Ros Atkins on… The US climate conundrum
Ahead of COP26, Ros Atkins looks at what the world’s biggest emitters are doing to tackle climate change.
Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, has expressed her concern about the ongoing violence between Jewish and Israeli-Arab mobs in the country. “Jerusalem is a city of peace and a city of co-existence,” she told BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur. “What we have seen this week is actually the result of a horrible incitement of…
A smartphone with a microscope camera offering 60x magnification has been revealed by Chinese phone-maker Oppo. BBC Click’s Chris Fox went hands-on with the Oppo Find X3 Pro to see what the microscope could capture – and whether it was useful or just a gimmick. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick
A national lockdown is not a solution to the current Covid-19 crisis in India, Gopal Agarwal, a spokesman for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has told BBC World News. The states and districts of India had been given “a free hand” to deal with the pandemic, he said. And the level of infection varied…
Lara Lewington looks at some of the latest gadgets to help make the most of your summer.
The lifting of almost all coronavirus restrictions on 19 July in England, needs to be done with the right messaging, the World Health Organization’s special envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro has said. “I’ve been hearing from some that the mood in Britain is one of great relief that everything can be sort of stopped…
Augmented reality app, Museum Alive, is a continuation of Sir David Attenborough’s Bafta award-winning series of the same name. Featuring a Saber-toothed tiger (Smilodon), a flying reptile (Dimorphodon) and a sea creature (Opabinia), the app allows you close encounters with the animals and the opportunity to learn about the worlds they lived in. BBC Click’s…