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U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event. The massive undertaking reflects the extraordinary security concerns that have gripped Washington following the deadly January 6 insurrection at the U.S. … Read more
This is the historic moment the first lorry crossed the Channel to France after Britain began its new post-Brexit deal with the EU and Boris Johnson declared: ‘This is an amazing moment for this country – we have our freedom in our hands’. Truck drivers with the correct paperwork – and a negative Covid test – … Read more
President Donald Trump’s campaign is spending more than $5 million on television and radio ads asking supporters to pressure Republican Party members and state government officials to overturn the election results. Some of the new ads, which are running nationally on Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Newsmax and One America News Network, with more … Read more
President Donald Trump engaged in some saber-rattling from 30,000 feet, issuing ‘health advice’ to Iran and tweeting out images of unexploded ordinance following an attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Trump blasted out the tweet after taking off from Washington for Mar-a-Lago, where he plans to spend the holidays with family including First Lady … Read more
Spain became the latest EU country to ban flights from the EU today, with every member of the bloc now having slammed their doors shut to British travellers apart from Greece and Cyprus. Urgent talks are underway in Brussels this morning to agree a EU-wide response to contain the new mutant strain of the virus … Read more
Britain’s daily coronavirus case count today surged by 35,383 after Wales added a further 11,000 infections that had previously been missed off due to an IT ‘cock-up’. Today’s figures, which would normally be used to measure how much the UK’s outbreak has grown in the last week, are unreliable as a point of reference because … Read more
In the words of one negotiator, it is the ‘Lutheran’s distaste for the libertine’ that has pushed Britain to the brink of a No Deal Brexit. Diplomats say the ‘trust issue’ between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Boris Johnson came to a head during last week’s fraught talks, when British negotiators tried to break the … Read more
EU can base staff in Northern Ireland: Michael Gove backs down and allows Brussels to have officials permanently based on island to oversee checks on goods Michael Gove agreed to concession last night as two sides finalised the plan It came as part of a deal with EU on how province’s borders will work next … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump’s officials TURNED DOWN offer of more doses of Pfizer’s breakthrough vaccine on top of shots for 50 million – and now might not get any extra supplies until JUNE By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 22:00 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 7 December 2020 … Read more
Chinese officials ‘detect coronavirus in a family’s fridge’ after couple who share a flat with fruit vendors tested positive for COVID-19 The city of Chengdu reported two local COVID-19 cases, who are a couple, today The patients share their flat with two sellers who frequented a wholesale market The trading hub was shut down as … Read more