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Flights from Britain to Poland to be halted on Monday night 21 Dec 2020 - 08:56 am
An international high-speed Eurostar train is seen at a platform in St Pancras International railway station in London on December 20, 2020. AFP / Niklas HALLE'N
Italy to suspend flights to and from UK over virus fears: Foreign minister 20 Dec 2020 - 04:20 pm
A traveller looks at train departure boards in an almost deserted concourse at Charing Cross train station in London on December 20, 2020. AFP / Niklas HALLE'N
U.K.’s Hancock says new Covid mutation is ‘out of control’ 20 Dec 2020 - 01:59 pm
Christmas illuminations are seen above shoppers on Regent Street in the main high-street shopping area of London on December 15, 2020 ahead of fresh measures for the capital amid rising novel coronavirus infection rates. AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
Belgium suspends UK flights, trains over virus variant 20 Dec 2020 - 01:57 pm
A pedestrian, wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks through an almost deserted concourse at Charing Cross train station in London on December 20, 2020.  AFP / Niklas HALLE'N
WHO says in close contact with UK officials on new COVID-19 virus variant 20 Dec 2020 - 12:46 pm
A British government health information advertisement highlighting new restrictions amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in London, Britain, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Netherlands ban flights from UK after detecting new coronavirus strain 20 Dec 2020 - 10:27 am
People wearing protective face masks stand, as Schiphol Airport reduces its flights due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
UK medical officer: New virus variant spreading more rapidly 19 Dec 2020 - 05:18 pm
Officials collect Coronavirus COVID-19 testing samples at a drive-through test centre amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
UK ministers discuss COVID-19 concern amid rise in cases 19 Dec 2020 - 03:35 pm
Mounted police officers attempt to prevent protesters march up Whitehall after they gather in Parliament Square at an anti-lockdown demonstration,
Post-Brexit talks grind on as fish spat threatens deal 19 Dec 2020 - 03:16 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 13, 2016, Pro-Brexit flags fly from a fishing boat moored in Ramsgate on June 13, 2016. AFP / Chris J Ratcliffe
Macron 'stable' after virus infection: presidency 19 Dec 2020 - 03:07 pm
AFP / CHARLES PLATIAU
Switzerland approves Pfizer shot as first coronavirus vaccine 19 Dec 2020 - 03:01 pm
People queue in front of a COVID-19 testing site of the Stadtspital Waid and Triemli hospital, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Zurich, Switzerland December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Sweden introduces toughest measures yet in the face of second COVID-19 wave 18 Dec 2020 - 08:15 pm
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a press conference on the new restrictions during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, in Stockholm on December 18, 2020. AFP / TT News Agency / Jessica GOW
COVAX programme doubles global vaccine supply deals to 2 billion doses 18 Dec 2020 - 04:33 pm
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Mausoleum of Rome's first emperor restored and ready to reopen 18 Dec 2020 - 04:14 pm
A general view of the mausoleum of Rome's emperor Augustus during a preview of the reopening after years of restoration in Rome, Italy, December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
UK PM Johnson says he hopes to avoid another lockdown for England 18 Dec 2020 - 04:01 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference about the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, December 16, 2020. Matt Dunham/Pool via REUTERS
Macron working from retreat after catching Covid 18 Dec 2020 - 03:11 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron, tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen on a screen as he attends by video conference a round table for the National Humanitarian Conference (NHC) at the Foreign Ministry in Paris on December 17, 2
Austria to go into third lockdown after Christmas, media report 18 Dec 2020 - 03:07 pm
People walk down a shopping street amid the government reopening bigger shops as well as small businesses in a loosening of the second lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Vienna, Austria December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foege
Spain's Supreme Court orders probe into nursing home COVID-19 deaths 18 Dec 2020 - 01:33 pm
File photo: Josefa Velasco, 94, who overcame the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and lives in a care home, waves goodbye to her relatives after they talk through a glass front at the Centre Parc nursing home in Barcelona, Spain August 27, 2020. Reuters/Nac