Covid cases surge in South Africa where Omicron variant emerged - BBC News

Covid cases surge in South Africa where Omicron variant emerged – BBC News

South Africa which recorded some of the earliest cases of Omicron is seeing a major increase in levels of the disease. In the past week the daily number of new Covid infections has risen rapidly, from less than 3,000 to…

German government says Covid vaccination may be made compulsory - BBC News

German government says Covid vaccination may be made compulsory – BBC News

Germany has announced major restrictions on anyone not vaccinated against Covid-19, banning them from all but essential shops in an attempt to fend off a fourth wave of the virus. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said vaccines may become compulsory…

Barbados removes Queen as head of state to become Republic - BBC News

Barbados removes Queen as head of state to become Republic – BBC News

Barbados is holding a ceremony to mark the island’s transition to a Republic, with the Queen removed as head of state. The Barbadian government said the time had come to fully leave the Caribbean island’s colonial past behind. Barbados gained…

French navy accuses UK of “ingratitude” over migrant crossing patrols  - BBC News

French navy accuses UK of “ingratitude” over migrant crossing patrols – BBC News

More than 17,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel I’m small boats in 2021, that’s double the number for all of 2020. The UK government has threatened to withhold millions of pounds in funding from the French authorities unless they…

Third Russian agent charged with Novichok poison attacks in Salisbury - BBC News

Third Russian agent charged with Novichok poison attacks in Salisbury – BBC News

A third Russian man has been charged with alleged involvement in the Novichok nerve agent poisonings in Salisbury, England in 2018, which left one woman dead and three people critically ill. Security sources say Denis Sergeev led the team on…

New evidence of Uyghur children separated from their families in China - BBC News

New evidence of Uyghur children separated from their families in China – BBC News

The BBC has been investigating the plight of thousands of children believed to have been separated from their parents as a result of China’s treatment of its minority muslim Uyghur population. The UK and the US have accused China of…

Boris Johnson and Joe Biden discuss Brexit and Northern Ireland at G7 summit - BBC News

Boris Johnson and Joe Biden discuss Brexit and Northern Ireland at G7 summit – BBC News

Boris Johnson has held his first face to face meeting with President Biden ahead the G7 summit in Cornwall. They committed to working together on a number of global challenges. The Prime Minister described their meeting this afternoon as a…

Uighurs demand action against China ahead of G7 meeting - BBC News

Uighurs demand action against China ahead of G7 meeting – BBC News

Exiled members of China’s minority Uighur community have arrived in the UK, ahead of a G7 meeting of world leaders, to call for action against China. One of the issues on G7 agenda is their relationship with China, and concerns…