Saudi Crisis, Merkel's Future, Brazil Elections

Trump sends Pompeo to Saudi Arabia over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Angela Merkel's numbered days and Brazil's presidential election. It's World in 60 Seconds with Ian from Japan!

Ready? Let's go!

And go deeper on topics like cybersecurity and artificial intelligence at Microsoft Today in Technology.

More from GZERO Media

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is seen here at a rally to mark the 5th anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's murder, in Moscow, Russia on Feb. 29, 2020.
REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo

News broke early Friday that Russian dissident Alexei Navalny – a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin – has died in prison.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the launch pad at Launch Complex 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fl. in April 2022.

Alex G Perez/AGPfoto/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect

Maybe Russia should’ve been invited to Munich after all … News dropped on Thursday that Moscow is developing new space-based nuclear weapons.

Courtesy od Midjourney

I thought of Dr. Rorschach and his now-famous inkblots this week as I leafed through a massive new study of what people in a dozen of the world’s most powerful countries – the G7 industrialized democracies, plus Brazil, China, India, and South Africa – are worried about when it comes to their security.

AI & human rights: Bridging a huge divide | Marietje Schaake | GZERO AI

On GZERO AI, Marietje Schaake, International Policy Fellow, Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and former European Parliamentarian, reflects on the missing connection between human rights and AI as she prepares for her keynote at the Human Rights in AI conference at the Mila Quebec Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

Soldiers keep watch in the militarized Litoral prison, part of the measures taken by Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa to crackdown on gangs, during a media tour in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 9, 2024.
REUTERS/Santiago Arcos/File Photo

Ecuadorians will get their say on a slew of emergency measures meant to combat skyrocketing murders in their country — but they’ll have to wait more than two months.

Markus Söder, the prime minister of Bavaria, welcomes US Vice President Kamala Harris at Munich Airport as a guest of the Munich Security Conference.

DPA via Reuters

The 60th Munich Security Conference is underway as world leaders gather in Germany to discuss diplomatic and military strategy.

Displaced Palestinians take shelter in a tent camp in Rafah.
REUTERS/Bassam Masoud

Acting on intelligence about Hamas and hostages, Israeli special forces raided the main hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday despite international calls for civilian protection. This coincides with Egypt’s concerns over Israel’s planned ground offensive of Rafah, where 1.4 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the inauguration of the BAPS Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 14, 2024.
REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

The Supreme Court in India, the country with the most expensive elections in the world, has outlawed anonymous political donations ahead of national elections this spring.