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LONDON (Reuters) -Russia should not be allowed to host soccer events such as the Champions League final after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. Britain said that it would discuss the location of the Champions League final, which is scheduled to take …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported 41,130 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and 205 more deaths within 28 days of a positive test, official data showed. The figures compared to 38,409 cases and 15 deaths reported on Monday. (Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by William James)

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain published sanctions against five banks and three individuals on Tuesday, part of a package of measures in response to Russia’s recognition of two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent. Here is a list of the individuals sanctioned and extracts of the published reasons provided by Britain’s foreign office: Gennady Timchenko …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the G7 agreed a package of escalatory sanctions in response to Russia’s actions towards Ukraine, British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Twitter. “The G7 Foreign Ministers strongly condemn Russia’s violation of their international commitments. We agreed a strong package of coordinated escalatory sanctions in response,” Truss said following …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Some of the territory recognised by Russian President Vladimir Putin is on the other side of the line of control which separates rebel regions of Ukraine from the rest of the country, British defence minister Ben Wallace said on Tuesday. Putin recognised separatist regions in eastern Ukraine on Monday and ordered the deployment …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will immediately impose hard economic sanctions on Russia after President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. “We will immediately institute a package of economic sanctions,” Johnson told reporters. The sanctions, he said, would be “targeted not …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a emergency national security meeting on Tuesday that Russia’s Vladimir Putin seems to be “bent on full scale invasion” of Ukraine, the BBC’s political editor reported. Laura Kuenssberg added that the first “barrage of economic sanctions” would be set out in the House of Commons around …

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(Reuters) – London Stock Exchange Group agreed to buy cloud-based technology provider TORA for $325 million, the British stock exchange operator said on Tuesday, adding the rapidly growing digital assets class to its trading capabilities. The potential acquisition of TORA, which supports customers trading multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and digital assets across …

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