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As Germany prepares to go to the polls, the BBC speaks to some of the youngest candidates standing.

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…

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…

Campaigners say including extremist narratives among everyday conversations can be a pathway to radicalisation.

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…

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…

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,…

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…

White House coronavirus adviser Dr Anthony Fauci is urging more Americans to get vaccinated as confirmed cases and deaths from Covid-19 continue to rise. He said some 70 million Americans entitled to the vaccine had not taken it, so this was “an outbreak of the unvaccinated”. Dr Fauci told BBC World News: “If ever there…

British supermodel Naomi Campbell has spoken about being a first-time mother. In an exclusive interview with BBC HARDtalk, she told Zeinab Badawi: “I’m really lucky, I think I have a dream child.” Ms Campbell, 51, made the surprise announcement in May, and said she hoped her daughter would follow her example of being a strong…