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Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UVaz_Tr4bc The top stories Beer and pub leaders plead for reopening date after sales halve in 2020BBC News says beer and pub sector leaders are pressing the government to give them a reopening date.The industry is desperate to get back to business after repeated warnings many pubs will not survive.The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) is asking the government for a clear timeline and a “roadmap to recovery”.The government insists that it has a plan for re-opening the economy which it will reveal after 22 February.Read on………………..Europe’s oldest person survives Covid and set to celebrate…

Trump Impeachment Former President Donald Trump is thrown to the wolves by the Republicans after the US Senate trial to impeach the former president gets go-ahead after the emotional, graphic first day. The senators sitting as jurors, many of whom fled for safety themselves the day of the attack, watched and listened, unable to avoid the jarring video of Trump supporters battling past police to storm the halls. Senators rejected an effort by Trump’s allies to halt the trial, instead of affirming the Senate’s authority under the Constitution to decide the case. They voted 56-44 to confirm their jurisdiction, ruling…

UAE Mars Mission: Hope almost on the red planet The UAE’s Hope probe was on its final approach to Mars on Tuesday where it is due to enter the planet’s orbit after a six-month trip into outer space.  UAE PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said there is a 50 per cent chance of failure but he remained confident of success.  The Hope Probe Mission will start the Mars orbit insertion phase later today (3:42 pm GMT) after travelling 493 million kilometres since its launch from Japan on July 20, 2020.  Once Hope successfully entered the planet’s orbit, the…

No indication of COVID in Wuhan before December 2019 – WHO investigation The World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the global Covid-19 pandemic says there is insufficient evidence to determine that Covid-19 was being spread before December 2019.  In a joint WHO and Chinese expert mission,  the team said Tuesday:  “There is no indication of the transmission of the SARS-COV-2 in the population of the period before Dec 2019,” said Liang Wannian, head of the China team, at a press conference, adding that there was “not enough evidence” to determine if the virus had spread in the city…

Tuesday’s Briefing VIDEO: UK Travel testing update – 3-tier system CHOAS – Impeachment 2 trial today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwoTR-fuDDg Covid: Travellers to UK set to be tested after arrival Return to Covid tiers ‘could plunge millions in England into crisis’ Severe floods strike southwest France, Paris area on flood alert Dubai rolls out COVID-19 vaccines to public transport workers Kashmiri man demanding son’s body, charged under anti-terror law Myanmar anti-coup protesters defy junta warnings Trump’s Historic Second Impeachment Trial Starts Tuesday Robinhood: US family sue trading app over son’s suicide James Anderson: England bowler produces one of the great overs against India…

Indian censorship is pushing censorship and has asked Twitter to remove 1,178 accounts which the country says are allegedly backed by Pakistan or operated by sympathisers of a separatist Sikh movement, two technology ministry sources said on Monday. India’s security agencies said some of the accounts were being operated from outside of the country, one of the sources said, declining to be named as the order is not public. The order also involved the Twitter accounts of some supporters of the movement for an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan. Many of these accounts were sharing and amplifying misinformation and provocative…

Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwoTR-fuDDg The top stories Covid: Travellers to UK set to be tested after arrivalBBC News says travellers entering the UK are set to be tested for coronavirus a few days after they arrive.The new, expanded testing regime will be announced shortly.Enhancing the testing regime “to cover all arrivals while they isolate” would add another level of protection, the Department of Health said.The move is designed to help to track any new cases which might be brought into the country and make it easier to detect new variants.Read on………………..Return to Covid tiers ‘could plunge millions in England…

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Monday’s Briefing VIDEO: Tom Brady cements legacy as he leads Buccaneers to victory; his 7th title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_j9xcdtAIo Covid: Public can have confidence in UK’s vaccines, Nadhim Zahawi says UK weather: Storm Darcy to bring more snowfall and gale-force winds on Monday Thousands join a third day of protests against coup in Myanmar Indian rescuers search for missing after Himalayan glacier bursts Brazil’s Covid-19 cases exceed 9.5M – latest updates In the Pandemic, more people in the US choose to die at home Americans take to ‘buy now, pay later’ shopping during pandemic, but can they afford it? Super…

Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_j9xcdtAIo The top stories Covid: Public can have confidence in UK’s vaccines, Nadhim Zahawi saysBBC News the public can have confidence in the UK’s Covid vaccines, despite concerns about the Oxford jab’s effectiveness against the SA variant, the vaccines minister says.Early trials suggest the jab offers “minimal protection” against from the South Africa variant.But Nadhim Zahawi said the vaccines being used appeared to work well against dominant variants in the UK.Read on………………..UK weather: Storm Darcy to bring more snowfall and gale-force winds on MondayThe Guardian says heavy snow and gale-force winds that hit south-east England and…

India hit by Himalayan Glacier breaks causing floods Uttarakhand in the north country. Overnight with hundreds missing. Hundreds of Indian army troops and paramilitaries have been sent to the region to aid the search and rescue efforts. It has been confirmed that at least seven people are dead and 200 people are missing after a piece of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river and triggered a huge flood in northern India. The floodwaters burst an open a dam and a ferocious deluge of water poured through a valley in the state of Uttarakhand, in the north of the country.…

Brief. BrIEf.Me In today’s briefing update, we look at Sunday’s top stories. The papers cover the government’s vaccination plans, Brexit fury and online giants facing a ‘tax raid’. In our special feature, we look at how the wealthy are skipping the vaccine queue. Also featured: The latest Covid-19 figures, Sports, business and entertainment news. ……………………………..Online giants including Amazon and Asos – whose revenues have soared during the pandemic – could face a “double tax raid” later this year, according to the Sunday Times.The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, tells the Observer that he is braced for Britain to go on…

Friday’s Briefing VIDEO: Covid-19 Hotel Quarantine – Jen & Brad REUNITED? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fznStDsqGco Covid-19: Hotel bookings for quarantine being made ‘at pace’ Jeremy Hunt: Covid restrictions should stay until cases fall to 1,000 a day France remains ‘fragile’ but no new Covid-19 lockdown for now, PM says ‘As fake as her tweets’? Police open conspiracy PROBE into Greta Thunberg’s ‘protest toolkit,’ accuse creators of ‘WAR ON INDIA’ Al-Qaeda’s leader in Yemen under arrest: UN report Buried in rubbish: Bali’s beaches blighted by sea-borne waste Biden terminates US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen Amazon creates 1,000 apprenticeships across the UK…

Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fznStDsqGco The top stories Covid-19: Hotel bookings for quarantine being made ‘at pace’BBC News says thousands of hotel rooms are being block-booked by the government hours after it confirmed quarantine rules related to Covid variant hotspots will begin on 15 February.Ministers plan for more than 1,000 UK residents a day to return from places where new variants are prevalent.Those travellers must stay in hotel rooms for 10 nights, with security accompanying them if they go outside. Labour accused ministers of “putting lives at risk” by not acting sooner.Read on………………..Jeremy Hunt: Covid restrictions should stay until cases…

Dogecoin surges with the best example of influencer marketing from Elon Musk. Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency which started off as a joke, has jumped in value by 50% after inventor Elon Musk dubbed it “the people’s crypto”. The ultimate endorsement of what is commonly known as an example of influencer marketing. Cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin and Bitcoin are generated by computers. Their supposed value comes from the finite number that can be computed. Dogecoin uses a Shiba Inu dog as its mascot and is based on a meme featuring the animal. It was created in 2013 by a pair of…

‘Indifferent attitude and edgy aesthetic’ appealing today How TikTok resurrected the cult of Effy Stonem i-D says years after she first emerged as an enigmatic, silent teen in season one of Skins, Gen Z is bringing Effy back as an It Girl once again. Culture has always been obsessed with the idea of the It Girl; the trope that describes a fashionable and effortlessly cool young woman, who’s seemingly chill from dawn ‘til dusk, an assumed personality who the boys generally lust after and all the other girls want to be (think Alexa Chung). More often than not these untouchable…

Thursday’s News Briefing: UK 10m vaccine milestone – Canada lists Proud Boys as terrorist group – Kanye ‘contact cut’ with Kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPKJ2x1vWI8 Covid trial in UK examines mixing different vaccines UK passes 10m Covid vaccination milestone EU mulls tougher sanctions over Navalny sentence as top envoy heads to Russia Myanmar military blocks Facebook, social media as pressure grows Dubai suspends brunches to curb spread of COVID-19 Canada designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity Police Officer Fatally Injured in Capitol Riot Memorialized Beckham-backed cannabis skincare firm to sell shares on London Stock Exchange Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager…

