Film-maker Ed Accura’s second film, Blacks Can’t Swim: The Sequel looks at the issues of racial stereotypes and barriers to swimming.
Figures from 2020 show that 95% percent of black adults and 80% of black children in England do not swim.
He tells BBC World News why he made the film and what he wants to achieve.
Blacks Can’t Swim: The Sequel will be released as a digital download on 10 May 2021.
Decode Genetics is researching how genetics shape our bodies, our minds and our personalities.
When buildings are demolished the valuable materials they contain can also go to waste with materials crushed and then burnt at incineration plants. But one recycling plant in Finland is trying to recover more of the materials which could be reused. BBC Click’s Spencer Kelly finds out more. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
Inside IS detention camps in Syria, officials say violence and radicalisation are a growing problem.
Infecting mosquitoes with Wolbachia bacteria has reduced the insect’s ability to spread dengue fever by 77% in a trial, scientists have said. The Wolbachia bacteria persists in the mosquito population meaning the intervention only has to be done once to give a community protection from dengue for many years, the lead researcher on the project,…
Countries have got to start taking the dangers of climate change more seriously, the UK shadow business secretary Ed Miliband has said. Globally countries are struggling and dragging their feet in taking the action which is necessary, he told BBC World News’ Christian Fraser.
Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, says there has been some “positive” contact with the Taliban. He told BBC World News the UNHCR had been dealing with the Taliban at both provincial and ground level. “I remember the interactions 25 years ago. If I compare those interactions with those that are happening…
