China is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party with a crowd of about 70,000 people in Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen square.
President Xi Jinping told the country that the Chinese people would not allow a foreign power to bully or subjugate them and that China would resolve the “Taiwan question” to achieve complete “reunification”.
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Newscast’s Adam Fleming talks climate change with the Duke of Cambridge at Kensington Palace ahead of the inaugural Earthshot Prize – his ambitious plan to showcase those working to save the planet. The full Prince William interview airs on 14 October 2021. Watch BBC One (at 23:35), BBC News Channel and BBC iPlayer. Listen on…
Western governments will face difficult questions about whether to support Afghanistan if the Taliban seize control in a way that is illegitimate, the UK Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sir Nick Carter has said. But he told BBC World News that if the Taliban did take control of the country he did not believe they…
A BBC investigation has uncovered British waste being illegally shipped to Romania and dumped. The Romanian authorities say that the shipments, labelled as second-hand goods, were really just worthless junk destined for landfill. Millions can be made from this so-called waste crime – because it’s cheaper to send junk abroad and dump it, than to…
BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories including: YouTube announces it will remove videos containing vaccine misinformation for all approved vaccines, expanding on its ban of false claims about Covid-19 jabs A new law to stop workers being fired if they are not meeting productivity targets set by…
When buildings are demolished the valuable materials they contain can also go to waste with materials crushed and then burnt at incineration plants. But one recycling plant in Finland is trying to recover more of the materials which could be reused. BBC Click’s Spencer Kelly finds out more. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at the best technology news stories of the week including: After 27 years Jeff Bezo steps down as the head of Amazon Footage of the world’s first 3D printed school, based in Malawi, is released – the school opened its doors last month A Belgian artist creates an artificial intelligence…
