LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged on Wednesday to get on with the job, blaming the opposition for trying to “muddy the waters” after video emerged showing his staffers joking about a party during a COVID-19 lockdown last year. “I am going to get on with the job and I believe that …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Omicron is spreading faster than any other coronavirus variant seen so far, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday as he urged people to get booster vaccines. “We now have, in the Omicron variant, a variant that is spreading much faster than any variant that we’ve seen before and that is what …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “taking the public for fools” by denying that members of his staff took part in a party at a time when COVID-19 rules prohibited such gatherings. “It’s obvious what happened. Ant and Dec are ahead of the prime minister …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged opposition politicians on Wednesday not to play politics over a video showing his staff joking about a reported party in Downing Street during a COVID-19 lockdown. “I know that the implication that he is trying to draw, that the case that we’re now investigating somehow should …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised on Wednesday for a video showing his staffers joking about reports of a party in Downing Street during the COVID lockdown, saying he was furious but that he had been assured there was no party. “I was also furious to see that clip,” he told parliament. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister Liz Truss pledged on Wednesday to stand “with Ukraine” against Russian aggression, saying London was discussing with NATO allies other measures to take to prevent any incursion. Asked whether Britain would support the deployment of more troops to support Ukraine via NATO or from Britain directly, she told the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister Liz Truss urged Iran on Wednesday to sign up to the 2015 nuclear deal, saying it was “the last chance” to do, just a day before talks were expected to resume. “This is really the last chance for Iran to sign up and I strongly urge them to do …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday she did not know the details of what happened when asked about reports of a Christmas party at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street office during lockdown. “As to alleged events in Number 10, I don’t know the detail of what happened. I know …
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By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Pat Cummins took a five-wicket haul in a dream start to his Australia captaincy as England were skittled for 147 by tea at the Gabba before rain brought the opening day of the Ashes to an early close. Australia’s first fast-bowling skipper in 65 years, Cummins shone on a …
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(Reuters) – Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Katie Sadleir said organisers were open to the idea of athletes bringing the Pride flag onto the podium at next year’s event in Birmingham. “We will be talking to athletes over the next six months in the lead-up to the Games about what that may or may …
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