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Omicron Covid appears “more transmissible” than Delta variant
With this Christmas again set to be dominated by Covid – the Prime Minister has briefed ministers about the Omicron variant – saying it appears to be “more transmissible” than Delta.
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Christmas parties cancelled: How will the hospitality industry cope?
After almost two years of constant challenges for the beleaguered hospitality industry, the Omicron variant has dealt another blow to what was meant to be a lucrative Christmas party season.
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Businesses ‘won’t survive’ further Covid restrictions, says UK Hospitality boss
The Omicron variant has dealt another blow to what was meant to be a lucrative Christmas party season.
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Afghan refugees abandoned by UK says whistleblower
A former diplomat has claimed that many Afghans were abandoned to their fate at the hands of the Taliban during a “chaotic” and “dysfunctional” evacuation.
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Whistleblower evidence of Kabul evacuation ‘deeply disturbing’, says shadow foreign secretary
A former diplomat has claimed that many Afghans were abandoned to their fate at the hands of the Taliban during a “chaotic” and “dysfunctional” evacuation.
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‘The foreign office has not been well led” during Afghan evacuation crisis, says Conservative MP
A former diplomat has claimed that many Afghans were abandoned to their fate at the hands of the Taliban during a “chaotic” and “dysfunctional” evacuation.
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Biden and Putin hold talks over Ukraine invasion threat
US President Joe Biden has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that America and its allies would respond with strong economic and other measures in the event of any military escalation in Ukraine.
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‘Threat of full-scale military action or warfare’ hanging over Ukraine, says Latvian minister
We spoke to Latvia’s foreign minister Edgars Rinkēvičs and began by asking him how concerned he is about the prospect of Russia invading Ukraine.
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Jamie Oliver on schools meals crusade again
15 years after his first crusade to improve school meals, Jamie Oliver is again warning that too many schools are dishing out junk food, fizzy drinks and sweets, while levels of child obesity are on the rise.
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‘Economic consequences’ for Russia if it takes military action against Ukraine – US ambassador to NATO
Russia can expect “high impact economic consequences” if it goes ahead with military action against Ukraine, the new US ambassador to NATO has told this programme.
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‘Treat people as if they have a health condition’, says drugs review author
We spoke to Dame Carol Black, who led the government-commissioned review of drugs policy, and asked her if the key is decriminalisation and treating drug-taking as a chronic health condition.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Court sentences ousted leader, as UN criticises ‘sham’ trial
The ousted leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been found guilty of incitement and breaching Covid rules in the first of a series of court cases against her.
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Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial enters second week
The second week of testimony has got underway at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell in New York, with a British witness known by the pseudonym Kate, who claimed she had been groomed and abused by Jeffrey Epstein in London. The British socialite has denied charges of grooming teenage girls to be abused by…
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‘We owe a duty of care’ to Afghans fleeing Taliban, Conservative MP says
The Foreign Office also says it will continue doing all it can to secure safe passage to help British nationals and eligible Afghans to leave the country.
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Storm Arwen: Power outages ‘completely unacceptable’, says energy minister
The energy minister has admitted it’s “completely unacceptable” that 1,200 homes remain without power in the north east of England, 10 days after the damage caused by Storm Arwen.
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Met Police officers jailed for sharing images of murdered sisters
Two police officers, who took pictures of the murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in a north-west London park last year, have been jailed for two years and nine months.
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Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: National review into death of six-year-old
The whole nation is “distraught” at the tragic death of 6-year-old Arthur Labinjo Hughes, the Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has told MPs.
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Omicron likely to become dominant strain ‘across the world’, says global public health professor
We’re joined by Professor Devi Sridhar, Chair of Global Public Health at Edinburgh University.
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Covid: Omicron variant spreading in the community ‘across multiple regions of England’, says Sajid Javid
The health secretary has warned that there is now community transmission of the new Omicron variant of Covid “across multiple regions of England”.
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Decriminalising drugs is not ‘suitable or appropriate’, policing minister says
We spoke to the Minister for Crime and Policing, Kit Malthouse, and started by asking him whether the extra spending on rehabilitation and treatment exceeded the budget cuts in those areas since the Conservatives came to power in 2010.
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Government unveils 10-year plan to fight ‘disgusting’ drugs trade in England and Wales
Rehab for hundreds of thousands of hardcore drugs users, and tackling the criminal gangs who peddle illegal narcotics and “make hell of people’s lives”.
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British citizen stranded in Pakistan after fleeing Afghanistan with family
A British citizen is calling on the government to help him bring his family back from Afghanistan after they were left stranded in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover.
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The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell – what we know so far
Last week saw the start of one of the most highly-anticipated and talked about trials in history: the United States versus Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Children exposed to toxic chemicals in India’s electronic waste markets
E-waste, as it’s known – is growing three times faster than any other kind of rubbish we produce – but the subject didn’t even make it onto the agenda at the COP26 climate talks last month.
