German election: Young candidate MPs on climate and taxes
As Germany prepares to go to the polls, the BBC speaks to some of the youngest candidates standing.
US doctor urges vaccine priority for children
As Covid cases among children in the US rise dramatically, a doctor is calling for them to be prioritised for the vaccine over many adults who are due a third jab. Dr Paul Offit, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a member of the US Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory board, said all…
Luisa Neubauer: Climate change concerns higher than ever in Germany
The German climate change campaigner Luisa Neubauer says that awareness about the “climate catastrophe” is “higher than ever” among Germans as they prepare to go the polls. The 25-year-old activist, who is one of the organisers of school strikes for the climate in Germany, told BBC World News that more than 80 per cent of…
From Click: Extremists using video-game chats to spread hate
Campaigners say including extremist narratives among everyday conversations can be a pathway to radicalisation.
Life at 50C: Heat hitting home in Australia
Australia is one of the countries already seeing an increase in the number of extremely hot days because of climate change, with places like Sydney experiencing temperatures around 50C. The intense heat has led to unusually strong bushfires and some indigenous species dying en masse. As the BBC’s Life at 50 degrees season continues, this…
Mosquitoes sucked up by traps that mimic breathing
More than 300 mosquito-catching machines have been deployed in the French town of Hyères after the insects started to affect tourism. The Qista machines mimic human breathing to lure in the mosquitoes and trap them in a net. Qista says the devices reduce the prevalence of mosquitoes by about 80%. BBC Click’s Chris Fox went…
Afghanistan: The ‘shattered dreams’ of the Ariana cabin crew
They were supposed to be the face of Afghanistan’s future – female cabin crew working for the national carrier, Ariana Airlines. Now, they have been told not to come back to work for the time being by their new bosses, the Taliban. Eleven of the women have come together to hide in an abandoned house,…
NEW Cooperative faces cyber attack
Iowa-based farm services provider NEW Cooperative said its systems were offline to contain a cybersecurity incident.The cooperative operates grain storage elevators in the top U.S. corn producing state, buys and sells grain and owns technology platforms for farmers. “We have taken our systems offline to contain the threat, and we…
Imran Khan: Afghan women ‘are very strong’
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…
How Can CISOs Re-Analyze and Shift Focus?
2020 was a year of relentless disruptions. The protective layer of secured enterprise networks and controlled IT environments of the physical premises did not exist. Over the past year, CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) have had to grapple with the challenges of bolstering the security posture, minimizing risks, and ensuring business continuity in the new…