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Italy to suspend flights to and from UK over virus fears: Foreign minister 20 Dec 2020 - 04:20 pm
A traveller looks at train departure boards in an almost deserted concourse at Charing Cross train station in London on December 20, 2020. AFP / Niklas HALLE'N
U.K.’s Hancock says new Covid mutation is ‘out of control’ 20 Dec 2020 - 01:59 pm
Christmas illuminations are seen above shoppers on Regent Street in the main high-street shopping area of London on December 15, 2020 ahead of fresh measures for the capital amid rising novel coronavirus infection rates. AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
Belgium suspends UK flights, trains over virus variant 20 Dec 2020 - 01:57 pm
A pedestrian, wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks through an almost deserted concourse at Charing Cross train station in London on December 20, 2020.  AFP / Niklas HALLE'N
WHO says in close contact with UK officials on new COVID-19 virus variant 20 Dec 2020 - 12:46 pm
A British government health information advertisement highlighting new restrictions amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in London, Britain, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Netherlands ban flights from UK after detecting new coronavirus strain 20 Dec 2020 - 10:27 am
People wearing protective face masks stand, as Schiphol Airport reduces its flights due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
UK medical officer: New virus variant spreading more rapidly 19 Dec 2020 - 05:18 pm
Officials collect Coronavirus COVID-19 testing samples at a drive-through test centre amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
UK ministers discuss COVID-19 concern amid rise in cases 19 Dec 2020 - 03:35 pm
Mounted police officers attempt to prevent protesters march up Whitehall after they gather in Parliament Square at an anti-lockdown demonstration,
Post-Brexit talks grind on as fish spat threatens deal 19 Dec 2020 - 03:16 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 13, 2016, Pro-Brexit flags fly from a fishing boat moored in Ramsgate on June 13, 2016. AFP / Chris J Ratcliffe
Macron 'stable' after virus infection: presidency 19 Dec 2020 - 03:07 pm
AFP / CHARLES PLATIAU
Switzerland approves Pfizer shot as first coronavirus vaccine 19 Dec 2020 - 03:01 pm
People queue in front of a COVID-19 testing site of the Stadtspital Waid and Triemli hospital, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Zurich, Switzerland December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Sweden introduces toughest measures yet in the face of second COVID-19 wave 18 Dec 2020 - 08:15 pm
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a press conference on the new restrictions during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, in Stockholm on December 18, 2020. AFP / TT News Agency / Jessica GOW
COVAX programme doubles global vaccine supply deals to 2 billion doses 18 Dec 2020 - 04:33 pm
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Mausoleum of Rome's first emperor restored and ready to reopen 18 Dec 2020 - 04:14 pm
A general view of the mausoleum of Rome's emperor Augustus during a preview of the reopening after years of restoration in Rome, Italy, December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
UK PM Johnson says he hopes to avoid another lockdown for England 18 Dec 2020 - 04:01 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference about the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, December 16, 2020. Matt Dunham/Pool via REUTERS
Macron working from retreat after catching Covid 18 Dec 2020 - 03:11 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron, tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen on a screen as he attends by video conference a round table for the National Humanitarian Conference (NHC) at the Foreign Ministry in Paris on December 17, 2
Austria to go into third lockdown after Christmas, media report 18 Dec 2020 - 03:07 pm
People walk down a shopping street amid the government reopening bigger shops as well as small businesses in a loosening of the second lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Vienna, Austria December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foege
Spain's Supreme Court orders probe into nursing home COVID-19 deaths 18 Dec 2020 - 01:33 pm
File photo: Josefa Velasco, 94, who overcame the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and lives in a care home, waves goodbye to her relatives after they talk through a glass front at the Centre Parc nursing home in Barcelona, Spain August 27, 2020. Reuters/Nac
British royals select happy family snapshots for their Christmas cards 17 Dec 2020 - 04:06 pm
This undated handout picture released by Clarence House on December 16, 2020, shows Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (L) and Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall posing for their 2020 Christmas card at Birkhall in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. / AFP