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Britain's NHS could be overwhelmed by coronavirus like Italy
Mar 22, 2020 07:16Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) could be “overwhelmed” by the coronavirus like the Italian health system in just two weeks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned in the face of rising numbers of deaths.
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London prepares for ‘lockdown’ amid coronavirus pandemic
Mar 19, 2020 12:26London is preparing for a virtual lockdown as the city faces the prospect of greater restrictions over concerns that residents are not heeding advice about the coronavirus pandemic, media reports say.
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Scottish government cancels Indyref plans due to Coronavirus pandemic
Mar 18, 2020 15:31The coronavirus outbreak has forced the Scottish government to abandon its plans to hold a referendum on Scottish independence later this year.
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UK agrees to repay £400mn debt to Iran: Envoy to London
Mar 16, 2020 12:06The Iranian ambassador to the UK says Britain has agreed to pay an outstanding £400 million debt it owes to Iran plus the interest, adding that the two sides are currently negotiating ways how the payment could be made.
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UK coronavirus crisis 'to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalized': PHE document
Mar 16, 2020 11:49A Public Health England (PHE) briefing for senior NHS officials, leaked to the press, asserts that the UK coronavirus epidemic will, in all likelihood, last until next spring 2021 and may necessitate 7.9 million people being hospitalized.
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Shadow immigration secretary demands government release immigration detainees
Mar 16, 2020 05:40Following the publication of an open letter by 10 organisations that advocate for migrants and human rights, warning of the “risk of an uncontrolled outbreak of Covid-19 in immigration detention,” the shadow immigration minister has urged the government to release people held in immigration removal centers.
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UK shoppers urged to stop panic buying as coronavirus toll rises
Mar 15, 2020 09:25Britain’s food retailers appealed to shoppers on Sunday to stop panic buying during the coronavirus outbreak, saying purchasing more than they need would mean others will be left without.
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UK, Ireland coronavirus restrictions make US airlines cut flights
Mar 15, 2020 06:05United Airlines Co said late Saturday it would begin cutting flights to the United Kingdom after Washington expanded travel restrictions to Britain and Ireland, and Southwest Airlines moved toward flight cuts as the coronavirus outbreak sapped demand.
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Iraq calls in US, British envoys after multiple airstrikes on Hashd Sha’abi positions
Mar 13, 2020 14:29The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has summoned the US and British ambassadors to Baghdad over a string of airstrikes carried out by the United States against multiple locations of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi.
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Fear spikes as coronavirus deaths mount in UK
Mar 13, 2020 04:53British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain has given up the fight to contain the novel coronavirus and must now move onto the delay phase.