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• Boris Johnson urges people to stay home as England braces for third national lockdown – video

  04-01-2021 23:29
  
  The prime minister warned that the weeks ahead 'will be the toughest yet' as he announced England would be placed under its strictest nationwide lockdown since March. Schools will be closed until mid-February and people will be advised to leave their homes only once a day for exercise. But Johnson added that the arrival of the Oxford vaccine showed that 'the end was in sight'England to enter toughest Covid lockdown since March Continue reading...
  
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• Julian Assange subdued in court as judge’s ruling only ‘first step’ in battle against US extradition

  04-01-2021 23:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  As US authorities move to appeal against British judge’s ruling against extradition, WikiLeaks founder still faces a long legal struggle, writes Lizzie Dearden
  
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• Maskless protesters storm LA mall

  04-01-2021 22:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Protesters calls shopper ‘mask nazi’ and masks aren’t required because this isn’t ‘communist China’ 
  
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• Keir Starmer: Labour will support 'necessary' new lockdown measures – video

  04-01-2021 22:36
  
  The Labour leader said he supported Boris Johnson's decision to move England into a third national lockdown amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. 'Whatever our criticisms of the government, we've all got to pull together now to make this work,' Starmer said. Under the strict new measures, announced the day the UK recorded a record high of 58,784 new cases, people will be ordered to stay at home unless they are engaging in a small number of exempted activitiesEngland to enter toughest Covid loc
  
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• Greece appoints first openly gay minister

  04-01-2021 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nicholas Yatromanolakis makes history in new role as deputy minister of culture
  
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• Subsecretario de salud de México Hugo López-Gatell enfrenta críticas por irse de vacaciones a la playa

  04-01-2021 22:20 via independent.co.uk
  
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• SHELL - El multimillonario chino Jack Ma desapareció semanas después de criticar el sistema financiero estatal

  04-01-2021 22:17 via independent.co.uk
  
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• UK Covid-19 variant case confirmed in New York

  04-01-2021 22:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  A case of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus first discovered in the UK has been identified in New York state, governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday.
  
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• The many U-turns on the road to England's third lockdown

  04-01-2021 22:01
  
  November lockdown decision has been followed by a series of flip-flops and 11th-hour announcements Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government’s coronavirus strategy for England has changed a number of times since the start of the November lockdown, as infections soared and a new variant of the virus emerged.14 October 2020: Johnson dismisses calls from the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, for a “circuit-breaker” lockdown, telling MPs: “Op
  
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• US calls on Iran to release South Korean tanker

  04-01-2021 21:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Regime continues to threaten navigational rights and freedoms in Persian Gulf’ state department spokesperson said
  
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• California could experience ‘surge on top of a surge’ following holiday travel, governor warns

  04-01-2021 21:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It remains as deadly today as any point in the history of this pandemic,’ Governor Gavin Newsom says
  
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• Elderly residents who waited overnight for Covid vaccine are turned away as Florida centre hits capacity

  04-01-2021 21:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Florida Department of Health announced residents 65 years or older could receive the vaccine for free starting on Monday
  
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• Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies ‘to lift years-long blockade on Qatar, reopen border’

  04-01-2021 20:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Riyadh has agreed to reopen its airspace, land and sea border with Qatar, Kuwait’s foreign minister says
  
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• Tehran enriching uranium to 20% purity and seizes tanker as Iran-US tensions escalate

  04-01-2021 20:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iran said it had notified the International Atomic Energy Agency
  
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• Metropolitan AME church sues Proud Boys for burning Black Lives Matter sign

  04-01-2021 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  A historic African-American church in Washington DC has filed a lawsuit against members of the far-right nationalist group the Proud Boys after its leadership took credit for burning the church's Black Lives Matter banner during a rally supporting Donald Trump last month.
  
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• Mexico offers political asylum to Julian Assange

  04-01-2021 20:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Mexican president Andres Manual López Obradorsaid Assange deserved to ‘keep his freedom’
  
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• Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies ‘to lift years-long blockade on Qatar, reopen borders’

  04-01-2021 19:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Saudi Arabia and its regional allies will end a four-year crippling blockade of Qatar and re-open borders in a breakthrough agreement due to be signed on Tuesday, a Trump administration official has reportedly said.
  
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• Mexico Covid spokesperson faces backlash for going on beach vacation

  04-01-2021 19:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Country has recently seen a rise in Covid-19 cases
  
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• Cuomo threatens to fine NY hospitals for not distributing vaccines quickly enough

  04-01-2021 19:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  New York governor Andrew Cuomo has threatened to fine hospitals up to $100,000 if they don’t speed up coronavirus vaccinations.
  
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• Operation Warp Speed adviser admits there is a ‘lag’ in US vaccine distribution

  04-01-2021 19:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Indeed, it is lower than we were hoping for,' Mr Slaoui says about the number of Americans so far receiving a Covid-19 vaccine
  
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• ‘Scandal!’ Fury in France at slow rollout of Covid-19 vaccine programme

  04-01-2021 18:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Just 516 people had received the vaccine by the end of the weekend, prompting a huge political fallout about why roll out was so slow, reports Rory Mulholland in Paris
  
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• 1.3 million Americans travelled through US airports on Sunday as coronavirus hospitalisations hit record high

  04-01-2021 18:02 via independent.co.uk
  
   A record 125,544 people were hospitalised with Covid-19 on 3 January 
  
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• Covid: Egypt summons man for video of ‘patients dying after hospitals run out of oxygen’

