Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told his ministers to ‘share in the burden’ of sweeping budget cuts. His cabinet is meeting for a second day to discuss amendments to this year’s budget. Netanyahu wants to increase military spending to help finance the war on Gaza. The conflict could cost Israel 24 billion dollars this…
Ecuador’s police and military have taken back control of the country’s dangerous prisons. Dozens of staff held hostage by inmates have now been released. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Guayaquil, Ecuador. 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…
The US state of Iowa will formally kick off the national contest to choose the Republican presidential candidate on Monday. Voters will need to brave sub-zero temperatures to discuss who they want to be their next President. Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reports from Iowa’s capital, Des Moines. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on…
In London, thousands of demonstrators gathered at Trafalgar Square in support of Israel. The Israeli embassy organised the event. Al Jazeera’s Paul Brennan reports from Trafalgar Square. 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…
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for the establishment of a Palestinian state and a ceasefire in Gaza. In a news conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said “it is necessary to insist on the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders…
Demonstrators in Tel Aviv have held a 24-hour rally, to demand the release of captives held in Gaza. They expressed their anger at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – and his government’s handling of the crisis. Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat reports from Tel Aviv, Israel. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find…
In Nablus, Israeli forces stormed the campus of An-Najah University where students were staging a sit-in protest. Students are saying upwards of 25 of them have been arrested. The president of the university has recently said that all communications had been cut off in and around the campus. Additionally, all the students who were there…
All prison staff who were seized as hostages during prison riots in Ecuador amid a sharp uptick in violence have been freed, according to prison authorities. “Security protocols and the joint work of the police and the national army enabled the release of all the hostages who were being held in various prisons across the…
A volcanic eruption has forced hundreds of people to evacuate in southwestern Iceland yet again. Rescue workers are still assessing the exact location and the direction in which the lava is flowing. Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego 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:…
Over 100 days of bombs and destruction, some Palestinians in Gaza have returned to the ruins of where they once lived. It has become a way to gather together and console each other. One of those women is Umm al-Abd. She lost her home and many members of her family in an Israeli strike on…