The current COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the UK may be more deadly than the original virus, the Prime Minister has warned.
Essex lorry deaths: People smuggling gang jailed for killing 39 Vietnamese migrants
Ronan Hughes and Gheorghe Nica – who were convicted of the manslaughter of 39 migrants who suffocated to death in a lorry in Essex – have been jailed for 20 years and 27 years respectively by the Old Bailey.
Google threat to pull search engine in Australia – BBC News
Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over the nation’s attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers.
Germany surpasses 50,000 COVID death, UK crosses 90,000 | Coronavirus Latest
Germany’s total coronavirus pandemic death toll crossed the 50,000-mark on Friday, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country’s public health agency for disease control and prevention. The...
Fighting back: Kenyan grandmothers learn self-defence to prevent sexual assault
In this edition, we report on the so-called “Kung Fu grandmothers,” a group of elderly women in a Kenyan slum neighbourhood who are learning how to defend themselves against rape. Our reporters also head to...
What does the appointment of a new SEC chair mean for cryptocurrencies?
Will the newly appointed head of the Securities and Exchange Commission rein in unregulated cryptocurrencies? Taha Arvas explains in this episode of In Brief.