'AstraZeneca jab could be limited to certain age groups'

Ingrida Simonyte, the prime minister of Lithuania, has criticised Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s statement about diverting a flight to Minsk on Sunday. “It is so complicated for anyone who believes in the rule of law, institutions and the Western democracies to believe in anything Mr Lukashenko is saying,” she told BBC World News. “I think…

The Duke of Cambridge has suggested entrepreneurs should focus their resources on solving problems on Earth rather than engaging in a new space race. He was speaking to the BBC’s Newscast podcast, before the first ceremony for his new Earthshot Prize this weekend. Five innovative ideas will each be awarded £1m to help the planet….

States tend to have a predictable response to gun laws after mass shootings, a law professor says.

Ransomware hackers are now focusing on large supply chains to hit the public, the director of Cyber Threat Research at Immersive Labs has said. Kevin Breen told BBC World News it was too early to identify the source of a cyber attack on JBS, the world’s largest meat processing company. He said: “The attackers are…

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has signalled he may not attend the COP26 climate conference in November, in an interview with the West Australian newspaper. Mr Morrison said he had “not made any final decisions” on attending, but he had spent a lot of time in quarantine due to overseas trips and may have to…

Countries have got to start taking the dangers of climate change more seriously, the UK shadow business secretary Ed Miliband has said. Globally countries are struggling and dragging their feet in taking the action which is necessary, he told BBC World News’ Christian Fraser.