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Gordon Brown hits out at Boris Johnson for ‘failing to vaccinate the world’
“Boris Johnson promised at the G7 that he was going to vaccinate the whole world... but since then, so little has happened that we now face the possibility of every target being missed," the former prime minister has said.
Leading French expert: ‘France should look at UK before dropping masks’
“The UK is showing us why we shouldn’t give up masks too quickly,” the infectious disease specialist has said.
EU promises to protect Ireland amid concern about Cummings’ revelations
Meanwhile, Europe has proposed to help the UK cut the red tape it had agreed to - amid threats and demands from Britain.
Murder probe after schoolboy killed in ‘shocking act of violence’
Police are treating the death of a 14-year-old boy at a train station as murder.
Hodges’ Mail column resurfaces after he calls for Labour to end Tory hatred
Today, the Mail on Sunday columnist has urged Labour to acknowledge "honest" and "decent" Tories - but days after the 2016 EU referendum, he had some strong words about former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Russia ‘will come to rescue’ of UK if needed during gas crisis – ambassador
"If it will be an opportunity, we will come to rescue, we will do what we can of course to alleviate difficult conditions which are now being created," Russia's ambassador to the UK has said.
ITV editor accused of ‘crisis management’ for Hancock after UN job loss
It comes after Robert Peston published a statement from Matt Hancock about the reason why the MP lost his United Nations job days after getting it.
Gordon Brown: Unbreakable resolve needed after ‘attack on democracy’
"We must not allow our democracy to be diminished because a terrorist attack has occurred," the former prime minister has said.
Fish and seafood vegan options to storm UK as government avoids topic
More and more vegan alternatives to fish and seafood have been announced, at a time when the government will not ask UK people to eat less meat when publishing its new decarbonisation plan next week.