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12 March 2021, 11:32 We don’t yet know when summer holidays will be allowed, but we may be able to visit France when they are. Picture: PA By Polly Foreman Brits may be able to visit France this year after officials lifted the country’s travel ban. France has today lifted …

LONDON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers are holding their first meeting of 2021 on Friday, and vowing to share coronavirus vaccines with the world’s poorest countries — though details of how soon and how much they will give remain scarce. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of …

The world has never been more indebted after a year of battling Covid-19. And there’s even more borrowing ahead. Governments, companies and households raised $24 trillion last year to offset the pandemic’s economic toll, bringing the global debt total to an all-time high of $281 trillion by the end of …

Juan Andrés had braced himself for what promised to be an atypical holiday season. But the lorry driver from southern Spain never imagined that Christmas Day would be spent in his cab tucking into a ham and cheese sandwich – among provisions handed out by the British military – as …

Boris Johnson’s new Brexit trade agreement means Britain and the EU will have a ‘special relationship’ and ‘ugly’ politics will end, Michael Gove has said.  The Cabinet minister said the deal allows for a ‘new pattern of friendly co-operation’ between the two ‘sovereign equals’. He added that he hoped the …

A Royal Navy ship was given a hero’s welcome this morning as it returned to port in Portsmouth after shadowing and gatherings intelligence on Russian warships travelling around the UK.  HMS Lancaster returned to the naval base in Hampshire having completed a tour to the High North where it led a freedom of navigation …

Robot mine-hunters will replace Royal Navy sailors to detect and destroy suspect devices at sea in £184million programme with France Ben Wallace announced scheme at Franco-British Council Defence Conference Boats will be controlled from ‘mothership’ while towed sonar locates the devices  Underwater vehicle will stop a weapon from exploding once …

Sweden now has a higher Covid-19 infection rate than both France and Britain after shunning lockdowns in favour of a ‘herd immunity’ approach to the pandemic. Hospital admissions for coronavirus patients have almost doubled each week in Sweden, with the country recording 208,295 cases and 6,406 deaths since the outbreak began. Though this is …

London’s FTSE is seen 65 points lower at 6,322, Germany’s DAX is seen 124 points lower at 13,075, France’s CAC 40 down 42 points at 5,469 and Italy’s FTSE MIB 121 points lower at 21,445, according to IG. LONDON — European stocks are expected to open lower Thursday as a rally …

Israel will begin human trials for a potential Covid-19 vaccine developed by a research institute overseen by the Defence Ministry on 1 November after receiving regulatory approval. The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) began animal trials for its “BriLife” vaccine in March. The health ministry and an oversight committee …