Daily News Briefing Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPKJ2x1vWI8 The top stories Covid trial in UK examines mixing different vaccinesBBC News says a UK trial has been launched to see if giving people different Covid vaccines for their first and second doses works as well as the current approach of using the same type of vaccine twice.The idea is to provide more flexibility with vaccine rollout and help deal with any potential disruption to supplies.And scientists say it is possible the new approach could even provide better protection than giving the same jabs.Read on………………..UK passes 10m Covid vaccination milestoneThe Guardian says Britain has given…

A company backed by David Beckham, which uses compounds found in cannabis and will be used to make cannabis skin care and athletic products, plans to sell shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Cellular Goods, who sold a stake to DB Ventures (David Beckham’s investment firm) aims to sell products from September 2021, according to its website, which will make it the first firm of its kind to debut on the LSE. While many recreational drug companies have sprung up in the US, where states in including California have legalised it, those companies can’t raise money in London, as…

The number of black people as executives at the top of Britain’s top blue-chip, FTSE 100 companies, is zero for the first time in six years. There are no black chairmen or chairwomen, chief executive officers or chief financial officers at any company in the UK’s benchmark FTSE 100 stock index, according to early findings from the analysis. Only 10 of the 297 leaders in these roles have ethnic minority backgrounds, according to research by consultancy Green Park has found. black people and black lives matter More and more, businesses are appreciating the unique values and benefit of a diverse…

Guide: A Luxury day in London London is the greatest city in the world. Especially if you can afford it. The constant newness, creativity and fun the city offers is in our faces, and when the virus goes, the lockdown ends and the streets are busy again – we’ll be beating the street of the creative capital.  For a luxury mini-break in London, you’ve got to be strategic. The city is vast and there is plenty to explore. From the city’s sprawling parks, redbrick-lined street and cultural powerhouses – pubs, tube and art, London will keep you busy.  HOTELS …

Home workouts: Fitness in lockdown 3 A survey’s found that two-fifths of us are doing less exercise in this lockdown compared to the first one in Spring 2020. “If you cast your mind back to April, it was pretty beautiful every day, whereas now there are less daylight hours,” Dr Ian Taylor told Newsbeat. “But also it’s not novel anymore. The last lockdown for a lot of people gave them a bit of time to think and do things and that element was quite energising.” ‘Remove barriers’ According to Ian there are a few things you can do to get…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) UAE travel restrictions – New rules to travel to Dubai & Abu Dhabi for citizens to enter the emirate from within the country and for visitors, as the country steps up measures to contain the coronavirus from spreading. According to the Abu Dhabi Emergency Crisis and Disasters Committee, the new procedures are effective from February 1, 2021. PCR tests According to the new rules, those who take a COVID-19 PCR test and their results come out negative, will be allowed into the emirate for 48 hours from the receipt of the result. However, those who…

India slams Rihanna and other celebrities for ‘irresponsible’ tweet supporting farmers’ protest India has slammed “foreign individuals” and celebrities of “sensationalism” in a response to a tweet from popstar Rihanna. The US musician extended her support to India’s protesting farmers – which drew global attention. Just hours after Rihanna’s tweet, climate activist Greta Thunberg and the US vice president’s niece Meena Harris also tweeted support for the farmers.  Their tweets went viral and gathered plenty of responses.  Farmers in India have been protesting at Delhi’s boarder against new farm laws.  In a statement on Wednesday, India’s external affairs ministry said…

UAE confirms 3,310 new COVID-19 cases, 7 additional deaths The  UAE on Tuesday recorded seven deaths related to COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, and 3,310 new confirmed cases of the disease. The number of infections once against passed the 3,000 mark after falling below it for two days. The total number of cases in the country since the pandemic began has reached 309,649 and the death toll stands at 866. A total of 285,201 people have recovered from the virus, including 3,791 in the past 24 hours. Read the full story on today’s Daily News Briefing …………………… FOLLOW US…