There are at least eight prisons in London. To accommodate Julian Assange, the British judiciary has selected Belmarsh. The maximum-security facility in the east of London was built to house terrorists and felons...
Frustration with coronavirus restrictions grows | COVID19 Special
It’s been eight months of masks, of lockdowns and curfews, of living in fear of COVID 19. And around the world, people are saying they’ve had enough. Coronavirus fatigue is setting in. Not just from the...
Tel Aviv: Drone filmed dropping suspected cannabis over city – BBC News
A quadcopter has been recorded releasing a payload of little bags, which Israeli police suspect contained “a dangerous drug”, over Tel Aviv. It followed activists who seek to legalise the drug in Israel...
Saudi court commutes Khashoggi death sentences – BBC News
A court in Saudi Arabia has commuted the death sentences handed to five people convicted over the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, state media report. The public prosecution said they were given 20-year jail terms...
Covid-19 has hit children education very hard in India
With schools in India shut down, the government is pushing for more widespread online learning. As Yasin Eken reports, teachers in India are looking for new ways to help children who have no access to the internet.
COVID-19: ‘The country is on a precipice’
The editor of The Lancet has warned that people must take coronavirus seriously again or face a major winter outbreak. Richard Horton said people had become too relaxed and the government needed to dramatically improve...
Drone footage | Mass rally against results of presidential election in Minsk
Thousands of people protested over the disputed results of the presidential election during an unauthorized rally in Minsk. Law enforcement agents sealed off Independence Palace – the residence of President Lukashenko –...