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    From ::-  BBC World News From :- BBC World News By :- Greg McKevitt Editted by :- Amal Udawatta Getty Images Agatha Christie's murder mysteries have captivated audiences for more than a century, but, 50 years after her death, she remains an enigma. A rarely heard BBC interview from 1955 reveals some of the secrets of a writer who was as complex as her plots. Dame Agatha Christie was brilliant at hiding in plain sight. She presented herself as a genial older lady in a fur coat who loved gardening, good food, family and dogs, but behind that cosy exterior she delighted in plotting best-selling stories of poisonings, betrayals and blood. And she offered few clues to the inner workings of her ingenious mind. Christie was chronically shy, but in 1955 she was persuaded to give a rare interview in her London flat for a BBC radio profile. In it she revealed how an unconventional childhood fired her imagination, why writing plays was easier than writing novels, and how she cou...

    From :- BBC World News By :_  Mark Poynting    Climate researcher Editted by :- Amal Udawatta    Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The California fires of January 2025 were one of the most expensive weather-related disasters in US history Global temperatures in 2025 did not quite reach the heights of 2024, thanks to the cooling influence of the natural La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific, new data from the European Copernicus climate service and the Met Office shows. But the last three years were the world's warmest ever recorded, bringing the planet closer to breaching international climate targets. Despite natural cooling from La Niña, 2025 was still much warmer than temperatures even a decade ago, as humanity's carbon emissions continue to heat the planet. That will inevitably lead to further temperature records – and worsening weather extremes – unless emissions are sharply reduced, scientists warn. "If we go twenty years into the future and we...