Today at E3: Politics, polygons and palm trees
Avatar, Rabbids and an alien infection – Marc Cieslak runs us through the first day of E3.
The Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has accused the European Union of blackmail in a debate with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen over the rule of law. Dominik Tarczynski, MEP and member of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party, told BBC World News that the row was not to do with putting EU…
The coronavirus pandemic continues to mean severe travel restrictions around the world – but the rules are changing all the time. Clive Wratten, chief executive of the Business Travel Association, and Tiffany Smith, founder of the Love of Food and Travel, blog answer questions from BBC World News viewers about the latest regulations.
William Shatner has become the oldest person to go into space, as he blasted off aboard the Blue Origin capsule. After landing, the Star Trek actor said tearfully that the experience had been “unbelievable”. “Everybody in the world needs to do this,” he said. Three other individuals shared his journey on the rocket system, which…
Ai-da is performing self-composed poetry readings to mark the 700th anniversary of poet’s death.
A commercial laser cutter has been transformed from a 2D machine to a 3D all-in-one assembler capable of creating devices which can fly straight off the factory line. LaserFactory is designed to create functional devices and robots, Martin Nisser, PhD student at MIT CSAIL said. “We wanted to be able to fabricate something which required…
Beheshta Arghand, an anchor for Tolo News, made headlines when she interviewed the Taliban just days after they took control of Afghanistan. Two weeks later, she has fled the country amid fears for her life. Arghand spoke to the BBC’s Christian Fraser about the fears she has for her country’s future.