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

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…

Companies are offering dietary advice based on customers’ propensity for certain heath conditions.

Newscast’s Adam Fleming talks climate change with the Duke of Cambridge at Kensington Palace ahead of the inaugural Earthshot Prize – his ambitious plan to showcase those working to save the planet. The full Prince William interview airs on 14 October 2021. Watch BBC One (at 23:35), BBC News Channel and BBC iPlayer. Listen on…

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…

Kabul airport has become the epicentre of the crisis in Afghanistan, with many thousands seeking to flee the country after the Taliban swept to power last week. The BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet witnesses the atmosphere on the tarmac as men, women and children are evacuated from their homeland.

They were labelled “LGBT-free zones” – large parts of Poland where regional governments, as well as smaller councils, declared they were against LGBT ideology or ideologies that “undermine” the family. Now provinces have started to backtrack after the EU said it would freeze funds. But has anything really changed for LGBT people in those areas?…