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BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Microsoft updated its Xbox accessibility guidelines, launching a new testing platform for developers of PC and Xbox games to make gaming more accessible Facebook banned the sharing of all news stories in Australia, both local and international, rejecting…

Lawmakers in Hungary have passed legislation prohibiting the sharing with minors of any content seen as promoting homosexuality and gender change. Speaking before the legislation was passed Hungary’s Momentum Movement MEP Katalin Cseh said the law would make it very hard for LGBTQ people to live in the country. She told BBC World News: “I…

The Taliban say they will not extend the deadline for Western forces to leave Afghanistan. A spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, told the BBC’s Yalda Hakim that the 31 August was a red line and that any extension would be a “clear violation” of the Doha agreement between the United States and the Taliban. He said that…

Legendary anchor Katty Kay signs off from the BBC for the final time.

The US Capitol police officer Billy Evans, who was killed in a recent attack, was “an amazing guy”, his life-long friend Jason LaForest has said. William “Billy” Evans, who had been a member of the Capitol Police for 18 years, died when a vehicle was rammed into officers at the Capitol. Mr LaForest told BBC…

Diplomacy and co-operation between the UK and EU could help ensure easier travel, Portuguese MEP Claudia Monteiro de Aguiar has said. Her comments came after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said all member states should quarantine arrivals from the UK considering the dangers of the spread of Delta variant. But the MEP told BBC World News:…