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Russia's Vladimir Putin signs Bill giving presidents lifetime immunity

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (Dec 22) signed legislation that will grant former presidents lifetime immunity once they leave office. The Bill, which was published online on Tuesday, gives former presidents and their families immunity from prosecution for crimes committed during their lifetime. They will also be exempt from questioning by […]

Another 691 die with coronavirus as cases shoot up by 36,804

Another 691 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, as the death toll continues to rise. The UK confirmed a new daily record of coronavirus cases with 36,804 people testing positive for the virus over the last 24 hours, according to the latest data by the Department of Health. The last biggest increase was recorded […]

Covid kills Britain's oldest paedophile as inmate, 98, dies in prison

Coronavirus has claimed the life of one of the UK’s oldest prisoners. Christopher Stowe, who abused a girl between the ages of three and five, died shortly before he was due to turn 99 on Christmas Day. He had been warned by a judge that he was likely to die in jail when he was […]

What will the Cambridge kids be eating this Xmas?

Royal family 'could surprise Queen at Christmas' says expert The Royal Family has had their Christmas scuppered by Boris Johnson, who, along with ministers, have plunged much of the south-east into Tier 4. For the Cambridges, this means no visits with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Sandringham, or Mike, Carole and Pippa Middleton […]

EU giving a 'final push' to reach Brexit deal, says chief negotiator Barnier

BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU negotiator Michel Barnier vowed on Tuesday (Dec 22) to continue to push for a post-Brexit trade deal through the last ten days before Britain leaves the single market. “We are really in the crucial moment, and we are giving it the final push,” Barnier told reporters as he headed into a […]

Switzerland starts rolling out Covid-19 vaccine, with elderly first in queue

ZURICH (REUTERS) – Switzerland got its first doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday (Dec 22), paving the way for jabs to begin just as the country imposes a month-long clampdown on public life in an attempt to curb stubbornly high infection rates, health officials said. Switzerland’s drugs regulator authorised use of jabs from Pfizer and […]

Scratch marks show how migrants tried to escape lorry in which they died

Horrific scenes from the inside of the lorry trailer where dozens of Vietnamese people suffocated show how they desperately attempted to batter their way out. Gheorghe Nica, 43, from Basildon, and lorry driver Eamonn Harrison, 24, from County Down, were yesterday found guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter. The migrants had paid around £13,000 a […]