US gun control: ‘Not enough support to overcome division’

The former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has backed talks between Myanmar’s military and Indonesia’s foreign minister Retno Marsudi. The meeting agreed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) was criticised by some in Myanmar, also known as Burma, because it was seen to give legitimacy to the military regime. But Mr Rudd told…

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

Famed chef Adam Handling will be serving world leaders traditional favourites like Dover sole and cream teas, as well as more unusual dishes over the course of the G7 Summit. The environmentally conscious chef is highlighting how we can all eat more sustainably during the summit. On Thursday he took a break from the kitchen…

Mixed-reality platform, Microsoft Mesh, will allow people to join and share the same virtual experience wherever they are in the world. The system was announced at the company’s Ignite digital conference, earlier this month. While augmented reality overlays virtual objects in front of you, mixed reality allows the user to interact with what they can…

BBC China correspondent John Sudworth has left Beijing and moved to Taiwan after pressure and threats from the Chinese authorities. Even as we were leaving we were followed by plain clothes policeman through the departure hall of the airport, he told BBC World News. It was a reminder of the “grim reality of reporting in…

Western countries with higher rates of obesity are seeing more deaths from coronavirus than Asian countries with less obesity, the World Obesity Federation’s Dr Olivia Cavalcanti has said. She told BBC World News it was not clear why overweight people were more at risk, but could be due to an inflammatory response of the body….