Afghanistan: ‘Travesty everything evaporated so quickly’

A petition in Australia is calling for consent education to be included in the curriculum after thousands of young women shared stories about sexual abuse and violence during their school years. Chanel Contos, who launched the petition told BBC World News: “I started this petition because it became so clear to me in my adult…

The Taliban say they will not extend the deadline for Western forces to leave Afghanistan. A spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, told the BBC’s Yalda Hakim that the 31 August was a red line and that any extension would be a “clear violation” of the Doha agreement between the United States and the Taliban. He said that…

A former colonel describes a leadership making cash by any means, from drug factories to illegal arms deals.

On World Press Freedom Day, the journalist discusses attacks on female reporters and disinformation.

BBC Click’s Lara Lewington visits one of the newest smart office blocks in London to see how technology could transform our working lives. The building at 22 Bishopsgate will provide workspace for 12,000 people who will be able to control many of its workplace functions from a smartphone app. The app sends data to a…

Lawmakers in Hungary have passed legislation prohibiting the sharing with minors of any content seen as promoting homosexuality and gender change. Speaking before the legislation was passed Hungary’s Momentum Movement MEP Katalin Cseh said the law would make it very hard for LGBTQ people to live in the country. She told BBC World News: “I…