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Hong Kong leader urges people to stay at home

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has urged the people of the city to stay at their homes, as the average number of cases reported each day has raised above the mark of one hundred – from the mark of less than ten a month ago.

As per her statement, the health care frame work of Hong Kong can face collapse as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.

The leader has revealed a depressing reality that the city is on the verge of a huge community spread.  

The city has brought in some new regulations to fight the spread of the outbreak. It has made wearing masks in public mandatory. And, it has temporarily imposed restrictions on restaurants offering dine-in option.

The rise in the average number of cases reported in a day is very concerning. It seems that the city has lost its grip somewhere.

Till recently, Hong Kong was very efficient in managing the crisis.

Hong Kong is at present in the state of turmoil. A large section of the people of the city is against the attempt of China to sabotage the democratic values the city inherited from the United Kingdom.

The city has witnessed several large pro-Democratic marches in the recent past.

The west – especially the UK and the US – has condemned the action initiated by China against Hong Kong violating the agreement Beijing reached with London at the time it was handed over to the communist country.  

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Iran sends British-Austrian woman to notorious prison

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the British-Australian woman who was sentenced to ten-year-imprisonment for espionage in Iran, has been shifted to a notorious prison.

She was a lecturer at Melbourne University.

She was jailed in the year 2018. It was alleged that she was denied the opportunity for fair trial. She denied all charges levelled against her.

Australia has demanded immediate release of their citizen. It has warned Iran of serious consequences. It has asserted that the case of Dr. Moore was one of the highest priorities.

Iran has not yet responded about where she has been placed. A group of human rights activists have stated that she was admitted in Qarchak prison – which is notorious for its abusive treatment towards political prisoners.

It is notable that Iran has not yet denounced the statement made by the rights group regarding the matter.

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UK to strengthen security laws

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The United Kingdom has decided to strengthen the security laws of the country, as a report made by lawmakers has criticized the infrastructure made to defend the country from the threat posed by Russia.

The report says that the government has underestimated the threat posed by the European country of Russia.

Earlier, there were reports that Russia interfered in the politics of liberal countries like the United Kingdom.

It was alleged that Russia tried to influence the outcome of the 2016 United States Presidential Election.

The UK government may face questions in the parliament regarding the report developed by the lawmakers.

The government may bring in a new legislation to strengthen the mechanism in place to safeguard the country from the interference of foreign powers such as Russia.

Russia is at present a very aggressive nation. Since it was ousted from the G7, it has been trying to influence the politics of the liberal world.

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Vietnamese Migrant Death: Around 26 booked in Belgium and France

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As many as twenty-six people have been booked in Belgium and France in an investigative operation triggered by the unnatural deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in a lorry in the UK in the year 2019.

Asphyxia and hypothermia are the reason that led to the deaths of the migrants – who were attempting to migrant to the United Kingdom.

The investigation has been carried out with the support of Europol. The police departments in several European nations have offered support to the investigation team.

At least thirteen of the total arrested people has been booked in Belgium, while the rest has been arrested from France.

The arrested people are said to be the members of a infamous network operate in the region to help migrants reach the United Kingdom illicitly.

As per a preliminary report, through this network, hundreds of people have reached the UK in the recent months.

Recently, the lorry driver who had transported the migrants to the UK plead guilty.

The issue is expected to open up a national wide discussion about the topic across the world – especially in the west where migration is a huge issue.


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UK MPs demands PM’s chief adviser’s resignation

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Some Conservative MPs – especially backbenchers – have demanded the resignation of PM’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings.

The MP has alleged that he, who is a senior official close to the UK Prime Minister’s office, has broken some coronavirus lockdown rules.

He is facing allegations of a second trip to the North East.

Anyway, the UK government has supported Mr. Cummings. Almost all ministers have expressed their support to the UK PM’s advisor.

What that disturbs the UK government is its own MPs has taken a strong stand against the PM’s advisor. The government cannot dismiss this argument as a politically motivated one.

Among those MPs who have questioned the PM’s advisor, there is powerful UK lawmaker Steve Baker.

Notably, Mr. Cummings has not yet responded anything about the allegation yet. He may come up with a defense argument in future, if the allegations leave the government in a difficult situation.

This is not the first time Mr. Cummings has faced an argument of this nature. Earlier, it was accused that he drove 260 miles from London to County Durham with his wife, who had coronavirus symptoms.

