Seeds from genetically modified barley plants are being used in a process which creates lab-grown meat. A protein in the seeds, called a growth factor, is harvested, milled and purified before it can be used. While the first growth factors came from animals, it is hoped this barley plant method will be cheaper and scalable.
Dayton Police Department US police are investigating video showing a black man being dragged from his car by officers as he repeatedly screams “I’m paraplegic”. Bodycam footage shows officers stopping Clifford Owensby in Dayton, Ohio, last month and asking him to step out of his car so they can search it for drugs. Mr Owensby,
Getty Images Industries hit by soaring energy costs have made another appeal to the government for action. Talks with ministers will continue on Monday over a crisis that has sparked warnings about some factories. Sectors such as ceramics, paper and steel manufacturing have called for a price cap, though talks with government on Friday failed
Virginia Giuffre The Metropolitan Police will not take any further action against the Duke of York following a review prompted by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre. Ms Giuffre is suing Prince Andrew in the US for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager. Prince Andrew has consistently denied Ms Giuffre’s allegations. In August,
The Prince of Wales has told the BBC he understands why campaigners from organisations like Extinction Rebellion take to the streets to demand action on climate change. In a hard-hitting interview Prince Charles said action such as blocking roads “isn’t helpful”. But he said he totally understood the “frustration” climate campaigners felt. And he warned
The Australian city of Sydney has emerged from lockdown after almost four months, with locals celebrating a range of new freedoms. People queued for pubs and shops that opened at midnight on Monday specifically for the occasion. Many others have been enjoying anticipated reunions and visits to the homes of relatives and friends. Covid rules
The old habits of secrecy haven’t left Kim Kuk-song. It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he’s still worried about who might be listening. He wears dark glasses for the camera, and only two of our team know what we think is his real name. Mr Kim spent 30
For many years the most bankable thing in the NFL was Bill Belichick against a rookie quarterback. Really, the Patriots beating up any team with any quarterback was a sure thing for most of the past two decades. New England won 25-22 Sunday, but it’s unlikely anyone involved with the Patriots or who roots for
US Navy/Thiep Van Nguyen II A US navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell nuclear secrets to what they thought was a foreign state. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana were arrested in West Virginia on Saturday, the Justice Department announced. They allegedly tried to sell nuclear submarine design
The UK is facing an uncertain winter with the spread of coronavirus and the flu, the head of the Health Security Agency Jenny Harries has said. People are at “more significant risk of death and of serious illness if they are co-infected” with both viruses, she told the BBC. She said: “It’s a more uncertain
ROKiT Foundation Dozens of Afghan girls with promising football careers, who fled the Taliban, have been told they can come to the UK to be resettled, along with their families. The 35-member squad – aged 13-19 – fled Kabul last month and have been staying for the past few weeks in a hotel in Pakistan,
Czech presidential press office Czech President Milos Zeman has been taken to hospital amid political upheaval after a surprise opposition win in parliamentary elections. The 77-year-old is a heavy smoker and former heavy drinker who uses a wheelchair and suffers from diabetes. He was due to lead talks on forming a new government after Saturday’s
Reuters The man regarded as the “father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb”, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, has died aged 85 after being hospitalised with Covid-19. Dr Khan was hailed as a national hero for transforming his country into the world’s first Islamic nuclear power. But he was also notorious for having smuggled nuclear secrets to states
Getty Images People will have to get used to higher food prices, the boss of Kraft Heinz has told the BBC. Miguel Patricio said the international food giant, which makes tomato sauce and baked beans, was putting up prices in several countries. Unlike in previous years, he said, inflation was “across the board”. The rising
EPA Taiwan will not bow to pressure from China and will defend its democratic way of life, President Tsai Ing-wen has said in a defiant speech amid heightened tensions over the island. “The more we achieve, the greater the pressure we face from China,” she said. Her speech on Taiwan’s National Day came after China’s
LAS VEGAS — It’s become fashionable to look down one’s nose at modern boxers and say there’s no comparison between them and the legends of the past. And while that may largely be true, it is decidedly untrue when we’re discussing one Tyson Luke Fury. What heavyweight in history are you certain would beat this