People & Power

By Al Jazeera English

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10.31.2021
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03.18.2021
Inside the Sinaloa Cartel (Part 1) | People and Power
Mexico's Sinaloa cartel is one of the most powerful criminal enterprises in the world, its multibillion-dollar revenue gained mostly from trafficking narcotics such as cocaine, heroin and fentanyl into the United States. Its activities are deadly and harmful, not just for...
05.07.2020
Coronavirus: Lockdown Italy | People and Power
When the coronavirus pandemic began spreading across the world earlier this year, Italy quickly became one of Europe's worst-affected nations and soon after went into lockdown. As its hospitals began to falter under the growing strain, its economy ground to a...
05.04.2020
Most businesses resume operations in Thailand
Thailand has begun lifting restrictions after a steady decline in the number of coronavirus infections. But many people still need help putting food on the table and some businesses are expected to struggle. The government will evaluate the situation every two weeks...
05.04.2020
Highly-qualified medics unable to work in Canada
As Canada’s hospitals and medical personnel deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, calls are mounting to allow more internationally-trained doctors to practice and support front-line healthcare workers. But tight regulations are leaving many shut out of their chosen profession. Al Jazeera's Daniel...
05.04.2020
First factory in Afghanistan to make face masks
A factory in Afghanistan is making personal protective equipment (PPE) for the first time. The plan is to make five million affordable masks that cost a fraction of the imported ones. Not only will this provide affordable protective equipment to people,...
05.04.2020
Trump claims coronavirus came from Wuhan lab
US President Trump claims he has seen evidence that coronavirus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China - but is “not allowed to tell”.
05.04.2020
US virus outbreak: Trump promises vaccine by the end of 2020
President Donald Trump says the United States is working very hard to come up with a vaccine for the coronavirus by the end of the year. He also reiterated claims that China was responsible for the severity of the outbreak and...
05.04.2020
Is this the right time to ease coronavirus restrictions?
Some Asian countries have begun lifting restrictions after spending weeks in strict lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Malaysia has allowed the majority of businesses to open with health and sanitation precautions and social distancing a must. Arisina Ma is a...
05.04.2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro rallies the right amid coronavirus criticism
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts as he urged his right-wing supporters to rally against coronavirus curbs as he fights for his political survival, The country has reported more than 100,000 infections nationwide from COVID-19 and in...
05.04.2020
Russia reports highest 1-day rise in COVID-19 cases despite curbs
The latest virus figures for Europe suggest that some of its worst-affected countries are starting to turn a corner. But that is not the case in Russia, where another 10,500 people have tested positive in the last 24 hours. Al...
05.04.2020
Ramadan under lockdown in Virginia
Ramadan meals are served drive-through style outside a mosque in Virginia amid the coronavirus lockdown.
05.04.2020
Chinese man makes own prosthetic limbs
After losing both forearms in an accident decades ago, this Chinese veteran is now making affordable prosthetic limbs for fellow amputees.
05.04.2020
WHO says Madagascar's herbal tonic against COVID-19 not a cure
The World Health Organization is warning that Madagascar's herbal tonic its president claims can cure patients of COVID-19 has no scientific basis. Other African countries such as Tanzania and Guinea-Bissau have made plans to import the tonic, which contains the artemisia...
05.04.2020
Birx warns against gatherings as US reopens from lockdowns
Top public health official Dr Deborah Birx has warned the public not to congregate in large numbers, as more than 67,000 people die from the coronavirus in the United States. But about half the states are now loosening restrictions, bowing...
05.04.2020
Rohingya crisis through the eyes of Al Jazeera's journalists
August 25, 2019 marked two years since more than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar to escape what United Nations investigators called a “genocide” in Rakhine state. In this video, Al Jazeera English journalists Mohammed Jamjoom, Stefanie Dekker, Showkat Shafi and Sorin Furcoi...
05.04.2020
China’s vast home delivery network
Despite China’s coronavirus lockdown lifting, many are still shopping online.
05.04.2020
Captain Tom promoted to Colonel on 100th birthday
The British veteran who raised millions for the National Health Service is celebrating his 100th birthday with an honorary promotion, approved by the Queen.
05.04.2020
Global fund-raising drive to raise $8.2bn for coronavirus vaccine
World leaders will be meeting virtually on Monday to raise an initial $8.2bn for vaccine research to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Scientists in several countries are embarking on human-testing trials but health officials caution that making populations immune to the virus...
05.03.2020
Israel's elected coalition government faces major legal hurdle
Israel's troubled coalition government has not been sworn in yet, but it is already facing a major legal hurdle. A petition to the High Court argues the power-sharing deal between Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and Benny Gantz's Blue and White party...
05.03.2020
Why are journalists reporting on the pandemic facing threats?
The spread of the coronavirus and how to stop it dominates the news agenda of nearly every media outlet in the world right now. Public health bodies rely on them to keep people informed. But journalists are facing threats as they try...
05.03.2020
Coronavirus: Lessons From Asia (Featured Documentary)
One day, when the coronavirus pandemic is merely of historical concern, much time will be spent discussing its origins and evolution and evaluating its long-term effects. But for now, for today, the coronavirus is still a matter of life and death. With...
05.03.2020
Amnesty: Somalia journalists face abusive means of suppression
Somali journalists continue to face arbitrary arrests, physical attacks and censorship. A recent Amnesty International report says harassment and intimidation of journalists are so deeply entrenched, it makes Somalia one of the most dangerous places to report from. Al...
05.03.2020
Iran forces accused of drowning Afghans amid pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has caused tens of thousands of Afghans to cross the border from Iran, the region's worst hit country. But some have also been trying to go in the other direction, looking for work. Now, Afghanistan is accusing Iranian...
05.03.2020
Rights group says Malaysia risks health of detained migrants
Police in Malaysia have detained more than 700 refugees and migrant workers. They live in areas where COVID-19 cases surged last month, triggering accusations that foreigners are spreading the virus. Rights groups say they could be held for months in...
05.03.2020
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un reappears in public amid health rumours
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, according to state media, ending rumours about his health.
05.03.2020
Sudanese struggle with inflation, lockdown during Ramadan
