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

The current Israel-Gaza conflict is worse than previous wars, with more intense bombing, artist Malak Mattar says. She told BBC World News her daughter “is really having a hard time sleeping and she is terrified for her life”. “We are a big family of seven members, the youngest is only 10,” Mattar said. “She survived…

BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Up to 150,000 security cameras were hacked in schools, hospitals and businesses – the company that makes the cameras is investigating Ride-hailing company Ola announces plans to build the world’s largest two-wheeler factory in India A robot uses…

World leaders are set to meet at the COP26 conference in Glasgow in three weeks’ time, to try to agree on action to tackle climate change. Prince Charles has been campaigning on climate issues for decades and, ahead of the conference, he met with the BBC’s Justin Rowlatt to discuss what needs to be done,…

Facebook has revealed its first pair of “smart glasses” that contain two cameras for taking photos and videos. The specs, called Ray-Ban Stories, are a collaboration with the luxury eyewear brand. Facebook is expected to release fully-fledged augmented reality (AR) spectacles. But Facebook’s head of AR and VR told BBC Click’s Chris Fox they were…

Sea levels will continue to rise for years to come even if the world cuts emissions of greenhouse gases, Prof Ed Hawkins, the lead author of the UN’s climate change report, has warned. He told BBC World News that if the world achieved net zero emissions it would stop extreme weather events getting worse, but…

Action-comedy film Free Guy sees Ryan Reynolds break free of his programming as a video game non-player character. He learns he is part of a massively multi-player game called Free City after wearing a pair of sunglasses from one of the games real world players. But how much did video game culture inspire the film?…