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Covid live: Boris Johnson warns UK against indoor Easter gatherings; Vatican vaccinates homeless people

‘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 …

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UK Covid: percentage testing positive in England levels off but cases rise in Scotland; R number up slightly – as it happened

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…

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Boris Johnson stresses Covid vaccine safety as tensions with NHS spill over

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…

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Matt Hancock tells MPs retest on Covid doses and delays in India will hit UK jabs

Health secretary says timetable will not change, but government expert warns infections may rise because of delay vaccinating the under-50s Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMatt Hancock has said there will be a significant di…

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The Guardian view on defence and foreign policy: an old-fashioned look at the future | Editorial

A reconsideration of Britain’s place in the world is necessary. But this paper fails to meet the challenges of the 21st century The integrated review offers a nostalgic – at times, even anachronistic – response to the challenges of the 21st century. It…

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Why Britain is tilting to the Indo-Pacific region

Critics warn of imperial fantasy but the economic and political forces pulling the UK back to the region are realSome will call it a tilt, others a rebalancing and yet others a pivot but, either way, the new big idea due to emerge from the government’s…

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British Sikh ‘tortured’ in India after arrest must be freed, say MPs

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…

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Libs Dems warn China over ‘international bullying’ after sanctions threat

Chinese newspaper said countries that boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over treatment of Uighurs would face retaliationThe Liberal Democrats have warned China against “international bullying” after a call by UK MPs for countries to boycott the 2022…

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