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.
Artificial intelligence is changing how we interact with everything, from food to healthcare, travel and also religion. Experts say major global faiths are discussing their relationship with AI, and some are starting to incorporate this technology into their worship. Robot priests can recite prayers, perform funerals, and even comfort those experiencing a spiritual crisis. BBC…
Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Netflix announces video games for subscribers at no extra cost Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos goes into space A rover uses artificial intelligence to learn how to pick up cigarette butts from the beach See more at Click’s website…
The presence of Nato in Afghanistan in the past 20 years produced mixed results, a former president of Afghanistan has said. The reconstruction of the country’s infrastructure, helping with education and other areas was very welcome, and produced good results for the country, Hamid Karzai told BBC World News. But the military plans to fight…
A plane bound for Lithuania has been forcibly diverted while flying in Belarusian airspace. Opposition journalist Roman Protasevich was on board the plane and was arrested when it landed in the country’s capital, Minsk. Franak Viacorka, adviser to Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and friend of Mr Protasevich, said it showed the risk of flying…
Ransomware hackers are now focusing on large supply chains to hit the public, the director of Cyber Threat Research at Immersive Labs has said. Kevin Breen told BBC World News it was too early to identify the source of a cyber attack on JBS, the world’s largest meat processing company. He said: “The attackers are…
There will be a broad and deep agenda to be discussed between US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the G7 summit, a former US ambassador to the EU has said. While there was some political differences between the two leaders it was important to focus on the important issues…