Afghan activist: Either we let them kill us or keep working
A leading campaigner for women’s rights in Afghanistan was evacuated from Kabul last week, after going into hiding.
The current situation which has seen increasing violence in Gaza and Israel was entirely started by Israel, the foreign affairs adviser to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said. It was not about telling militants to stop firing rockets, but in the beginning “stopping Israeli aggression,” Dr Nabil Shaath told BBC World News on Thursday. Weeks…
The sentencing of seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy campaigners for unlawful assembly will send a message not just to Hong Kong, but to Beijing and the rest of the world about whether there is still an independent judiciary, the former Democratic Party chairperson and legislator Emily Lau has said. “We would like to…
With some parts of the world lifting lockdown restrictions employers are looking at where their employees should be based. While some are demanding their workforce return to the office others are paving the way for permanent home-based employment or hybrid working. So what are the challenges facing employers and employees? BBC World News spoke to…
BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Microsoft updated its Xbox accessibility guidelines, launching a new testing platform for developers of PC and Xbox games to make gaming more accessible Facebook banned the sharing of all news stories in Australia, both local and international, rejecting…
It was Elena Blasser’s dream to live near the beach. It came true a decade ago when she moved in to Champlain Towers South. Now, with the partial collapse of the building, her son Pablo Rodríguez has lost hope that his mother and grandmother are still alive – and he wants answers. Video by Angélica…
The UK, US and Australia have announced a special security pact to share advanced technologies including nuclear-powered submarine know-how. The partnership, labelled Aukus, aims to “defend our shared interests in the Indo-Pacific”, the leaders of the three nations said in a joint statement. US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and UK PM…