Liberia: hopes of banning FGM fade

Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf battled unsuccessfully to ban female genital mutilation during her 12-years as Africa's first female president, and now as she prepares to step down ahead of Tuesday's general election, it's feared hopes of outlawing the practice will fade too.

Survivors return to Auschwitz 75 years on

Survivors return to Auschwitz - 75 years on from camp's liberation.

Some were joined by children and grandchildren at the camp where more than a million people died during World War Two.

Paris: Protests against police violence

Police clashed with protesters in Paris as demonstrations over a new French security law turned violent.

COVID-19: BioNTech founder behind coronavirus vaccine

The scientist behind the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine says people in the UK could be vaccinated against coronavirus by the middle of next month.

Speaking in his first interview with a UK broadcaster, Professor Ugur Sahin, co-founder of German firm BioNTech, said the first vaccines could be rolled out to patients nationwide mid-December.

How Portugal is tackling drug addiction

The van, containing supplies of methadone, is part of Portugal's answer to a heroin epidemic going back 20 years.

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