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

Ryan Girdusky is the founder of the 1776 Project Political Action Committee which campaigns to stop the teaching of critical race theory in US schools. He tells BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that the theory is not just being taught, but also practised in public schools. Watch the full interview on BBC iPlayer (UK only)

Despite repeated warnings many ignore coronavirus safety procedures, a doctor in West Bengal says.

The US Capitol police officer Billy Evans, who was killed in a recent attack, was “an amazing guy”, his life-long friend Jason LaForest has said. William “Billy” Evans, who had been a member of the Capitol Police for 18 years, died when a vehicle was rammed into officers at the Capitol. Mr LaForest told BBC…

Foreign countries should stop encouraging Afghans to leave as the country needs their talents, a Taliban spokesman has said. Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghan nationals should head back to their homes, jobs and normal life, as there was “no danger” to them, adding: “Let’s live together.” He told a press conference that “war for us has…

Germany is facing a “massive” third wave of Covid-19 infections, Prof Tobias Kurth, an epidemiologist at Charite-Universitatsmedizin in Berlin has said. He told BBC World News measures were relaxed too early before the vaccination programme had time to take effect. There had been an “exponential” rise in cases over recent days, Prof Kurth said. “It’s…

While there has been much attention on Afghans being evacuated at Kabul airport, it was important to remember there were more than 500,000 internally displaced people in the country, the UN refugee agency’s representative to Afghanistan has said. Caroline Van Buren told BBC World News that the country was facing a humanitarian crisis. Failure to…