LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government said on Friday it would add to the list of criminal content which tech firms will have to combat actively under a new law, or risk fines of up to 10% of their global turnover. Under previous plans for the legislation, search engines, social media and video-sharing platforms were already …
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(Reuters) -Conservative Member of Parliament and former schools minister Nick Gibb has called on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign in an opinion piece https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/02/04/boris-johnson-must-go-bitter-pill-swallow-win-back-voters published in The Telegraph newspaper on Friday. Gibb, MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, said his constituents are “furious about the double standards” exposed by reports of social gatherings …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth marks 70 years on the British throne on Sunday, a milestone never reached by any of her predecessors over the last 1,000 years, and one which only a few monarchs across the globe have ever achieved. Elizabeth, 95, became the queen of Britain and more than a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris could face a vote of no confidence in his leadership if 54 of his 360 Conservative lawmakers submit a letter to the chairman of the party’s 1922 Committee, which represents lawmakers who have no government jobs. The letters are confidential, so only 1922 Committee chairman Graham Brady knows …
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By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) – Tanker and barge shipments in and out of Europe’s biggest oil hub have been delayed by up to a week as four storage companies scramble to resume operations after cyber attacks, sources familiar with the matter said. Since the end of last week, storage company Oiltanking and oil trading …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting on Friday to shore up his authority after a senior aide resigned over his false claim that the leader of the opposition Labour Party failed to prosecute a notorious child sex abuser. Johnson, who in 2019 won the biggest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher, has repeatedly …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported 84,053 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and a further 254 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, as numbers drifted lower following a wave of Omicron cases at the turn of the year. The number of new cases in the past seven days was down 2.4% on a …
LONDON (Reuters) – Aaron Bell, a British lawmaker in the ruling Conservatives, said on Friday he had submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson, saying the prime minister’s handling of Downing Street lockdown parties had made his position untenable. Johnson could face a vote of no confidence in his leadership if 54 of …
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LONDON (Reuters) -There is a realistic possibility of large waves of COVID-19 infection in the future in Britain and such waves might even be considered likely, epidemiologists who model the COVID-19 pandemic to inform government advice have said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ditched legal restrictions in England, saying that, while the pandemic was …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The estimated range of England’s COVID-19 reproduction “R” number has risen to between 0.8 and 1.1, returning to its value two weeks ago, the UK Health Security Agency said on Friday, adding that the number of cases each day could be rising. An R number between 0.8 and 1.1 means that for …
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