Boris Johnson

"The Prime Minister said the reckless actions of President Putin could now directly threaten the safety of all of Europe," according to a Downing Street statement, adding that Johnson will seek an emergency UN Security Council meeting in the coming hours.

Ukraine Russia war: If a ‘no-fly zone’ comes into effect, that means the military of the country or alliance that imposed it will have to shoot down flights of the adversary (in this case Russia) if they invade the other country’s airspace.

Gennady Timchenko is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The sanctioned banks are Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank, Boris Johnson said.

Boris Johnson was speaking soon after chairing an emergency meeting of the Cabinet Office Briefing Room A (COBRA) on Tuesday in the wake of Putin’s decision to recognise two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.

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A leader of the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party, O’Neill had just vacated her office as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland’s government after the first minister, Paul Givan, a member of the main unionist party abruptly resigned.

The University of Oxford’s newest graduate college is named after them (Reuben College).

The offer, set to be made to NATO military chiefs next week, could see London double the approximately 1,150 UK troops currently in eastern European countries and "defensive weapons" sent to Estonia, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said.

Johnson, who in 2019 won the biggest Conservative majority in more than 30 years, is braced for the publication of an official investigation into claims that there were multiple boozy Downing Street parties during lockdowns.

Even his detractors appear surprised by the speed with which the public and political class have turned against Johnson, the British prime minister, over charges that he lied about attending parties at his official residence in May 2020 that violated his own government’s lockdown orders.

If they manage to push Johnson out — or if he resigns — the party would hold a leadership contest to choose his replacement.

Boris Johnson's light touch approach to dealing with Omicron saw him introduce work-at-home advice and vaccine passes as well as more mask-wearing on Dec. 8, although he stopped short of more onerous restrictions seen globally.

People in England will no longer be required to wear face masks anywhere or work from home from next week, PM Boris Johnson announced on January 19, adding that the Omicron wave has peaked nationally.

UK civil servant Sue Gray's report investigating 13 parties that took place in Downing Street and other official sites when lockdown rules were in place is expected this week.

The UK-born son of a pharmacist mother and a National Health Service (NHS) general practitioner (GP) father is an Oxford University and Stanford graduate. He is married to Akshata Murty, the daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, and the couple has two young daughters Krishna and Anoushka.

On Wednesday, Johnson himself apologized for attending a party at 10 Downing Street in May 2020. His father Stanley has also been caught not wearing a face mask and flying to his villa in Greece when only non-essential travel was permitted, claiming he went to make it "Covid-safe".

Johnson admitted for the first time he had attended the party at Downing Street on May 20, 2020, when social gatherings were limited to a bare minimum and said he understood the anger that the revelations had caused.

More clampdowns, a party wrongly timed and a study on babies’ development during the pandemic, in a roundup of events in India and across the world  

The British PM said that the pre-departure test discourages many from travelling for fear of being trapped overseas and incurring significant extra expense.

EU Financial Services Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, Ireland's appointment to the European Commission, said she hoped that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and other big issues would help nudge Britain to reciprocate on concessions made by Brussels.