UK and France working ‘at pace’ to block Channel asylum seekers August 11, 2020 The UK and France are working “at pace” to stop asylum seekers from illegally entering the UK by boat, according to immigration minister Chris Philp. Philp was in Paris today to meet his French counterparts, telling reporters afterward that Emmanuel Macron agreed that something had to be done to stop migrants crossing the English Channel [...]
Could London be put into a second coronavirus lockdown? August 11, 2020 As London residents make use of the summer sunshine, the question of whether there will be a second coronavirus lockdown is never far out of mind for locals. The number of English towns and cities that have been plunged into local lockdown has grown steadily over the past two months, while the capital has begun [...]
New Zealand records first coronavirus outbreak in 102 days August 11, 2020 New Zealand has recorded its first locally transmitted coronavirus cases in 102 days. Four positive coronavirus tests have been reported in one family from an unknown source. The only positive cases New Zealand had recorded in the past 102 days had been in quarantine facilities from people coming into the country from overseas. Prime Minister [...]
Russia becomes first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine August 11, 2020 Russia has become the first country to deem a coronavirus vaccine as safe for widespread use after less than two months of human testing , according to President Vladimir Putin. Putin said the vaccine has “passed all the needed checks” and that he had even given the vaccine to one of his daughters. The vaccine [...]
UK-Japan trade deal talks stall over Stilton cheese August 11, 2020 Trade deal talks between the UK and Japan have been held up, after trade secretary Liz Truss tried to sneak Stilton cheese into negotiations. It was reported just two weeks ago that a trade deal between the two nations was on the verge of being completed, however Truss has reportedly held things up by looking [...]
London to receive £50m of extra winter NHS funding August 10, 2020 Boris Johnson has confirmed £300m in extra winter NHS funding for England, with London hospitals in line for £49.6m, as the government prepares for a potential second coronavirus wave. The extra funding was announced last month for hospitals to prepare for a potential second wave and the government has today how it has allocated the [...]
Lebanon PM Hassan Diab and his government resign after Beirut explosion August 10, 2020 Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab and his entire government have resigned, after a massive explosion in Beirut last week destroyed much of the city, killing more than 200 people and wounding 7,000. The Prime Minister addressed the nation at 6.30pm local time, telling the nation that endemic corruption caused the blast, which left 300,000 people [...]
Lebanon’s government expected to step down after Beirut explosion August 10, 2020 Lebanon’s government is expected to step down today, less than a week after a huge explosion destroyed large parts of Beirut and killed more than 220 people and wounded more than 7,000. Sources have told CNN that Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s government will quit by tonight and will be reduced to caretaker status. Diab is [...]
Downing Street calls EU asylum seeker agreement ‘rigid and inflexible’ August 10, 2020 Downing Street has criticised the EU’s asylum seekers agreement, adding that it may need to be revised as the number of migrants arriving to the UK illegally by boat continues to rise. About 4,000 asylum seekers have crossed the channel this year, including 235 in just one day last week. The EU’s Dublin Agreement states [...]
Jeremy Corbyn trying to ‘wreck’ Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour, says David Miliband August 10, 2020 Former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband has accused Jeremy Corbyn of trying to “wreck” Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership as the party descends into a factional civil war. Members of the far-left faction have been vocal over the past week in blaming party moderates for Labour’s 2017 election defeat, with Corbyn accusing officials of sabotaging the [...]
