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US President Joe Biden's approval rating has dropped to just 33 per cent according to a new opinion poll.
53 per cent of respondents in the left-leaning Quinnipiac University poll disapproved of his performance.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Calls are growing for the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and some of them are coming from within his own party.
The Prime Minister on Wednesday acknowledged that the DID attend a party in the garden of Number 10 Downing Street that appears to have breached lockdown regulations being observed by the rest of the country at the time.
In Parliament he apologized and said that with hindsight he should have left the event and instructed its attendees to return to work.
Even the Prime Minister's defenders, like the Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees Mogg, now concede their man is in difficulty.
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With more, our London correspondent Olly Barratt,
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A four hour meeting in Brussels today between NATO and Russia made no breakthrough over Ukraine.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance's members reiterated that they will not agree to Russian demands for the promises that Ukraine will be blocked from ever joining NATO.
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The White House is to distribute millions of free coronavirus tests to schools across the United States in a bid to keep classrooms open.
It comes as covid-19 hospitalisations reach record levels.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Inflation is up to its highest annual rate in nearly 40 years in the United States.
It affected the cost of everything from food, energy and homes in 2021, with supply chain issues and high demand pushing prices up even more.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
The UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted he attended a potentially rule-breaking party in his Downing Street residence in May 2020, when the country was still in a Covid-19 lockdown.
Amid mounting anger, including from his own MPs, he faced a grilling in Parliament over a gathering of dozens of people in Number 10's garden, at a time when social contact was strictly limited.
Mr Johnson apologised for any "misjudgements" and says he accepts "full responsibility" for what happened. But the opposition Labour Party is calling for him to step down.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised for the role he played at a Number 10 Downing Street gathering on May 20th 2020.
At that time large gatherings were illegal due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Mr Johnson said he believed the gathering was a 'work event'.
Answering questions during Prime Minister's Question's in the House of Commons, he said he wished 'things has happened differently' on that evening.
Leader of the Labour opposition party, Keir Starmer, called Johnson's apology 'pathetic'.
He's now demanding the Prime Minister resign.
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India's top scientific advisor has warned that everybody in the country could be infected with the Omicron variant soon.
The remarks come as one in ten are testing positive for the virus across the nation.
In large cities that number is one in five.
Still, many experts are split over booster shots, as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
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Kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong are temporarily suspending classes as part of government efforts to control an outbreak of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The closures come amid tightening social-distancing restrictions, and promises of more government subsidies for local businesses.
Richard Kimber reports.
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