Can a national dialogue solve South Africa’s problems?
The process aims to shape the country's next chapter of democracy, three decades after apartheid.
Category Archives: TV news
What’s at stake at the Alaska summit for all sides?
Ukraine and European allies are anxious about upcoming Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel has been killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike.
Anas al-Sharif, who was one of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday night. His funeral was held on Monday morning.
Continue reading...Could Trump’s threats against Brazil backfire?
US threatens 50-percent tariffs unless ex-leader Bolsonaro's prosecution is dropped.
Emmy nominations 2025: The contenders in key categories
Severance earned 27 Emmy nods, while HBO’s dark Batman spinoff, The Penguin, secured 24 nominations.
What difference has BRICS made on the world stage?
The bloc of nations has expanded and aims to reform what it calls a Western-led global order.
Why has Iran stepped up its deportation of Afghan refugees?
Thousands are being forced to go back to Afghanistan as Tehran tightens controls on immigration.
Who will monitor Iran’s nuclear activities?
The International Atomic Energy Agency pulled all its inspectors out of Iran.
Which global companies are benefitting from the genocide in Gaza?
UN expert calls out global companies for being 'complicit in genocide and profiting from occupation' in Palestine.
Trump team threatens to prosecute CNN over reporting on Ice-tracking app
Kristi Noem says ‘we’re working with [DoJ] to see if we can prosecute them’ while president fumes over Iran reporting
Donald Trump and administration officials have threatened CNN over what they said was its promotion of a new app that allows users to track and try to avoid Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents.
Speaking to reporters in Florida on a trip to visit a new Ice detention center in Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”, Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem said her department and the Department of Justice were looking at prosecuting CNN over its reporting on the app, called IceBlock.
Continue reading...Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for defamation and demands $787m
California governor accuses network of falsely claiming he lied about a phone call with Donald Trump
The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has sued Fox News for defamation and demanded $787m, almost exactly the same amount Fox paid in a previous defamation case over election misinformation.
In the new lawsuit, filed on Friday, Newsom accuses the Fox host Jesse Watters of falsely claiming Newsom lied about a phone call with Donald Trump, who recently ordered national guard troops into Los Angeles.
Continue reading...Is a Palestinian state being derailed by Israel’s illegal settlements?
Israel is expanding its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank while it wages its war on Gaza.
Why is Israel expanding its war on Gaza?
PM Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the ‘forcible expulsion of Palestinians’ from Gaza.
The UN says global hunger has hit a new high
Nearly 300 million people faced acute hunger in 2024.
Israel bombs Yemen’s Hodeidah port after attack near Tel Aviv
Air strikes come a day after the Iran-aligned Houthis fired a missile that struck near Israel's main airport.
Namibia’s first female president: From freedom fighter to reformer?
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on rising to power as Namibia’s first woman leader and whether real change is possible.
What’s the fallout of the US security breach?
Donald Trump downplays the disclosure of sensitive military information.
How serious is Israel’s latest political crisis for its leader?
Protests are held over Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to sack the Shin Bet chief and the attorney general.
Trump sharpens attacks on US media as Voice of America employees put on administrative leave
President denounced CNN and MSNBC as ‘illegal’ and instructed VoA’s parent agency to be eliminated
Donald Trump expanded on his threats to the media on Friday, suggesting actions of the press should be deemed illegal and subject to investigation.
“I believe that CNN and MS-DNC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat [sic] party and in my opinion, they’re really corrupt and they’re illegal, what do they do is illegal,” the president said during a contentious speech at the Department of Justice.
Continue reading...Can Trump reach a nuclear deal with Tehran?
Iran's top leader says he refuses to negotiate under pressure.