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LONDON (Sputnik) – The UK telecommunication regulator, Ofcom, will have the power to make tech firms responsible for protecting people from harmful content such as violence, terrorism, suicide content, cyber-bullying and child abuse under a new bill to be presented to Parliament next year, the UK government announced on Tuesday.

The plans come as part of the Net Zero carbon emissions target by 2050 (NZ50) strategy proposed by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, aimed at reducing the British military’s environmental impact “while enhancing our operational capabilities”.

The warning comes as the UK government refuses to bow to "outlandish" demands by France for EU vessels to be allowed the right to large fish quotas from British waters after the UK leaves on January 1. Fishing rights in UK waters are one of the last remaining sticking points in free trade talks that are said to be on the brink of collapse.

Hancock said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has been informed of the new variant and government scientists are studying it at the UK military defense laboratory at Porton Down, near Salisbury, to establish whether it is resistant to vaccines.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer shows his support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement but comes under fire for failing to call out radio caller who peddled white supremacist conspiracy theory,

The proposed plant is planned to be a copy of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station that EDF is building in Somerset with Chinese partner China General Nuclear (CGN). CGN holds a 20 percent development phase stake in the development with the option to invest further.

In 2014 Matthew Harrod was jailed for 10 years for supplying drugs but he was back on the streets in 2017. Detectives have now revealed that Harrod and 18 members of his gang have been jailed for 138 years after they fell into a fresh police dragnet.

US government agencies have been ordered to look for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learnt that the Treasury and Commerce departments had been hacked in an extensive global cyber-espionage campaign.

Gerard Houllier, former manager of Liverpool FC and the French national team, passed away in the early hours of Monday at the age of 73 days after reportedly undergoing a heart operation in Paris.

The last undisputed heavyweight champion of the world was Lennox Lewis in 1999, although he held three belts. The WBO title only gained recognition in 2000 when Wladimir Klitschko became champion.

The United Kingdom at present has coronavirus restrictions in place, including the enforced wearing of face masks on trains, buses and taxis. Journalist Piers Morgan, who throughout the year became a hawkish supporter of harsh restrictions, was spotted breaking the rules on Saturday.

Negotiations to reach an agreement on post-Brexit trade between the UK and the EU are being given yet another chance after Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed that the parties should go the "extra mile" in a bid to secure a deal, despite the UK Prime Minister intimating that a no-deal Brexit was most likely.

Earlier, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his country "won't be walking away" from the ongoing trade deal talks with the European Union after both sides agreed to extend negotiations.

Le Carré, who had served in the British intelligence agencies MI5 and MI6, is famous for his novels featuring Cold War-era espionage, including bestseller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold".

According to Klopp, the injury is not as bad as they had initially feared, since doctors said Jota will not be required to undergo surgery.

Virtual currencies might represent a potentially viable future asset option or alternative for UK residents amid the uncertainty created due to the coronavirus crisis and the possibility that a hard Brexit that could further weaken sterling and increase the pressure on the Bank of England.

While Tory's Brexiteers say that negotiations should continue as long as it is "worthwhile", they are ready to embrace a no-deal Brexit, insisting it is now Brussels that should show flexibility.

Since the election defeat in December 2019, the left-wing movement surrounding the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn was considered to have come to an end. However, with continued opposition from the Labour Party, the former leader has set up his own campaign to promote his political values.

Like in any divorce, no one had expected that the UK’s departure from the European Union would be quick and painless. But few had probably known back in 2016 that the two partners would continue negotiating the terms of their break up almost five years later – and still with no visible solution on the horizon.

A large number of tents have been set up on a central reservation in the affluent area of Park Lane in Mayfair, London for several years now. The encampment attracts mainly Roma Gypsy families from Romania. The tent-dwellers are often seen using local fountains to wash and subways as toilets before begging around the British capital.


