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Govt holds talks with devolved nations over Christmas rules - as minister admits easing them not 'cost free' Jon Craig, chief political correspondent, and Alan McGuinness, political reporter PM faces pressure over Christmas COVID rules Replay Video UP NEXT The government is holding further talks with the devolved nations over Christmas rules, as Boris Johnson resists demands to rethink the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions over the festive period. He will face MPs in the Commons and later address Tory backbenchers and declare his opposition to dropping plans for three house...

Suspicion raised over consultation period for Wellington Airport expansion © Getty The upgrade was then put on hold in June, as a result of the decimation of international travellers due to Covid-19. The timing of when people can have their say on Wellington's massive airport expansion is being eyed suspiciously by locals. It was the blueprint for how it would accommodate a forecasted doubling in passenger numbers by 2040. Since then, Wellington International Airport Limited (WIAL) has purchased a golf course and Miramar South School land, which would allow the development to go ahead. But...

The Abraham Accords Will Change Israel—Just Not In The Way You Think | Opinion Newsweek 12/15/2020 Dimi Reider © JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty The flags of (L-R) the US, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Bahrain and the municipality of Netanya are flown along a road, in the resort city of Netanya in central Israel, on September 13, 2020. There have been two principal progressive critiques of the so-called Abraham Accords—the spate of peace and normalization agreements between Israel and a growing number of majority-Arab and Muslim states. The first is that these states have aba...

Fall in COVID infections stalled after second lockdown ended, study finds Sadiya Chowdhury, news reporter COVID-19 infections fell by more than 30% during the second lockdown but then levelled off, according to a large study by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI. © Getty The report says the levelling off is driven by clusters of infections in certain regions and age groups The REACT-1 study tested over 160,000 volunteers in England between 13 November and 3 December as part of one of the largest COVID-19 surveillance examinations into the levels of infection in the gen...

The fight for empowerment: Women in the Middle East and North Africa Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.), Opinion Contributor © Getty The fight for empowerment: Women in the Middle East and North Africa Gender equality, women's rights, and women's empowerment are fundamental to our cultural identity, national security, and economic prosperity. Countless Americans have fought hard to make sure of that. However, progress on gender equality and women and girls' rights has been uneven around the globe, especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The data speaks fo...