First famine in six years announced in South Sudan

BBC - A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years.The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing starvation, with a million…

YouTube to cancel obligatory 30-second ads in 2018

BBC - YouTube is to scrap "unskippable" 30-second advertisements on the video-streaming service, from 2018.Google confirmed the plan to the BBC's Newsround programme, saying it wanted to focus on "formats that work well for both…