Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea

LJ Rich looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories including: The FBI is investigating thousands of fake emails sent from one of its own servers Apple will now let users repair their own phones – selling the tools and parts required for some of the more common fixes DogPhone – a toy…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine appears to be safe and effective at preventing serious illness. The announcement paves the way for the drug to be approved later this week. If approved it will be the third Covid-19 vaccine to be authorised in the US….

Indonesian president Joko Widodo has spoken of his country’s struggle with the pandemic earlier this year, describing how hospitals and facilities could not cope. Speaking exclusively to the BBC’s Asia presenter Karishma Vaswani, Mr Widodo said that the situation in the country had greatly improved and steps were being taken to address discrepancies in facilities…

There is a “tradition” of racism in the British press, Joseph Harker, deputy opinion editor at the Guardian has said. Mr Harker, who is also a former publisher and editor of Black Britain told BBC World News it was a “laughable claim” to suggest the press was not racist in the UK. “You can look…

More than 6,500 pupils from across the UK took part in the CyberFirst Girls competition.

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