Anyway, the Labour Party, the main opposition of the UK’s Conservative Party – which rules the country, has demanded a investigation into both of these allegations.


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UK to exempt travellers coming from France from mandatory quarantine

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The European country of United Kingdom has decided to exempt travellers coming from another European country of France from the UK coronavirus quarantine measures announced by the kingdom to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.

The measures – intended to prevent the import of the virus from overseas through those travelling to the UK from other countries across the world – has been announced by the UK PM Boris Johnson.

The measures are expected to come into force in the near future itself. Until now, the dates – both the start and the end – for the measures has not been announced by the United Kingdom government.

The same exemption is likely to be extended to those coming from Ireland too, considering the fact that the country shares an inseparable relation with the kingdom.

The exemption may not be applicable to those coming from elsewhere. The UK travel industry has expressed their concern about the mandatory quarantine measures.


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UK loses measles-free status

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Owing to the unexpected rise in the number of infections, the European country of the United Kingdom has lost its measles-free status.

An official work in an International health agency has warned of the possible emergence of a crisis due to the rise in the number of cases.

He has cited the delay in the administration of vaccine to the rise in the number of cases of measles.

As per a statement made by the UNICEF, over 117 million children in 37 countries may not get immunised on time due to the coronavirus crisis.

Measles is a serious disease. Its symptoms are cough, rashes and fever. The disease can be prevented by the administration of two doses of the Mumps, Measles and Rubella vaccine, popularly known as the MMR vaccine.

The vaccine is free to children in the European country of the UK and in many other countries around the world.

It is high time for governments to think serious about the matter of the rise in the number of cases of measles – the disease because of which the world suffered a lot once.

The return of that disease is not acceptable and should be prevented at any cost for the good of the people of the world.


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Coronavirus outbreak makes things difficult for migrants

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The coronavirus outbreak has damagingly interrupted the humanitarian supply chain which work to ensure migrants living in camps across Europe do not starve.

Many charities have had to cease operations, as the virus outbreak has made them incapable to function in a proper way.

This exist of the charities from the scenario has reduced support for large numbers of vulnerable people, though governments have stepped into make up the reduction.

As per a statistics, there are thousands of refugees and asylum seekers living in poverty in the United Kingdom alone.

Though the United Kingdom says it provides support for those who need it, not all charity organisations find that assurance relaxing.

In Calais located in France, close to the UK, many migrants are living in temporary camps hoping to cross to the UK.

The BBC has recently made a touching story to expose how miserable the life of migrants in the continent of Europe is.

Migrants, away from their homelands, deserve the support and care of every one – especially from the people of the country where they have reached in search of a peaceful future.

It is easy to forget them. It needs a courageous heart to look them through a humanitarian prism.


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UK to come up with Canada like FT deal

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The European country of the United Kingdom is expected to come up with a Canadian style Free Trade Agreement with the European Union.

The British government has already announced their intention. The government has assured to consider all the concerns which have emerged out of the UK’s withdrawal from the economic union.

The UK officially stepped out of the economic union recently.

The challenges that London now faces is not small. What the country expects is an economic uncertainty.

The proposed Free Trade Agreement is considered as an effort to overcome the threat posed by the Brexit.

The EU has not yet responded to the UK FTA announcement. Many European leaders have expressed their concerns about the deal.

The North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement is the most successful Free Trade Agreement that has been launched. It covers the United States, Canada and Mexico. Canada benefits the most from the agreement.

With the Canada model statement, what the UK expects is to benefit hugely from the proposed FTA deal with the EU.


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UK officially breaks tie with EU

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The United Kingdom has officially broken its tie with the European Union, the economic union of powerful – as well as advanced – European countries.

Several people have gathered in the streets across the country to express their feeling about the divorce.

Not all marches have been in support of the divorce. Scotland has been the epicentre of the anti-Brexit protest. Several protests have been organised across the country against the Briton’s move to ditch its decades-old relation with the powerful economic union.

Many are worried about the future of the divorced UK. Some anticipate even a serious economic slowdown.

Meanwhile, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has played a pivotal role in the exit of the country from the economic union, has assured to take the country forward to make its future brighter.

The Brexit has come at least three years after the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the economic union.

The UK’s relation with the EU was around 47 years old. It had several ups and downs. At the time of the exit, it was at its lowest point.

During the referendum, Scotland voted against the Brexit. It wanted to prevent the country’s exit from the union.

Unsurprisingly, Scotland is where the largest number of anti-Brexit protests has occurred.


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