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Let's talk about global issues and the stories @aljazeera_english should be covering.
China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/cloneofchina-coronavirus-outbreak-latest-updates-200213231710117.html
New fatalities in Hubei push nationwide death toll to 1,483 and further 4,823 cases take total infections near 65,000.
Oscars So White: Does Hollywood ignore black talent? | The Stream — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/TTfp4zn4-u0 25:01
Barr: Trump tweets on cases make it 'impossible' to do my job
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/barr-trump-tweets-cases-impossible-job-200213214151151.html
US attorney general pushes back against Trump after the president attacked prosecutors, judge and jury on Stone case.
'Murderer in house': South African president's address disrupted
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/house-south-african-president-address-disrupted-200213185044972.html
Far-left EFF leaders demand the country's last apartheid-era president, FW De Klerk, be removed from Parliament.
US Senate votes to limit Trump's war powers against Iran
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/senate-votes-limit-trumps-war-powers-iran-200213190949919.html
Rebuking Trump over Iran, US Senate passes measure curbing president's ability to wage war.
Pompeo: US rejects UN database of Israeli settlement companies
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/pompeo-rejects-database-israeli-settlement-companies-200213155946193.html
Mike Pompeo says the United States 'has long opposed the creation or release' of the list.
Cambodia tests cruise ship passengers for coronavirus
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/cambodia-tests-cruise-ship-passengers-coronavirus-200213165129413.html
There are no confirmed coronavirus cases on board, but everyone is being tested before they can disembark.
Cambodia tests cruise ship passengers for coronavirus — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/VKF0Q3NcDvE 2:29
US Senate poised to rebuke Trump on Iran
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/senate-poised-rebuke-trump-iran-200213143113464.html
After Soleimani strike, war powers resolution would seek to limit Trump from escalating military conflicts with Iran.
China On Campus | 101 East — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/DDBQcMsQteg 25:46
Minority Germans raise alarm after far-right political scandal
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/minority-germans-raise-alarm-political-scandal-200213080209771.html
African, Muslim and Jewish Germans tell Al Jazeera why a far-right political storm should spur everyone into action.
Analysis: Amy Klobuchar a 'viable candidate' in 2020 US primary — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/o_btBmcyTGo 4:15
New mobile app helps rescue four people from blizzard in Scotland
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/mobile-app-helps-rescue-people-blizzard-scotland-200213112341109.html
The app divides up the globe into three-metre squares and gives each specific location three random words.
New mobile app helps rescue four people from blizzard in Scotland — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/a96B4dVHMQI 2:34
Malawi rape allegations against police officers — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/tj01IVjr0Z4 2:37
Should social media be regulated?
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2020/02/social-media-regulated-200213233543883.html
UK empowers broadcast regulator to take down certain materials while Germany takes measures to control online content.
Is Prague trolling Moscow by honouring slain Putin critic?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/prague-trolling-moscow-honouring-slain-putin-critic-200213212725355.html
The square on which the Russian embassy stands will be renamed to honour Boris Nemtsov, killed near the Kremlin in 2015.
US warship in Arabian Sea seizes suspected Iranian weapons
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/warship-arabian-sea-seizes-suspected-iranian-weapons-200213201018624.html
US military says the weapons included 150 anti-tank guided missiles and three surface-to-air missiles.
Rocket attack hits northern Iraq base hosting US troops
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/rocket-attack-hits-northern-iraq-base-hosting-troops-200213183836910.html
Rocket attack slams into Iraqi base in remote province of Kirkuk where US troops are stationed, report says.
Trump's travel ban: Thousands of lives in limbo
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/trump-travel-ban-thousands-lives-limbo-200213123339756.html
The Trump administration's travel restrictions left many Eritreans between a rock and a hard place.
US, Taliban negotiate 7-day reduction in violence: Pentagon
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/taliban-negotiate-7-day-reduction-violence-pentagon-200213153223932.html
US secures reduction in violence in talks to help seek a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan, says Pentagon chief.
Should social media be regulated? I Inside Story — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/-QaXVetsuIg 25:01
Iran candidates kick off campaigns for parliamentary elections — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/zAGp1YS-sMM 1:59
Palestinians hail UN list of firms linked to Israeli settlements
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/palestinians-hail-list-firms-linked-israeli-settlements-200213095640118.html
Palestinian leaders say report will reinvigorate push to boycott international companies in occupied territories.
China officials fired as coronavirus deaths surge past 1,300 — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/S3YcxHdgZzM 3:07
Thank you, Mr President
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/president-200212102856852.html
I am thankful for what Trump's impeachment and acquittal have established about the US, its constitution and presidency.
US gender equality: House to decide Equal Rights Amendment
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/gender-equality-house-decide-equal-rights-amendment-200213113434307.html
US House is set to vote this week on whether to remove ratification deadline for ERA.
US gender equality: House to decide Equal Rights Amendment — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/zgzsu5KksBk 2:37
Syrian killed in rare clash between US troops, government forces
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/syrian-killed-rare-clash-troops-government-forces-200212151039111.html
US-led coalition says its troops opened fire at checkpoint in northeast Syria after they came under small arms fire.
Berlin Tegel airport to be redeveloped into technology park — Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/z2WE_G07iK0 2:19