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RECORDING REVEAL Downing of Ukraine flight, that killed 167, may have been intentional Canadian intelligence is reviewing a recording of Iran’s top diplomat discussing the possibility that the Ukraine plane that was downed was intentional, CBC News reported.  CBC sources identified Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying in the recording that there were a number of possibilities for the destruction of the flight, including a deliberate attack involving “infiltrators.”  He said that possibility…

Wednesday’s Briefing Video: Impeachment 2 approved – UAE Mars Mission SUCCESS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UVaz_Tr4bc Beer and pub leaders plead for reopening date after sales halve in 2020 Europe’s oldest person survives Covid and set to celebrate 117th birthday Woman ‘shot’ in head fights for life as Myanmar protests enter fifth day Nations warned of consequences of abandoning citizens in Syrian camps Arab world basks in the glory of UAE Mars mission triumph Bolivia healthcare workers launch strike…

THREE-FINGER SALUTE ‘Hunger Games’ Protesters Have Reached Myanmar’s Dystopian Capital VICE says Welcome to Naypyitaw, one of the world’s weirdest capital cities, and a challenging place to stage protests. Protesters flashing three-fingered salutes while rallying against tyranny in a dystopian capital controlled by menacing generals—these aren’t scenes from the Hunger Games franchise but modern-day Myanmar, which is now seeing its biggest demonstrations in more than a decade following a coup on Feb. 1. The power…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The 6 luxury items we LOVE What you should invest it! From the Princess Diana watch to youth favourite Gucci! THE CARTIER TANK WATCH A go-to piece for Princess Diana, the princess of wales owned two versions of the design classic, a Tank Louis Cartier with yellow gold case and black alligator strap and a yellow gold Tank Française.  The Cartier tank watch got a remake in 2020 with the watchmakers redesigning the classic piece…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

‘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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…