VOA60: February 2, 2022

A website that shows Iranian state television says it experienced technical difficulties on Tuesday. Activists reportedly played an anti-government video message on the service.

In Sudan, "resistance committees" of young activists are organizing in Khartoum in an effort to protest military rule and gain support.

In Ecuador, environmentalists say an oil pipeline broke Friday, causing a spill in the country's Amazon area that polluted water and endangered the environment.

And in China, some sports competitions begin at the Beijing Winter Olympics as officials prepare for Friday’s opening ceremony.