But al jazeera journalist shane blacklight was likely killed by israeli gunfire. But it said it will not pursue any criminal charges. Israeli army says theres a high possibility. Sharina was accidentally hit by its troops responding to fire on the palestinian government. Natasha gal name has more from rema. Not a surprise to serene family, not a surprise to the policy and authority, not a surprise to the palestinians that weve been speaking to and even not a surprise. Within the israeli public, it was predicted actually that criminal investigation would not be launched. The thinking being that with everyone in israel, having a Family Member who has either served or is serving in the Israeli Military, that even if a, an investigation was large, that would publicly name a folder and people would not would be loath to do that. There was also little precedent of in is really soldier being convicted. There was the case in 2016 were an israeli soldier, shot and killed a palestinian man who w
Its fascinating, it adds to the diversity, but ah, meads ah, well, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. Nasa has rolled out another launch attempt in the coming days for its ultimate one moon mission. The u. S. Space agency had to postpone the launch of its giant rocket for a 2nd time after a fuel lake. Now this is the leak is too complex to fix in a matter of dies launch period. 25 is definitely off the table. We wont be launching this period ends on tuesday. We will not be in launching in this launch period. Launch period 26 and 27 will really depend on the options that the team comes back with likely on monday or early tuesday morning. So our confidence comes through what were going to learn in this. When were ready to go back out there, well go back out there and try for another launch. The International Atomic Energy Agency says this upper region, Nuclear Power plants and ukraine has been disconnected from its last remaining external power line. But the facility is st
al jazeera. ah. type a picture of the headline 0 now to 0. china has lifted pandemic restrictions on foreign travel after almost 3 years. quarantines no longer required for inbound travelers, but several countries are demanding pre departure cove at 19 tests. but people heading abroad full as a surgeon, cases in china and recent weeks. out of the government abandoned it strict 0 coverage policy. katrina, you as more from beijing around 20 countries have added a screening requirements to any passengers coming from china. and most recently, portugal in the netherlands have joined the u. s. the u. k. in canada, for example, in requiring this and because of that, experts are predicting that countries in southeast asia who have not imposed any restrictions that they will be the main beneficiaries of chinese tourism in the next few weeks and months. but we have to remember that china has really been angry about these restrictions in place on chinese travelers. they ve called it pol
but it s not affecting the elderly greatly. harvard, ah, gets heavier, the fellow adrian said, i can hear it though. how the headlines on al jazeera ukrainians are celebrating orthodox christmas under the shadow of war fighting is continuing on the front climes despite a ceasefire called by russia s president vladimir putin. republican kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives of the 5 days of political stalemate. mccarthy s bid was blocked by hard line republicans who repeatedly voted against him. and now the hard work begins. what we do here to day next week, next month, next year, we ll set the tone for everything that follows. tonight. i want to talk directly to the american people, a speaker, the house, my ultimate responsibility is not to my party, my conference, or even our congress. my responsibility, our responsibility is to our country. the european union says that it s appalled after iran hanged to men for crimes committed during pr
from under the top stories on al jazeera republican, kevin mccarthy has lost a 6 throne of voting in his bid to be elected us house representative speaker is the 1st time in a 100 years that a nominee for house speaker has failed to be appointed on the 1st vote, congressional business cannot start until a speaker is elected. republicans have a narrow majority in the house, but mccarthy is facing opposition from hard line members within his own party. his 3 children. the world health organization says china isn t giving an accurate picture of the extent of it s covered 19 outbreak. on tuesday, china s top scientists presented data to un agency officials. the w chose emergency program director says beijing is under representing hospital admissions and deaths from the disease. there are certainly issues in terms of the criteria for recording and reporting debts attributable to call with dining. we believe that definition is too narrow, which requires the spiritual failure associ