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A petition in Australia is calling for consent education to be included in the curriculum after thousands of young women shared stories about sexual abuse and violence during their school years. Chanel Contos, who launched the petition told BBC World News: “I started this petition because it became so clear to me in my adult…

Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has spoken about the trial of her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky which is taking place in a closed court. He is accused of inciting violence ahead of the election and she rejects the charges. “It is fake trial of course and fake judges, fake prosecutors, because they made this process closed…

American Julie Montagu, who became Lady Hinchingbrooke when she married, can relate to the Duchess of Sussex telling Oprah Winfrey she had not known what to expect when she had joined the Royal Family. “It is true as an American we do look at royal life as really fairy tale,” she told BBC World News….

Charlize Theron says countries have to start sharing vaccines if we are to reach the World Health Organization’s goal of vaccinating 70% of the planet next year. The actress, who has joined the social justice organisation Ford Foundation, wants the World Trade Organization to agree a waiver on vaccine patents – so countries can manufacture…

Politicians need to come together to prevent further violence in Northern Ireland, the former British chief negotiator for the Good Friday Agreement has said. Jonathan Powell told BBC World News: “I don’t think this will take us back into the Troubles but I do think politicians are playing with matches. This is the time of…

BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories including: The US becomes the largest bitcoin miner in the world after regulations banning the practice in China come into effect Australia’s space agency announces its first mission to the Moon in a collaboration with Nasa Sea-like robotic creatures float above…