Military trials training for missions in virtual reality

European Parliament vice-president Nicola Beer says heads of state must turn the EU summit on boosting vaccine supplies and distribution into a global response to the coronavirus pandemic. She told BBC World News the EU should join forces with global leaders, including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. A vaccine export ban would result in a…

Former Manchester United and France football captain Patrice Evra has said although he supports taking the knee, because it sparks a conversation, he does not believe the will is there to tackle racism in football. Evra told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that he was not sure about the effectiveness of banning racist fans from football…

Ex-PM Malcolm Turnbull tells the BBC he believes Australia’s borders won’t reopen until early 2022.

“Long Covid” is affecting a significant number of people in the UK, Dr Deepti Gurdasani, a clinical epidemiologist has said. She told BBC World News that long Covid was not just limited to patients who were very ill or hospitalised. About 13% of people with just mild symptoms went on to develop long Covid with…

BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak looks at the best tech news stories of the week including: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and the European Union announce a $1bn (820m euro, £710m) partnership to accelerate clean technology A drone films itself crashing into Iceland’s erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano A robot which can mimic the expressions of people around it…

Scientists are using Iceland as a testbed for deploying drone technology that they hope may one day feature on missions exploring Mars. The project equips drones with a range of devices from laser scanning Lidar which can help inform the thickness and volume of lava, to thermal imaging cameras and drills capable of taking core…