Nato foreign ministers are meeting in Riga in Latvia on Tuesday to discuss the build-up of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine and the migrant crisis on Poland’s border with Belarus.
The Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called on Nato for more help in the region – and for countries to address the the ”destabilising” influence of the leaders of Belarus and Russia.
India has seen more Covid cases in the last seven days than any other country as it battles its second wave. Hospitals have been overwhelmed with relatives begging for beds and oxygen for loved ones – now crematoriums are also running out of space. One man who lost his wife and unborn child on the…
A premature ceasefire will not solve the problem, the senior adviser to the Israeli prime minister says.
When Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space 60 years ago, his chances of survival were only estimated to be less than 50:50, author Stephen Walker has told BBC World News. Mr Walker, whose book, Beyond, tells the story of Yuri Gagarin’s mission, says the cosmonaut was launched into space sitting at the top…
BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Google’s sister firm, Sidewalk Labs, cancels a smart-city project to track mobility patterns in the US city of Portland, Oregon Boston Dynamics criticises an art installation that will allow people to control a version of the firm’s robot…
The former boss of the Japanese car maker Nissan, who fled the country in a daring escape while under house arrest, has been talking about his experience. Speaking exclusively to BBC’s Business editor Simon Jack, from his home in Beirut, Carlos Ghosn said he had to disguise himself, take a fast train to a regional…
The country was too complacent in preparing for a second Covid-19 wave, journalist Barkha Dutt says.
