Fourth vaccination on offer to over-75s and others, as Health Secretary announces 'spring booster'

Fourth vaccination on offer to over-75s and others, as Health Secretary announces 'spring booster'

Everyone aged 75 and over will be offered another booster vaccination this spring, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed. And the offer is also going out to residents in care homes for older adults, and anyone aged 12 years and over who is immunosuppressed. It means they will be eligible for a fourth Covid-19 vaccination, … Read more

Intense diplomatic efforts continue, Pentagon press secretary says

Intense diplomatic efforts continue, Pentagon press secretary says

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Sunday the Biden administration is continuing a “full-court press” to find a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Kirby said that continuing diplomatic efforts by the US and its NATO allies to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin will guarantee that Putin can’t blame the … Read more

Russia could drag out Ukraine crisis for months, warns Foreign Secretary Liz Truss

Russia could drag out Ukraine crisis for months, warns Foreign Secretary Liz Truss

Russia could drag out the crisis over Ukraine for weeks – or even months – in an attempt to undermine Western unity, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned. Ms Truss said it was essential not to be “lulled into a false sense of security” by Moscow’s claims it was beginning draw back its forces from … Read more

Democracy Is On The Ballot In These 11 Secretary Of State And Attorney General Elections

Democracy Is On The Ballot In These 11 Secretary Of State And Attorney General Elections

The aftermath of the 2020 presidential election was probably most Americans’ introduction to Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state who rebuffed then-President Donald Trump’s entreaties to “find 11,780 votes” that would allow him to carry the state. Same with Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who filed a baseless lawsuit to get the Supreme … Read more

Defense Secretary Austin Heads to Europe as Putin Readies Ukraine Invasion Force

Defense Secretary Austin Heads to Europe as Putin Readies Ukraine Invasion Force

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Europe on Tuesday for meetings with NATO leaders as Russia added more military forces around Ukraine’s border for an invasion that is expected any day. Austin will first meet with NATO defense ministers in Belgium, and then travel to Poland on the alliance’s eastern flank, where he will … Read more

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace: Russian attack on Ukraine ‘highly likely’

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace: Russian attack on Ukraine ‘highly likely’

The Defense Secretary has compared diplomatic efforts to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine to appeasement as he said it is “highly likely” Vladimir Putin will order an attack despite the concerted talks to avert war. Ben Wallace said there is a “whiff of Munich in the air”, in an apparent reference to the agreement … Read more

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace cuts short family holiday amid Ukraine tensions

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace cuts short family holiday amid Ukraine tensions

Defense Secretary Ben Wallace is returning to the UK from a family holiday early because of his concerns about “the worsening situation in Ukraine”. The cabinet minister and Conservative MP for Wyre and Preston North only arrived in the undisclosed European country on Saturday, having traveled there following diplomatic talks in Moscow. But he said … Read more

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump ‘would roll his eyes at the rules, so we did, too’

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump ‘would roll his eyes at the rules, so we did, too’

White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One while flying between El Paso, Texas, and Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on August 7, 2019.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Former Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump wasn’t one for following the rules. She said … Read more

Russian attack on Ukraine is ‘highly likely’, says Defence Secretary Ben Wallace

Russian attack on Ukraine is ‘highly likely’, says Defence Secretary Ben Wallace

The Defense Secretary has compared diplomatic efforts to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine to appeasement as he said it is “highly likely” Vladimir Putin will order an attack despite the concerted talks to avert war. Ben Wallace said there is a “whiff of Munich in the air”, in an apparent reference to the agreement … Read more

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss tests positive for Covid meaning she will miss Ukraine trip

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss tests positive for Covid meaning she will miss Ukraine trip

Secretary of State Liz Truss will miss a trip to Ukraine after testing positive for the coronavirus. Ms Truss announced on Twitter Monday night that she had tested positive and would be working from home during isolation. But she was due on Tuesday to visit Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a meeting with Ukrainian President … Read more