 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…

Palestinian medics targeted by Israelis; hospitals disrupted. Plea for foreign intervention. Blockades worsen situation. Medical workers in Gaza are under attack, as Israeli forces have deliberately shot and injured them while they were on duty. The shortage of medical personnel at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis has made it difficult to treat sick and injured…

Ukraine’s president has removed the head of the army, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was time for changes in the military leadership, but he wants Zaluzhnyi to ‘remain on his team’. Rumours of a rift between the two men have been circulating for several weeks. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Kyiv. Subscribe to…

Former Chilean president Sebastian Pinera is lying-in-state in Santiago two days after he died in a helicopter crash. The public has been paying their respects ahead of on Wednesday night. A state funeral set to be held on Friday. Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor Luciia Newman reports in Chile’s capital. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe…

The only anti-war candidate in Russia’s upcoming elections will not be allowed to run for president. But Boris Nadegin says he will challenge the ruling at the supreme court. Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova reports from Moscow . 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:…

Gaza’s kidney patients face a dialysis crisis at jam-packed hospitals. The health ministry there is warning more than a thousand patients are at risk of kidney failure. Al Jazeera’s Hind Al Khoudary reports from Al Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza. 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…

A funeral has been held for the senior commander of an Iran-backed group, killed during a US air strike in Baghdad. The mourners chanted anti-American slogans and called on their parliament to remove US soldiers from Iraq. Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdel-wahed reports from the Iraqi capital. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter…