STOCKHOLM/PARIS (REUTERS) – Orange and Proximus have picked Nokia to help build 5G networks in Belgium as they drop Huawei amid US pressure to exclude the Chinese firm from supplying key telecoms equipment. The moves are among the first by commercial operators in Europe to drop Huawei from next-generation networks and come after months of […]
GENEVA (REUTERS) – Coronavirus border closures and restrictions have stranded nearly three million migrants around the world who want to return home but cannot, the UN migration agency said on Friday (Oct 9), adding some had been “warehoused” in unhygenic settings. The International Organisation for Migration report is the most comprehensive to date on the issue, […]
MOSCOW — Four days after vanishing during a wave of attacks on government buildings by opposition protesters, the president of Kyrgyzstan declared a state of emergency in the capital of his Central Asian country on Friday, ordering the military into the city to halt unrest, confining residents to their homes and banning public gatherings. The […]
Sophie, Countess of Wessex, is self-isolating at home after coming into contact with someone with coronavirus. A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said that Sophie, 55, was not experiencing any symptoms. The countess is married to Prince Edward, the Queen’s youngest son. Live updates on coronavirus from UK and around world The palace spokeswoman said: “Earlier this […]
Employees who work for UK firms forced to shut by law because of coronavirus restrictions will get two-thirds of their wages paid for by the government. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said it was an “expansion” of the Job Support Scheme, which begins on 1 November and will be available for six months. A Treasury source says […]
A coronavirus heat map has revealed more than 200 towns and cities that are at risk of being plunged into a strict new three-tier lockdown. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has launched a new ‘traffic light’ system of measures that will see the country broken down into categories of high, medium or low risk from Monday, MailOnline reports. There […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Londoners could be banned from household mixing to stop the spread of coronavirus if the capital city moves from tier one to tier two, according to Sadiq Khan. There are as many […]
The criminal gang allegedly responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people in a lorry in Essex last year “just got too greedy”, the Old Bailey has heard. A failed attempt to smuggle 20 people into the UK on 18 October 2019 meant that the gang decided to “double up”, prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones told […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Two BBC Radio 5 callers debated the importance of coronavirus restrictions imposed by the UK Government across the UK. Moderated by BBC host Nicky Campbell, the pair clashed on how stringent restrictions […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Prince Edward’s wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, 55, is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for COVID-19, it has been confirmed. The hard-working royal is understood to […]