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Coronavirus: 6,000 locked down on cruise ship off Italy – live news

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Coronavirus: 6,000 locked down on cruise ship off Italy – live news WHO says whole world must be on alert for Wuhan virus as UK citizens in Hubei told they will not be flown out on Thursday. Follow the latest news and live updatesWhole world must be ready to deal with coronavirus, says WHOJapan and US fly citizens home as China death toll jumpsShare your stories 11.52am GMTA hotel in Yorkshire has been put on lockdown after a man, believed to be a Chinese national, was taken to hospital after falling ill.The man, who was a guest at the Staycity Hotel in the centre of York, was taken to hospital by medics on Wednesday night.Paramedics wearing special protective clothing entered the hotel, near the city’s Barbican theatre, after reports that a guest had fallen ill at around 7.50pm...

Most of 11m trees planted in Turkish project ‘may be dead’

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Most of 11m trees planted in Turkish project 'may be dead' Agriculture and forestry union says up to 90% of saplings they have looked at so far have diedUp to 90% of the millions of saplings planted in Turkey as part of a record-breaking mass planting project may have died after just a few months, according to the country’s agriculture and forestry trade union.On 11 November last year, which the government declared National Forestation Day, 11 million trees were planted by volunteers in more than 2,000 sites across the country, including by the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the parliament Speaker, Mustafa Şentop. Continue reading... Go to Source

Huawei ruling will cost us £500m, says BT

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Huawei ruling will cost us £500m, says BT Telecoms group faces big bill for stripping out banned kit from 5G broadband networkLimiting the use of Huawei equipment in BT’s EE 5G mobile and full-fibre broadband networks will cost the telecoms group £500m over the next five years.BT uses more Huawei equipment in the masts and towers of its mobile network than is allowed under new government rules, meaning it will now have to be stripped out and replaced with hardware from other manufacturers. Continue reading... Go to Source

Britons in EU remain fearful of post-Brexit healthcare and pension provisions

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Britons in EU remain fearful of post-Brexit healthcare and pension provisions Guardian callout suggests many are worried about key issues settled with withdrawal agreementBritish citizens living in the EU remain confused and worried about their post-Brexit healthcare and pension provision, despite the fact that both issues were settled satisfactorily in the withdrawal agreement, a Guardian callout suggests.More than 100 of over 600 British nationals on the continent, who responded to the callout, cited fears of shrinking pensions and losing the right to medical treatment. Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump border wall between US and Mexico blows over in high winds

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Trump border wall between US and Mexico blows over in high winds Steel panels being installed between Calexico and Mexicali are part of the US president’s attempt to enhance the border barrierA section of Donald Trump’s much-vaunted border wall between the United States and Mexico has blown over in high winds, US border patrol officers have been reported as saying.The steel panels, more than nine metres (30ft) high, began to lean at a sharp angle on the border between the Californian town of Calexico and Mexicali in Mexico amid gusts on Wednesday. Continue reading... Go to Source

Coronavirus: returning Britons could be kept in quarantine for 14 days

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Coronavirus: returning Britons could be kept in quarantine for 14 days About 200 UK nationals will be barred from boarding plane from China if they do not agreeHundreds of British nationals brought home from China because of the coronavirus outbreak are expected to be quarantined at a secure NHS facility for a fortnight, it has emerged.As the last British Airways flights from Beijing and Shanghai returned to the UK after the airline suspended operations in China, about 200 Britons in the vicinity of Wuhan were preparing to leave on an emergency chartered plane. Continue reading... Go to Source

Sajid Javid expected to back HS2 despite spiralling costs

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Sajid Javid expected to back HS2 despite spiralling costs Chancellor’s decision comes amid calls from new Tory MPs for project to be scrappedSajid Javid is expected to throw his weight behind the controversial HS2 rail project at a key meeting on Thursday, after the Treasury concluded it will still deliver economic benefits despite spiralling costs.The chancellor is poised to tell Boris Johnson and Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, that he believes the sums still add up despite the price tag having risen to an estimated £88bn. Continue reading... Go to Source

Brexit: MEPs ratify UK withdrawal agreement

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Brexit: MEPs ratify UK withdrawal agreement Politicians join in rendition of Auld Lang Syne after vote confirming UK departure from EU on FridayThe highs and lows of Britain’s 47 years in the EEC and EUBritain’s departure from the EU on 31 January was set in stone in a historic moment for the nation as MEPs in Brussels ratified the withdrawal agreement before breaking out in a rendition of Auld Lang Syne.As the president of the European parliament, David Sassoli, announced the result of the vote, with 621 in favour to 49 against with 13 abstentions, MEPs stood almost as one to sing the Scottish song. Continue reading... Go to Source

Telescope captures most detailed pictures yet of the sun

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Telescope captures most detailed pictures yet of the sun First observations from Inouye telescope bring previously hazy star into sharp focusThe sun’s turbulent surface has been revealed in unprecedented detail in the first observations by the Inouye solar telescope in Hawaii.The striking images reveal a surprising level of structure hidden within the churning plasma exterior, bringing a previously hazy impression of the sun’s patchwork surface sharply into focus for the first time. Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump impeachment: White House claims John Bolton book contains top secret information – live

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Trump impeachment: White House claims John Bolton book contains top secret information – live White House sends letter saying book cannot be publishedToday is first of two days of question-and-answer sessions at trialTrump allies seem confident they will be able to block witnessesHelp us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 11.40pm GMTSenator Joe Manchin posed a question pointed toward Alan Dershowitz, noting that “high crimes and misdemeanors” clearly doesn’t refer to a statutory crime. “What has happened in the past 22 years to change the original intent of the framers?” he asked. Dershowitz’s response: “What happened was that the current president was impeached.” 11.17pm GMTAs senators mull the merits of c...

UK presses China to let dual nationals join coronavirus exodus

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UK presses China to let dual nationals join coronavirus exodus China does not recognise dual nationality and is not letting Chinese passport holders leaveThe British government is urgently pressing Beijing to allow dual nationals to leave China after public outcry over families being split up during the coronavirus evacuations.Only British passport holders who do not also hold Chinese nationality are being allowed to leave. The British embassy in Beijing is urging the Chinese to let dependents of British nationals and British-Chinese dual nationals leave too. Continue reading... Go to Source

Brexit: MEPs approve withdrawal agreement after emotional debate and claims UK will return – live news

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Brexit: MEPs approve withdrawal agreement after emotional debate and claims UK will return - live news Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenPM tells Corbyn: don’t be so negative about Middle East peace planPMQs - Snap verdictTwitter has created ‘real problems’ for left, says Lisa Nandy 5.50pm GMTFrom the BBC’s Scotland editor, Sarah SmithScottish Parliament has voted in favour of holding another independence referendum. But this does not mean it will happen. Still needs agreement from Westminster. They've also voted to keep the EU flag flying outside Holyrood after Brexit. This will happen. 5.47pm GMTFrom Jaume Duch, spokesperson for the European parliamentThe European Parliament gives its consent to the Withdrawal Agreement ...

‘We will never be Jerusalem’: Abu Dis pours scorn on Trump plan

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'We will never be Jerusalem': Abu Dis pours scorn on Trump plan Mayor of Palestinian town cut off from Jerusalem by Israeli wall says it has no aspiration to be capital of future ‘state’It seems nobody thinks much of the hillside Palestinian town of Abu Dis, not even its mayor, who finds it hard to answer why he took the job. “For real, I don’t know,” he said. “There’s a lot of crime and drugs.”When they still lived in a village with stunning views of the golden Dome of the Rock and the Mount of Olives, families from Abu Dis would walk across the valleys into Jerusalem to sell sheep, goats and cheese. Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump rages at John Bolton amid signs former adviser could be called to testify

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Trump rages at John Bolton amid signs former adviser could be called to testify President complains of Bolton’s ‘nasty and untrue’ bookBook alleges Trump did link Ukraine aid delay to Biden inquiryDonald Trump launched a direct attack on his former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday amid signs that the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, does not have Republican votes locked down to block Democrats’ efforts to call Bolton as a witness in the president’s impeachment trial. Related: 'Danger! Danger! Danger!' Is Trump's team alarmed about their own case? Continue reading... Go to Source

Alastair Stewart quits as ITV presenter over ‘errors of judgment’

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Alastair Stewart quits as ITV presenter over 'errors of judgment' Stewart was one of ITV’s flagship newsreaders for more than three decadesThe ITV newsreader Alastair Stewart is stepping down from his presenting duties following “errors of judgment in Alastair’s use of social media”, ITN has said.There was no immediate indication of the nature of Stewart’s actions. Continue reading... Go to Source
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