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One company, the Hyundai Motor Group, says it will roll out humanoids in its factories from 2028.

Jack Joukowsky is a vice president at the Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics.

He introduced the new electric Atlas humanoid robot in Las Vegas.

Zoe Kleiman is our technology editor.

She told us about the possibilities of humanoids.

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Scientists here in Britain name nearly 200 new plants and fungi, but some are already at risk of extinction despite only just being discovered.

Protests in Iran are now entering their 12th day and there are reports they are spreading to towns and cities that haven't been affected until now.

On Wednesday, two police officers were killed in the western town of Lordogan.

At least 36 people have been killed since the protests began over worsening economic situations.

Paham Gabbadi from BBC Persian told James Copnell more.

Paham Gabbadi.

Cambodia says it's extradited a billionaire businessman from China who's accused of masterminding a vast cryptocurrency scam in which trafficked workers were lured to labour camps and forced to defraud victims around the world.

Chen Zhou was one of three Chinese nationals arrested on the 6th of January following a joint investigation with the US into transnational crime.

Our Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head told me what he knows about the case.

Jonathan, last year, you reported in nearby Myanmar from this booming city, which was also being accused of enriching itself from these types of scams.

Why are these cyber fraud empires really booming in Southeast Asia in some of the poorest countries in the region?

Jonathan Head.

Scientists at the world-renowned Botanic Gardens at Kew here in London, along with their collaborators, have named nearly 200 new plants and fungi in 2025.