US President-elect Joe Biden has blasted the “insurrection” of pro-Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol and he demanded an end to their “siege”. The Democrat called on outgoing President Donald Trump to “step up” and repudiate the violence. In a tweeted video, Mr Trump repeated debunked claims the vote was “stolen”, but urged protesters
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On Tuesday the number of new daily confirmed cases of Covid in the UK topped 60,000 for the first time.
The measures, which include a stay-at-home order and the closure of schools to most pupils, were announced by the prime minister on Monday.
England’s rules are due to last until at least mid-February; Scotland’s will be reviewed at the end of January.
Scotland earlier issued a stay-at-home order and joined Wales in closing classrooms for most pupils.
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Boris Johnson said regional restrictions in England are “probably about to get tougher” as the UK struggles to control a new, fast-spreading variant of the virus.
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They are wagering that the road to success in the Republican Party will continue to run through Trump and his faithful, whos support could be invaluable to senators with presidential ambitions, like Ted Cruz of Texas or Josh Hawley of Missouri, or ones concerned about future primary opposition from pro-Trump politicians.
The daily number of new Covid cases in the UK has topped 50,000 for the past four days, as the country struggles to control a new highly infectious variant of the virus.
It concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.
On Thursday, the UK reported 55,892 daily Covid cases, the highest to date.
The British Medical Association said cancelling patients booked in for their second doses was “grossly unfair”.
Gavin Williamson said he wanted school closures to be as “short as possible” after delaying their reopening amid surging coronavirus cases.
Earlier, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was approved for use in the UK, with the first doses to be given on Monday.
It comes as millions more people in England are expected to be placed under the toughest tier four restrictions.