Afghanistan: ‘A red signal for the entire globe’

Team BRIT is a motorsport team made up of six disabled drivers who use adapted cars to compete in races against non-disabled drivers equally. BBC Click’s Paul Carter went to visit the team to find out more about the car and the team’s hopes for the future. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick

A federal investigation into policing practices in the city of Minneapolis has been launched, a day after one of its former officers, Derek Chauvin, was convicted of the murder of George Floyd. Speaking before the investigation was announced Dr Rashawn Ray, a professor of sociology told BBC World News that he was not sure whether…

Refugees across Afghanistan are in a race against death, as freezing winter temperatures and a lack of food add to the country’s crisis, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland has said. He told BBC World News: “They have no food at all for the coming weeks. The little income they had…

The multi-award winning music producer and guitarist, Nile Rodgers, is to auction his guitars, cars and personal items to raise money for his We Are Family Foundation. The not-for-profit organisation provides mentoring for talented teenagers around the world. One of the guitars being auctioned is a replica of his famous Hitmaker. But Rodgers, who has…

A protester, Thuta, says he is prepared to die in the fight to restore democracy to Myanmar, also known as Burma. Thuta told BBC World News that he has lost four friends in protests against the military coup, and how soldiers had opened fire on civilians. “I’m prepared to be killed… live or die, I…

France is honouring the US-born 20th Century singer and activist Josephine Baker with a place in the Pantheon on Tuesday. She’s the first black woman to be remembered in the resting place of France’s national heroes, through her work on civil rights and for the Resistance during the Second World War. Producers: Marianne Baisnee and…