Fatima Al-Kassab

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

because whilst President Putin is seeking to switch the lights off and plunge Ukraine into darkness, we will continue to work to switch the lights back on.

Animal testing is still used in major medical safety tests, including tests on the safety of vaccines and pesticides.

Britain's government now has a roadmap for how to replace some animal testing by the end of this year and cut the use of dogs and other animals in testing by at least 35% by 2030.

They say they will do this by funding new methods, such as AI analysis of human molecules and what's known as organ-on-a-chip systems, which are tiny devices that mimic how human organs work.

Britain's science minister said he could imagine a day with no animal testing, but acknowledged this would take time.

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

The BBC's leadership had been under mounting pressure.

after a newspaper report suggested that a BBC documentary, which aired a week before last year's presidential election, had edited two parts of a speech by President Trump, so he appeared to explicitly encourage the January 6th Capitol Hill riots.

The memo, from an external advisor to the BBC, accused the corporation of serious and systemic bias in its coverage of issues including President Trump,

Gaza and trans rights.

The president's press secretary, Caroline Levitt, described the corporation as a propaganda machine following the allegations.

In his resignation note to staff, BBC boss Tim Davey said the decision was entirely his own.

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

The BBC's leadership had been under mounting pressure.

after a newspaper report suggested that a BBC documentary, which aired a week before last year's presidential election, had edited two parts of a speech by President Trump, so he appeared to explicitly encourage the January 6th Capitol Hill riots.

The memo, from an external adviser to the BBC, accused the corporation of serious and systemic bias

in its coverage of issues including President Trump, Gaza and trans rights.

The president's press secretary, Caroline Levitt, described the corporation as a propaganda machine, following the allegations.

In his resignation note to staff, BBC boss Tim Davey said the decision was entirely his own.