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EU wants Brexit deal 'but not at any price' as teams head for dinner
After leaving the EU in January, Britain is keen to strike out alone, pursuing trade deals with other countries and setting up its own sanctions regime.
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UK PM pledges 'infrastructure revolution' for virus crisis
But his optimistic message, thin on detail and reminiscent of last year's election pledges, was overshadowed by the first local lockdown since an easing of measures was announced, because of a spike in cases in the city of Leicester.
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Jailed UK-Iranian pleads with PM Johnson to help inmates
Anoosheh was visiting his mother in Tehran in August 2017 when he was arrested, accused of spying for Israel, and later jailed for 10 years, his family says.
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Brexit deadline looms over day of Anglo-French solidarity
Macron’s first trip outside France since the coronavirus pandemic highlighted the new rules of socially-distant diplomacy as the normally tactile pair posed two metres apart for photos.
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UK's Johnson says two-metre social distancing rule under review for 4 July
Britain has the third-highest number of coronavirus deaths after the United States and Brazil, something critics of the government say reflects its response to the crisis.
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England's COVID-19 test and trace system identifies nearly 32,000 in first week
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, facing heavy criticism for its handling of the pandemic, has touted the scheme as the way to ease lockdown measures while keeping the coronavirus spread in check.
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Zoos and drive-in cinemas will be among English businesses reopening next Monday
15 June has already been flagged as the next stage of that process, and is when non-essential retailers and secondary schools will be allowed to open again, albeit with strict rules about the need for social distancing.
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Ellie Goulding wants to work with Boris Johnson to tackle climate change
The 33-year-old singer has revealed she's hoping to contact Boris and his environmentalist fiancee Carrie Symonds in a bid to tackle the issue.
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UK PM Johnson resists calls to sack Cummings over 400 km drive
Dominic Cummings, who masterminded the 2016 campaign to leave the European Union during the Brexit referendum, travelled to Durham in late March, when a strict lockdown was already in place.
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UK's COVID-19 death toll tops 38,000, worst in Europe
While different ways of counting make comparisons with other countries difficult, the figure confirmed Britain was among those hit worst by a pandemic that has killed more than 285,000 worldwide.
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No end to lockdown yet but 'careful' easing begins, PM Johnson says
In a televised address, Johnson announced a limited easing of restrictions, including allowing people to exercise outside more often and encouraging some people to return to work.
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UK PM says doctors had plan in case he died of COVID-19
Johnson, 55, first announced he had contracted COVID-19 on 27 March but maintained he had only mild symptoms. Yet he failed to shake the illness after a week of self-isolation.
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Virus-hit British PM back to work with hope but no lockdown change
He thanked the British people for heeding a month of stay-at-home orders, which have helped stem the spread of COVID-19, although more than 20,000 people have already died from the virus.
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Johnson will be back at work on Monday, office says
Johnson’s stand-in leader Dominic Raab has faced questions over how Britain will ease the lockdown without a deadly second wave of infections.
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Recovering UK PM Johnson 'in good shape'
Johnson, 55, spent a week in hospital, including three days in intensive care, before being discharged on 12 April.
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UK not thinking of easing virus lockdown measures yet: minister
Britain is at or near the peak of a health crisis in which more than 15,000 people have died - the fifth highest national death toll of a pandemic linked to at least 150,000 deaths worldwide.
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UK's Johnson recuperates as virus lockdown decision looms
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is deputising in Boris Johnson's absence, and faces a decision this week on whether to extend a nationwide lockdown aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19.
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British PM Johnson discharged from hospital: statement
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from a London hospital and will continue his recovery from COVID-19.
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UK's COVID-19 death toll nears 10,000 as PM Johnson makes 'very good progress'
Almost 80,000 people in Britain have tested positive for the virus, among them Boris Johnson, who is in the early stages of recovery in a hospital ward after spending three nights in intensive care.
