Afghan baby girl sold for $500 by starving family
The BBC’s Yogita Limaye witnesses first-hand the extreme poverty engulfing millions in Afghanistan.
Watch our exclusive interview with the CEO of Pfizer Albert Bourla, as he hits out at the “rubbish” that has been published about him and his wife – including a fake story that she had died from the vaccine. Speaking to the BBC’s medical editor Fergus Walsh, Mr Bourla also defends the billions of dollars…
As climate summit COP26 continues, the world’s most valuable company says it can play a role in the sustainability. Speaking exclusively to the BBC the President of Microsoft, Brad Smith, told BBC Technology correspondent Marc Cieslak that we should still be able to drive and fly to see your families and friends in the future….
A leading campaigner for women’s rights in Afghanistan was evacuated from Kabul last week, after going into hiding.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has said “certain EU member states” are preventing visa liberation which would allow visa-free travel in the Schengen area. Mr Kurti told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that although he was critical towards the EU, he was not bitter about it. The EU helped Kosovo a lot and the…
The EU needs to impose further economic sanctions, focusing on the individuals and “entities” organising the illegal migration on the border between Belarus and Poland, the Polish deputy foreign minister has said. Pawel Jablonski told BBC Hardtalk’s Zeinab Badawi that it was important to act quickly and be united because “it’s the only language that…
Norway took the decision to pause using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as precautionary measure, Sara Watle, senior physician at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said. She told BBC World News: “The four cases were clusters so they were reported to us in a very short period of time and the four cases have all occurred…