Pogba rubbishes reports of him quitting France football over Macron's "Islamist Terrorism" remark
Star footballer Paul Pogba on Monday rubbished reports of him quitting playing international football for France over French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on “Islamist Terrorism”.
Earlier, several media reports had suggested that Pogba had reportedly quit international football after comments from French President Emmanuel Macron alleging that Islam was the source of international terrorism.
And the French government’s decision to honour the teacher who published offensive images of the prophet Muhammad, which Pogba reportedly resented, was also said to be behind the move.
Pogba on Monday took to his official Instagram handle and rubbished the reports. He shared a picture of one of such reports in his Instagram stories and labeled it as “Unacceptable, Fake News”.
According to the earlier reports that had alleged Pogba had quit international football, the decision from the footballer had come in the wake of the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, 47, who was attacked on his way home from the junior high school where he taught in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 40km northwest of Paris.
President Macron had described the murder as an ‘Islamic terrorist attack’ that took the life of the French teacher.
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Watch: Iranian drone strikes building in Bahrain’s Manama, Al Jazeera verifies video
Manama: A video circulating on social media showing a drone striking a building in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, has been verified by Al Jazeera, confirming its authenticity.
Earlier, the news network, citing Bahrain’s Interior Ministry, had reported that several residential buildings were targeted in the incident.
The verified footage shows an Iranian drone hitting a tower in Manama.
A loud explosion is heard at the moment of impact, followed by a large fire and thick plumes of smoke billowing from the building.
🚨 #BREAKING | Iranian Shahed kamikaze drone struck a building near the US Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain!
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Retaliation for US-Israel strikes on Iran. Footage shows the direct hit in Manama.
Situation escalating fast in the Gulf...#Iran #Bahrain #USNavy #MiddleEast pic.twitter.com/VvlrRnE8R3
