Tranding Video: February 2021

Sunday, 28 February 2021

Kooking with a Koori: How a Sydney father's simple meals have won hearts

Aboriginal man Nathan Lyons has found unexpected fame with videos inspired by "doing it tough".

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Why this teen set up a prize-winning fake cosmetics shop

Polish teenager Krystyna Paszko's idea won an EU prize - she tells the BBC the story behind it.

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Covid: The front-line doctor photographing the pandemic

Dr Scott Kobner has been documenting the fight to save lives in America's worst-hit county.

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The midwives braving armed gangs in Colombia

A group of Afro-Colombian women use their skills to help women give birth in areas run by gangs.

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Cape Town: Pictures of how Muslim worship helps quell South African ganglands

A team of Islamic scholars in South Africa is on a mission to some dangerous and drug-infested areas.

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Afghanistan: A year of violence on the road to peace

On the anniversary of the US-Taliban deal, Afghanistan finds itself in a precarious state.

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The Morning

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A woman could win best director for the first time since 1984.

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There was no traditional red carpet, but the stars did much better than Zoom shirts and loungewear.

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Voter Suppression Is Grand Larceny

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Forget ‘Succession.’ You Can Watch ‘90 Day Fiancé’ for 100 Hours Straight.

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Full Text of Cuomo’s Statement in Response to Harassment Accusations

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Black artists may fare poorly, prompting new backlash.

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which puts on the Golden Globes, is under scrutiny this year.

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What will win tonight? Here are our predictions.

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How to watch the Golden Globes on TV and Online.

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China Appears to Warn India: Push Too Hard and the Lights Could Go Out

By BY DAVID E. SANGER AND EMILY SCHMALL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3b0jyQE

Yankees Feel Butterflies Before Playing in Front of a Crowd

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‘Ted Lasso’ could be the new comedy darling.

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Coronavirus live news: vaccine acceptance rising in UK, US and France; South Africa eases restrictions

Covid vaccine acceptance also rising in Japan, Germany and Sweden; South Africa lowers alert level; cases of Brazil variant found in UK

11.41pm GMT

Willingness to get a Covid-19 vaccine is on the rise compared to last year, a survey of six industrialised countries published on Monday showed.

AFP: More people in the United Kingdom, the United States and even vaccine-sceptical France now accept the idea of getting a coronavirus jab, KekstCNC, an international consultancy, said in the survey conducted in February.

11.37pm GMT

Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic with me, Helen Sullivan.

Willingness to get a Covid-19 vaccine is on the rise compared to last year, a survey of six industrialised countries published on Monday showed.

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People smugglers could get life sentences under new rules, says Home Office

Priti Patel understood to be concerned that some offenders are only being given three-year terms

People smugglers could be handed life sentences under plans to ramp up penalties in an effort to stop migrants crossing the Channel.

At present, the maximum sentence for people smuggling is 14 years in prison. The Times reported that Priti Patel wants to lengthen jail terms because of her concerns that the average sentence received is three years.

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Supporters of detained Saudi princess call for UK to help secure release

Exclusive: letters to Dominic Raab and Lady Scotland say Princess Basmah requires urgent medical treatment

Supporters of a prominent Saudi Arabian princess detained with her daughter in Riyadh have appealed to the British government to help secure their release.

In two letters to both foreign secretary Dominic Raab and Commonwealth general secretary Patricia Scotland, the princess’s supporters urged them to intervene on behalf of Princess Basmah bint Saud bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and her daughter Souhoud Al Sharif, arrested in Jeddah two years ago.

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Yemen: The nine-year-old war-zone school teacher

Ahmed, blind since birth, stands in for teachers who don't make it in to their ruined school in Yemen.

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Saturday, 27 February 2021

A Day Before He Speaks, Conservative Gathering Is Mostly About Trump

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Second ex-aide accuses Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment

Move prompts New York governor to request independent investigation into allegations

A second woman has come forward to accuse New York governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment in a move that has prompted the under-fire Democrat to launch an independent investigation into the allegations.