Nearly eight million people in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, are marking the fasting month of Ramadan under a lockdown imposed to try and curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. But with the country facing an economic crisis as well,...
05.03.2020
Home delivery network fuels China economy amid lockdown
Tens of millions of people in China were confined to their homes during its strict coronavirus lockdown. Now, although restrictions have been eased, many are afraid of venturing outside even for basic supplies. But thanks to China's vast home delivery network,...
05.03.2020
Algerian Berber musician Idir dies at 70
One of the most well-known figures of Indigenous Berber music has died. Born Hamid Cheriet in 1949 in Ath Yenni, a Berber-speaking region in the central Atlas Mountains of Algeria, his musical prowess began to be recognised by his colleagues in...
05.03.2020
Where are we with a coronavirus vaccine? | Start Here
As government lockdowns focus on limiting the spread of the coronavirus, scientists around the world are working on treating and protecting us. They have their work cut out. Vaccine and drug development is laborious, full of experimentation and repeated testing. Knowing...
05.03.2020
Who holds WHO accountable? | The Listening Post (Feature)
Much of the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic treats the World Health Organization (WHO) as an authoritative, impartial source of information. But should it? From the advent of COVID-19, the WHO's press conferences have been a fixture in global news coverage....
05.03.2020
India at 142 on World Press Freedom Index over Kashmir blackout
India has dropped two places on the World Press Freedom Index, now ranking at 142 out of 180 countries. Reporters Without Borders says a communications blackout in Indian-administered Kashmir, which made it increasingly difficult for journalists to report on what is...
03.26.2020
Germany: The Coal War | People and Power
A country that has relied on coal as an energy source for hundreds of years has had enough. Germany has declared the industry must end. The country's last black coal mines were closed in 2018, and now Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration has...
02.06.2020
Secret Sardinia | People and Power
The Italian island of Sardinia presents many faces to the world, from the pretty harbours, sun-kissed beaches and fancy coastal villas of the super-rich to the famously stunning landscape of the interior, with picturesque towns and remote villages dotted among...
01.23.2020
Insectageddon | People & Power
Where are all the insects going? To anyone suffering from the over-enthusiastic attention of a cloud of mosquitoes or lamenting the effects of leaf-munching creepy crawlies in their back garden, it might seem like a ridiculous question, but it’s...
01.09.2020
Beyond the Wall: Part 1 - The Rise of Germany's Far Right | People & Power
Last November, celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall were overshadowed by a palpable sense of unease in parts of Europe. To be sure, the events of those weeks through late 1989 and beyond were...
12.19.2019
France: Police on Trial | People & Power
For well over a year, France's yellow vest activists have been making full use of their constitutionally enshrined right to protest against the economic policies of President Emmanuel Macron - most recently in support of a trade union standoff with...
12.05.2019
Europe's Recurring Shame (Part 1) | People & Power
In 2014, in a truly disturbing episode of People & Power, we revealed the shocking mistreatment of disabled people in state-run care homes in Romania. That film, which we called Europe's Hidden Shame, also raised very troubling questions about how...
10.10.2019
Europe's Tourism Overload | People and Power
Since the 1960s, when Europe’s middle classes first had the money and time to travel, tourism has shown no signs of slowing down. Last year, international tourist arrivals increased by another six percent to 1.4 billion globally and the rise now...
09.19.2019
Chocolate: A Taste of Independence in Togo | People and Power
Filmmaker: Fanny Bouteiller Africa is rich with natural resources, yet all too often the benefits of that abundance end up with overseas consumers, foreign investors and the international markets. This is often seen as the consequence of a post-colonial globalised economy, in...
09.12.2019
Hong Kong's Summer of Defiance - Part 2 | People and Power
Note: This is Episode 2 of a two-part report. Watch Episode 1 here: https://youtu.be/WDpPQ63WgFM - More than three months of dramatic public protests throughout the summer of 2019 have shaken Hong Kong, bringing huge demonstrations onto the streets - on occasion...
09.05.2019
Hong Kong's Summer of Defiance - Part 1 | People and Power
More than three months of dramatic public protests throughout the summer of 2019 have shaken Hong Kong, bringing huge demonstrations onto the streets - on occasion numbering well over a million people - and at times escalating into violent confrontations...
08.29.2019
West Africa's Opioid Crisis | People and Power
West Africa - and particularly its most populous nation, Nigeria - is battling an opioid abuse crisis. Medicines such as tramadol, legally and legitimately prescribed by doctors for pain relief, are also being taken in life-threatening doses by millions in...
08.08.2019
The Strange Death of American Civility: Part 2 | People and Power
Note: This is the second of a two-part report. Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/TrECb874LyY The United States seems more disunited than at any point in recent history - its politics so undermined by partisan divisions that consensus on almost anything is...
08.01.2019
The Strange Death of American Civility: Part 1 | People and Power
Note: This is the first of a two-part report. The United States seems more disunited than at any point in recent history - its politics so undermined by partisan divisions that consensus on almost anything is impossible to achieve. Toxic partisanship between...
07.11.2019
Hungary: Europe's Bad Boy | People and Power
In his youth, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was hailed as a champion of freedom, a key figure in the generation of pro-democracy activists who stood up to the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War. These days he...
07.04.2019
Jordan's Angry Tribes | People and Power
Jordan and its Hashemite monarchy have long been regarded as stable fixtures in a region often beset by political uncertainty. But King Abdullah II is under growing pressure to reboot a struggling economy, institute constitutional reform, and stand firm against a...
06.20.2019
The Catalonia Trial: Justice or Vengeance? | People and Power
At the beginning of October 2017, a referendum on Catalonian independence sparked a furious response from the Spanish state, amid accusations that the secessionist politicians and civil society activists behind the poll had committed sedition and rebellion and misused public...
06.13.2019
Climate Hackers | People and Power
In October 2018, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), issued an alarming warning, that humanity has just twelve years to take action to avoid climate catastrophe. But is it already too late? Is our predicament now almost beyond...
06.06.2019
The Murder of Marielle Franco | People & Power
In March 2018, Marielle Franco, a prominent Brazilian human rights activist and politician, was murdered in mysterious circumstances. A champion of the favelas, Rio's slum neighbourhoods, Marielle was also a vocal critic of the city's security forces - both official and...

