In an internal survey of 102 BBC Persian staff, carried out in March 2020, 71 said they had experienced harassment. A third have also had one or both parents harassed or called in for questioning by Iranian authorities, and over half say they feel under pressure to leave their jobs. […]

Organisers of the annual Pride parade in New York City decided to exclude officers from walking the route in a bid to create a “safer space” for all participants. The BBC spoke with a gay officer who said she was “heartbroken” by the decision. Produced by Tom Brook and Tristan […]

Canada found no evidence the tragedy was premeditated but called out Iran’s “recklessness”. Source link

With one of the youngest populations in the world, Uganda was already struggling with high rates of child labour. But with the world now facing a wave of economic hardship, NGOs say in a single year, the pandemic has set back any progress made to reduce child labour by 20 […]

As many as 150 people are reportedly injured, with the worst-hit areas looking like a war zone. Source link

Researchers working in Israel have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human. Source link

Residents of Tome, a town in the Bio Bio region of Chile, have been experiencing what one fisherman called a “plague of sea lions”. The sea lions are thought to have been fleeing predators such as orcas, although gale force winds in the area could also be a factor. One […]

Poland’s ambassador to Berlin, Andrzej Przylebski, came to the defence of the government in Budapest, arguing that it was “evident and beyond doubt” that the Hungarian parliament had the right to protect schoolchildren by law from having to deal with issues such as homosexuality, saying: “This has nothing to do […]