By Doug Faulkner BBC News War in Afghanistan (2001-present) The UK prime minister is expected to ask US President Joe Biden to keep American forces in Afghanistan beyond 31 August in order to allow evacuation flights to continue. Boris Johnson will make the request at an emergency meeting of world leaders from the G7 countries […]
Coronavirus pandemic Antibody tests are to be widely offered to the UK public for the first time in a new programme that aims to find out more about how much natural protection people have after getting coronavirus. The government scheme will offer tests to thousands of adults each day. Anyone over 18 will be […]
By George Bowden & Lauren Turner BBC News War in Afghanistan (2001-present) The US withdrawal from Afghanistan was wrong and based on an “imbecilic” slogan, former PM Tony Blair has said. He described the decision to withdraw troops from the country as “tragic, dangerous and unnecessary”. Mr Blair, who sent troops into Afghanistan 20 years […]
By Hamish Mackay BBC News The UK is imposing asset freezes and travel bans on seven Russian nationals linked to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Mr Navalny – a staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin – almost died from a nerve agent attack last year. He accused Mr Putin of ordering the attack, something […]
By George Bowden & Hazel Shearing BBC News Published7 hours ago Share Related Topics Jeffrey Epstein death IMAGE SOURCEVIRGINIA ROBERTSimage captionVirginia Giuffre, then Roberts, was pictured with Prince Andrew in London in 2001 A US woman who alleges she was brought to the UK aged 17 to have sex with the Duke of York has […]
Coronavirus pandemic Health Secretary Sajid Javid has apologised after saying people should no longer “cower” from coronavirus. He made the comments in a tweet announcing he had made a “full recovery” from Covid, a week after testing positive. Labour accused him of denigrating those who followed the rules, while the founder of a victims’ […]
By Daniel De Simone BBC News An American neo-Nazi group which is led from Russia is to be banned as a terrorist organisation, the Home Secretary has said. Priti Patel condemned “evil white supremacist groups, who target vulnerable people across the world”. The Base will be the fifth extreme right-wing group to be proscribed in […]
By James Landale & Becky Morton Diplomatic correspondent A group of philanthropists, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are to provide £93.5m emergency funding to cover some UK foreign aid cuts. They said the temporary funding would help save “critical projects” and ensure progress was not “wasted”. The government has decided to reduce this […]
By Joseph Lee & Becky Morton BBC News G7 summits Leaders of the major industrial nations have pledged one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries as a “big step towards vaccinating the world”, Boris Johnson has said. At the end of the G7 summit in Cornwall, the PM said countries were rejecting “nationalistic approaches”. […]
Coronavirus pandemic Boris Johnson has said the government must “be cautious” as it decides whether to end all Covid restrictions in England on 21 June. Cases are rising as the Delta variant spreads, with details of the next step on the “roadmap” due on Monday. The prime minister told the BBC it was important any […]
