'UN intervention needed over Myanmar'
A UN Security Council delegation should go to Myanmar, human rights campaigner Debbie Stothard says.
As cinemas open up after lockdown they are looking at ways to make as much money as possible following months of closure. One solution is renting screens to gamers, allowing people to play their favourite games on screens that would normally be playing Hollywood blockbusters. BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak finds out what it is like…
An elk who spent two years wandering around Colorado with a tyre around its neck has had a weight lifted off its shoulders by wildlife officials. Officers resorted to tranquillising the bull elk and removing its antlers, after they were unable to cut through the steel lining of the tyre. Scott Murdoch of Colorado Parks…
Afghan politician Shukria Barakzai on her fears as the Taliban continues to advance in Afghanistan.
Australia is lagging way behind other developed countries with the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, Prof Tim Soutphommasane has said. The political theorist at Sydney University said the current “fortress Australia” policy would have significant long-term effects on the country. He told BBC World News: “Australia has been winning the war but it is at…
Luca Maggiora, the owner of London’s Cuckoo Club, said he was fighting for survival after the government’s decision to delay the easing of restrictions. He said the closure of nightclubs during the pandemic had forced him to go into £700,000 debt, whilst the government have provided him with just £46,000 in support during the period….
Ayse Bugra explains how her husband, philanthropist Osman Kavala, is coping in jail.