Nick Miles

We find out what's causing so much damage around the world.

Riot police in Tehran have prevented a protest demanding the release of people still under house arrest many years after they disputed an election result. The 2009 Green Movement believed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been rigged. The organisers of Thursday's protest had submitted a formal request to hold the non-violent demonstration. Sirvash Arlan of BBC Persian reports.

Riot police in Tehran have prevented a protest demanding the release of people still under house arrest many years after they disputed an election result. The 2009 Green Movement believed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been rigged. The organisers of Thursday's protest had submitted a formal request to hold the non-violent demonstration. Sirvash Arlan of BBC Persian reports.

President Trump's controversial nominee for US Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has narrowly secured approval by the US Senate. Mr. Kennedy's confirmation follows hearings in which he was questioned about his record of scepticism about the safety of vaccines. He says his priorities include tackling obesity and cutting out ultra-processed foods.

President Trump's controversial nominee for US Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has narrowly secured approval by the US Senate. Mr. Kennedy's confirmation follows hearings in which he was questioned about his record of scepticism about the safety of vaccines. He says his priorities include tackling obesity and cutting out ultra-processed foods.

A day after the US election last November, President Trump's former chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, gave his view on the likelihood of RFK Jr. being made US health secretary.

A day after the US election last November, President Trump's former chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, gave his view on the likelihood of RFK Jr. being made US health secretary.

Not so, it seems. Evan Davis spoke to Anthony Zirka, our North America correspondent, and asked him more about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's appointment.

Not so, it seems. Evan Davis spoke to Anthony Zirka, our North America correspondent, and asked him more about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's appointment.

Anthony Zirka. Ruthless, vicious and notorious. Pablo Escobar, Colombia's former drug smuggling kingpin, was responsible for hundreds of murders and kidnappings in the 1980s and 90s. It is more than 30 years since he was killed in a shootout with police, but thanks to the books and TV programmes about him, he is as talked about as ever. And he's also big business.

Anthony Zirka. Ruthless, vicious and notorious. Pablo Escobar, Colombia's former drug smuggling kingpin, was responsible for hundreds of murders and kidnappings in the 1980s and 90s. It is more than 30 years since he was killed in a shootout with police, but thanks to the books and TV programmes about him, he is as talked about as ever. And he's also big business.

He's on mugs, keychains and T-shirts sold in tour shops across the country. But now the Colombian government is proposing a bill to ban Escobar merchandise and that of other convicted criminals. Our reporter Catherine Ellis, who's normally based in Medellin, where Pablo Escobar was based, told me more about the proposed law.

He's on mugs, keychains and T-shirts sold in tour shops across the country. But now the Colombian government is proposing a bill to ban Escobar merchandise and that of other convicted criminals. Our reporter Catherine Ellis, who's normally based in Medellin, where Pablo Escobar was based, told me more about the proposed law.

And Catherine, why is this being proposed now as a law and how much political support is there for it?

And Catherine, why is this being proposed now as a law and how much political support is there for it?

And what do people making money out of this trade make of this proposed law?

And what do people making money out of this trade make of this proposed law?

And Catherine, how likely is it, do you think, that this law will go ahead?

And Catherine, how likely is it, do you think, that this law will go ahead?

Catherine Ellis. Now, scientists have been poring over hundreds of studies about the impact of pesticides and they found to what extent they're having a serious impact on biodiversity around the world and on all sorts of species.