Search results for ‘Flu’
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Thousands of birds dying from lethal strain of avian flu
Thousands of seabirds in colonies across the country are dying with bird flu, washing up along our east coast from Scotland down to Suffolk.
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Ukraine Russia conflict: How fight for control could influence peace negotiations
While fighting continues across the country, a new round of talks are due to begin tomorrow in Turkey between Ukraine and Russia.
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Putin’s influence means Lukashenko has “lost his independence in decision making,” says Belarus opposition leader
I spoke to the exiled leader of Belarus’s democratic opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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MI5 accuses ‘Chinese agent’ of trying to influence politicians
Today MI5 accused Chinese lawyer Christine Lee of attempting to covertly influence British politics to the benefit of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Environmentalists raise questions about fossil fuel industry’s influence over COP26
Now with the COP26 climate summit starting on Monday in Glasgow, questions have been raised about the fossil fuel industry’s influence over the event.
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‘Challenges accumulating’ for NHS with Covid-19, flu season and overworked staff
This afternoon the health secretary said he doesn’t believe the pressures currently faced by the NHS are unsustainable, and that’s why he’s not ordering a move to Plan B measures – for example, the compulsory wearing of face masks, despite the warnings today from the NHS Confederation.
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Doctors urge MPs to take action over flu jab shortage
Doctors have urged MPs to take action over what they say is a worrying shortage of flu jabs.
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Why did we forget the Spanish Flu?
What have we learned and what have we forgotten from one hundred years ago – and will we make the same mistakes again?
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British influence over Myanmar ‘only works if we work together,’ says Tory MP Tom Tugendhat
We spoke to the chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Tom Tugendhat
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Refuges braced for influx of people able to escape their abusers
The months of lockdown trapped some people in situations that were very far from safe and now, as the restrictions begin to be eased, refuges around the country have been bracing themselves for an influx of people who are finally able to escape their abusers.
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The Spanish Flu of 1918: the history of a deadly pandemic and lessons for coronavirus
The Spanish Flu pandemic hit the world 100 years ago. Are there any lessons for today as countries try to stem the spread of Covid-19?
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‘Organised conspiracy of silence to deflect and deny Russian effort to influence politics in UK and US’, says writer Glenn Simpson
When two former reporters started investigating President Donald Trump they stumbled across a raft of allegations linking him to the Kremlin.
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SNP’s Angus Robertson: “The fact 62 per cent voted remain in Scotland is a defining influence on election”
We are joined now by the former leader of the Scottish Labour Party Kezia Dugdale who now works as director of the John Smith Centre, and by the SNP’s former Westminster leader Angus Robertson.
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Labour’s John Healey: ‘May’s deal is a busted flush’
John Healey is Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, and Tom Tugendhat is the Conservative chairman of the Foreign affairs Committee.
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Dutch MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld: ‘UK’s influence in Europe has faded since Brexit vote’
The EU is getting ready for a possible request from London to extend Article 50 and delay Brexit. But on what terms and for how long? We speak now Sophie in ‘t Veld, a Dutch MEP and one of the leaders of the liberal grouping in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.