Boris Johnson will host this year’s G7 summit in the tiny seaside resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, where he will urge world leaders to unite in “building back better” from the pandemic. Joe Biden, who will be US president by then, is expected to attend the event starting on 11 June, alongside the other
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More than 400,000 police records have accidentally been deleted from a national database, prompting warnings that criminal investigations could be compromised, Sky News understands. The fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records were wiped due to “human error” and “defective code”, policing minister Kit Malthouse said yesterday. It was initially reported by The Times that 150,000
Home Secretary Priti Patel must “take responsibility” for the wiping of 150,000 arrest records from police databases, the Labour Party says. The records were accidentally wiped last week and they included fingerprint, DNA and arrest histories, according to The Times. The newspaper says the technological blunder could allow offenders to go free, as evidence from
All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate. The tighter border restrictions announced by Boris Johnson are aimed at protecting the progress made with the rollout of vaccines in the face of new coronavirus variants being found around the world. It had already been announced everyone
House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) got emotional talking about the moment that angered her the most about the US Capitol riot. #Pelosi #CNN #News
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More than 66,000 hauliers have so far been tested at the Channel crossing with only “very low levels” of coronavirus detected, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has told Sky News. The cabinet minister said there were currently no plans for tougher checks being introduced for visitors to France to apply to lorry drivers, who would continue
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has resigned with immediate effect, just months before the next set of Scottish Parliament elections. In a statement, he said it was “not an easy decision” but the “right one for me and for the party”. Mr Leonard, who had been party leader since 2017 and is an MSP for
Senior ministers will consider a ban on travel to the UK from Brazil following concern over a new coronavirus strain in the South American country. The government’s COVID-19 operations committee is due to meet on Thursday to discuss the issue, amid reports any travel ban could also be extended to countries neighbouring Brazil. Live COVID
In a pre-recorded statement released by the White House, President Donald Trump called for calm but stopped short of conceding the 2020 election to President-elect Joe Biden or saying the election was conducted fairly. CNN cannot verify when the White House video was recorded. #Trump #CNN #News
Boris Johnson has told MPs that recent coronavirus restrictions “are starting to show signs of some effect” – but he refused to rule out even tougher measures. The prime minister came under fresh pressure from Labour on Wednesday to tighten COVID rules in order to drive down infections. Live COVID updates from UK and around
The NHS is considering plans to discharge patients into hotels as hospitals become swamped with COVID patients, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed – as he said it was “impossible to know” how long lockdown restrictions might last. Mr Hancock told Sky News that the government would “look at all options” to relieve pressures on
Pressure on the NHS will not start to reduce until March, ministers have been warned – amid fears that new infections could be running at more than 250,000 a day. Downing Street has been told by government scientists that the rollout of the vaccines is unlikely to cause the mortality rate to decline until later
CNN’s John King, Abby Phillip, Kaitlin Collins discuss President Donald Trump’s false claim that everyone thought his comments prior to a riot at the US Capitol that left 5 people dead were appropriate. #Trump #CNN #News
President Donald Trump gave his first public comments about the US Capitol riot that killed 5 people as he departed for Alamo, Texas. #Trump #CNN #News
More than 2.6 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been given to almost 2.3 million people, the health secretary has said, as an NHS boss warned the jab is “not a free pass” to ignore national guidance. Matt Hancock told a Downing Street news conference that the government was on track to achieve its pledge of
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf is resigning, he said in a letter to the department that was obtained by CNN. CNN’s Gloria Borger and Dana Bash discuss with Wolf Blitzer #CNN #News
The health secretary has suggested the prime minister was operating within the rules when he went cycling seven miles from Downing Street during lockdown. Boris Johnson was spotted at the Olympic Park in east London with members of his security detail on Sunday, according to the Evening Standard. Live COVID updates from UK and around
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell weighs in on conservative support for President Donald Trump, explaining to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria why he can no longer consider himself a member of the Republican Party. #CNN #News
Lockdown rules are “not boundaries to be pushed against”, a government minister has warned – as he admitted there was concern at non-compliance with social distancing measures in supermarkets. As the second week of England’s third national lockdown begins, ministers are considering how to achieve greater enforcement of social distancing and mask-wearing in supermarkets. Vaccines