Interviewing the Taliban: 'Still now I am terrified'

Sleep apnoea, where a person temporarily stops breathing while they are asleep, can lead to serious health conditions including high blood pressure and increased risk of a stroke, if it is left untreated. Comedian and travel writer Dom Joly has the condition and uses a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine to help improve his…

São Paulo Governor João Doria has described President Jair Bolsonaro as a “crazy guy” who is making the country’s coronavirus situation worse. Speaking to the BBC, he said Brazil’s health system was “on the verge of collapse” amid a spike in cases and deaths. “Brazil is fighting two viruses – the coronavirus and the Bolsonaro…

Yemen is approaching six years of conflict, described by aid agency Unicef as the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”. The World Health Organization’s representative to Yemen, Dr Adham Rashad Abdel-Moneim, told BBC World News as well as trying to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the country was also trying to tackle other communicable and non-communicable diseases….

Reports of a build-up of Russian troops on its shared border with Ukraine is “significant” and could lead to open conflict, Carl Bildt, co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations has said. He told BBC World News: “It’s clearly a deliberate decision by the Kremlin to escalate the conflict. Where this will lead us…

Legendary anchor Katty Kay signs off from the BBC for the final time.

LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Ride-haling firm Lyft sells its self-driving business to Toyota – for $550 million (£395m, € 454m) A drone capable of carrying three separate loads takes to the skies A robotic arm which uses artificial intelligence to identify and pick apples…