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“Clear message to the Kremlin”: England prepared the spread of big forces in Europe

LONDON: The British prepares to offer NATO placement of troops, weapons, warships and the main jets in Europe, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday, to respond to the increasing "Russian hostility" against Ukraine. The offer, which will be made for the NATO military head next week, can see London doubling around 1,150 British soldiers today in Eastern European countries and "defensive weapons" sent to Estonia, the office said. "This package will send a clear message to the Kremlin - we will not tolerate their destabilized activities, and we will always stand with our NATO allies before Russian hostility," Johnson said in a statement on Saturday night. "I have ordered our armed forces to prepare to spread throughout Europe next week, ensuring we can support our NATO allies on ...
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UK Covid cases fall below 25,000, latest daily data shows

The number of latest Covid cases reported within the UK has now fallen below 25,000 the uk kecorded 24,950 new infections on Monday - a drop of 15,000 on 39,950 cases every week ago the number of latest cases fell for a sixth day during a row - the primary time since November, during England's second national lockdown. But immunologist Prof Peter Openshaw said while he was "cautiously pleased," further daily data would show if it had been a sustained fall or a "just a blip". Prof Openshaw, who sits on the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "It is exciting to ascertain those rather encouraging figures, but there are some delays in reporting the figures and we're still expecting the complete data to be released b...