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UK Politics
— In a series of tweets, Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner hits out at “perverted smears” by Tory MPs published in the Mail on Sunday in an attempt to save Boris Johnson’s skin, as she accuses him of “dragging the Conservative Party into the sewer”.
Immigration
— The deal made by the UK to send migrants for processing and relocation to Rwanda is at odds with States’ responsibility to take care of those in need of protection, the UN refugee agency says.
Health
— An ongoing outbreak of Salmonella linked to Kinder products produced by the company Ferrero results in 67 cases of which a majority are in small children.
COVID-19
— Governments and pharmaceutical companies need to work together in a better way, to deliver vaccines “to every person, everywhere” – not simply in the wealthiest nations — UN chief.
War in Ukraine
— Nataliia Vladimirova fled her home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the first day of the Russian invasion, on 24 February, with her four-year-old daughter Oleksandra and mother-in-law. She shares her heart-wrenching story of family separation and loss.
What The Experts Say
— The views of experts and health professionals on whether there is cause for concern as COVID case numbers are rising again, the risk of a new variant to show up, the situation in schools and long COVID.
War in Ukraine
— Ukraine tells the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) there has been no rotation of technical staff at Chornobyl for a week now.
War in Ukraine
— Can the EU be a line of defense for Ukraine or other countries such as Georgia and Moldova in a potential territorial conflict with Russia?
War in Ukraine
— How to checkmate Vladimir Putin, according to the former World Chess Champion, political activist and harsh critic of the Russian president.
What The Experts Say
— The views of experts and health professionals on the decision by the Icelandic authorities to call on mass infection for Iceland to achieve herd immunity and exit the COVID pandemic faster.
COVID-19
— “Time to remove all protective measures” is a lot harder to sell than “Time to remove all restrictions”, but it is the truth millions of people are experiencing every day. Language matters, a health expert explains.
What The Experts Say
— The views of experts and health professionals on whether the government is right to stop free COVID testing, on the vaccination of children aged 5-11, the end of face mask requirement, and on the lifting of COVID self-isolation after a positive test.
Threadscriptor
— A Conservative MP on the dilemmas Vladimir Putin’s regime poses for the UK: time to choose between freedom and corruption, between independence and dirty money, he argues.
Threadscriptor
— Fundamentally, the world is different now, a health expert writes. Acting as if it isn’t, which the UK seems determined to do, may feel good in the short term but will result in a new normal worse than the old one.
What The Experts Say
— The views of experts and health professionals on whether the COVID pandemic is over, and on the lifting of COVID self-isolation after a positive test.
Downing Street Parties
— Read Sue Gray’s report into Downing Street parties. Despite key details of the worst breaches missing, at the request of the Metropolitan Police, the long-awaited Party Gate report highlights “failures of leadership” in Number 10.
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