Month: November 2021

Britain and Israel will “work night and day” to stop Iran gaining power in the region and becoming a nuclear power, the foreign ministers of the two countries wrote in a joint article. “The clock is ticking, which heightens the need for close cooperation.”

Morocco suspends flights announcing the suspension of all “direct” passenger flights due to the new variant, Omicron. The measure comes into effect Monday and will be in place for at least two weeks.

BBC News says Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said face masks will be compulsory in shops and on public transport in England from Tuesday.

Most of Sunday’s papers focus on the two newly identified cases of the Omicron variant in the UK and a return of some anti-Covid measures.

Questions over whether the prime minister has lost his grip have been circulating online and in the media since his bizarre, rambling speech at the CBI.

According to The Sun, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here bosses fear there could be an exodus after TV presenter Richard Madeley was forced to leave the show.

The Guardian writes that six countries in southern Africa have been placed on England’s red travel list over concern on what is feared to be the worst coronavirus variant yet identified.

The Daily Mirror leads with an image of a makeshift boat that takes migrants across the Channel.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected pleas to provide safe routes for refugees to reach the UK from continental Europe, The Independent writes.

Just over a day after migrants drowned in the Channel, the Metro leads on more asylum seekers trying to make the dangerous journey for a “better life” in the UK.