Afghan war: Nobody listened to us, Pakistan says

BBC China correspondent John Sudworth has left Beijing and moved to Taiwan after pressure and threats from the Chinese authorities. Even as we were leaving we were followed by plain clothes policeman through the departure hall of the airport, he told BBC World News. It was a reminder of the “grim reality of reporting in…

Ivermectin was called a Covid “miracle” drug, championed by vaccine opponents, but research has shown that more than a third of 26 major trials of the drug for use on Covid have serious errors or signs of potential fraud. Dr Kyle Sheldrick, of the University of New South Wales, who was one of the group…

The President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera has denied that bringing his wife, daughter and son-in-law with him as part of his 10-person delegation to a virtual international summit being hosted in the UK is nepotism. Each member of the delegation has a specific function and provide services that justifies their presence at the summit, Mr…

BBC Click’s Romana Kreider looks at the best technology news stories of the week including: Elon Musk announced that his satellite internet service Starlink could reach half a million customers over the coming year. MIT and Harvard engineers designed a face mask that can diagnose Covid-19 within about 90 minutes. Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot…

A smartphone with a microscope camera offering 60x magnification has been revealed by Chinese phone-maker Oppo. BBC Click’s Chris Fox went hands-on with the Oppo Find X3 Pro to see what the microscope could capture – and whether it was useful or just a gimmick. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick

There is no clear reason to link the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine with blood clots, the professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has said. Prof Martin McKee told BBC World News the countries suspending use of the vaccine were being “ultra cautious”. He said people should be “reasonably…