Theresa May attacks ‘vile’ online threats against women
PA Theresa May will tell G7 leaders that action needs to be taken to improve online safety for women Theresa May is calling on world leaders and social media firms to tackle “vile online harassment” and threats of violence against women and girls. The prime minister will tell the G7 summit in Canada that women […]
Harry Styles wins, Raye calls out music industry greed
PA Media Raye won best contemporary song for her number one single Escapism Pop star Raye used the Ivor Novello Awards to challenge a room full of record label executives to pay songwriters more fairly. Her comments came as she accepted the prize for best contemporary song. “It would be an insult to suggest that […]
A decade of popularity and polarisation
Reuters Mr Modi will make history if he wins a third consecutive term as prime minister Ten years after becoming prime minister, Narendra Modi is aiming for a historic third term – what makes him India’s most prominent leader in decades? Many voters feel things have got better since he took office in 2014, but […]
Bumble to be ‘available’ to India police in Shraddha Walkar case
ANI Shraddha Walkar was killed in May Dating app Bumble has said it will “remain available” to Indian law enforcement agencies investigating a murder case that had made headlines in the country. Police have said that Walkar and her partner, Aftab Poonawala, met on Bumble in 2019. They have arrested and charged Mr Poonawala with […]
How a start-up in Kashmir is inspiring thousands
Samiullah and Abid Rashid Sheikh Samiullah and Abid Rashid co-founded FastBeetle in 2019 A start-up from Indian-administered Kashmir has raised funding on reality show Shark Tank India, boosting hopes for other budding entrepreneurs from the region. Auqib Javeed met the men behind the company. FastBeetle – a courier delivery service based in Kashmir – raised […]
Nesting ospreys ruin ministers’ £4.25m festival farm plan
Green Man: Nesting ospreys ruin ministers’ £4.25m festival farm plan Two birds of prey have scuppered plans that saw the Welsh government spend £4.25m on a farm to help the Green Man festival company. A restricted zone has been put in place on Gilestone Farm, Powys, to protect the nest of two ospreys – making […]
South Korea-Japan summit sees hope for better relations
Reuters It’s been a difficult year for Moon Jae-in (left) and Shinzo Abe The leaders of South Korea and Japan have met in an attempt to improve ties after a difficult period in their countries’ bilateral relationship. President Moon Jae-in and PM Shinzo Abe held talks as part of a group summit with Chinese Premier […]
The battle against AI bias
Getty Images Google’s head of AI is tackling the biases of algorithms For someone tasked with advancing a technology which, in the words of Google’s chief executive, is “more profound than electricity and fire”, Jeff Dean is a remarkably calm man. As the head of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the tech giant, he is responsible […]
Daily Politics and Sunday Politics highlights of 2018
The Daily and Sunday Politics are on-air six days a week for much of the year reporting the political news from Westminster and beyond. Here are some of the clips from our interviews hosted by Andrew Neil, Sarah Smith and Jo Coburn, with films from our reporting team. Follow us on twitter or ‘like’ us […]
How to talk to a denier
Jana Tauschinski/ BBC What can you do when the people closest to you believe climate change is a hoax? It was during school pick-up a few years ago that Lance Lawson first asked his father about his views on global warming. “He basically told me something along the lines of ‘It’s nonsense’,” Lance recalls. His […]