UK HOTEL QUARANTINE DETAILS TO BE REVEALED

UK residents arriving in the country from designated covid-19 hotspots will face hotel quarantine under plans due to be confirmed later (Wednesday).

It's expected international arrivals from parts of South America, southern Africa, and Portugal will need to spend 10 days in quarantine in hotels at their own expense.

Travel from those areas is already restricted for non-UK residents.

The opposition Labour Party says hotel quarantine should apply to all international arrivals.

Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick says the government is toughening already strict measures.

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Tanzania launches probe into smuggling of its chameleons into Austria

Tanzanian wildlife authorities say they have launched investigations to establish how dozens of protected chameleons from the country were smuggled to Austria.

Isaac Lukando reports.

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Farmers leaders calls for peaceful protest following Tuesday's violence in Delhi

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Farm leaders in India have condemned Tuesday's violence in which 1 person died, 80 were injured.

But have said they will not call off their demonstration against new agricultural reforms.

Ishan Garg reports

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Australia – Pregnant women advised against Covid 19 vaccine

Australia's Federal Government is spending 24 million dollars in an advertising campaign urging people to get vaccinated against Covid .

The elderly, front line workers, migrants and Indigenous Australians will be given the first chance to take up the Pfizer vaccine, which is expected to be available late in February, but pregnant women are being told to wait.

Shaun Bindley reports

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Hong Kong carries out first COVID-19 mass-testing "ambush"

The Hong Kong government says it plans to carry out more of what it calls "ambush-style" mass COVID-19 testing operations, after completing an overnight lockdown on two residential streets. 

330 people were tested for the coronavirus. One person tested positive. 

Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.

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Senator presiding over Trump impeachment home after hospitalisation

Patrick Leahy, the Democratic Senator who is presiding over former US President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, has returned home after being hospitalised.

 

His spokesman said went to George Washington University Hospital "out of an abundance of caution."

 

Jagruti Dave has more from Washington.

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Senator presiding over Trump impeachment trial hospitalised

Patrick Leahy, the Democratic Senator who is presiding over former US President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, has been hospitalised.

 

His spokesman said the decision was taken out of an abundance of caution.

 

Jagruti Dave has more from Washington.

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Biden seeks to increase US COVID vaccine supply by 200 million doses

US President Joe Biden plans to increase the country's supply of COVID-19 vaccines amid concerns around a shortfall.

 

He said his administration wants to buy 200 million more doses of Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines.

 

Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.

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Senate narrowly blocks bid to stop impeachment trial

The U.S. Senate has narrowly voted in favor of proceeding with former
President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.

But just five Republicans sided with Democrats suggesting a conviction
may be unlikely.

U.S. correspondent William Denselow reports.

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Wall Street closes flat while Microsoft beats Q2 revenue estimates

There was little movement on the US markets on Tuesday, as analysts
say traders are holding steady in preparation for the heart of
earnings season in the next week or so.

But a number of companies saw a boom in share prices after reporting
better than expected results.

Sarah Walton reports from New York.

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Biden signs order targeting Asian-American racism

US president Joe Biden has signed an executive order to stamp out
racism that targets Asian-Americans in the United States.

Intolerance has increased in the last year, since the start of the
pandemic, which the former president Donald Trump, routinely referred
to as the "China virus", the "Wuhan virus" or "kung flu".

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

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President Biden confronts Vladimir Putin in first official phone call

Joe Biden has made his first official phone call as President to Vladimir Putin.

The White House says he confronted the Russian leader on a number of issues.

Sarah Walton reports

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Anthony Blinken Confirmed as US Secretary of State

The US senate has voted to confirm Anthony Blinken as the country's new secretary of state.

The longtime advisor to president Joe Biden has said he plans to roll back a number of Trump administration policies and try and rebuild fractured alliances.

US Correspondent Ira Spitzer reports.

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US Senators sworn in for Trump impeachment trial

US senators are being sworn in ahead of Donald Trump's historic second
impeachment trial.

That trial is scheduled to start on February 9th.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

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One killed and dozens injured by Alabama tornado

At least one person has been killed by a tornado in the US state of Alabama.

Dozens have been injured and authorities say the storm caused
"significant damage"

Sarah Walton reports.

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Number of Coronavirus deaths in UK surpasses 100k according to ONS figures

Coronavirus deaths in the UK have surpassed 100,000 according to new data.

The figures taken from the Office For National Statistics differ from official government records, but many consider the higher total to be more accurate.

Chris Jones has more in London

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UK gvt downplays vaccine concerns as Covid deaths pass 100k

UK coronavirus deaths have passed the 100,000 mark -- but the government is confident that it will receive enough vaccine doses to meet its targets and increase the population's immunity in the coming weeks. 

Our correspondent Benji Hyer has the details from London. 

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UK Unemployment Increases Again

Unemployment in the UK has risen to 5%, as the impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt.

New figures show the hospitality industry was the hardest hit, as lockdown restrictions forced many venues to close.

John Bevir (Beaver) reports.

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Ramaphosa says that the world is at a crossroads

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa used video streaming to deliver his State of the World Address to the World Economic Forum Davos Dialogues on Tuesday. He describes the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic downturn as "an unprecedented, global health, social and economic crisis". Mark Roughton has details.

 

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EU threatens export controls for Covid-19 vaccines

The threat of vaccine nationalism is growing in Europe, as anger mounts over a decision by Astrazeneca to delay deliveries to the EU countries. 

EU officials are now questioning the pharmaceutical firm over the delay - with calls from some European countries for export controls to be placed on vaccines leaving Europe.

Trent Murray reports from Berlin

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