Contest inspires next generation of female code breakers

Vintage petrol-powered Bentleys and Rolls-Royce cars are being re-engineered to fully electric vehicles by a company based at Silverstone, the home of UK motorsport. In a world-first, Lunaz adapts the cars in a process which takes about 26 weeks and starts at £350,000 ($478,000, 405,000 euros). BBC Click’s Jen Copestake finds out more. See more…

It is a 100 days before the 2021 Olympics begins in Tokyo and athletes all over the world are back in training. Marathon runner Stephanie Davis, who will be competing in the Games for the first time, told BBC World News that she was really grateful that the Olympics was going ahead after it was…

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says hopes of developing nations adapting to climate change remain low, as pledges made during the Paris climate talks six years ago remain unfulfilled. On Monday, he urged countries to end carbon emissions and called for an increase in climate financing.

Democratic US Congressman Tom Malinowski has warned the war over Afghanistan will continue. The tragedy of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan had been set in motion by the Trump administration and he regretted President Biden had carried the policy through, Mr Malinowski said. But neither administration had levelled with the American people. “They keep saying…

There is a bigger context to the current hostilities between Israel and Gaza, the political analyst and former spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, Nour Odeh, has said. She told BBC World News: “We have to look at the wider picture. We cannot just say that Hamas needs to stop firing rockets. We have to ask…

BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Facebook lifts its ban on political advertising which has been in place since the US presidential election in November The Last of US 2 receives a record-breaking 13 nominations at the Bafta gaming awards Tiny insect-like drones are…