Though scientists had warned the world was due a pandemic, no-one could have predicted the scale and impact of Covid-19. So should we expect more pandemics in the future? The BBC’s Mattea Bubalo explains. Video by...
Germany lifts ban on deportations to Syria
For nearly a decade, Germany had stopped all deportations to Syria. But that’s about to change. A blanket ban expired at the end of last year, and Germany’s federal interior ministers have failed to agree on...
BREAKING: 82-year-old man first to receive Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
An 82-year-old man has become the first person in the world to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine since it was approved for use in the UK. Brian Pinker, a patient at Churchill hospital on dialysis for kidney...
BREAKING: PM says ‘tougher measures’ set to be announced
Tougher measures are coming in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus, the Prime Minister has said. Boris Johnson said there were “tough, tough” weeks ahead in the UK’s fight against COVID-19. He...
EU Commission VP: ‘Now we have Brexit behind us, we can focus on our future in the EU’
British and European citizens and businesses are hastily adjusting to new arrangements since the United Kingdom started its new relationship with the European Union on January 1. It’s a relationship based on a...
Trump presses top Georgia official to ‘find’ votes for him in recorded call
President Donald #Trump pressured the #Georgia secretary of state in an extraordinary phone conversation Saturday to “find” enough #votes to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the Southern state, news...
Russians enjoy winter weather at snowman festival
Dozens of #Russian families enjoyed winter weather in Kazan on Sunday while competing at a #snowman #festival. This year’s organisers of the third annual festival didn’t select a winner and instead awarded...