00:00Resident of the Saudi Arabian capital Riart reported seeing flames and black smoke near
00:04the city's King Khalid International Airport, hours after air raids alerts were issued.
00:10Dutch riot police have clashed with around 500 far-right protesters in the center of
00:14The Hague after violence erupted at an anti-immigration rally.
00:20Colombian megastar Shakira has kick-started her first of 12 concerts in Madrid, marking
00:25the first time the global sensation has performed in Spain in eight years.
00:31Residents of the Saudi Arabian capital Riart reported seeing flames and black smoke near
00:35the city's King Khalid International Airport on Saturday, hours after local authorities
00:40had issued an air raid alert.
00:43Video footage circulating on social media appears to show large plumes of black smoke billowing
00:48above the airport, which plane tracking site Flightradar24 says is experiencing major problems.
00:54Residents of the capital reported seeing several fire extinguishing teams deployed to the site
00:59to put out the blaze, while more crews were dispatched to respond to a nearby burning fuel
01:04truck.
01:05The Saudi civil defense had sent an overnight alert to residents in several parts of the
01:09country, warning of potential danger and advising people to remain indoors and away from
01:14windows, which were lifted in the hours that followed.
01:17The incident comes amid an uptick in attacks from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, which declared
01:23a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea in July.
01:31Dutch riot police have clashed with around 500 far-right protesters in the center of the
01:36Hague after violence erupted at an anti-immigration rally.
01:41Demonstrators threw fireworks and other projectiles at offices, while some shouted anti-Semitic chants
01:46and performed Nazi sermons.
01:49Police used baton charges, specialist dogs and water cannons to disperse the crowd.
01:56The We Are The People rally had been organized against government policies on immigration and
02:00asylum.
02:03Protesters had planned to march through the city, but authorities banned the procession and
02:07ordered the crowd to disperse after clashes broke out at Malewild Park.
02:13Justice Minister David van Veyer condemned what he called disgusting scenes and demanded
02:18an extremely firm response to violence against police and hate speech.
02:24The unrest followed similar violence during a far-right-wing demonstration in The Hague
02:28last year.
02:33Tehran recently presented two contrasting images of Iranian society.
02:38On the same day, first, thousands of women took part in a 10-kilometer race, with many
02:43runners amongst them without headscarves, openly defying Iran's mandatory hijab rules.
02:48The strict enforcement of these rules recently led to the death in police custody of 22-year-old
02:53Mahsa Amini, which sparked nationwide protests, while countless others faced heavy fines and
02:58imprisonment.
03:00However, around the same time on Friday, state media broadcasted a military parade featuring
03:05more than 300,000 women and male supporters of the Islamic Republic marching through
03:10central Tehran as part of a state rally.
03:13During the march, women in full hijab displayed their loyalty to the regime by carrying machine
03:18guns.
03:21Four years after the Women Life Freedom Movement, more Iranian women are appearing in public without
03:25mandatory hijab, even as authorities continue to implement the law.
03:36Colombian megastar Shakira kick-started her first of a series of concerts in Madrid, where
03:41she will end her tour and marks her first performance in Spain in eight years since her
03:46split from former footballer husband Gerard Pique.
03:49The 49-year-old Hips Don't Lie and Waka Waka singer performed to a crowd of over 50,000 people
03:55at the pop-up Shakira Stadium, erected in the south of the Spanish capital for her 12 scheduled
04:00shows.
04:01She's performing a curated list of 25 songs, which include some of her biggest hits, and
04:07also her latest album, the 12th release of her illustrious career, and concerts that
04:11last roughly two hours.
04:14Her return to Madrid also comes after she was ordered to pay a 7.3 million euro fine in 2023,
04:20as part of an agreement with Spanish courts, in which she pleaded guilty to avoid having to
04:25stand trial for tax fraud.
04:27Addressing her fans and overwhelmed by her return to Spain following her messy and highly
04:31public divorce, an emotional Shakira said, quote,
04:34do you know, there's nothing like a she-wolf being reunited with her pack.
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