Afghanistan: 100 days of Taliban rule

Mahbouba Seraj is a prominent Afghan women’s rights activist and journalist. When the Taliban came back to power in August 2021, she stayed in the country and continues to voice the concerns of Afghan women. From Kabul, she tells Yalda Hakim for BBC 100 Women about her fears for her nation, and has a personal…

Several European countries have paused the use of a coronavirus vaccine over the safety concerns, but delays to the rollout of coronavirus vaccine programmes will have an economic fallout, a professor of economics at Koç University, has said. When there is a slowdown in vaccination programmes people who are not immunised will need to minimise…

A robotic art installation inspired by traditional Japanese Zen gardens has been paying homage to athletes competing in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Constant Gardeners project looks at footage from different sports and then uses an algorithm to create an artistic representation of athletes’ movements. BBC Click’s Paul Carter reports. See more at Click’s…

São Paulo Governor João Doria has described President Jair Bolsonaro as a “crazy guy” who is making the country’s coronavirus situation worse. Speaking to the BBC, he said Brazil’s health system was “on the verge of collapse” amid a spike in cases and deaths. “Brazil is fighting two viruses – the coronavirus and the Bolsonaro…

Ros Atkins looks at how Europe is getting to grips with its emissions problem. More on the climate summit The COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it…

At least 45 people were killed and some 150 were injured in a crush at a crowded Orthodox Jewish festival in Israel. The Lag B’Omer festival near Mount Meron had attracted tens of thousands of pilgrims. Eyewitness Menachem Engel, who was attending the festival, said he was about 100m away from where the incident happened….