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A police investigation into hundreds of lives allegedly shortened by the wrongful administration of opioids at an NHS hospital has been expanded to include the review of 15,000 death certificates.

Britain’s Royal Air Force announced a five-day bombing campaign on Monday against Islamic State forces in Iraq, in support of Iraqi ground troops.

Uber is giving UK drivers minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a court ruling that said they should be classified as workers.

West Midlands Police officers are accused of telling an alleged rape gang victim, aged 12, that she was “lying” about her abuse, and told her mother she was “prostituting herself”.

A review of the alleged threats and hate in emails sent to the body found the vast majority were actually personal opinion and ‘objective criticism’.

Meghan Markle is reportedly working with senior Democrats regarding her alleged ambition to become president of the United States.

Ministers have reportedly admitted that the government has “bowed to” the advisory body SAGE, which they admit has no counterbalance, and that the body’s role would be reviewed after the pandemic.

Social media users have praised the radical Islamic terrorists who murdered Charlie Hebdo employees after the French satirical magazine depicted Meghan Markle on its latest cover.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told the European Parliament on Monday he has “serious concerns” about the Turkish government’s behavior on various issues, “ranging from the eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish decision to buy the Russian air defense system S-400 or related to democratic rights in Turkey.”

Russia will ban Twitter from the country in 30 days if the platform does not remove illegal content, including child pornography, information on committing suicide, and drug-related content.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled a pilot scheme of undercover police officers patrolling pubs and nightclubs to look out for “predatory and suspicious offenders” following the killing of London woman Sarah Everard.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will look to seek “deeper trade links” with China, according to the government’s ‘Global Britain’ policy paper.

Britain will step closer to tyranny this week when parliament passes a bill that will effectively end the longstanding right to protest.

Portugal’s high court ruled Monday that a law allowing “medically assisted death” passed by parliament in January is unconstitutional.

Several Swedish media bodies have criticised the Press, Radio, and Television Authority (MPRT) for suggesting that only “responsible” media should be eligible for government monetary support.

Sweden is pausing the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure amid concerns about reports of blood clots in some recipients in Europe.

Prince Philip walked out of a London hospital after a 28-day stay that saw the 99-year-old war vet undergo a heart procedure.

Michelle Obama said Tuesday that Meghan Meghan’s claim a member of the British royal family queried the possible darkness of her son’s skin was “heartbreaking” but “not a complete surprise” and she hoped the revelation would teach the world a lesson.

Pop music icon Elton John has called out Vatican “hypocrisy” for cashing in on the gay Rocketman biopic while ruling out blessings of homosexual couples.

Buckingham Palace has hired external investigators to look into claims that Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, had bullied royal staff, with a source telling British media: “There are some harrowing stories to tell.”

London Assembly Member David Kurten said that Mayor Sadiq Khan’s policing policies have resulted in higher crime as well as a noticeable political bias in the handling of protests of differing ideologies.

Eleven Italian regions have entered “red zone” lockdown restrictions which will see most non-essential businesses closed and travel restrictions imposed on millions of Italians.

Kirill Dmitriev, chief executive of the sovereign wealth fund that backed development of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, announced Monday that companies in Italy, Spain, France, and Germany have made agreements to produce the vaccine “once approval is granted” by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

The UK’s top statistician has predicted a third wave of the Chinese coronavirus would hit in the autumn, despite Britain’s “wonderful vaccination rollout” and virus cases being at their lowest since late September.

The European Union is launching legal action against the United Kingdom over its efforts to protect trade between the British mainland and Northern Ireland, vindicating critics of Boris Johnson’s deals with the bloc who said they ensured Brexit was by no means “done”.

The move follows reports of blood clots in some recipients, though the EU regulator has said there is no evidence the shot is to blame.

One of Britain’s leading right-leaning newspapers has published a bizarre, glamour-style photo shoot of Shamima Begum, an Islamic State defector accused of sewing terrorists into bomb vests, in an article and on social media. 

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has drawn a “parallel” between the Black Lives Matter protests and the discussions related to the apparent murder of Sarah Everard, in that while the former brands all white people as beneficiaries of “white privilege”, the latter is in danger of leading to the stigmatisation of all men as dangerous.

A possible contender to succeed her said Monday that the center-right needs to raise its game to keep the country’s top job.

London’s Metropolitan Police refrained from making any arrests at the tightly packed “Reclaim These Streets” protest in Parliament Square on Sunday, as feminist and Black Lives Matter groups joined together to protest against the police actions at a Sarah Everard vigil the night before.

Former BBC chairman Sir David Clementi has said the broadcaster’s critics would find they “cannot cope” without their content if they actually had a choice to not pay for it.

Polling stations opened early Monday in a three day general election to allow people to vote safely during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Vatican’s doctrinal office stated Monday that the Church has no power to bless homosexual unions, noting that God Himself “does not and cannot bless sin.”

Some four in five last-minute legal attempts by illegal aliens and foreign criminals to avoid deportation end in rejection, in what ministers say exposes the extent to which activist lawyers and migrants try to abuse the law.

Members of the European Parliament are welcoming plans from the European Commission to make email, messaging, and chat providers search through users’ private conversations and report “illegal material”, according to Patrick Breyer MEP.

Public opinion of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Britain has fallen to the worst it has ever been after their interview with Oprah.