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Julian Assange refused bail, despite being ruled against extradition to the U.S
World

Julian Assange refused bail, despite being ruled against extradition to the U.S

  • Julian Assange has been refused bail by a judge, who this week rejected a U.S request to have him extradited to face espionage and hacking charges.
  • The co-founder of WikiLeaks has been held at the Belmarsh Prison in South-East London since the past 18 months, after he was evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy - where he sought asylum since the past seven years.
Updated 06 Jan, 2021 05:53pm
Bleak start to new year for Britain as it enters third lockdown
World

Bleak start to new year for Britain as it enters third lockdown

  • Britain began its third COVID-19 lockdown on Tuesday with the government calling for one last major national effort to defeat the spread of a virus that has infected an estimated one in 50 citizens before mass vaccinations turn the tide.
  • Britain has been among the countries worst-hit by COVID-19, with the second highest death toll in Europe and an economy that suffered the sharpest contraction of any in the Group of Seven during the first wave of infections last spring.
Published 06 Jan, 2021 10:01am
UK reactivates emergency COVID-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools
World

UK reactivates emergency COVID-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools

  • Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus.
  • With more than 50,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 for the last four days, the health service said it was preparing for an anticipated rush of patients and needed more beds.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 07:20pm
UK court orders Pakistan to pay $28.7 million payment to British firm
Pakistan

UK court orders Pakistan to pay $28.7 million payment to British firm

  • British firm Broadsheet was hired by NAB during Pervez Musharraf’s government to trace assets in the UK and USA of more than 200 Pakistanis
  • The firm didn’t recover a single asset of any target anywhere in the world but its litigation against NAB started over the broken contract when the anti-graft watchdog ended its contract
Published 01 Jan, 2021 10:53am
British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship
World

British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship

  • The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with the European Union after Brexit.
  • Stanley Johnson, a former member of the European Parliament who voted Remain in Britain’s 2016 referendum, told RTL radio he wanted to become a French citizen because of strong family links to France.
Published 31 Dec, 2020 03:54pm
UK needs tighter COVID rules to avert new "catastrophe", epidemiologist warns
World

UK needs tighter COVID rules to avert new "catastrophe", epidemiologist warns

  • Britain’s government needs to bring in tighter coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a fresh wave of deaths from a new strain of the disease, a leading epidemiologist and government advisor warned on Tuesday.
  • More than 71,000 people in Britain have died within 28 days of a positive test for the disease.
Published 29 Dec, 2020 06:37pm
UK and EU agree to historic Brexit deal
World

UK and EU agree to historic Brexit deal

  • On Thursday, a historic deal on the future of the United Kingdom's historic trading and security relationship with the European Union has finally been struck, a week before the end of the transition period.
  • Downing Street has issued a statement confirming the deal.
Published 24 Dec, 2020 07:55pm
London's Luxury Homes are a Prime Target to hide 'Dirty Money': Report
World

London's Luxury Homes are a Prime Target to hide 'Dirty Money': Report

  • The property market in the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a prime target for money laundering, with London's most expensive property attracting criminal buyers from the around the world to hide ill-gotten wealth.
  • The onset of the coronavirus pandemic has only made the real estate sector more vulnerable to dirty money, as the dwindling demand for expensive and extravagant homes makes it more susceptible to exploitation from criminal entities.
Updated 24 Dec, 2020 05:24pm
As mutated variant spreads, PM Johnson mulls stricter lockdown
World

As mutated variant spreads, PM Johnson mulls stricter lockdown

  • The British government will review whether it needs to impose its strictest COVID-19 restrictions on more of the country on Wednesday as a highly infectious variant continues to spread but will not change Christmas rules.
  • Britain reported a record number of new infections on Tuesday as a mutated strain of the coronavirus, which could be up to 70% more transmissible than the original.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 06:56pm
World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic
World

World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic

  • More countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic.
  • A slew of countries have already suspended travel, including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Ireland, Belgium, Israel and Canada.
Published 21 Dec, 2020 06:14pm
Britain, EU tell each other to give way in 'difficult' trade talks
World

Britain, EU tell each other to give way in 'difficult' trade talks

  • With less than two weeks before Britain leaves the EU’s orbit, both sides are calling on the other to move to secure a deal and safeguard annual trade in goods from tariffs and quotas.
  • The EU wants to be able to impose trade barriers in the event that Britain changes its regulations in the future and undercuts the bloc’s market of 450 million consumers.
Published 21 Dec, 2020 11:45am
UK government pushes for lifting of U.S. travel restrictions - sources
World

UK government pushes for lifting of U.S. travel restrictions - sources

  • The British government is making a concerted effort to persuade the Trump administration to lift or soften travel restrictions that bar most people in the United Kingdom from traveling to the United States.
  • Since then there has been no decision by President Donald Trump, but UK officials have held a series of high-level talks with White House and Cabinet officials.
Published 19 Dec, 2020 02:38pm
Britain, EU strike pessimistic tone in post-Brexit trade talks
World

Britain, EU strike pessimistic tone in post-Brexit trade talks

  • Britain and the European Union struck a pessimistic tone in trade talks on Thursday, with a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying it was “very likely” there would be no agreement unless the bloc changed its position “substantially”.
  • Just over two weeks before Britain finally leaves the bloc’s orbit, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was also downbeat, saying it would be “very challenging” to overcome the “big differences” that remained.
Published 18 Dec, 2020 11:21am
United States hopes for trade deal with UK, Trump's trade chief says
World

United States hopes for trade deal with UK, Trump's trade chief says

  • The United States is hopeful of sealing a mini-trade deal with the United Kingdom to reduce tariffs, President Donald Trump’s trade chief, Robert Lighthizer, told the BBC.
  • Lighthizer said he was hopeful for a deal that could see punitive tariffs on Scottish whisky lowered, the BBC said.
Published 17 Dec, 2020 04:31pm
UK's Patel says on Brexit: we're in 'tunnel' of negotiations
World

UK's Patel says on Brexit: we're in 'tunnel' of negotiations

  • The United Kingdom will work flat out for a Brexit trade deal and the two sides are in “tunnel” negotiations but if a deal with the European Union is not possible then the country will be prepared, interior minister Priti Patel said on Thursday.
  • The “tunnel” is a term for an intense final stage of secretive, make-or-break negotiations.
Updated 17 Dec, 2020 03:40pm