A senior Volkswagen executive has defended the company’s decision to continue operating a car plant in Xinjiang – a region of China under fierce scrutiny due to the treatment of the Uighur ethnic minority there.
140,000 people waiting more than a year for routine NHS operations due to coronavirus – BBC News
The huge impact that coronavirus is having on the NHS has been revealed in figures showing a huge number of people waiting more than a year for routine treatment and operations.
COVID-19: Vaccine scientist hopes UK could get first doses next month
The scientist behind the breakthrough COVID vaccine has told Sky News he’s hopeful the UK could get its first doses before Christmas.
What is going on in Ethiopia?
Fighting is taking place in Ethiopia between the federal government and regional forces in Tigray. Here is what is happening in the East African country.
Satellites and drones to fight malaria
A British project is being run in Amazon and Tanzania, aiming to completely eradicate malaria by using satellites and drone to identify and spray mosquito breeding grounds.
Child sex abuse cover up in England’s Catholic Church
A recent report has uncovered decades of child sex abuse cover up by the Catholic Church in England and Wales, leading to calls for its leader, Cardinal Nichols, to resign.
Heavy winds & waves | Typhoon Ulysses batters Philippines with massive floods
Heavy winds and waves batter the coastal areas of Polillo, Lopez and Quezon as typhoon Ulysses, also known as Vamco, hits the eastern coast of the Philippines