Christopher Wray faces grilling from Democratic lawmakers over lead-up to 6 January insurrection The FBI director, Christopher Wray, has said that the bureau considers the 6 January Capitol attack an act of “domestic terrorism” and suggested that “serious charges” were still to come in its continuing criminal investigation. Testifying before […]
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The G7 summit risks being overshadowed by the bitter standoff over Brexit The French president last night ramped up the pressure on Boris Johnson over the Northern Ireland protocol by insisting “nothing is negotiable” as the G7 summit of world leaders risked being overshadowed by the bitter standoff over Brexit. […]
Downing Street thinks spending can wait because public not ‘distressed’ about long delays yet, source says Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson may have to spend up to £40bn to try to repair NHS waiting times and end the long delays being faced by patients, […]
Statement indicates leaders will also commit to delivering a billion vaccine doses and plans to tackle forced labour See all our coronavirus coverage Leaders at the G7 summit will call for a new, transparent investigation by the World Health Organization into the origins of the coronavirus, according to a leaked […]
Exclusive: leading UK operators say they repeatedly raised concerns about not testing people discharged from hospital Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Some of the UK’s biggest care home operators have told the Guardian they repeatedly warned Matt Hancock’s department about the risk of not testing people […]
Open-source investigations report that the agents shadowed Dmitry Bykov, who fell severely ill with similar symptoms in 2019 Russian agents who had tailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his poisoning also shadowed a journalist who had earlier fallen severely ill with similar symptoms, according to the investigative organisation Bellingcat. Dmitry […]
Warnings from envoys that David Frost must compromise with EU on border checks as risk to Good Friday agreement ‘will not be welcomed by the US’ Senior US embassy diplomats in London, backed by the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, have directly warned the UK’s Brexit negotiator, Lord Frost, […]
Announcement by 150 Oxford lecturers accuses college of ‘undermining’ efforts of university to eradicate racism About 150 Oxford lecturers have announced they will refuse to teach students at Oriel College over its contentious decision not to remove a statue of the imperialist Cecil Rhodes. The college was accused of “institutional […]
UK considering unilaterally extending grace periods under Northern Ireland protocol The row between the UK and the EU over checks on sausages and other chilled foods sent from Britain to Northern Ireland has deepened, with the Brexit minister telling Brussels that trade war threats will not wash with voters. As […]
Guardian understands chancellor not fixated on 21 June date for enacting final stage of roadmap Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Rishi Sunak is willing to accept a delay of up to four weeks to the final stage of England’s reopening roadmap, the Guardian understands, as the […]