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Golden age: Donald Trump is sworn in as 47th president of the US

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, marking a historic return to the White House.

He's taken the oath of office, ushering in a new administration and an end to Joe Biden's presidency.
 
His inauguration took place in the Capitol Rotunda -- moved indoors for the first time in 40 years because of intense cold weather.

Trump's the first president to have invited foreign leaders to his inauguration.

He's returning to the Oval Office backed by a House and Senate under Republican control.

And has promised sweeping executive orders on day one to undo Biden policies and push forward his promises.

Israel and Hamas have agreed on a ceasefire deal to halt war: Qatari PM

Jan 16, 2025  
Qatar, Egypt and the United States have announced that mediation efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza have succeeded.

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani made the announcement, saying that the deal will lead to the release of Israeli captives and surging humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Yemen strikes: Israel, US and UK attack Houthi targets

Saturday, Jan 11, 2025 
Yemen's Houthi group says the US and UK have carried out a series of strikes on 12 locations in the capital, Sanaa. The Israeli military also conducted attacks across the country  -saying it tar-geted Houthi military infrastructure.
 
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Haji reports.

How much damage has been caused by the fire in Los Angeles so far?

Friday, January 10, 2025

The fire in the forests of Los Angeles, America is increasing continuously. The fire has engulfed many areas.

According to US officials, seven people have died so far due to the fire.

The areas of Los Angeles where this fire has spread include Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lydia and Kenneth.

Out of these five areas, the fire has spread the most in Palisades. In Pacific Palisades, about 20 thousand acres of area has come under the grip of fire. So far only six percent of the fire has been controlled.

Due to the fire in Eaton, an area of ​​​​about 14 thousand acres is burning in Altadena and Pasadena. Not even one percent of the fire has been controlled here.

Kenneth is the newest of the five areas in which the fire has spread. In California's West Hills, 960 acres of land in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties have been affected by the fire. Not even one percent of the fire has been controlled.

Firefighters are trying to control the fire in a 700-acre area in Sylmar, Hurst. So far 10 percent of the fire has been controlled.

Firefighters have controlled 60 percent of the fire in Lydia. Here in the city of Acton, about 400 acres of land has been affected by the fire.

Donald Trump neither fined nor jailed in hush money case

Friday, January 10, 2025

America's newly elected President Donald Trump has not been punished on all 34 charges in the hush money case.

While delivering the verdict, Justice Merchan said, "I wish you success in your second term."

The court decided to release Trump unconditionally, which means that he will neither have to pay any fine in this case nor will he have to serve any jail sentence.

Justice Merchan told the court that releasing Trump unconditionally in this case is a legitimate punishment without encroaching upon the highest office of this country.

Trump is accused of secretly paying money to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for keeping quiet in order to avoid a scandal in 2016. He was convicted in this case in May 2024.

Trump will take oath as the President of America for the second time on January 20, 2025.

Los Angeles: 10 people died in the fire-ravaged city, thousands of homes without power

Friday, January 10, 2025

The death toll due to the fire in the forests of Los Angeles, America has risen to 10. The fire in the forests of Los Angeles is increasing continuously.

Meanwhile, power has been cut off in about 1 lakh homes.

Poweroutage US reported that 59, 800 customers in LA County are without electricity.

All these consumers belong to the LA Department of Water and Power. At the same time, 38,500 customers of Southern California Edison (SCE) are living without electricity.

In Ventura County, bordering Los Angeles, 20,000 SCE customers also lost power.

ICC sanctions bill sends message of support to Israel from US Congress: Al Jazeera

Friday, Jan 10, 2025  
Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports live from Washington, DC, providing updates on the proposed legislation to sanction International Criminal Court officials.

Patty Culhane notes that the bill is expected to pass into law, attributing this development to the ICC's charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Oxfam’s Mahmoud al-Saqqa warns of critical food shortage, limited aid amid Israeli strikes on Gaza

Sunday, October 27, 2024
Oxfam's Gaza food security and livelihood leader, Mahmoud al-Saqqa, joined Al Jazeera from Deir el-Bala, discussing the escalating humanitarian crisis. Al-Saqqa outlined severe shortages of food, medicine, and essentials, worsened by Israeli bombardments and border closures.

He highlighted that more than 90% of Gaza's population now faces acute food insecurity, and children are increasingly malnourished. Aid entry has been minimal, particularly into northern Gaza, where severe restrictions leave residents with few options but displacement.

Al-Saqqa emphasised that humanitarian workers are risking their lives daily, calling for international action against the use of food as a weapon.

Iran’s Khamenei says wrong to downplay Israel’s attack

Sunday, October 27, 2024
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first comments about the ''malignant" Israeli attack on Iran early Saturday in a meeting with the families of the four members of the armed forces who were killed.

The Israelis try to make the impact of the strikes appear larger than reality, but any move inside Iran to make them appear smaller would also be "wrong", he said.

“It would be wrong for us to say that it was nothing and it did not matter,” Khamenei said.

"The calculation error of the Zionist regime must be disrupted. They do not know Iran, its youth, its nation. They have not yet been able to fully comprehend the power, capabilities, initiative and will of the Iranian nation, we must make them understand it."

Khamenei also opened a Hebrew account on X after the Israeli strikes.

Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar reports from Tehran, Iran.
To discuss this further, we are joined by Menachem Klein, a political science professor at Bar-Ilan University, speaking from West Jerusalem.

New tragedies unfolding in northern Gaza as the day progresses: AJE correspondent

Sunday, October 27, 2024  
Israeli forces have killed at least 45 people in two separate attacks on residential buildings in Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza.

Dozens more were wounded and Gaza's health ministry is calling one of the strikes a "horrific massacre."

And at least 40 people have either been killed or injured in an attack on Gaza City.

Emergency workers and volunteers came to the scene of the attack on Saturday, after the Israeli military bombed a residential building.

Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim Al Khalili went to the scene in Sheikh Radwan.

Palestinians in northern Gaza are struggling to survive with little or no food and water.

The Israeli army has been preventing the entry of humanitarian supplies for the past three weeks.

The UN says it has blocked nearly half of all aid missions into the north, since the beginning of the month.

It has accused the military of carrying out a systematic starvation campaign against Palestinians.

Rosalia Bollen is from UNICEF, and is based in Gaza.
She says the humanitarian crisis there has worsened, with extreme shortages of water, food and medical supplies.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud has the latest developments from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Palestine.