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Texas hostage-taker named as British citizen as UK police arrest 2
The captor, who died in the 10-hour siege in the small town of Colleyville on Saturday, was named by the FBI as 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram.
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One in 20 people in UK have COVID: official data
An estimated 3.7 million people in the UK had the virus, up from 2.3 million the previous week, as the Omicron variant surged nationwide, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
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World powers make rare pledge to prevent nuclear weapons spread
'We believe strongly that the further spread of such weapons must be prevented,' said permanent UN Security Council members China, France, Russia, the UK and United States, adding: 'A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.'
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UK hospitals face 'considerable pressure' - Johnson
The UK saw record numbers of cases in the last days of 2021 though it has not released figures for the whole country this year.
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England vaccinates on Christmas Day as Omicron cases soar
At Redbridge Town Hall east of London, National Health Service staff wore Santa hats as they welcomed queues of people and administered jabs, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
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UK reports third consecutive record of daily COVID cases
The latest data brings the total number of infections during the pandemic to more than 11.1 million, while the UK also registered a further 111 deaths from the virus, taking the death toll to more than 147,000.
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Dirco wants compensation from UK for economic damage done by Omicron travel ban
Last month, the UK banned travel to a number of African countries after South African scientists became the first to identify and sequence the Omicron variant.
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UK steps up efforts to combat Omicron spread
From Tuesday, fully vaccinated contacts of people who test positive for Covid-19 will be required to take daily lateral flow tests for seven days.
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All travellers to UK to show pre-departure COVID tests
Anyone travelling to the UK will have to show evidence of a negative lateral flow or PCR test taken within the last 48 hours before boarding a flight.
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Meghan Markle hails privacy win over UK newspaper group
The Duchess of Sussex said after three appeal court judges rejected an appeal by 'Associated Newspapers' that it was "a victory not just for me but for anyone else who has ever felt scared to stand up for what's right".
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Limited British Airways flights to operate between CT, JHB and London
The airline on Tuesday said there would be one flight a day from both Cape Town and Johannesburg to London between 1 to 6 December.
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UK regulator orders Facebook to sell Giphy
The Competition and Markets Authority's decision comes after consultation with interested businesses and organisations, and study of potential solutions from Facebook itself.
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Dirco: UK govt rushed to place SA on red list after new COVID variant detected
The International Relations Department is concerned that this will have a massive impact on tourism at a time when South Africa's economy relies on European tourists.
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UK to ban travel from SA, five other African countries due to new COVID variant
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the new variant, which South Africa attributed to a surge in cases and had also been detected in travellers from the country in Botswana and Hong Kong, had not been found so far in Britain.
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UK says 'disappointed' by French fishermen's blockade threat
Friday's threatened action comes after the European Union gave Britain a deadline of 10 December to resolve the issue of licences sought by French fishermen, who complain that post-Brexit requirements are too onerous.
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France, UK seek co-ordinated response after migrant tragedy
The disaster was the deadliest accident since the Channel in 2018 became a key route for migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia who have been increasingly using small boats to reach England from France.
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France arrests fifth suspect in migrant boat tragedy
Seventeen men, seven women and three minors died when the boat sank off the northern coast of France on Wednesday, according to public prosecutors in Lille. Four suspected people smugglers had already been arrested on Wednesday afternoon, Darmanin said.
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27 die in Channel's deadliest migrant boat tragedy
President Emmanuel Macron vowed France would not allow the Channel to become a "cemetery" and also spoke to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to agree on stepping up efforts to thwart the traffickers blamed for the surge in crossings.
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Police name dead suspect in Liverpool blast as UK raises terror threat level
Interior minister Priti Patel said intelligence officials had increased the threat assessment to 'severe' - the second-highest level, meaning an attack is highly likely - following the second terror incident in a month.
