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Joe Biden should take executive action alongside legislation to defend rights of undocumented immigrants, advocates say.
Politics
![Joe Biden succeeds Donald Trump as president of the United States [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sss.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Al Jazeera takes a side-by-side look at the inaugurations of the two most recent presidents of the US.
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Biden takes over from Donald Trump at a moment of deep division in the United States, which is...
![Members of the military band participate in a dress rehearsal for the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at the Capitol, Monday, January 18, 2021, in Washington, DC [Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21018678856912.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Al Jazeera journalists discuss Donald Trump’s legacy and whether Joe Biden can repair Trump’s...
![A mask-clad traveller prepares to board the first Qatar Airways flight bound for Cairo after the resumption of flights [File: Karim Jaafar/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8YZ47Y.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Egypt’s foreign ministry said official notes had been exchanged with Qatar as they agreed to resume ties.
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Opposing messages by Iran and the new US administration promise tough road ahead for the nuclear deal Trump abandoned.
![Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte leaves the Palazzo Madama in Rome after a confidence vote against him and his government before the Italian Senate [Filippo Monteforte/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8Z47VL-e1611111247972.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Embattled prime minister faces prospect of leading a minority government but hopes to legislators outside his coalition.
![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)
Three people linked to a far-right US militia group are facing federal charges in relation to deadly riot at US Capitol.
![House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attends her weekly news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2021 [Joshua Roberts/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-15T170058Z_1253312295_RC2H8L9MIXM7_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
FBI is investigating a former lover’s accusation the woman stole a laptop from House Speaker Pelosi to sell to Russia.
![Navalny was arrested on Sunday after flying back to Russia from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from an alleged nerve agent poisoning attack that he blames on the Kremlin [Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8YY2ZU.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Many countries have slammed Russia for jailing the Kremlin foe who has returned to Moscow months after alleged attack.
![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=270%2C180)
Dozens of businesses took action against US President Donald Trump and some Republican lawmakers after the Capitol riot.
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New era opens in Washington as spotlight falls on Biden’s nominees for governing roles at State Department and Pentagon.
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US Ambassador Natalie E Brown was stopped from visiting Bobi Wine who is effectively under house arrest.
![Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani offered to facilitate regional negotiations [File: Naseem Zeitoon/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2019-02-11T000000Z_1437873690_RC1ABB7E4720_RTRMADP_3_QATAR-FRANCE.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Doha is ‘hopeful’ that new talks between Tehran and Gulf Arab states will take place.