Poland border crisis: Scene of chaos as soldiers deploy water cannon
The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports as Polish forces fire water cannon at migrants throwing rocks.
 
		 
			Protests, in Myanmar, also known as Burma, must continue until there is democracy and freedom, Hannah says. She told BBC World News many of the protesters were aged just 17 or 18. “I am scared,” she said. “But we still have to fight for the democracy we want. “Me and my fellow protesters will fight…
 
			Pope Francis is visiting Iraq in the first ever papal visit to the country. During the trip he is due to meet the country’s most revered Shia Muslim cleric and will also celebrate Mass at a stadium in Irbil in the north. The Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Irbil, Bashar Warda, has told BBC World News…
 
			The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has condemned the violence against pro-democracy protesters in Sudan and reiterated calls to reinstate the ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The Sudanese doctors’ union said at least 14 people were killed on Wednesday when security forces opened fire on the crowds of demonstrators. In an interview with the…
 
			BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at some of the week’s best technology stories.
 
			Several European countries have paused their use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine over reports of blood clots in a small number of individuals who have received the jab. But lives have been put at risk by not giving people the vaccine, the director of the vaccine centre at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine…
 
			A sharp rise in the number of new coronavirus infections has been seen in Russia. Konstantin Severinov, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, told BBC World News that only about 10% of the country was fully vaccinated and there was a strong anti-vaccination sentiment in the country. Mandatory vaccines for staff in public-facing roles…