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The search for survivors in the rubble of Champlain Tower apartment complex in Miami is continuing around the clock with rescuers still hoping to find people alive, Lt Governor of Florida, Jeanette Nunez, has said. She told BBC World News: “They are digging as if there are survivors there. They are still remaining hopeful, but…

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance needs to manage a difficult relationship with Russia and, at a time of high tension, dialogue was even more important. “We need to talk to Russia because Russia is our neighbour, we need to strive for a better relationship,” he told BBC Hardtalk. “But even without…

US President Joe Biden’s sweeping investment plan for jobs, education and social care has left some commentators comparing him to the Franklin D Roosevelt, said Dr Thomas Gift. Roosevelt’s New Deal economic plan helped pull the US out of recession in the 1930s, but Dr Gift, an associate professor, at the UCL Centre on US…

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said it will work with Japan “before, during and after” the country’s plan to release one million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The director general Rafael Mariano Grossi told BBC World News that whatever option was taken it was about…

Kabul airport has become the epicentre of the crisis in Afghanistan, with many thousands seeking to flee the country after the Taliban swept to power last week. The BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet witnesses the atmosphere on the tarmac as men, women and children are evacuated from their homeland.

Ryan Girdusky is the founder of the 1776 Project Political Action Committee which campaigns to stop the teaching of critical race theory in US schools. He tells BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that the theory is not just being taught, but also practised in public schools. Watch the full interview on BBC iPlayer (UK only)