The children of IS: 'It's a disaster we cannot deal with'

Houses have been buried by hot ash after a volcano erupted in Indonesia on Saturday. Mount Semeru on the island of Java engulfed villages, submerging vehicles and leaving glimpses of rooftops behind. Fourteen people are known to have died and dozens were injured, authorities said. Watch the BBC’s Valdya Baraputri, surrounded by buried buildings, describe…

Fifteen people from various backgrounds have recently left a cave in south-west France after 40 days underground. The experiment was designed to see how the absence of clocks, daylight and external communications would affect the participants’ sense of time. Project director Christian Clot and Marina Lançon, one of the volunteers in the study, told BBC…

In a site near Reykjavik, geothermal energy is being used to create products rich in protein.

BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Apple unveils a new iPad and colourful iMacs containing its new M1 chip Instagram says it will let users filter out abusive messages using a new tool Software which helps scientists quickly develop DNA-based structures complete with rotors…

On 4 August 2020, Lebanon’s capital was rocked by a catastrophic blast as hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port, killing at least 200 people and injuring thousands. An investigation is underway but has not yet been made public. The country’s ambassador to the UK, Rami Mortada, told BBC World News that…

The Taliban have paraded military equipment, captured during their takeover of Afghanistan, through the streets of Kandahar. The militant showcase comes just days after US troops left Afghanistan, ending over two decades of military presence in the country.