Sky News’ Thomas Moore examines the latest coronavirus numbers ahead of Christmas. If the coronavirus infection rate continues to rise over the Christmas period, this could place a huge strain on the NHS.
COVID-19: What are the rules where you live?
Regions around the UK now have different COVID-19 rules for the Christmas period. Sky News’ Jonathan Samuels explains what the rules are where you live.
Brexit deadline: chaos at the border ahead of checks
The Brexit deadline is still 14 days away but snaking queues of HGVs on the approach to British ports offers a preview of what may lie ahead in the New Year. The government has forecast up to 7,000 lorries could be...
Macron’s pre-Covid dinner: “Terrible timing right before the biggest family gathering of the year.”
In The WorldThisWeek, columnist and political consultant Philippe Moreau Chevrolet argues that ten for dinner at the Elysée Palace the night before #Macron contracted #Covid undermines 🇫🇷 France’s ‘six...
US authorises Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use
Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorisation (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID-19 death toll...
Macron contracts Covid, Biden wins again, Nigerian schoolboys freed, remembering John le Carré
A fever, cough, fatigue… it is Emmanuel Macron’s turn to contract Covid, the French president self-isolating at La Lanterne. A guest house on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles that is an official...
Life outside the EU: Swiss lessons for post-Brexit UK (part 2)
In our latest “out-and-about” Talking Europe, we’re taking you to a land of mountains, lakes, chocolate, banks and neutrality. It is, of course, Switzerland: the landlocked country in the heart of...