Abba on new album Voyage: We don't need to prove anything
As the band release Voyage, Benny and Bjorn speak to the BBC about being compared to their old music.
Twitch adds animal livestreams category and other tech news
Chris Fox looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories including: US tech company Yahoo ends its presence in mainland China Facebook says it will end the use of facial recognition on the social network to identify and tag people in photos Game streaming site Twitch adds a new category for animal livestreams…
US mothers divided on vaccines for young children
Everyone in the Simon family contracted Covid-19, but nine-year-old daughter Makenna went to hospital.
COP26: Kenya’s president says Paris climate pledges remain unfulfilled
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says hopes of developing nations adapting to climate change remain low, as pledges made during the Paris climate talks six years ago remain unfulfilled. On Monday, he urged countries to end carbon emissions and called for an increase in climate financing.
Microsoft’s Brad Smith outlines sustainability plans at COP26
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….
The wood-based alternatives to plastic bags and containers
The environmental impact of plastic is resulting in the creation of new ways to reduce its impact through the use of deposit schemes and the development of alternative packaging materials. BBC Click’s Lara Lewington finds out more. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
Mark Carney at COP26: Countries should have a carbon price
Every country should try to have a “price on carbon”, the UK prime minister’s finance adviser for COP26 has said. The former Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, told the BBC’s Christian Fraser that although a global carbon price would be the best option, carbon taxes would probably have to be related to a country’s…
Oromo Liberation Army: On the ground with Ethiopian fighters
Conflict between the federal government and rebel TPLF forces in Ethiopia threatens the very fabric of the state, with hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of starvation. But while the focus has been on the conflict in Tigray, right across Ethiopia different groups are involved in their own struggles. Foremost amongst them are…
‘The European Union is our destiny,’ says Kosovo PM Kurti
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has said “certain EU member states” are preventing visa liberation which would allow visa-free travel in the Schengen area. Mr Kurti told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that although he was critical towards the EU, he was not bitter about it. The EU helped Kosovo a lot and the…
Climate change: Should we save or exploit the vanishing Amazon?
Despite increasing international concern about global warming, one of the world’s greatest defences against climate change – the Amazon rainforest – is under growing attack from deforestation. But while environmentalists see protection of the Amazon as vital, many of those working and making a living in it – including those cutting down its trees – say they depend…