Maria Ressa

Ryan Girdusky is the founder of the 1776 Project Political Action Committee which campaigns to stop the teaching of critical race theory in US schools. He tells BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that the theory is not just being taught, but also practised in public schools. Watch the full interview on BBC iPlayer (UK only)

The BBC’s Yogita Limaye witnesses first-hand the extreme poverty engulfing millions in Afghanistan.

Leaders of individual countries need to work for the good of the world as a whole if we are to be better prepared to tackle pandemics, the World Health Organization’s special envoy for Covid-19, has said. “Unless we work for the good of all, we are all going to end up in a lot of…

A small study found hugs lasting five to 10 seconds are associated with being the most pleasant.

People in Myanmar are risking their lives in anti-coup protests every day and the international community needs to step up and play their part, Burma Campaign UK’s Anna Roberts has said. “The military have huge business interests, so we need to see the EU, UK and others, ban companies from doing business with the military,”…

Lord of The Rings director, Peter Jackson, has restored more than 50 hours of outtakes from the 1970 Beatles documentary Let It Be. The documentary sheds new light on the relationship between Paul McCartney and John Lennon before the band finally split in 1970. The film is in three parts and almost seven-hours long. The…