'AstraZeneca jab could be limited to certain age groups'
Younger people may be offered alternative vaccines to the AstraZeneca jab, says Prof Paul Hunter.
The charity Save the Children is calling for an immediate de-escalation of the Israel-Gaza conflict. In Jerusalem Save the Children’s Jason Lee told BBC World News: “In every conflict or escalation today we see that children are disproportionately affected… “We have numbers of children being killed, maimed. This cycle will continue unless we take immediate…
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…
Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub has said that she will not be silenced by the Indian government, despite a series of legal cases against her. She told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur, the Indian government has “tried every tool in the book to silence my voice and my journalism”. “That’s the cost of speaking truth to power…
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he believes women in Afghanistan are “very strong” and could, in time, assert their rights under the Taliban. Speaking to the BBC’s John Simpson, Mr Khan also voiced his concerns that there could be a humanitarian crisis and civil war and that an “unstable and chaotic Afghanistan” would…
A 400m-long (1,312ft) container ship has become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes. Dozens of vessels are now waiting to go through the canal. “We will see a lot delays in shipping moving ahead now for the next few days until the canal is cleared,” Carl Schou, CEO…
Violence in the Israel-Gaza conflict was instigated by Hamas, a global Jewish advocacy group which supports Israel has said. The American Jewish Committee spokesman Avi Mayer told BBC World News: “It is Hamas that has instigated this violence weeks ago and just this past weekend called on Palestinians in Jerusalem to acquire knives and behead…