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Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxr0Z-dwOXE The top stories Johnson ‘glad’ to see Trump go, says ex-Civil Service head Lord SedwillBBC says Boris Johnson will be glad Donald Trump has not been re-elected as US president, ex-Civil Service head Lord Sedwill has suggested.Writing in the Daily Mail, Lord Sedwill said those who believed Boris Johnson would have preferred Mr Trump to win again were “mistaken.”He said he “would not have been to the benefit” of British or European security, trade or environment issues.Downing Street said Mr Johnson looked forward to working with Joe Biden.Read on………………..British lorry drivers now need negative Covid…

Following Inauguration day 2021, United States President-elect Joe Biden plans to issue a number of executive orders on his first day in the White House – rescinding the controversial ban on several predominantly Muslim countries will be one of them. Shortly after taking office in 2017, Trump issued an executive order banning travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States. The order was reworked several times amid legal battles a version of it was upheld by the US Supreme Court in 2018. Biden’s incoming White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, circulated a memo that said the new…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

Doctor charged over stabbing of plastic surgeon in Nottinghamshire A British doctor has been charged with the attempted murder of a fellow plastic surgeon who was stabbed at his home.  The “highly regarded” surgeon Graeme Perks, 65, was seriously injured during a break-in at his home in Halam, Nottinghamshire on Thursday at about 4.15 am.  Nottinghamshire police said he was fighting for his life at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, where he remains in a serious but stable condition.  Fellow doctor, Jonathan Peter Brookes, of Southwell, has been charged with the attempted murder, three counts of attempted arson with…

Stamp duty scrapped: Rishi Sunak could extend tax holiday permanently for house buyers Chancellor Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering extending the current holiday and is facing calls to drop the property tax completely. He is being urged by homeowners, campaigners and more than 50 conservative MPs to extend the tax or get rid of it in favour of another tax. The property tax usually adds 3% to the price of homes worth under £500,000. The steep tax rises to 15 per cent on homes worth over £1.5million. SDLT was scrapped last summer in an attempt to boost the property market…

Drugs worth 1 billion dirhams have been seized in Abu Dhabi, local police revealed on Friday. The police arrested a gang of drug dealers and said they confiscated over one ton (1041 kilogrammes) of drugs from a gang of eight drug dealers. Police officials added that the involved gang was trying to transport the drugs to the UAE in a unique fashion by “dissolving crystalised drugs into water.” Abu Dhabi police said that the money earned through drug smuggling was laundered, adding that the gang received instructions from abroad. As soon as the police received a tip-off, security plans were…

It was a game that failed to justify the pre-match anticipation and Solskjaer will know his side had the better chances to claim a statement victory at Anfield. But we’re used to that Liverpool vs Man United is a fixture that rarely lives up to the hype. Both teams are always more worried about losing than trying to go for a win, Such was the tension, Pogba didn’t even manage any flicks or tricks. But this latest instalment had problems written all over it. United wanted to hit Liverpool on the counter especially, with a makeshift partnership in defence. Liverpool…

Monday’s News Briefing Video: Trump to pardon 100 people – UK travel industry struggle – death toll climbs in Indonesia quake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JboTt_vrWNw Scrap benefits cut to stop millions falling into poverty, Boris Johnson told France launches public consultation on legalising cannabis Patients die at home as Lebanese oxygen supplies run low Indonesia quake death toll climbs as weary medics soldier on Jordan among first to vaccinate UN-Registered refugees it hosts South Africa struggles against ‘relentless’ COVID-19 surge Trump to issue around 100 pardons and commutations Tuesday, sources say Covid-19: Some airports could close temporarily as they reach ‘near-complete shutdown’,…

Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JboTt_vrWNw The top stories Scrap benefits cut to stop millions falling into poverty, Boris Johnson told The Guardian says Boris Johnson cannot claim to be “levelling up” the UK if he persists with a planned cut in universal credit for 6 million families, a thinktank has said, as pressure mounts on the PM over the issue from within his own party. The Resolution Foundation joined opposition parties, anti-poverty campaigners and many Conservative MPs in urging the government to extend the £20-a-week uplift introduced during the first wave of the pandemic. Read on ……………….. France launches public…

Twenty-four-hour vaccination sites will be piloted in London Lockdown before the end of January, the vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has said. While the current 8 am to 8 pm vaccination times work better for the over-80s, some areas of the UK have managed to give out first jabs to the majority of this age group. London has had a surge of cases of the Christmas period and many health officials have warned, London hospitals are running out of capacity. Nadhim Zahawi, the minister responsible for the vaccine rollout, said his “very strong instinct” would be for workers at greater risk…