Fires have destroyed Greece’s largest migrant camp, an overcrowded facility on the island of Lesbos, leaving nearly 13,000 people without shelter. Some 20 firefighters battled the blaze at the Moria camp –...
Afghan vice president survives assassination attempt
Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh survives an assassination attack in Kabul that killed at least 10 people and wounded a dozen more
AstraZeneca suspends Covid-19 vaccine trial over safety concern
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has paused the trial of its highly-anticipated Covid-19 vaccine. That’s after one participant reportedly had a serious adverse reaction. The vaccine is being developed in...
Breaking the Two-Party System | Inside America with Ghida Fakhry
A recent study by the PEW Research Center on Americans’ views of US democracy and the political system, published last week, found that a majority —62% of Americans —say that significant changes are needed in the...
Myanmar Army deserters confess to Rohingya slaughter, rape
Two former Myanmar soldiers have confessed to killing Rohingya Muslims, burying them in mass graves and raping women during a 2017 genocidal campaign.
Armed police in ‘high-risk’ raid of suspected gun supply gang in London
Armed police have launched a major operation to tackle gun crime in the capital. Several hundred officers raided a travellers’ site in southeast London and arrested a number of suspects police believe have been...
COVID-19: Could Christmas be cancelled this year?
The PM said this summer Britain would be back to normality by Xmas. However, he told Beth Rigby it was now ‘too early to say’ whether that would happen.