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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…

Around the world different coronavirus variants are dominating and scientists are updating their jabs to tackle them more effectively. Vaccine research scientist Dr Paul McKay explained to BBC World News why the Delta variant, which was first identified in India, is now the dominant strain in the UK, how vaccines are updated and how long…

The Olympic Games gets under way this week in cities across Japan. But this year’s sporting event is like no other, because it’s being held in the middle of a global pandemic. People travelling to Tokyo to participate in or work on the Games are having to go through meticulous procedures. BBC reporter Mariko Oi…

Several European countries have paused the use of a coronavirus vaccine over the safety concerns, but delays to the rollout of coronavirus vaccine programmes will have an economic fallout, a professor of economics at Koç University, has said. When there is a slowdown in vaccination programmes people who are not immunised will need to minimise…

The healthcare system lacks equipment, buildings are crumbling and many healthcare workers have left in search of better lives.

American Julie Montagu, who became Lady Hinchingbrooke when she married, can relate to the Duchess of Sussex telling Oprah Winfrey she had not known what to expect when she had joined the Royal Family. “It is true as an American we do look at royal life as really fairy tale,” she told BBC World News….