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Top adviser warns of India variant impact as scientists urge delay in lockdown changesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to reconsider Monday’s relaxation of Covid rules in …
People to mix indoors in England from next week; France to also reopen outdoor dining on 19 May UK government to advise caution when hugging allowed in EnglandTraffic light travel plan will let new variants into UK, scientists warnUS ‘turning the corne…
Downing Street says agreement will create 6,500 jobs and contain £533m of Indian investment in UKBoris Johnson will host bilateral talks with India’s prime minister on Tuesday, announcing the potential for up to £1bn of new trade and investment in a vi…
Prime minister faces mounting anger as new cases exceed 250,000 a day and oxygen supplies run outCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has warned the country’s resurgence of coronavirus was l…
Downing Street says next week’s visit won’t go ahead ‘in light of the current coronavirus situation’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson’s planned visit to India next week has been cancelled because of the country’s…
Organisers seek backing of two-thirds of MPs for all-party motion citing China’s treatment of UyghursThe House of Commons is to be given a chance to vote to declare that a genocide is under way in Xinjiang province in China, in a move likely to damage …
Boris Johnson is hoping to improve relations with rising superpower but many roadblocks stand in his way George Osborne, the former British chancellor, tells the story of how, soon after Narendra Modi had been elected prime minister of India in 2014, h…
‘We just need to be cautious,’ warns British prime minister; 1,200 homeless and vulnerable people to be given jabs in RomePakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and Philippines on England travel ‘red list’Further rare blood clot cases found in Oxford/AstraZeneca …
Politicians facing Beijing ban for views on Uighurs are welcomed to Rose GardenBoris Johnson has made an orchestrated gesture of defiance to Beijing, and of support for its critics, by on Saturday meeting a cross-party group of MPs and peers sanctioned…
Covid cases plateau in England and Northern Ireland but rise in Scotland over the last week; UK’s R number up to 07-0.9. This live blog is now closed – please follow the global coronavirus live blog for latest updatesHow AstraZeneca vaccine became a po…
Taipei’s success shows lives might have been saved had the UK government acted differently Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Along central Taipei’s busy Yongkang Street crowds spill out of restaurants and bars every evening, …
Ministers accused of ‘moving goalposts’ and wrongly taking credit for success of immunisation programmeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has sought to reassure the public over the vaccine programme as NHS leaders…
Nearly 140 parliamentarians warn trumped-up charges could result in death penalty for Jagtar Singh JohalNearly 140 MPs and peers have written to Dominic Raab urging him to do more to secure the release of a young Sikh man facing the death penalty in In…
Most world leaders rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his election on Twitter, and spoke of ‘hope’ and ‘expectation’ in later statements.Biden’s key foreign policy priorities are cooperation in the fight against coronavirus, a commitment to rejoin the…
Italy experts to decide on new measures on Monday; Greece reports 13 deaths in one day; more than half of France’s nurses close to burning outCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageItaly is planning to introduce new restrictions na…