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There is no end in sight to the violent crackdown by the military against protesters in Myanmar, political analyst and journalist Annie Zaman has said. “What we are witnessing is that people are standing alone, they don’t have weapons, they are not as strong as the military,” she told BBC World News. Following the 1…

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Romana Kreider looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Two new foldable smartphones are unveiled by Samsung – the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Fold 3 Cryptocurrency platform Poly Network lost over $600m (£433m) in one of the sector’s biggest ever cyber heists – the hacker has since returned…

India is seeing a huge spike in Covid-19 infections as this country finds itself in the grip of a second wave of the virus. The sheer number of patients coming into hospitals is huge and the healthcare system is working at its peak, Dr Jerryl Banait told BBC World News. “Every patient is being given…

Mel Brooks, an all-round Hollywood legend, responsible for films like The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, has produced his first autobiography, at the age of 95. His son Max encouraged him to write the 450-page All About Me! during the first lockdown. The BBC’s Alan Yentob, who has made several documentaries with the entertainer,…

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg said it was “very unclear” whether she had been officially invited to the climate change summit in Glasgow. In an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr, she also spoke about how some countries were sending many delegates to COP26, while others were “under-represented”.