Pakistan: 'Lessons learnt to stop post-Eid Covid surge'

BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Livestreamer Ludwig Ahgren broke Twitch’s subscription record after streaming non-stop for 31 consecutive days Astronaut Thomas Pesquet says he will use a virtual reality headset to bike around Earth while on board the International Space Station Virtual 3D…

A plane bound for Lithuania has been forcibly diverted while flying in Belarusian airspace. Opposition journalist Roman Protasevich was on board the plane and was arrested when it landed in the country’s capital, Minsk. Franak Viacorka, adviser to Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and friend of Mr Protasevich, said it showed the risk of flying…

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib has become the first active NFL player to come out as gay. He made the announcement on a video posted on Instagram. He also donated $100,000 (£71,000) to the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention service for LGBTQ young people in the US. His announcement was welcomed by the…

France is honouring the US-born 20th Century singer and activist Josephine Baker with a place in the Pantheon on Tuesday. She’s the first black woman to be remembered in the resting place of France’s national heroes, through her work on civil rights and for the Resistance during the Second World War. Producers: Marianne Baisnee and…

BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak looks at the best of the week’s technology news, including: Gamers under 18 in China are being told they can play for only very limited hours Vauxhall says the global shortage of computer chips will continue to be a problem’ for the auto industry for the rest of the year Agility…

The country was too complacent in preparing for a second Covid-19 wave, journalist Barkha Dutt says.