Charlotte Bennett, who was an executive assistant and health policy adviser in the Cuomo administration until November, told The New York Times that he had harassed her last spring, during the height of New York’s fight against the coronavirus – which Cuomo led and which at the time gave him an international reputation for good leadership.

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BBC’s Sonja McLaughlan reveals online abuse over Owen Farrell interview

Six Nations reporter targeted after Wales v England
McLaughlan: ‘In my car crying ... Hope you’re happy’

Sonja McLaughlan, the BBC rugby reporter, was the target of online abuse following the live broadcast of England’s 40-24 Six Nations defeat to Wales in Cardiff.

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Coronavirus live news: US approves Johnson & Johnson vaccine; Auckland starts second lockdown in a month

Australian state of Victoria reports zero new cases; Auckland seven-day lockdown begins; UK records lowest cases in five months

1.05am GMT

President Joe Biden cheered an announcement on Saturday that the US Food and Drug Administration has authorised Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid vaccine, but cautioned Americans to not let their guard down as new variants spread.

“Though we celebrate today’s news, I urge all Americans: keep washing your hands, stay socially distanced, and keep wearing masks,” Biden said in a statement.

“As I have said many times, things are still likely to get worse again as new variants spread, and the current improvement could reverse.”

12.54am GMT

The Australian state of Victoria has recorded no new Covid cases for the second day in a row.

The state, which was plunged into a five-day lockdown earlier this month, recorded two cases on Friday which authorities said were linked to the Holiday Inn cluster.

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Old-school Stellantis car factories gear up for the shock of electric

Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant is one of many whose future lies in the hands of the merged auto giant

Carlos Tavares is an unashamed petrolhead, with a rally-racing hobby that harks back to an earlier automotive age. Yet carmakers like Stellantis, which he leads, and its rivals have had to set aside affection for roaring internal combustion engines as environmental rules set the limits for the industry.

Stellantis was formed in January in a €50bn (£43bn) merger between France’s Peugeot and Italian-American Fiat Chrysler, in one of the clearest responses to the Tesla-driven electric revolution: the merger will allow them to share expensive investments in battery technology.

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Rings of steel: dog owners buy metal collars to deter thieves

Spate of audacious and often violent robberies leads to boom in sales of high-security animal accessories

A spate of dognapping in recent months has led to growing numbers of owners buying lockable, steel-core collars and leads that cannot be severed by bolt cutters as they walk their pets.

Dog theft has risen as animals available to buy have become scarcer since the pandemic began. The average cost of a puppy doubled to nearly £1,900 last year, and some breeds are worth more than £6,000.

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NSW police to brief private school heads after viral petition on student sexual assault

Head of child abuse and sex crimes squad will meet with principals to discuss ‘issue of sexual violence’

The heads of hundreds of private schools across New South Wales will be briefed by the boss of the police sex crimes squad this week as the sector scrambles to address concerns raised by a new viral petition has gathered more than 3,000 testimonies of alleged sexual assault committed by high school students.

The Sunday Telegraph reports the new head of the state’s child abuse and sex crimes squad, Stacey Maloney, will speak to principals from hundreds of private schools this week in a bid to address growing concerns following the release of the petition.

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Covid vaccine: Germany urged to back AstraZeneca jab for over-65s

A senior German immunologist tells the BBC that his country should reverse its decision on the jab.

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Golden Globe Awards 2021: Stars prepare for virtual ceremony

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler return to host the year's first major film and TV awards ceremony on Sunday.

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The Florida coffee shop where Trump is king

A look inside a "liberal-free zone" and meeting spot for people on the political right.

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Maids in Lebanon: 'My employer treats me like a slave'

Lucy's dream of working in the Middle East turned into a nightmare of abuse. She's not the only one.

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Cryptocurrencies: Why Nigeria is a global leader in Bitcoin trade

A devaluing currency and hard economic conditions make cryptocurrencies attractive despite the risks.

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Has China lifted 100 million people out of poverty?

President Xi says China has achieved his poverty reduction pledge - but has it?

