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Could Rishi Sunak be Boris Johnson’s successor? After that performance, maybe.  It was his big moment, Rishi Sunak rose to his feet in the Commons yesterday and delivered his first Budget speech. Boris Johnson had every reason to be nervous.  https://twitter.com/hmtreasury/status/1237804629531992065 Sunak’s Budget report came less than a month after Sajid Javid quit the role after a fallout with the PM over special advisers.  Few had ever heard of Sunak when Johnson handed the reigns to him giving him the second most powerful job in government.  Despite having little time to prepare a budget,  Sunak found that last week he…

BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – Coronavirus, President Trump has banned flights from Europe to the US in a bid to stop the spreading of the virus. The new travel restrictions do not include the UK. In the UK, two more people have died after testing positive for the virus. 2 Americans and 1 Brit have been killed after more than 18 rockets hit an Iraqi base housing American troops. In the US, Chelsea Manning is recovering in hospital after a reported suicide attempt.  Entertainment, actor Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson have tested…

French authorities and French Council of Muslim Faith (CFCM) have advised all large Mosques to close in France for Friday (Jumma) prayers in France to combat Coronavirus Outbreak. As of next Friday, all large mosques in places such as Paris, Ivry, Argenteuil and Strasbourg which accommodate more than 1,000 people would be advised not to open for Friday prayers. The death toll in France has reached 30, and the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has given instructions to the country’s 5 million Muslims to be followed in all Islamic places of worship. According to the spokesperson from the…

WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic, giving the virus the highest level classification the World Health Organisation can give.  https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1237777021742338049 WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “deeply concerned” by “alarming levels of inaction” over the virus. The new classification comes as UK cases reach 456 in the biggest one-day surge.  Dr Tedros said declaring the coronavirus as a pandemic did not change the advice given about what countries should do.  He has urged governments to take “urgent and aggressive action” in tackling the outbreak.  “Several countries have demonstrated that this virus can be suppressed and controlled,” he said.  “The…

The former King of Hollywood, film producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault.  Weinstein was found guilty in a New York trial last month and the 67-year-old appeared in court on Wednesday in a wheelchair.  https://twitter.com/ThePubliusUSA/status/1237769446883840006 Weinstein gets 23 years behind bars His lawyers had appealed for leniency, wanting the minimum sentence of five years, claiming it to be a “life sentence” for Weinstein.  But prosecutors argued Weinstein should be given the maximum sentence given his “lifetime of abuse” towards women and “lack of remorse” for his actions.  On Wednesday, Weinstein…

British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been pictured arriving at an airport wearing a hazmat suit amid the global panic surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.  https://twitter.com/theferocity/status/1237562119035314178 Campbell shared a series of pictures from LAX international airport showing off her white hazmat suit, blue face mask, purple gloves and safety goggles.  And a selfie shows Campbell was wearing the outfit on the plane. She captioned the pictures “safety First NEXT LEVEL” and thanked Canadian model Linda Evangelista. And promised to upload a video to her YouTube channel “soon.”  ……………………………….. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SHARE WTX NEWS WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY:…

The US has called for Iran to release all American prisoners held in the country as the coronavirus outbreak is said to be spreading through their prison systems.  “The United States will hold the Iranian regime directly responsible for any American deaths. Our response will be decisive,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.  “Reports that COVID-19 has spread to Iranian prisons are deeply troubling and demand nothing less than the full and immediate release of all American citizens.  “Their detention amid increasingly deteriorating conditions defies basic human decency.”  https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1237513338072059907 Iran’s response to virus which included the…

BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – a UK MP has been diagnosed with coronavirus, the health minister had been in contact with Boris Johnson.  Joe Biden’s primary win gives him a commanding edge in the US Democratic race to face President Trump in the November elections. In Iran, 44 people have died from alcohol poisoning after drinking bootleg industrial-strength alcohol after rumours it will prevent coronavirus infection.  The Afghan government is set to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners over the next 14 days to pave the way for talks with the group, in hopes…

Corey Feldman’s film on Hollywood paedophilia accuses Charlie Sheen of rape In his new documentary (My) Truth: The Rape of Two Coreys, Corey Feldmans film named those, he says, sexually assaulted him and friend Corey Haim when they were child stars.  Among the names, Feldman alleged Haim had told him, actor, Charlie Sheen raped him while making the 1986 Steven Spielberg film’s ‘Lucas Productions’.  Charlie Sheen has in the past denied ever engaging in improper behaviour with Haim.  “This wasn’t like a one-time thing he said in passing. It wasn’t like ‘Oh, by the way, this happened.’ He went into…

BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – in the UK, a fifth person has died after contracting COVID-19. Coronavirus, the whole of Italy is on lockdown! Travel bans and a ban on public gatherings measures for the entire country. The French Culture Minister has tested positive for COVID-19.  Iran is being hit the hardest, the oil price war and coronavirus are crippling the country.  US troops have begun to leave Afghanistan as required in the US-Taliban agreement. Entertainment, Harry Potter star says he’s ‘terrible’ at spending £90million fortune. ……………………………………………………… Coronavirus: a fifth person dies…