Malcolm Turnbull: Australia ex-PM says vaccine rollout 'a colossal failure'

The timeline for developing coronavirus vaccines has been rapid, but safety was never compromised the head of the Global Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) has said. Speaking to BBC Hardtalk Dr Seth Berkley described the progress as “extraordinary”, explaining that he thought the development of Covid vaccines would take around 18 months to two years. “We squeezed…

Sarit, a 26-year-old Israeli student living in a kibbutz near the Gaza Strip has told BBC World News what it is like living through the Israel-Gaza conflict. She said she felt sorry for the citizens of Gaza, but Israelis have been bombed for 20 years. “We know this is exactly why this is being done…

Nine Catalan separatists convicted over a failed independence bid in 2017 have been formally pardoned by the Spanish government. President of the government of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, told BBC World News that the priority now was to have an agreed referendum as this was the best way to achieve independence. In Spain tens of thousands…

A 400m-long (1,312ft) container ship has become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes. Dozens of vessels are now waiting to go through the canal. “We will see a lot delays in shipping moving ahead now for the next few days until the canal is cleared,” Carl Schou, CEO…

Armed forces minister James Heappey has said that British soldiers in Afghanistan are facing “extraordinary circumstances” at Kabul airport. UK troops were deployed to Kabul airport to aid the evacuation of people from the country, following the Taliban’s total takeover of Afghanistan. Mr Heappey told the BBC that while soldiers are helping with the evacuation,…

Iceland’s rocky, volcanic and icy landscape has many similarities to the other worlds humans may visit in the future. So could the country become a place to research the challenges of living on new planets? BBC Click’s Spencer Kelly finds out more. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick