BBC presenter's 'perfect hug' goes wrong

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…

Flight of the Sky Lion at the Legoland Windsor Resort is the UK’s first flying theatre ride. The adventure is projected onto a 20m (65ft) high concave screen and the gondola, where the audience sits, is capable of a 30 degree swing, 23 degree pitch and 3 degrees of yaw (left or right movement). BBC…

The attorneys selecting the jurors for the in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer accused of killing George Floyd will face a difficult task, Derrick Johnson, the CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has said. They would need to find 12 people who could come to the…

BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at the best tech news stories of the week including: Amazon signs a $8.45bn (£5.97bn) deal to buy MGM, the Hollywood studio known for releasing movies in the James Bond and Rocky franchises Uber and Lyft start offering free short rides to Americans travelling to get a Covid-19 jab A…

Kitboga is the alias of a Twitch and YouTube streamer who focuses on scam baiting – wasting the time of con artists who are trying to steal money from people. He and a few others have now turned to using artificial intelligence bots to deal with some of the scammers. The system recognises what the…

Australia’s vaccination rollout has really picked up in recent months, partly due to Covid outbreaks in Sydney and Melbourne. But in remote areas hardly touched by the virus, it’s often a different story. Australia’s famous Royal Flying Doctor Service is part of a huge logistical effort to get jabs in arms. The BBC joined them…