On November 2nd, a Chinese tennis star accused a top Chinese government official of sexual assault. Peng Shuai was one of the leading doubles players in the world.
And since her allegations, we’ve heard nothing.
Until an email was released – apparently from her – saying the allegations weren’t true. But many questions remain.
Producer: Tom Brada
US President Joe Biden and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have been holding talks for the first time since Biden became leader. One of the issues scheduled to be discussed at the summit was nuclear arms control. Speaking as the summit was underway, former Nato deputy secretary general, Rose Gottemoeller, told BBC World News that despite…
The first emergency international assistance aimed at helping stem India’s devastating coronavirus surge arrived in India on Tuesday. But while this was a positive move, solidarity among countries needs to be a continuous thing and not just in times of crisis, the World Health Organization’s Dr Margaret Harris told BBC World News. “It would be…
Flight of the Sky Lion at the Legoland Windsor Resort is the UK’s first flying theatre ride. The adventure is projected onto a 20m (65ft) high concave screen and the gondola, where the audience sits, is capable of a 30 degree swing, 23 degree pitch and 3 degrees of yaw (left or right movement). BBC…
A petition in Australia is calling for consent education to be included in the curriculum after thousands of young women shared stories about sexual abuse and violence during their school years. Chanel Contos, who launched the petition told BBC World News: “I started this petition because it became so clear to me in my adult…
The rollout of coronavirus vaccines in Europe is “unacceptably slow” the World Health Organization’s director for Europe Dr Hans Kluge has said in a statement. Speaking to BBC World News he said: “Four months ago the WHO approved the first vaccines which means the de facto Covid-19 has become a vaccine preventable disease.” Delaying the…
The current Israel-Gaza conflict is worse than previous wars, with more intense bombing, artist Malak Mattar says. She told BBC World News her daughter “is really having a hard time sleeping and she is terrified for her life”. “We are a big family of seven members, the youngest is only 10,” Mattar said. “She survived…
