![El Paso County Medical Examiner's Office staff move bodies in bags labelled 'COVID' from refrigerated trailers into the morgue office on November 23, 2020 [File: Ivan Pierre Aguirre/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-19T200951Z_1870942346_RC28BL9HODDJ_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-DEATHS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Aid groups warn that the violence is exacerbating CAR's humanitarian crisis [File: Jack Losh/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/28.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 [File: Omar Shagaleh/Anadolu Agency]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/8f68dc1b184e475498f76a4e942bddd2_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![Ethnic Uighur demonstrators take part in a protest against China in Istanbul, Turkey on October 1, 2020 [File: Murad Sezer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-10-01T114951Z_1444454967_RC2N9J9X7LBY_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-XINJIANG-TURKEY.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Violence erupted Saturday between Arab nomads and members of the non-Arab Masalit ethnic group in El Geneina [File: Ashraf Shazly/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8YX4FK.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![United States President Donald Trump has long boasted about his business acumen and corporate connections, but company after company cut ties with him following the violent siege at the US Capitol by his supporters [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-12T151430Z_186536507_RC2F6L9LRCDX_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The drill came days after the US once more flew B-52 bombers over the region, the fifth time in the past two months [Iran army handout]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2_52_resize.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to overturn the so-called Muslim ban on 'day one' of his administration [File: Yuri Gripas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5a51739b5e2c42d481bced9a60102616_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![The Swiss probe centres on $400m in transfers allegedly tied to Lebanon's central bank governor of 27 years, Riad Salameh, his brother Raja, and Salameh’s adviser Marianne Al-Hoayek, a judicial source told Al Jazeera [File: Jamal Saidi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/a19a6e23318143e7a8fa9350a29fd489_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![Much of downtown Washington, DC is off-limits behind high fences or cement barricades with storefronts and offices boarded up [John Minchillo/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21017013073853.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Aid groups warn that the violence is exacerbating CAR's humanitarian crisis [File: Jack Losh/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/28.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
US Political Transition
![US Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken testifies during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee om January 19 [Alex Edelman/Pool via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019736911974.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be closely watched as a possible successor to President-elect Joe Biden [File: Matt Slocum/The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21016709174342-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Supporters of US President Donald Trump in the Capitol Rotunda after breaching security on January 6 [File: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56604603.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![President Donald Trump released a farewell video on Tuesday, his last full day in office [File: Gerald Herbert/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21014121601162-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Members of the National Guard patrol near the United States Capitol building ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, in Washington, DC. [Andrew Kelly/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-19T154457Z_777615654_RC23BL9I8Q2W_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-INAUGURATION.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued his strongest remarks to date on Trump's role in inciting the mob of supporters that attacked the Capitol on January 6 [Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21014795329896.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
YouTube extends Trump ban over fears of US inauguration violence
YouTube said it will not terminate Trump’s account unless he violates the service’s policies three times in 90 days.
![Unlike Twitter and Facebook, YouTube has not banned US President Donald Trump from its platform permanently or indefinitely [File: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-12T225802Z_1192036993_RC2M6L9LF487_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-GOOGLE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Parler moves to hosting service owned by Russians after ban
Parler was dropped by big tech companies after it was used by members to incite violence at the US Capitol.
![Parler's CEO says the return of the platform, which is favoured by far-right conspiracy theorists, was 'inevitable' [File: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/367359994.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
On last full day in office, Trump grants Arctic drilling leases
Leaseholders would still need to seek permits from the Biden administration before any wells could be drilled.
![United States President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska [File: US Fish and Wildlife Service via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_20237765925572.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Opinion
Child dies as heavy rains turn Syria IDP camps into ‘lakes’
Tens of thousands of people affected by devastating floods, with many forced to sleep in open air after tents damaged.
![Children play in the Umm Jurn camp for the displaced, near the village of Kafr Uruq, in Syria's northern rebel-held Idlib province [Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8YX7LP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Twelve National Guard troops pulled from inauguration
Their removal comes as the FBI works to vet all 25,000 National Guard troops for Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday.
![Members of the National Guard patrol near the United States Capitol building ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, in Washington, DC. [Andrew Kelly/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-19T154457Z_777615654_RC23BL9I8Q2W_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-INAUGURATION.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Members of the National Guard greet a dog while they spend time in Lincoln Park in Washington, DC, days ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. [Brendan McDermid/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-19T054335Z_210666822_RC2NAL9Y169Q_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Members of the National Guard greet a dog while they spend time in Lincoln Park in Washington, DC, days ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. [Brendan McDermid/Reuters]
![National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019555939518.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
![A street leading to the White House is blocked by police and security fencing as preparations are made for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony. [Julio Cortez/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019531120630.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
A street leading to the White House is blocked by police and security fencing as preparations are made for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony. [Julio Cortez/AP Photo]
![National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019556074114.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
![Riot shields are stacked at the ready as National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019556079198.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Riot shields are stacked at the ready as National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
![Federal K-9 units prepare for a security sweep in preparation for the inauguration ceremonies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019556150652.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Federal K-9 units prepare for a security sweep in preparation for the inauguration ceremonies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
![Members of the National Guard have coffee while standing watch at a barrier on a close street ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. [Caitlin Ochs/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-19T154705Z_1594894974_RC23BL9YMOFT_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-INAUGURATION.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Members of the National Guard have coffee while standing watch at a barrier on a close street ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. [Caitlin Ochs/Reuters]
![National Guard troops are deployed throughout Washington, DC in the most heavily guarded inauguration since that of President Abraham Lincoln in 1861. [Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019504591358.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
National Guard troops are deployed throughout Washington, DC in the most heavily guarded inauguration since that of President Abraham Lincoln in 1861. [Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo]
![A 'Field of Flags' is illuminated on the National Mall. Approximately 191,500 US flags will cover part of the National Mall to represent the American people who are unable to travel to Washington, DC for the inauguration. [Joe Raedle/Pool/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56629800.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
A 'Field of Flags' is illuminated on the National Mall. Approximately 191,500 US flags will cover part of the National Mall to represent the American people who are unable to travel to Washington, DC for the inauguration. [Joe Raedle/Pool/EPA]
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