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Thomas Vinterberg, director of the Danish film Another Round, has said he is “over the moon” with winning the Bafta award for Best Film Not in the English Language, along with receiving nominations for Best Director and Best International Feature at the Oscars. He told BBC World News he made the film for his 19-year-old…

The Taliban have paraded military equipment, captured during their takeover of Afghanistan, through the streets of Kandahar. The militant showcase comes just days after US troops left Afghanistan, ending over two decades of military presence in the country.

Ryan Girdusky is the founder of the 1776 Project Political Action Committee which campaigns to stop the teaching of critical race theory in US schools. He tells BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that the theory is not just being taught, but also practised in public schools. Watch the full interview on BBC iPlayer (UK only)

In the United States a person’s willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 varies by religious affiliation, with white evangelicals being the least likely demographic to get the vaccine, the Pew Research Centre has found. Nine out of ten atheists would definitely or probably get a vaccine or have already had one, compared to 77% of…

A Malian woman has recently given birth to nine babies – five girls and four boys at a clinic in Casablanca, Morocco. The nonuplets will have to spend “two to three months” in incubators, a director of the clinic has said, but both the mother, Halima Cissé, and her children are said to be doing…