US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that talks between Israel and Lebanon will take place on Thursday, writing that he is "trying to get a little breathing room" between the two countries, though he did not specify which leaders would be participating.
Mohamad Elmasry, political analyst and professor of media studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, told Al Jazeera that Israel has "every intention" of taking over territory south of the Litani River — 10 to 14 percent of Lebanese territory — as part of a "greater Israel project" that is mainstream in Israeli society, noting that even centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid said three weeks ago that Israel's borders are "based on the Bible."
Elmasry warned that Israel is asking the Lebanese state to disarm Hezbollah despite having worked with the US to ensure the Lebanese state remains weak, calling this an unrealistic demand.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reported from Beirut that a Lebanese official source said "we don't have any information" about the possibility of talks, reflecting deep division in Lebanon over direct engagement with Israel at a time when Israeli attacks continue.
Khodr noted that Israel has established five hilltop positions inside Lebanese territory since the 2024 ceasefire and has not withdrawn, with 90,000 people still unable to return to frontline villages.
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Cuba is facing severe power and fuel shortages as the United States tightens its decades-old embargo. The island has been enduring rolling blackouts and a near-total fuel blockade now in its fourth month, forcing residents to cook with charcoal and queue for hours in sweltering heat for scarce transport. State-controlled economy struggles have been aggravated by more than six decades of US trade and financial sanctions, leaving cities like Alamar in darkness and many Cubans spending more time waiting for buses than at work.
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Havana, Cuba.
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Farmers in Sinaloa, Mexico’s breadbasket, say fertiliser costs have surged as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been disrupted, squeezing already thin margins. Prices are about 50% higher than when the conflict began, with diesel cushioned by subsidies amid persistent droughts and weak global maize prices.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Sinaloa, Mexico.
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Nigeria’s defence minister has attended the funeral of several senior military officers killed in a surge of Boko Haram attacks in the northeast. The officers were laid to rest in Maiduguri, as armed groups intensify violence across the region. On Monday, Boko Haram fighters stormed an army base in Monguno, north of Maiduguri, killing a commander and six soldiers.
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Gubio in northeastern Nigeria.
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Countries across Africa are facing rising fuel prices due to global supply disruptions. From Malawi to Mozambique, shortages are affecting transport and daily life. In Kenya, diesel prices have surged by a record 24 percent, increasing pressure on businesses and households. The crisis highlights the continent’s vulnerability to global energy shocks.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Nairobi.
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International donors have pledged more than 1.5 billion dollars' worth of aid for Sudan at a conference in the German capital, Berlin. But the Sudanese government says it rejects any outcome of the meeting because it wasn't consulted.
Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Berlin.
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Crowds have gathered in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, to welcome Pope Leo XIV as he begins a three-day visit.
Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Yaounde.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo government and M23 rebels are holding peace talks in Genava. Mediated by the US, Qatar, and the United Nations. There is a hope that the talks could end widespread violence in the country.
Al Jazeera’s Alain Uaykani reports from Goma, in North Kivu province.
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At least eight children have been killed after a teenage student opened fire at a school in southeastern Turkiye. Police say a teacher is also dead. The attack comes a day after a separate school shooting in a nearby province injured 16 people.
Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu reports from Istanbul.
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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, joins Al Jazeera live from Tunis. She says her findings indicate torture in Israeli prisons is systematic and institutionalised, citing evidence of abuse, legal protection for perpetrators, and calling for sanctions and international prosecutions.
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In this episode of This is America, hosted by Anna Burns‑Francis, Al Jazeera examines how the Strait of Hormuz has become the new front line in the US–Iran war, and why Washington is now betting on economic pressure rather than air power to force Tehran back to the table. After six weeks of US and Israeli strikes failed to secure a breakthrough – and 21 hours of talks in Islamabad ended without a deal – the President has ordered a naval blockade designed to choke off Iran’s main source of income: oil and gas exports flowing through one of the world’s most strategic waterways.
From our Washington, DC bureau to the White House and Wall Street, the programme tracks how this marks a sharp shift from the administration’s earlier, often confusing objective of keeping oil prices low by easing restrictions on Iranian barrels already at sea. Alan Fisher reports live from the White House on a strategy that aims to turn the Strait of Hormuz – through which roughly 20 percent of global oil and 30 percent of fertiliser trade normally pass – into an economic pressure point. By stopping new Iranian cargoes while insisting other traffic can flow, the US hopes to raise the cost of Tehran’s control over the strait, sap its foreign‑currency earnings and walk into any second round of talks with a stronger hand, even if that risks US Navy ships coming face‑to‑face with Iranian forces or proxies.
