Afghan activist: Either we let them kill us or keep working

The Middle East is warming faster than much of the world, and Kuwait is careering towards unbearable temperatures. With the mercury topping 53C, three Kuwaiti citizens – an influencer, a weather forecaster and a retired civil servant – raise the alarm. They urge that Kuwait must not be allowed to get any hotter – and…

China is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party with a crowd of about 70,000 people in Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen square. President Xi Jinping told the country that the Chinese people would not allow a foreign power to bully or subjugate them and that China would resolve the “Taiwan question” to achieve complete…

Inside IS detention camps in Syria, officials say violence and radicalisation are a growing problem.

As Covid cases among children in the US rise dramatically, a doctor is calling for them to be prioritised for the vaccine over many adults who are due a third jab. Dr Paul Offit, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a member of the US Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory board, said all…

LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Ride-haling firm Lyft sells its self-driving business to Toyota – for $550 million (£395m, € 454m) A drone capable of carrying three separate loads takes to the skies A robotic arm which uses artificial intelligence to identify and pick apples…

Pakistan’s national security adviser has said Western governments’ failure to heed his country’s advice has left Afghanistan in crisis. Moeed Yusuf told BBC News’s Hardtalk programme’s Stephen Sackur about the impact the war in Afghanistan has had on Pakistan and warned the cycle of war would repeat itself without introspection by Western governments. Watch the…