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FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on 19 December 2020. Picture: AFP

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UK's PM demotes foreign minister in cabinet revamp

By AFP

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday appointed a new-look cabinet to revamp his Brexiteer government after controversies over COVID, Afghanistan...

  • FILE: A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against the transmission of the novel coronavirus walks by a sign encouraging social distancing in a street in Blackpool, Lancashire on 16 October 2020. Picture: AFP.

    England lifts COVID-19 curbs as scientists warn of surge in cases

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is self-isolating after his health minister was infected, urged the public to remain prudent and for any laggards to join the two-thirds of UK adults who are now fully vaccinated.

    304 days ago
  • Passengers push their luggage past signage displaying the way to a COVID-19 test centre, in Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport in London, on 3 June 2021. Picture: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP

    UK to 'restore our freedoms' after COVID-19 lockdown

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted the time was right to move from enforceable rules to personal responsibility, and use the summer months to prepare for a potentially more damaging wave of COVID-19 in the winter.

    311 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 23 December 2020, a pedestrian walks past a sign alerting people that "COVID-19 cases are very high in London - Stay at Home", in central London. Picture: AFP

    England set to lift mask, distancing rules as cases soar

    Johnson had initially aimed for a full reopening on June 21, but was forced to push back the date because of a surge in the highly contagious Delta variant.

    318 days ago
  • Britain's Queen Elizabeth II waits to read the Queen's Speech on the The Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords chamber, during the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament in London on 11 May 2021, which is taking place with a reduced capacity due to Covid-19 restrictions. Picture: Chris Jackson/AFP

    Queen returns to public stage with UK govt's new agenda

    The Queen - Britain's longest-serving monarch - was accompanied by her 72-year-old son and heir, Prince Charles, as she returned to public duties three weeks after the Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest. He died last month, aged 99.

    373 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: AFP.

    UK's Boris Johnson to visit India in first major trip as PM

    The trip will coincide with India's annual Republic Day celebrations on 26 January, will also come just weeks after the UK leaves the European Union single market on 31 December, and as it seeks new trade deals post-Brexit.

    520 days ago
  • FILE: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: AFP

    Brexit hopes dim as Johnson says failure 'very likely'

    Whatever happens, Britain will leave the EU single market and customs union, leading to the re-introduction of border checks for the first time in decades.

    524 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: AFP.

    Boris Johnson won't jump queue for virus vaccination: aide

    The 56-year-old Conservative leader was one of the first senior British officials to get infected with the virus in April, after his government was slow to adopt strict lockdown measures.

    533 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: AFP.

    British PM 'fit as a butcher's dog' but self-isolating in COVID-19 scare

    Boris Johnson spent three days in intensive care with coronavirus in April. This time around, he said he was not suffering any symptoms and health minister Matt Hancock on Monday described him as 'full of beans'.

    549 days ago
  • Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement on coronavirus statistics and testing and lockdown measures during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on 5 November 2020. Picture: AFP

    Johnson appeals for unity as England enters new lockdown

    Renewed stay-at-home restrictions and business closures came into force Thursday and are set to last for four weeks yet have been met with scepticism that they can halt the worst death toll from the virus in Europe.

    559 days ago
  • A pedestrian passes a social distancing sign as they cross an empty road in Liverpool, north-west England on 14 October 2020, as new local lockdown measures come in to force to help stem a second wave of the novel coronavirus. Picture: AFP

    Half of England now under tougher virus restrictions

    Tighter restrictions that come into force in the eight new areas on Saturday ban households mixing indoors, limit groups meeting outside to six, and advise against non-essential travel.

    581 days ago
  • FILE: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: AFP

    New UK lockdown would be disaster but all options open: PM

    The Conservative leader is desperate to avoid a repeat of the devastating outbreak in March when coronavirus swept across the UK, leaving more than 43,000 confirmed deaths so far - the worst toll from the pandemic in Europe.

    581 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech during his visit to Dudley College of Technology in Dudley, central England on 30 June 2020. Picture: AFP

    Angry EU rounds on Johnson's claim of Brexit blockade

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's claim that the 27-nation EU is plotting to choke off food supplies via crippling new trade barriers between Britain and Northern Ireland is 'spin and not the truth,' Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told BBC television.

    612 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: AFP.

    Johnson's claim about EU blockade 'simply not true' - Ireland

    Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee said that provisions for Northern Ireland in Britain's EU withdrawal treaty were agreed by both sides to ensure fair competition after Brexit, and to comply with a 1998 peace pact that ended three decades of unrest in the province.

    613 days ago
  • Students hold placards as they take part in a protest march from Codsall Community High School to the constituency office of Gavin Williamson, Conservative MP for South Staffordshire and Britain's current Education Secretary, in Codsall near Wolverhampton, central England on 17 August 2020, to demonstrate against the downgrading of A-level results. Picture: AFP

    UK government U-turns on England school exam grades after uproar

    Students will now be awarded the grade that their teachers had predicted for them based on past performance, Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government said on Monday.

    640 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: AFP.

    Johnson uses own struggles with weight to urge Britain to get fit

    His government unveiled a 'Better Health' campaign on Monday, saying it would tackle the 'obesity time bomb' by banning advertising of junk food before 9pm, ending 'buy one get one free' deals and putting calories on menus.

    661 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech during his visit to Dudley College of Technology in Dudley, central England on 30 June 2020. Picture: AFP

    Johnson says Britain was not influenced by Russia in Brexit vote

    A day after a report by parliament’s intelligence and security committee said the government had failed to try to find out whether Russia had meddled in the Brexit vote, Johnson’s government doubled down on its refusal to launch a review.

    665 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    Britain set to back removal of Huawei from 5G

    British PM Boris Johnson is coming under growing political pressure to not only dump Huawei but also adopt a tough line with China for its treatment of Hong Kong and repression of ethnic Uighurs in the western Xinjiang region.

    674 days ago
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    UK in U-turn as it makes facemasks mandatory in shops

    People who fail to cover their face risk a fine of up to £100 ($123, 109 euros) with enforcement to be carried out by the police.

    674 days ago
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