Boris Johnson orders national security adviser to review Chinese takeover of UK chip plant July 7, 2021 Boris Johnson has ordered his national security advisor to probe the takeover of the UK’s largest chip factory by a Chinese-owned semiconductor firm. The Prime Minister today said the sale was “a very difficult business” and that “we will look at it again”. Nexperia, a Dutch firm owned by China’s Wingtech, on Monday said it [...]
London vaccine race: NHS crackdown on clinics allowing second dose queue-jumping July 7, 2021 London vaccine race: NHS crackdown on clinics allowing second dose queue-jumping
Boris Johnson refuses to disclose data on predicted summer Covid cases July 7, 2021 Boris Johnson has refused to divulge government projections on summer Covid cases data after England drops almost all its restrictions in less than two weeks. Health secretary Sajid Javid said yesterday that up to 100,000 people could test positive for Covid each day by next month, after social distancing and mandatory face masks are dropped. [...]
Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated July 7, 2021 The President of Haiti Jovenel Moise has been assassinated at his residence overnight. Moise’s wife was also wounded in the attack and is currently being treated in hospital. In a statement released this morning, Haiti’s interim prime minister Claude Joseph said: “A group of individuals who have not been identified, some of whom were speaking [...]
Dutch investigative journalist Peter R de Vries fighting for his life after assassination attempt July 7, 2021 The well-known Dutch crime journalist Peter R de Vries was rushed to the hospital last night after being shot in Amsterdam minutes after he left a TV studio. According to Dutch media, Five shots were fired at with close range, while police confirmed later that evening they had arrested three people in connection with the [...]
Lord Bethell probed over Westminster pass for Matt Hancock’s aide Gina Coladangelo July 6, 2021 Tory peer under investigation over pass for aide Matt Hancock was caught kissing
Dominic Raab warns against ‘politicising’ Covid origins probe against China July 6, 2021 Dominic Raab has warned against western countries “politicising” the probe into the origins of Covid against China as this would make it harder to find concrete answers. The foreign secretary told MPs today that there needs to be a “transparent, science led approach” to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) investigation into how Covid-19 originated, while [...]
Self-isolation for double-jabbed people in close contact with Covid case scrapped July 6, 2021 Double-jabbed people who have been in close contact with a positive Covid case will no longer have to go through self-isolation after 16 August. Children under the age of 18 will also no longer have to self-isolate from this date, health secretary Sajid Javid announced today. Javid said people who have been double-jabbed will be [...]
‘Incredibly disturbing’: BMA chair slams Boris Johnson’s decision to ease Covid restrictions July 6, 2021 The chair of the British Medical Assocation, Dr. Chaand Nagpaul has slammed Prime minister Boris Johnson’s decision to ease Covid-related restrictions on 19 July. ”There is a clear disconnect with the actions the Government are planning to take and the data and views of the scientific community and medical profession,” Dr. Nagpaul said. Yesterday, Boris [...]
UK gave £63.4m in ‘secretive payments’ to six Middle Eastern states, say MPs July 6, 2021 A group of MPs have called for the suspension of “secretive” funds sent by the UK government to a group of six Middle Eastern states, after £64.3m was sent between 2016 and 2021. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf said Bahrain and Saudi Arabia was among those receiving [...]