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Smoky Artwork by Judy Chicago at Desert Zoo Is Canceled

By BY JORI FINKEL from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3q1ThWv

Cuomo Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by a 2nd Former Aide

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F.D.A. Clears Johnson & Johnson’s Shot, the Third Vaccine for U.S.

By BY NOAH WEILAND AND SHARON LAFRANIERE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3swb4qg

New Zealand’s largest city enters its second lockdown in February.

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Rape scandal at the heart of Australia's parliament leaves PM exposed

Usually media-savvy Scott Morrison has been unable to find his footing dealing with the fallout of an alleged assault inside a minister’s office

Scott Morrison, the Australian prime minister, prides himself on his ability to shape media narratives. A former advertising executive, he is used to controlling the message. But over the past two weeks one story has refused to bend to his will and exposed a weak spot: women.

Morrison is struggling to manage growing anger over the handling of a young staffer’s rape allegation, the parliamentary culture at large, and how women working within it are treated.

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Nearly 20m receive first dose of Covid vaccine in the UK

Government data shows 19.6m get first jab and up to 770,000 inoculated a second time

More than 20 million people in the UK have received at least a first dose of coronavirus vaccine, with under 4% of those given as second doses.

Government data shows that of the 20.5m jabs given in the UK up to 26 February, 19.6m were first doses.

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FDA approves Johnson & Johnson's single-dose coronavirus vaccine

Emergency-use authorization boosts Biden’s vaccination plans
J&J effort becomes third vaccine available to US public

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine for emergency use, making it the third vaccine available to the US public and securing another vital step in the US fight to control Covid-19.

The decision was a formality after an independent expert advisory panel late on Friday afternoon recommended drug regulators approve the one-shot vaccine.

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‘It’s a funeral march’: French artist JR’s powerful elegy for Australia's Murray-Darling

Exclusive: The street artist’s latest work saw 60 people parade through Lake Cawndilla in NSW, holding aloft enormous portraits of local farmers and leaders as they fight to save Australia’s vital river system

The mood around Lake Cawndilla in north-west New South Wales on Saturday is funereal but defiant, as a procession of around 60 locals parade through scrub and sand around its banks.

They carry between them a series of 30m-long cloth figures: three local citrus farmers and prominent Baakandji artist William Badger Bates.

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Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine: FDA approves single-shot jab

The US is the first country in the world to approve the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

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El Salvador polls: More power for President Nayib Bukele?

While the election is for the legislative assembly, it is seen as a key test for President Bukele.

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Friday, 26 February 2021

A Gymnastics Coach Was Charged With Human Trafficking. What Does That Mean?

By BY ALLYSON WALLER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3aYoHc0

Biden Visits Storm-Battered Texas and Vows Federal Help ‘For the Long Haul’

By BY KATIE ROGERS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3bHSmVT

Why Opening Windows Is a Key to Reopening Schools

By BY NICK BARTZOKAS, MIKA GRÖNDAHL, KARTHIK PATANJALI, MILES PEYTON, BEDEL SAGET AND UMI SYAM from NYT Science https://ift.tt/3dSk8lg

Texans Demand Answers as They Grapple With Storm’s Lingering Wrath

By BY RICK ROJAS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3uAOtdT

Federal Scientists Plead for Pandemic Controls as Infection Declines Stall

By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aYJgVv

Monsters, mania and the unstoppable march of Pokémon

Several waves of Pokémania have swept the globe, keeping this lucrative franchise relevant for 25 years.

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Mayday: How the White Helmets and James Le Mesurier got pulled into a deadly battle for truth

James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Istanbul in 2019 with a sense that Syrian and Russian disinformation had destroyed his reputation.

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John F Kennedy: When the US president met Africa's independence heroes

A photo archive reveals John F Kennedy's efforts to court African leaders in the post-colonial era.

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Week in pictures: 20-26 February 2021

A selection of striking images taken around the world this week.

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Bitcoin energy use 'bigger than most countries'

Could the cryptocurrency's huge electricity consumption also sink it?

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The Dissident: Jamal Khashoggi documentary points finger at Saudi Arabia's crown prince

The Dissident explores what happened to the Saudi journalist and who might have ordered his murder.