  04-01-2021 17:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nurse seen hunched over on hospital floor amid scenes of panic and despair
  
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• Greece detects four cases of fast-spreading Covid variant among arrivals from UK over Christmas

  04-01-2021 16:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  All are being looked after at dedicated hotel as fears grow about highly transmissible mutation
  
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• Bomb Squad gives “All Clear” after mall in Queens evacuated as possible bomb investigated

  04-01-2021 16:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Suspicious vehicle hooked up to propane tanks prompts evacuation 
  
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• Mall in Queens evacuated as possible bomb is investigated

  04-01-2021 16:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Suspicious vehicle hooked up to propane tanks prompts evacuation 
  
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• Inflatable Christmas tree costume could have been hospital’s covid super-spreader

  04-01-2021 16:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Investigation launched after 44 people tested positive in less than a week
  
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• Flu cases plummet amid Covid precautions

  04-01-2021 16:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The exact timing of flu season varies from year to year, so we cannot be complacent’
  
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• Moscow metro employs first female train drivers after laws blocking women from certain jobs overturned

  04-01-2021 16:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Laws previously blocked women from working in 456 different kinds of jobs for decades
  
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• Police break up church service in Germany with over 100 maskless worshippers

  04-01-2021 16:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mass congregation a potential superspreader event
  
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• Covid: Top Swedish official under fire for Christmas holiday in Canary Islands

  04-01-2021 15:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dan Eliasson made trip after Swedes told to avoid unnecessary travel
  
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• Indian comedian charged with insulting Hindu deities after right-wing group crashes show

  04-01-2021 15:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police initially booked Faruqui based on video evidence, however they now say there is no video showing wrongdoing 
  
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• Britons blocked from entering Sweden over Brexit and Covid rules

  04-01-2021 15:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  The British ambassador to Sweden said she was ‘very concerned’ by the incident
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 10-16

  04-01-2021 14:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Jan. 10-16 include the singers Rod Stewart, Mary J
  
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• North Korea requests Covid vaccine after months of claiming to have never had a case

  04-01-2021 14:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The country has so far refused to acknowledge a single case of coronavirus
  
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• Teenage girl among nine killed in Syria attack

  04-01-2021 14:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ambush is the second this week to target buses travelling between government-controlled areas 
  
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• Julian Assange pleaded with Edward Snowden to hide 'where CIA doesn't have influence'

  04-01-2021 14:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JULIAN ASSANGE delivered a desperate plea to Edward Snowden, a US whistleblower, to seek asylum in Russia as opposed to Latin America, as it was a nation "where the CIA doesn't have influence".
  
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• Google responds after staff form a union and voice concerns about company

  04-01-2021 14:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Google has responded after its staff announced the formation of a new union and voiced concerns about the direction of the company.
  
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• Tehran enriching uranium to 20% purity and Iran seizes tanker as tensions with US escalate

  04-01-2021 14:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iran said it had notified the International Atomic Energy Agency
  
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• Jack Ma missing: Who is Chinese billionaire Jack Ma? Why is he missing?

  04-01-2021 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHINA is suspected of being involved in the suspected disappearance of one of it's most famous business figures, Jack Ma. Who is Chinese billionaire Jack Ma? Why is he missing?
  
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• South China Sea: India and Japan's joint pact sparks Beijing anger as tensions rise

  04-01-2021 13:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SOUTH CHINA SEA tensions escalated after India and Japan made a joint vow to ensure Beijing's tightening grip on the most coveted waters in the world does not spiral out of control, and into conflict.
  
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• Singapore Covid contact-tracing data made accessible to police force

  04-01-2021 13:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  The system  is one of the most widely used in any nation, taken up by nearly 80 percent of the 5.7 million population
  
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• Julian Assange will not be extradited to US to face charges over Wikileaks, judge rules

  04-01-2021 13:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  WikiLeaks founder kept in custody as US to appeal decision by British judge
  
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• World War 3 fears erupt as Iran claims it has seized South Korean vessel in Gulf

  04-01-2021 13:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IRAN's elite Revolutionary Guards navy have seized a South Korean-flagged tanker for "polluting the Gulf with chemicals", media outlets in the Islamic republic have claimed.
  
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• Mayan breakthrough: ‘Snapshot’ of secret civilisation uncovered after ancient temple dig

  04-01-2021 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MAYAN archaeologists were able to gain a "snapshot" of a little-known civilisation in Mexico after digging 21 feet into an ancient temple
  
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• Jack Ma: Everything you need to know about the ‘missing’ Chinese billionaire

  04-01-2021 13:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ma came from a poor family and struggled at school but is now the 25th richest man in the world
  
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• Iran enriching uranium to 20% purity in significant breach of nuclear deal

  04-01-2021 12:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iran said it had notified the International Atomic Energy Agency
  
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• Germany may follow UK and delay second Covid vaccine as Berlin accused of being ‘too slow’

  04-01-2021 12:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GERMANY'S health ministry is seeking advice on whether to delay administering a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer to make scarce supplies go further, according to a document.
  
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• Crowds flock to Taj Mahal as restrictions lifted despite rising Covid cases

  04-01-2021 12:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  India hits more than 10 million infections and 150,000 deaths 
  
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• Hitler's horror plan for Churchill exposed: Secret mission 'could have changed war'

  04-01-2021 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ADOLF HITLER had a horror plan for Sir Winston Churchill and fellow Allied leaders Joseph Stalin and Franklin D Roosevelt in a move that would have drastically reshaped World War 2.
  
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