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Al Jazeera
6 days ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Iran targets US air base in Qatar
Iran targets US air base in Qatar Project Force On June 23, 2025, Iran launched a barrage of missiles at American bases in Qatar and Iraq, with only one managing to evade missile defence systems. What was Iran's intent, and will this alter the regional dynamic? Video Duration 02 minutes 58 seconds 02:58 Video Duration 03 minutes 00 seconds 03:00 Video Duration 03 minutes 23 seconds 03:23 Video Duration 03 minutes 03 seconds 03:03 Video Duration 02 minutes 55 seconds 02:55 Video Duration 03 minutes 18 seconds 03:18 Video Duration 02 minutes 57 seconds 02:57
Al Jazeera
7 days ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
The night Iran struck Qatar
The night Iran struck Qatar Bird's Eye View Al Jazeera Arabic Digital newsroom has gone behind the scenes – breaking down the events of that night, second by second. On the night of June 23rd, Iran launched the largest missile attack in Gulf history when it struck Qatar. Al Jazeera's Arabic Digital newsroom looks at crucial timings- including the 120 seconds it can take for a missile to breach airspace to impact. Video Duration 03 minutes 27 seconds 03:27 Video Duration 02 minutes 50 seconds 02:50 Video Duration 03 minutes 53 seconds 03:53 Video Duration 04 minutes 04 seconds 04:04 Video Duration 05 minutes 59 seconds 05:59 Video Duration 04 minutes 49 seconds 04:49 Video Duration 05 minutes 55 seconds 05:55
NHK
22-07-2025
- Politics
- NHK
Russia launches heavy strikes on Ukraine
Russia launched a heavy assault on Ukraine with missiles and drones from Sunday night into Monday morning. Officials in Kyiv reported the strikes killed one person and injured nine others. Ukrainian air force officials said Russia launched more than 20 missiles and nearly 430 drones. They saw drone damage and debris in 15 locations. The attack also damaged a subway station in the capital. Locals who work nearby said they remain anxious about attacks. One woman said she does not put much hope in a peace deal before the 50-day deadline that US President Donald Trump has given Moscow. She added: "Nothing will happen. If there is 50 days, places like train stations could be gone." A shop owner said he must repair his store again, "It is the third time this year to have damage." Ukraine proposed holding a new round of direct ceasefire talks with Russia, and Moscow responded positively. But Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said both sides' draft memorandums on a peace treaty are "diametrically opposed," and he noted that a large amount of diplomatic work remains to be done. He also mentioned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet Trump, if they both visit China at the same time. Putin's trip is planned for late August to early September.
Al Jazeera
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,244
Here is how things stand on Tuesday, July 22: Fighting A large-scale Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed two people and wounded 15, including a 12-year-old, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attack caused widespread damage, including when a drone hit the entrance to a subway station in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district, where people had taken cover. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 426 drones and 24 missiles in the overnight attack, making it one of Russia's largest aerial assaults in months. A Russian drone attack on Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region injured 11 people, including a five-year-old boy, Governor Oleh Hryhorov said on Telegram. Ukraine's Air Force said it downed or jammed 224 Russian drones and missiles, while another 203 drones disappeared from radars. The Russian Ministry of Defence said that Russian air defence systems downed 132 Ukrainian drones on Monday. The governor of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said that fragments of Ukrainian drones fell on a kindergarten and a fire station in the region's port city of Berdyansk but there were no casualties. Military aid Norway is ready to help fund the deployment of US Patriot missile systems for Ukraine's air defences, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told reporters at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin. The Netherlands will also make a 'substantial contribution' to the delivery of Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine, the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Monday, quoting the country's Minister of Defence Ruben Brekelmans. Zelenskyy wrote on X that 'a decision by French companies to begin manufacturing drones in Ukraine' is 'highly valuable'. Ukrainian Minister for Defence Denys Shmyhal said the country needs $6bn to close this year's defence procurement gap, in an online meeting with Western allies. The Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting of high-level military donors to Kyiv was led by the United Kingdom's defence secretary, John Healey, and his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and NATO leader Mark Rutte were among the attendees. Politics and diplomacy New talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place in Turkiye on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said in his daily public address, with more details to be released on Tuesday. 'A lot of diplomatic work lies ahead,' Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters earlier on Monday, commenting on the prospects for a breakthrough with Kyiv on ending the war. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot emphasised France's support to Ukraine in a surprise visit to Kyiv. Ukraine's security services detained an official from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine on accusations of spying for Russia. Italy's Royal Palace of Caserta cancelled a concert by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, a vocal backer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, after uproar from Ukraine and its supporters.
Al Jazeera
20-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,242
This is how things stand on Sunday, July 20: Fighting Russian forces launched a missile attack on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, killing two people and damaging 'an outpatient clinic, a school and a cultural institution', according to the central region's governor, Serhiy Lysak. Another Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa killed at least one person overnight and wounded six others, including six children, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces launched 'more than 300 strike drones and over 30 missiles' against Ukrainian cities during the overnight attack. The attacks also damaged critical infrastructure in the Sumy region, 'leaving several thousand families without electricity', the Ukrainian president added. In Russia, the Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, said early on Sunday that Russian air defences downed at least 15 Ukrainian drones heading for the capital. Russia's Ministry of Defence said early on Sunday that its air defence units destroyed 40 Ukrainian drones, including 21 over the Bryansk region, on the Ukrainian border. This came hours after the ministry said its air defence units shot down six missiles and 349 drones over Russian territory on Saturday. Earlier, Russia had to suspend trains for about four hours overnight in the southern Rostov region when it came under a Ukrainian drone attack, which injured one railway worker. The acting governor of the Rostov region, on Ukraine's eastern border, said Ukrainian drones had also caused fires and knocked down power lines. Politics and diplomacy Zelenskyy said Ukraine sent Russia a proposal offering a new round of peace talks to take place next week, after negotiations stalled last month. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Russia of deporting Ukrainians to Georgia and leaving them stranded there without proper documents, hundreds of miles from their home. He said Ukraine has brought back 43 people so far, but more people remain in 'difficult conditions' at the border. Earlier, Volunteers Tbilisi, an aid group, said at least 56 Ukrainians, mostly prisoners who completed their sentences and were subsequently ordered to leave Russia, were being held in 'inhumane' conditions in a basement near the Russian-Georgian border. India said it did not support 'unilateral sanctions' by the European Union, after Brussels imposed penalties on Russia that included a Rosneft oil refinery in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