At the Watergate Exxon station, Richard Gaisford takes the temperature of everyday Americans now paying close to six dollars a gallon. Voters tell This is America they are being asked to absorb “short‑term pain for long‑term gain” as fuel and food prices rise, disposable incomes shrink and talk of “mutually assured economic pain” stops being an abstract phrase and starts showing up on household budgets. From the New York Stock Exchange, Kristen Saloomey explains why markets have so far rallied on strong corporate earnings and hopes of a quick resolution, even as higher energy costs push up inflation and dash expectations of interest‑rate cuts – prompting warnings from the IMF that a prolonged conflict risks tipping the global economy towards recession.
In the studio, economist Alan Tonelson and former US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs PJ Crowley join Anna Burns‑Francis to unpack what a full‑scale naval blockade really means in practice – and in law. They compare the President’s use of a “quarantine‑style” tactic, rarely deployed since the Cuban missile crisis and more recently in Venezuela, with previous sanctions campaigns against Iran, asking whether a coercive but reversible tool can really deliver concessions on nuclear enrichment, missiles and regional proxies. The discussion weighs the assumption that a $31 trillion US economy can endure more pain than Iran’s far smaller, sanction‑hardened system, and explores how Tehran might respond with asymmetrical tactics – from mines and drones in the Gulf to renewed Houthi harassment of Red Sea shipping – that could close off alternative routes.
Manuel Rapalo returns to analyse how US media outlets and online commentators are framing this new phase: as decisive economic statecraft, as “a blockade of a blockade” that could entangle more countries, or as a high‑risk gamble that underestimates Iran’s ability to ride out pressure. Alex Baird rounds up the social‑media reaction, from triumphant claims that Iran is “in a box” and days away from economic collapse, to critics warning of “economic terrorism”, blowback for China as Iran’s main oil buyer, and fears that maximalist demands leave both sides locked into a long test of endurance neither can easily escape.
This is America asks whether the White House’s shifting strategy in the Strait of Hormuz brings the war closer to an end – or merely deepens a dangerous experiment in economic warfare that could redraw the geopolitics of energy far beyond Iran’s shores.
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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is under growing political pressure over the country's ties to Israel.
On Tuesday, the government suspended a military cooperation agreement between the two countries, in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the past month.
Now opponents are accusing Meloni of failing to stand up to Israel over its genocidal war on Gaza.
A recent speech in parliament by MP Angelo Bonelli accusing the prime minister of “political cowardice” has gone viral.
Bonelli told Al Jazeera that civil society protests in Italy played a big role in piling pressure on the Italian government to cease its agreement with Israel.
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In Iraq, people are feeling the cost of the Iran war in their daily lives.
The price of food and other basic goods has risen sharply, as land and maritime trade routes in the region become more hazardous.
A reduction in oil output has also led to a shortage of gas for cooking.
Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Baghdad, Iraq.
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Sugar is sweet, seductive, addictive - but built on human suffering. This two-part series reveals how an enticing luxury became the engine of a global system powered by slavery, exploitation and environmental destruction, a legacy still shaping the world today.
From the 19th-century slave plantations to modern refineries in the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Reunion, India, South Africa and Europe, the series traces how sugar fuelled colonial empires, drove some of the worst aspects of international trade and commerce, and left deep social and ecological scars that are still present in labour abuses and exhausted landscapes today.
Combining powerful testimony, rare archival material, expert interviews, and on-the-ground reporting, the series exposes the true cost of our centuries-long obsession with sugar, while at the same time spotlighting communities fighting to reclaim land, dignity and fair means of production.
The series asks a crucial question: have we ever really escaped the bitter curse behind the world’s sweetest commodity?
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US Central Command (CENTCOM) says the blockade applies only to vessels entering and exiting Iranian ports.
But how is the blockade being implemented?
Al Jazeera’s Um-e-Kulsoom Shariff explains.
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Israel's alliance with the European Union is under mounting political pressure.
Behind the shift are demands to suspend the main agreement underpinning their close relations.
But their ties survived Israel's genocide in Gaza - so why the difficulties now?
Presenter: James Bays
Guests:
Barry Andrews -- Member of the European Parliament
Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff -- former EU ambassador to the occupied Palestinian territories
Eve Geddie -- Director of the European Institutions Office at Amnesty International
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Diplomatic efforts to end the war between the US, Israel and Iran are intensifying.
A Pakistani delegation arrived in the Iranian capital a short while ago.
Sources tell Al Jazeera it’s tied to a major breakthrough on the nuclear front.
Al Jazeera’s Osama bin Javaid has more.
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