Poland border crisis: Scene of chaos as soldiers deploy water cannon

Western countries with higher rates of obesity are seeing more deaths from coronavirus than Asian countries with less obesity, the World Obesity Federation’s Dr Olivia Cavalcanti has said. She told BBC World News it was not clear why overweight people were more at risk, but could be due to an inflammatory response of the body….

Nine Catalan separatists convicted over a failed independence bid in 2017 have been formally pardoned by the Spanish government. President of the government of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, told BBC World News that the priority now was to have an agreed referendum as this was the best way to achieve independence. In Spain tens of thousands…

Scientists carrying out HIV research in the Democratic Republic of Congo have discovered a rare group of people who could potentially unlock new treatments to tackle the virus. Known as HIV controllers the group tested positive for HIV antibodies but they had a low to non-detectable viral load without the use of medication. The head…

Humanoid robot Pepper has been turned into what is thought to be the world’s first robotic squash coach, by researchers at National Robotarium and Heriot-Watt University. The aim is to see how robotics could improve a player’s performance and motivation between sessions with their human coach. BBC Click’s Paul Carter reports.

The much-anticipated third season of Call of Duty: Warzone has been released, resetting the title to a 1980s-based storyline. Publisher Activision recently revealed that the online game had attracted more than 100 million players. BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak spoke exclusively to Rob Kostich, the firm’s president, about keeping those players interested in the free-to-play first-person…

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.