The stern of a huge container ship that has been wedged across the Suez Canal for almost a week has been freed from the shoreline, officials say. The course of the 400m-long (1,300ft) Ever G... Read more
Sexual harassment and assault claims made by school pupils on a website may be the “next child abuse scandal that engulfs the nation”, police have said. A police helpline is to b... Read more
Two households or groups of up to six people are now able to meet outside in England again as the stay-at-home Covid restrictions order comes to an end. Outdoor sport facilities including te... Read more
China has imposed sanctions on nine UK citizens – including five MPs – for spreading what it called “lies and disinformation” about the country. The group are among t... Read more
Boris Johnson is expected to speak to his EU counterparts this week as a row over Covid vaccine supplies continues. EU leaders will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday to discuss a ban on Oxf... Read more
Detained BBC journalist Aung Thur has been released in Myanmar, days after he was detained. The BBC Burmese service reporter had been taken away by men in plain clothes on 19 March while rep... Read more
Results from the long-awaited US trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine are out and confirm that the shot is both safe and highly effective. More than 32,000 volunteers took... Read more
A reporter with BBC Burmese has been detained in Myanmar as clashes continue between security forces and protesters opposed to the 1 February coup. Aung Thura was taken away by men in plain... Read more
The prime minister is to receive his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after reassuring the public it was “safe”. Boris Johnson, 56, has urged people to get i... Read more
US and Chinese officials have exchanged sharp rebukes in the first high-level talks between the Biden administration and China, taking place in Alaska. Chinese officials accused the US of in... Read more
Twenty-six Algerians returning home from the UK have been stuck in transit at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris for the past three weeks. The group, who include two young girls and a 75-yea... Read more
The UK government is facing questions over coronavirus vaccine supply after warnings of a significant reduction. It is understood a delivery of millions of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca ja... Read more
A digital certificate to kick-start foreign travel should be given to citizens across the EU “without discrimination”, officials say. The aim is to enable anyone vaccinated again... Read more
report said there was no evidence that Russia and Iran directly meddled with the voting process Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to have authorised attempts to influence last year... Read more
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