North Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, described by state media as “the world’s most powerful weapon”. Several of the missiles were displayed at a parade overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, reported state media. The show of military strength comes days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president. It […]
Kumbh Mela Thousands of pilgrims have gathered on the banks of India’s Ganges river at the start of the Kumbh Mela, billed as the world’s largest human gathering. One of the most auspicious events in Hinduism is taking place this year during the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds bathed on day one of the festival, seeking to […]
By John Sudworth BBC News, Beijing In addition to the heavy restrictions it places on foreign journalists trying to report the truth about its far western region of Xinjiang, China has a new tactic: labelling independent coverage as “fake news”. At night, while travelling for hours along Xinjiang’s desert highways, the unmarked cars that had […]
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – A huge fire swept through the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh in the early hours of Thursday, the United Nations said, destroying homes belonging to thousands of people. The U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said more than 550 shelters home to around 3,500 people were either totally or partially destroyed […]
By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter Message platforms Signal and Telegram have both seen a huge surge in downloads around the world following a controversial update to WhatsApp’s terms and conditions. WhatsApp has told its two billion users they must allow it to share data with its parent company Facebook if they wish to continue using […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Indian farmers protest 2020 After more than 45 days of protests and eight rounds of talks with the government, India’s farmers have refused to budge. Nothing short of a repeal of three market-friendly farm laws – designed to loosen rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm produce – will make the […]
Indian farmers protest 2020 India’s Supreme Court has put on hold three contentious farm laws that have sparked weeks of protests. Farmers have been camped at the borders of capital Delhi since 26 November to protest against laws that will further open up agriculture to the free market. At least four farmers at the protest […]
A night at India’s largest farmers’ protest click on below link to see detail video A night at India’s largest farmers’ protest India’s largest farmers’ protest is still under way – tens of thousands of farmers have been on strike since 26 November demanding the repeal of recent laws that they say will shrink […]
By Minreet Kaur BBC Indian farmers protest 2020 Across the UK children have been raising awareness about farmers protests in India and the impact they are having on their families and the Sikh community. For more than a month, tens of thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, have been camping out at various borders […]
Indonesian authorities say they have found the location where they believe a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from the country’s capital Jakarta on Saturday. The Sriwijaya Air jet was carrying 62 people when it disappeared from radar four minutes into its journey to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province. On […]
