Showcasing some of the best Documentaries and Talk Shows
Wed 04 August 2021: Satellite imagery, financial data and on-the-ground evidence obtained by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit point to India building a naval facility on the remote Mauritian island of Agaléga. Military experts who have analysed Al Jazeera’s evidence say an airstrip under construction will almost certainly be used for maritime patrol missions by India’s […]
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Tue 08 June 2021: El Salvador announces plans to make Bitcoin legal tender, but other countries are concerned about cryptocurrencies. In just about 10 years, Bitcoin has turned from an idea into one of the most talked-about financial assets. Fans say it is the future of money, free from the control of governments and central […]
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Mon 31 May 2021: A court battle is pitting Whatsapp against the world’s largest democracy. India is the biggest market for the messaging service. The government recently passed new rules forcing social media companies to identify the first person to send a message. Whatsapp argues this goes against privacy rights in the constitution, adding it […]
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Sun 16 May 2021: Israel condemned for air raid in Gaza that destroyed a tower housing media offices, including Al Jazeera’s. Israel is being condemned for carrying out air raids on a building that housed the offices of Al Jazeera, The Associated Press, and other international media in Gaza. Staff and families living in apartments […]
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Tue 30 March 2021: A hotel is the latest flashpoint in a long running conflict in Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique. ISIL-linked fighters besieged the town of Palma, forcing nearly 200 people to seek refuge in a resort. Many are foreign nationals working on a natural gas project. The latest assault by the ISIL-linked Al […]
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Sat 20 March 2021: One man’s pizza bought with eight Bitcoins in 2011 was worth a few cents back then. Now that very little amount of the virtual currency is equal to around $480,000. But that’s just how much Bitcoin has skyrocketted, hitting an all-time high of $60,000 on Saturday. The surge is mainly fueled […]
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Fri 12 March 2021: Goodwill Zwelithini, the king of South Africa’s Zulus, has died at the age of 72 after spending weeks in hospital for diabetes treatment, his palace announced. The king wielded great influence among millions of Zulus through his largely ceremonial and spiritual role despite having no official power in modern South Africa. […]
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Fri 19 February 2021: The world-renowned economist explains how tech companies and the pandemic have made the rich richer and poor poorer. A recent Oxfam study found that since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s richest 10 billionaires have seen a wealth increase of half a trillion dollars – enough to pay for […]
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Wed 03 February 2021: An explosive investigation reveals how a criminal gang is colluding with the security forces of Bangladesh and has links to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Undercover reporters with the I-Unit expose how a former street mafia claims to have captured a state. The brother of Bangladesh’s army chief boasts that he can […]
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In this episode of UpFront, we discuss the surveillance industry and how it is operating unchecked with Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog group in Canada and Luis Fernando Garcia, the director of R3D, a digital rights organisation in Mexico. And in a special interview segment, we take stock of […]
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