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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was visiting Kyiv Saturday for face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, Downing Street said.
Bangladesh received another one million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses from the United Kingdom (UK).
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson by telephone on Sunday that the next 24 hours are crucial for Ukraine, a Downing Street spokesperson said.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday there was still a chance to avoid unnecessary bloodshed that would follow any Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The United States, Britain and Canada hit top Myanmar justice officials with sanctions on Monday on the one-year anniversary of a military coup.
Most coronavirus restrictions including mandatory face masks were lifted in England on Thursday after Britain’s government said its vaccine booster rollout successfully reduced serious illness and COVID-19 hospitalizations.
The United Kingdom’s official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic rose above 150,000 on Saturday, government figures showed, following a record wave of cases caused by the Omicron variant.
The US, Britain, France and Australia have all announced record numbers of daily COVID-19 cases as the WHO warned on Tuesday that Omicron’s dizzying spread increased the risk of newer, more dangerous variants emerging.
New restrictions in England to slow the spread of COVID-19 will only be introduced as a last resort, health minister Sajid Javid said, stressing that although hospitalizations were rising, the number of patients in intensive care was stable.
Britain reported another day of record COVID-19 cases on Friday, with new estimates showing swathes of London’s population are carrying the virus, underlining the relentless advance of the Omicron variant.
Germany will impose quarantine on travelers from Britain from midnight on Monday and require a negative COVID-19 test for entry into the country, the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Saturday.
French boats have rescued 138 migrants stranded in the Channel as they tried to reach Britain from France on transient vessels, authorities said on Friday.
At least one patient with the Omicron variant of coronavirus has died in the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday invited British investors to be part of Bangladesh’s development journey by investing in a host of lucrative sectors.
More than 120 world leaders meet in Glasgow on Monday in the last, best hope to tackle the climate crisis and avert a looming global disaster.
With the UK hosts warning that lights are flashing red on the climate change dashboard, the COP26 UN climate summit kicked off on Sunday in Glasgow, marked by pointed warnings of growing threats as emissions-cutting pledges still fail to add up.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell a climate summit on Monday that it’s one minute to midnight and we need to act now as he calls on leaders to go beyond their pledges to developing nations and act on coal, cars, cash and trees.
Delegates, campaigners and journalists traveling by train to the UN climate conference in Glasgow fell victim to a weather-related delay on Sunday - a toppled tree on a railway line.
British officials have identified a single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease.
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip, will take place at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on April 17, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday.
