Mexico-US illegal crossings: Surge in crossings overwhelm border patrol

Mexico-US illegal crossings: Surge in crossings overwhelm border patrol

A record-breaking surge of illegal crossings along the US-Mexico border is overwhelming the Border Patrol. More than 10,000 migrants have crossed daily in recent days – largely into the southwestern states of Texas and Arizona. Al Jazeera’s Julia Galiano reports from Mexico City. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us…

Israeli forces target Palestinian paramedics | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

Israeli forces target Palestinian paramedics | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

Israel’s army is preventing Palestinian medics from transporting the wounded in Jenin, a city in the occupied West Bank which has faced the biggest Israeli raids since the Gaza war began. Ambulance staff say their own lives are at risk as they try to save the lives of others. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow…

Israeli forces bulldoze cemetery in eastern Gaza, crushing the dead

Israeli forces bulldoze cemetery in eastern Gaza, crushing the dead

Warning that this report contains disturbing images. Bulldozers of the Israeli occupation forces have destroyed the Sheikh Shaban cemetery in as-Saha neighbourhood in eastern Gaza. The dead have been exhumed and crushed under the bulldozers … it is not the first time the occupation forces bulldozed cemeteries – destroying graves, exhuming the dead bodies, and…

Seeking asylum in the UK: Application backlog reaches record high

Seeking asylum in the UK: Application backlog reaches record high

The UK’s backlog of dealing with refugee claims is at its highest this year. It’s a hot political issue that’s threatened to derail the government. The delays can have a devastating impact on families seeking asylum. Al Jazeera spoke to a Sudanese woman desperate to be reunited with her sons. Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports…

India floods: Hundreds stranded after ‘record rain’ in Tamil Nadu

India floods: Hundreds stranded after ‘record rain’ in Tamil Nadu

More than 20 people have been killed and hundreds of others displaced by floods in several districts in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The met department says unprecedented rains dumped more than 20 times the volume of water usually seen during this time of year bringing life to a standstill. Al Jazeera’s Minelle…

Millions in Niger are facing hardship over coup-related sanctions

Millions in Niger are facing hardship over coup-related sanctions

It has been nearly five months since the coup in Niger ousted president Mohammed Bazoum. The military takeover resulted in sanctions imposed by the regional bloc ECOWAS, including border closures and trade restrictions. They have led to hyperinflation for millions of people already struggling with food shortages. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from the capital…

Israel-Hezbollah conflict intensifies, but largely confined to border area

Israel-Hezbollah conflict intensifies, but largely confined to border area

Israel is stepping up its military operations – air attacks striking deeper into Lebanon. Overnight, it targeted a site in the Iqlim al-Tuffah region approximately 20km (12 miles) from the border, an area where Hezbollah has military assets. That could have been in response to Hezbollah firing surface-to-air missiles that exploded close to Israeli helicopters…

Red Crescent ambulance centre under siege in Jabalia, southern Gaza

Red Crescent ambulance centre under siege in Jabalia, southern Gaza

Nebal Farsakh, a media communications officer at the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), has told Al Jazeera that her organisation’s ambulance centre in Gaza’s Jabalia has been under siege for two days. “There is artillery shelling, and gunfire has been going on from the Israeli occupation forces since yesterday. There is no way anyone can…