YouTube to be part of Australia’s youth social media ban
YouTube will be included in Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16, after the government ditched a previous exemption for the platform. The video sharing site was set…
Joan Anderson, who helped create the hula hoop, dies aged 101
Chris Riess and Amy Hill Joan Anderson, who coined the name for the hula hoop and played an unsung role in its rise, has died age 101. The former model…
Plan to recognise Palestinian state a big change for British foreign policy
The BBC’s International editor, Jeremy Bowen, described the UK’s plans to recognise a Palestinian state as a “big change for British foreign policy”. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the…
Fighter jet swerves dramatically to avoid birds near packed beach
This is the moment a Spanish fighter jet was forced to perform an evasive manoeuvre during an air show in Gijon. Video footage shows the Spanish F-18 fighter flying at…
UK to recognise Palestinian state unless Israel meets conditions
Becky Morton Political reporter PM: UK will recognise Palestinian state unless conditions met The UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the…
New Brazil development law risks Amazon deforestation
A new law in Brazil could cause “significant environmental harm and human rights violations”, and represents a “rollback for decades” of protections in Brazil, including for the Amazon, a UN…
How did Gaza get to the brink of starvation?
Before Hamas’s 7 October attack, around 650 lorries a day brought aid into Gaza. But now, more than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups have warned of mass…
Famine ‘currently playing out’ in Gaza, UN-backed experts warn
The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” in the Gaza Strip, UN-backed global food security experts warn. An alert issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)…
US Grammy winner Ciara becomes citizen of Benin under new slavery-descendants law
US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering nationality to the descendants of slaves. In an…
Human dignity must be protected from rise of AI, Pope says
EPA Pope Leo XIV has told the Vatican’s first Mass for Catholic social media influencers that human dignity needs to be protected online as the world faces the “challenge” of…