Rouble Nagi: The teacher who won $1m for turning India's slums into open-air classroomsCherylann Mollan/BBCRouble Nagi won the Global Teacher Prize 2026 for her contribution to learning in IndiaA narrow lane in Mumbai city's upmarket Colaba area opens up to a patch of land filled with small concrete cubicles - nooks washermen use to clean and dry the city's laundry.Surrounding the area are...

A warning sign about AI’s real cost, courtesy of Google and Amazon It’s no secret that AI is a hog, consuming energy and water like no digital technology before it. Now we know just how much Big Tech’s pursuit of AI is costing the environment. Both Google and Amazon released their sustainability reports this week, and the numbers aren’t pretty. Each company has pledged to zero out its carbon...

Why Japanese firms are being so slow to use AIFacing acute labour shortages, ageing demographics and chronic productivity problems, Japanese companies should be fertile ground for the take-up of artificial intelligence (AI). Yet, compared with the US and UK, adoption in many workplaces remains sluggish and cautious.Japan's response to AI is beginning to resemble one of the country's...

Olivia Rodrigo sings about heartbreak but she's already chosen her wedding song2 hours agoMark SavageMusic correspondentBBC/Josh FalconInto every life a little rain must fall - but nothing could prepare Olivia Rodrigo for Hampstead Heath in June.We're supposed to be filming an interview in the park, but the heavens have burst. It's not just raining cats and dogs, but otters, dolphins and...

Several injured at Berlin Pride after reports vehicle drove into crowd, police saySeveral people have been injured at a Berlin Pride event, police say, after reports that a vehicle drove into a crowd in the city centre.An intensive manhunt is currently under way, police say, as they urged people to avoid the area.The injured are being treated by emergency services near Tiergarten park, where...