An elk who spent two years wandering around Colorado with a tyre around its neck has had a weight lifted off its shoulders by wildlife officials.
Officers resorted to tranquillising the bull elk and removing its antlers, after they were unable to cut through the steel lining of the tyre.
Scott Murdoch of Colorado Parks and Wildlife spoke to the BBC’s Maryam Moshiri about the experience.
The actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaks to the BBC ahead of the COP26 climate summit. He has become a champion of clean air and renewable energy and speaks powerfully about tackling climate issues. In an interview for Radio 4’s ’39 Ways to Save the Planet’, the Terminator star criticises countries for…
Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, has expressed her concern about the ongoing violence between Jewish and Israeli-Arab mobs in the country. “Jerusalem is a city of peace and a city of co-existence,” she told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur. “What we have seen this week is actually the result of a horrible incitement of…
Female education – or the lack of it – has been seen as one of the biggest obstacles to the Taliban being officially recognised as Afghanistan’s new government. The Taliban have told secondary schools to open only for boys, but say their restrictions on girls studying are “temporary” in order to ensure learning environments are…
American Julie Montagu, who became Lady Hinchingbrooke when she married, can relate to the Duchess of Sussex telling Oprah Winfrey she had not known what to expect when she had joined the Royal Family. “It is true as an American we do look at royal life as really fairy tale,” she told BBC World News….
Wenatchee High School in Washington state wanted a way to allow students to rehearse safely during the pandemic – and they came up with a creative solution. Principal Eric Anderson said the tents may be small, but they are allowing band members to play together again.
Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, says there has been some “positive” contact with the Taliban. He told BBC World News the UNHCR had been dealing with the Taliban at both provincial and ground level. “I remember the interactions 25 years ago. If I compare those interactions with those that are happening…
