Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea

Huawei has revealed the third iteration of its folding smartphone, abandoning its previous designs and taking some inspiration from Samsung. This time, the folding display on the Mate X2 is protected inside the phone. BBC Click’s Chris Fox went hands-on with the phone and described it as the best folding phone so far – but…

Under Taliban rule, female judges in Afghanistan have reportedly been tortured and received death threats. Hundreds were forced into hiding, worried that those they’d convicted would now come to seek their revenge after being released from prison. BBC Newsnight’s Sima Kotecha spoke exclusively to female judges who have just arrived in the UK as part…

Beryl Voss is 88-years-old and is still very active – going hiking on a regular basis and volunteering twice a week at a food hall to help people who are hungry. She is also part of a study to find out why people like her have aged well and what scientists can learn from her….

Researchers have found that people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the previous six months were more likely to develop depression, dementia, psychosis and stroke. One in three people who had previously had coronavirus went on to develop or have relapse of a psychological or neurological condition. Neurology professor Masud Husain, one of the authors of the…

A lack of trained doctors, nurses and support staff is affecting the ability of large scale hospitals to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, a doctor treating coronavirus patients in the state of Gujarat has said. Dr Devashish Palkar, who is in his final year of training to be a psychiatrist told BBC World News that…

A survey of 15 countries has shown that anxieties about side effects and uncertainties around safety are the main reasons for coronavirus vaccine hesitancy. Imperial College London’s Melanie Leis, who co-led the project, told BBC World News that in the vast majority of countries surveyed more than 50% of the population had trust in the…