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Mourning the sisters killed as they taught handicrafts

Ayesha and Irshad were breadwinners in a former Pakistani tribal area where militancy is rising again.

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Democrats Toil to Salvage Wage Increase With Stimulus Plan on Brink of Passage

By BY EMILY COCHRANE AND JIM TANKERSLEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2ZSwOjJ

Top health official in Memphis resigns after the state finds 2,400 wasted doses.

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CPAC Crowd Cheers Josh Hawley’s Vote Against Election Results

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I Will Not Rest Until This Garden Grows

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The Final Push to End the Coronavirus Pandemic in the U.S.

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Unity Proves Elusive in Democrats’ Fight for $15

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Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says

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House Democrats plan to vote soon on the sweeping pandemic aid package.

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At CPAC, Josh Hawley is unapologetic about challenging the election results, and draws a standing ovation.

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Mary Robinson 'made a big mistake' over Dubai princess

Princess Latifa Al Maktoum was previously described as "troubled" by the former Irish president.

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Ros Atkins on... Is Facebook too powerful?

Ros Atkins looks at the consequences of Facebook's power on events in Myanmar, Washington DC and Australia.

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Thursday, 25 February 2021

'Op Silent Viper': How an Indian rape suspect was caught after 22 years

The case went cold after the man accused disappeared following a brutal 1999 gang rape in India.

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Why Greenpeace is dropping huge boulders into the sea

Fishing community leaders say Greenpeace's action is dangerous and illegal.

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Golden Globes: Celebrity make-up artists on their job in the pandemic

Hollywood make-up artists on their experiences of working in the time of Covid-19.

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Senate parliamentarian disqualifies minimum wage from stimulus plan.

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Top Senate Official Disqualifies Minimum Wage From Stimulus Plan

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As bond yields jump, fingers point at the Fed.

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AT&T, loaded with debt from its DirecTV deal, sells part of its TV business to a private equity firm.

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Film Club: ‘The Paradise Next Door’

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A U.S. aircraft carrier is coming home after 10 months at sea — just not to quite the same home.

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On the Ground in Texas, 10 Days Later

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Lawmakers Clash Over Call for Special Panel to Investigate Capitol Assault

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How to Get Really Rich!

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The Paradox of Pandemic Partisanship

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CPAC Starts Tomorrow and Trump Is Still Center of the Republican Universe

By BY GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3bUKDEf

Bill Wright, Who Broke a Color Barrier in Golf, Dies at 84

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The Morning

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Confirmation in Doubt for Neera Tanden, Biden’s Budget Director Pick

By BY ANNIE KARNI, JIM TANKERSLEY AND EMILY COCHRANE from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3usreCZ

Teenage John Thune Earned $6 an Hour. That Would Be More Than $20 Today.

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Equality Act: US House passes sweeping LGBTQ+ rights bill

Key bill, which amends 1964 Civil Rights Act, passes 224-216 but faces uncertain future in evenly divided Senate

The House has passed the landmark Equality Act, taking LGBTQ+ Americans one step closer to winning legal protection from discrimination.

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Vanuatu coronavirus vaccine rollout to take until end of 2023

The majority of the Pacific nation’s population won’t be immunised for another two years, government planning documents show

Despite a tourism-dependent economy devastated by coronavirus shutdowns, Vanuatu’s Covid-19 vaccination programme will not inoculate most of its population until the end of 2023.

According to the ministry of health’s national deployment and vaccination plan, the first shots will be administered in April this year, but only the most vulnerable 20% of the population will get a jab in the first phase.

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Australia is the Covid lucky country. But we risk becoming cruel | Brigid Delaney

When you emerge relatively unscathed in a devastated world, there is a risk of being out of step, of lacking empathy

Most mornings, as soon I wake, I retrieve some voice messages left overnight on WhatsApp. Sent from friends in the Northern hemisphere, they are missives from the pandemic, a granular account of what daily life is like in lockdown over there.

For almost a year now, various friends and I record and send audio messages back and forth that contain the sort of ephemera that seems too slight and unimportant for email but satisfying to listen to in the morning as I have my first coffee.

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