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People & Power episodes:

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Inside the Sinaloa Cartel (Part 1) | People and Power

Coronavirus: Lockdown Italy | People and Power

Most businesses resume operations in Thailand

Highly-qualified medics unable to work in Canada

First factory in Afghanistan to make face masks

Trump claims coronavirus came from Wuhan lab

US virus outbreak: Trump promises vaccine by the end of 2020

Is this the right time to ease coronavirus restrictions?

Brazil's Bolsonaro rallies the right amid coronavirus criticism

Russia reports highest 1-day rise in COVID-19 cases despite curbs

Ramadan under lockdown in Virginia

Chinese man makes own prosthetic limbs

WHO says Madagascar's herbal tonic against COVID-19 not a cure

Birx warns against gatherings as US reopens from lockdowns

Rohingya crisis through the eyes of Al Jazeera's journalists

China’s vast home delivery network

Captain Tom promoted to Colonel on 100th birthday

Global fund-raising drive to raise $8.2bn for coronavirus vaccine

Israel's elected coalition government faces major legal hurdle

Why are journalists reporting on the pandemic facing threats?

Coronavirus: Lessons From Asia (Featured Documentary)

Amnesty: Somalia journalists face abusive means of suppression

Iran forces accused of drowning Afghans amid pandemic

Rights group says Malaysia risks health of detained migrants

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un reappears in public amid health rumours

Sudanese struggle with inflation, lockdown during Ramadan

Home delivery network fuels China economy amid lockdown

Algerian Berber musician Idir dies at 70

Where are we with a coronavirus vaccine? | Start Here

Who holds WHO accountable? | The Listening Post (Feature)

India at 142 on World Press Freedom Index over Kashmir blackout

Germany: The Coal War | People and Power

Secret Sardinia | People and Power

Insectageddon | People & Power

Beyond the Wall: Part 1 - The Rise of Germany's Far Right | People & Power

France: Police on Trial | People & Power

Europe's Recurring Shame (Part 1) | People & Power

Europe's Tourism Overload | People and Power

Chocolate: A Taste of Independence in Togo | People and Power

Hong Kong's Summer of Defiance - Part 2 | People and Power

Hong Kong's Summer of Defiance - Part 1 | People and Power

West Africa's Opioid Crisis | People and Power

The Strange Death of American Civility: Part 2 | People and Power

The Strange Death of American Civility: Part 1 | People and Power

Hungary: Europe's Bad Boy | People and Power

Jordan's Angry Tribes | People and Power

The Catalonia Trial: Justice or Vengeance? | People and Power

Climate Hackers | People and Power

The Murder of Marielle Franco | People & Power