Journalist Maria Ressa emphasised the importance of facts in journalism, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Speaking to the website she co-founded, Rappler, she said :”When you don’t have facts, you don’t have truth, you don’t have trust”.
Ms Ressa was one of two winners of this year’s prize, for using her platform to “expose abuse of power, use of violence and growing authoritarianism” in the Phillipines.
Thomas Vinterberg, director of the Danish film Another Round, has said he is “over the moon” with winning the Bafta award for Best Film Not in the English Language, along with receiving nominations for Best Director and Best International Feature at the Oscars. He told BBC World News he made the film for his 19-year-old…
Coldplay put a pause on touring in 2019 due to concerns about the environmental impact of concerts. Four years after their A Head Full of Dreams tour, which saw them stage 122 shows across five continents, the band have announced a new tour, with an eco-friendly focus. The band have pledged to make their upcoming…
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…
As the Taliban advance there are feelings of grief and fear, a child rights activist in Kabul says.
Reports of a build-up of Russian troops on its shared border with Ukraine is “significant” and could lead to open conflict, Carl Bildt, co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations has said. He told BBC World News: “It’s clearly a deliberate decision by the Kremlin to escalate the conflict. Where this will lead us…
