Interviewing the Taliban: 'Still now I am terrified'

As climate summit COP26 continues, the world’s most valuable company says it can play a role in the sustainability. Speaking exclusively to the BBC the President of Microsoft, Brad Smith, told BBC Technology correspondent Marc Cieslak that we should still be able to drive and fly to see your families and friends in the future….

Free and and fair trade is in the European Union’s DNA, but the EU will have to take measures if AstraZeneca does not deliver the agreed quantities of Covid-19 vaccinations, an Austrian MEP says. Export controls or even export bans should be considered if that does not work, Angelika Winzig told BBC World News. The…

Australia is lagging way behind other developed countries with the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, Prof Tim Soutphommasane has said. The political theorist at Sydney University said the current “fortress Australia” policy would have significant long-term effects on the country. He told BBC World News: “Australia has been winning the war but it is at…

At least 120 people have died and hundreds are unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in western Europe in decades. The acting mayor of Liege in Belgium, Christine Defraigne, told BBC World News that while the river level was now dropping, the city was now facing a “terrible aftermath”. “I think our population…

Afghan politician Shukria Barakzai on her fears as the Taliban continues to advance in Afghanistan.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has highlighted racism as an issue in the UK, Nadine Batchelor-Hunt, political correspondent JOE.co.uk has told BBC World News. When you turn on the television there will often be white people saying we are one of the least racist countries in the world, she explained….