British government rushing COVID tests to schools so classes can reopen
Schoolchildren have returned to classes in parts of Europe, while the British government is pledging to rush ventilation units and enough COVID-19 test kits to schools to ensure they, too, can reopen later this week despite soaring infection rates.
U.K. reports surge in COVID deaths, builds temporary wards
While the figures are the highest in almost 10 months, they are still far below the peaks reported last January, when most people were unvaccinated.
Independent UK body says China committed genocide against Uighurs in Xinjiang
Tribunal chair Geoffrey Nice said the ruling was based on evidence that the Chinese government's forced birth control and sterilization policies were "intended to destroy a significant part" of the Uighurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group.
Scotland’s leader aims for independence referendum push in 2023
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is adamant he won't consent so any push could end up in a legal showdown.
As a United Nations climate summit aimed at staving off catastrophic global warming enters its final week in Glasgow, host Johnson is facing a barrage of criticism in London over his attempts to change the system that oversees lawmakers’ standards.
Some glued themselves to the ground as part of ongoing protests.
U.K. Treasury chief Rishi Sunak will lay out the government’s plans during a speech Wednesday as top financial officials from around the world meet at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
The British government's scientific advisers have urged the government to ensure coronavirus restrictions can be introduced rapidly, as the rate of new infections continues to grow.
Prosecutors said Ali Harbi Ali, a British man with Somali heritage, had "religious and ideological motivations" when he attacked David Amess last week in the town of Leigh-on-Sea.
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