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U.K. drops COVID-19 restrictions, scraps mandatory face masks
Description
January 19, 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the easing of COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday, saying that face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and schools in England and COVID-19 passports will be dropped in large parts of the country starting next Thursday.
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U.K. drops COVID-19 restrictions, scraps mandatory face masks03:48 | January 19, 2022
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Keir Starmer thinks U.K. can improve on ‘botched’ Brexit deal00:55 | July 8, 2024
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Ex-UK PM Johnson misled MPs over ‘Partygate’: report02:18 | June 15, 2023
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‘Partygate’: Boris Johnson deliberately misled UK Parliament, report says02:02 | June 15, 2023
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‘Partygate’: Boris Johnson says ‘hand on heart’ he did not lie to U.K. lawmakers about incident01:25 | March 22, 2023
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British PM signals new strategies in new year04:09 | December 25, 2022
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U.K. PM Rishi Sunak says he’ll confront ‘profound economic crisis’05:56 | October 25, 2022
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U.K. leadership race heats up as Boris Johnson withdraws candidacy02:16 | October 23, 2022
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after mere weeks on the job04:29 | October 20, 2022
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Liz Truss makes bold promises as Britain’s new prime minister01:51 | September 6, 2022
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‘This is it, folks’: Boris Johnson delivers farewell speech after 3 years as UK PM03:07 | September 6, 2022
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Boris Johnson says “baton to be passed seamlessly” to next UK PM01:03 | July 28, 2022
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Ukrainian troops training in U.K.01:44 | July 23, 2022
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‘Hasta la vista, baby’: Boris Johnson gives final speech as UK PM in PMQs02:16 | July 20, 2022
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Boris Johnson resigns as Britain’s PM after bowing to pressure02:58 | July 7, 2022
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‘Them’s the breaks’: Boris Johnson resigns as British prime minister, will serve until November01:39 | July 7, 2022
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British PM British Johnson says he has no intentions of quitting02:30 | July 6, 2022
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Trudeau, U.K.’s Johnson send message of support to Ukraine during G7 summit01:28 | June 26, 2022
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Johnson says he would defend Rwandan deportation policy to Prince Charles00:50 | June 23, 2022
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UK’s Boris Johnson makes unannounced trip to Kyiv, discusses additional support for Ukraine03:35 | June 17, 2022
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U.K. faces backlash, set to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda01:59 | June 13, 2022
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British PM Boris Johnson survives confidence vote over ‘Partygate’01:50 | June 6, 2022
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UK PM Boris Johnson survives confidence vote, will remain in office01:03 | June 6, 2022
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U.K. drops COVID-19 restrictions, scraps mandatory face masks03:48 | January 19, 2022
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Keir Starmer thinks U.K. can improve on ‘botched’ Brexit deal00:55 | July 8, 2024
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Ex-UK PM Johnson misled MPs over ‘Partygate’: report02:18 | June 15, 2023
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U.K. leadership race heats up as Boris Johnson withdraws candidacy02:16 | October 23, 2022
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after mere weeks on the job04:29 | October 20, 2022
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Liz Truss makes bold promises as Britain’s new prime minister01:51 | September 6, 2022
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‘This is it, folks’: Boris Johnson delivers farewell speech after 3 years as UK PM03:07 | September 6, 2022
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Liz Truss could face Boris Johnson’s political baggage as she takes PM spot02:07 | September 5, 2022
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Boris Johnson says “baton to be passed seamlessly” to next UK PM01:03 | July 28, 2022
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Ukrainian troops training in U.K.01:44 | July 23, 2022
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‘Hasta la vista, baby’: Boris Johnson gives final speech as UK PM in PMQs02:16 | July 20, 2022
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Boris Johnson resigns as Britain’s PM after bowing to pressure02:58 | July 7, 2022
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‘Them’s the breaks’: Boris Johnson resigns as British prime minister, will serve until November01:39 | July 7, 2022
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British PM British Johnson says he has no intentions of quitting02:30 | July 6, 2022
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Boris Johnson sidesteps questions on calls for resignation after top ministers quit00:48 | July 6, 2022
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‘Disgusting sight’: Putin fires back at G7 leaders for poking fun at topless Russian leader02:45 | June 30, 2022
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U.K. faces backlash, set to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda01:59 | June 13, 2022
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British PM Boris Johnson survives confidence vote over ‘Partygate’01:50 | June 6, 2022
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UK PM Boris Johnson survives confidence vote, will remain in office01:03 | June 6, 2022
U.K. drops COVID-19 restrictions, scraps mandatory face masks
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January 19, 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the easing of COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday, saying that face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and schools in England and COVID-19 passports will be dropped in large parts of the country starting next Thursday.
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