Malcolm Turnbull: Australia ex-PM says vaccine rollout 'a colossal failure'
Ex-PM Malcolm Turnbull tells the BBC he believes Australia’s borders won’t reopen until early 2022.
Violence in the Israel-Gaza conflict was instigated by Hamas, a global Jewish advocacy group which supports Israel has said. The American Jewish Committee spokesman Avi Mayer told BBC World News: “It is Hamas that has instigated this violence weeks ago and just this past weekend called on Palestinians in Jerusalem to acquire knives and behead…
Afghan politician Shukria Barakzai on her fears as the Taliban continues to advance in Afghanistan.
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…
There are some hard and difficult lessons to be learned about the recent events in Afghanistan, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said. It was a tragedy that the Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly, Mr Stoltenberg told BBC World News. He blamed a lack of leadership and logistics from the Afghan government, rather than…
Audio app Clubhouse, is a combination of social network, events platform and live podcasts and has been receiving a lot of attention in Silicon Valley. Despite being in beta, available only on iOS and invite-only, the app has had millions of downloads. The app has also attracted some concerns over cyber-security which the company has…
Pandora Papers reveal a completely unacceptable situation, says Oxfam International’s Max Lawson.