A machine developed by an Israeli firm that can turn air into water using only the power of the sun is helping to bring much-needed drinking-water to the Gaza Strip, where a lack of rainfall and poor infrastructure is...
UK lockdown “to continue until March” with more than a million Covid cases in England – BBC News
The UK is expected to remain in lockdown until March, with people being urged to stay at home, as the scale of the public health emergency becomes even more daunting. More than 60,000 new Covid cases have been reported...
‘Pieces of a Woman’: Vanessa Kirby on playing a woman who loses a baby at birth
In today’s show we hear from Vanessa Kirby who won the best actress prize at the Venice Film festival for her portrayal of grief in Kornél Mundruczó’s “Pieces of a Woman”. The film is out on...
Proud Boys leader arrested for burning BLM flag
The leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, has been arrested in Washington DC for burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020.
Georgia voting in polls that could shape Biden presidency
After an unprecedented campaign that mobilized President Donald #Trump and his successor Joe #Biden, the people of #Georgia started voting Tuesday in two US Senate runoffs that could shape the first years of the new...
Germany to prolong shutdown as vaccine row intensifies
German Chancellor Angela #Merkel and state leaders are set Tuesday to extend a #shutdown in Europe’s top economy where the #coronavirus vaccine rollout faces mounting criticism. After Germany’s daily deaths...
Iranian military launches drone exercises
Hundreds of Iranian drones used by its ground forces, air force and navy to take part in exercises that are set to continue for the next two days.