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    Lockdown roadmap could have to be adjusted, says member of Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

  • Australians hit back at Britain over  'bad tactics' ahead of trade negotiations

    Australian Government insiders have hit back at Britain over "sledging" by Liz Truss’s allies ahead of trade talks this week. The Telegraph revealed on Tuesday that sources close to the International Trade Secretary were briefing that Dan Tehan, the Australian trade minister, was "inexperienced" in comparison. Allies of Ms Truss complained of "glacially slow" progress over a UK-Australian trade agreement, and warned that Mr Tehan "needs to show that he can play at this level" when the pair meet for negotiations on Thursday. They also claimed that the British cabinet minister was plotting to sit Mr Tehan "in the Locarno Room [in the Foreign Office] in an uncomfortable chair, so he has to deal with her directly for nine hours". An Australian minister told this newspaper that the remarks were "full of hubris" and hit back that Mr Tehan is "from the land" and "has the stamina" to see off Ms Truss’s tactics. Unimpressed, the frontbencher commented ironically: "I love it when Brits underestimate us." The minister, speaking on condition of anonymity, continued: "Sledging is a fine art, which we have mastered on the pitch. This is just the Brits gobbing off." Australian officials also weighed in to counter the UK Government briefing. An official at the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said: "If this was briefed by a member of Truss’s staff, that is very disrespectful." The official told the Sydney Morning Herald: "It’s also a very bad tactic. It won’t work." In response to the claim that Mr Tehan was "inexperienced" in trade talks, it was pointed out that while Mr Tehan only took on the post of trade minister in December, he first joined DFAT in 1995. He served as a diplomat between 1999 and 2001, and between 2002 and 2005 worked as a trade adviser to the minister, helping to negotiate Australia’s free trade deal with the US administration under George W Bush. Ms Truss is said to have texted Mr Tehan on Tuesday night to say she was looking forward to seeing him and hoped for a productive two-day dialogue in London. The UK High Commissioner Vicki Treadall faced questions over the UK briefing. She defended the sources close to Ms Truss, insisting that Australia is one of "our closest friends and allies", but that "this is a trade negotiation so there will be tactics on both sides". Some British politicians also took a dim view of the briefing. Alistair Carmichael, Lib Dem MP and home affairs spokesman, branded it "embarrassing" and tweeted: "It's also a reminder that the Government has chosen to turn trade negotiations with a supposed ally into another avenue for domestic politics, on the bet that no one will notice the long-term negative side effects."

  • Teen who filmed George Floyd arrest celebrates verdict, shares guilt she couldn’t save him

    Darnella Frazier receives widespread praise, including from Joe Biden

  • More than 250 Russians in London demand Navalny's freedom

    More than 250 people demanded Russian President Vladimir Putin free jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, chanting "Freedom to Navalny" outside the Russian embassy in London on Wednesday. Navalny has become the leader of the disparate opposition groups which oppose Putin, a former KGB spy who has ruled Russia since 1999 when Boris Yeltsin handed him power. "Putin is an old fashioned demagogue but with a background in the secret service so he is very well equipped to be a tyrant," said John Taylor, a British man who joined the protest holding a white plastic lavatory brush.

  • In first, Perseverance Mars rover makes oxygen on another planet

    NASA's Perseverance rover keeps making history.

  • Biden marks 200m Covid vaccine shots delivered, but warns Americans to stay vigilant

    Impressive vaccine rollout and eased restrictions create false impression pandemic is beaten

  • Mike Tindall speaks of his 'love' for the Queen as he describes 'eerie' Prince Philip funeral

    Mike and Zara Tindall were able to attend the funeral of her grandfather Philip at the weekend.

  • Indian journalist live-tweeting wait for hospital bed dies from Covid

    India has recorded over 15.3 million cases of Covid-19, second only to the US with over 31 million cases

  • Boris Johnson ‘biggest threat to United Kingdom’, says Scottish Labour leader

    Anas Sarwar says he ‘understands’ why PM is not campaigning north of border

  • Richard Madeley says he’d consider replacing Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain: ‘I couldn’t give a f*** about trolls’

    Richard and Judy presenter is one of the show’s substitute hosts

  • What happened to the other officers arrested over George Floyd death?

    Three former police officers who responded to George Floyd call now face trial in August

  • Putin warns foreign rivals against 'crossing red line' with Russia

    Russian President Vladimir Putin warns foreign rivals against "crossing the red line" with Moscow, as he gives a state of the nation address amid deep tensions with the West.

  • ‘No meaningful parliamentary debate or scrutiny’ of Covid laws, says former government legal chief

    Changes made at ‘short notice’ left police scrambling to enforce law, Sir Jonathan Jones QC says

  • Prince Philip funeral: Queen leaves chapel as Windsor service ends

    The Queen sat alone at Windsor Castle’s St George’s Chapel during Prince Philip’s funeral ceremony this afternoon. It was her first public appearance since Prince Philip’s death, while the duke’s coffin arrived at the chapel on a car her helped to design. The hearse, a specially modified Land Rover, arrived at the castle shortly before 2.30pm to collect the coffin.

  • Boris Johnson urged to reveal number of those dying after taking COVID vaccine

    Tony Blair has said the information would help allay concerns about the AstraZeneca vaccine.

  • Vulnerable people struggled to get food due to lack of support for Covid ‘shielders’, report finds

    Around 800,000 may have ‘slipped through the net’ in hastily-developed support plan

  • Russian family at heart of £450m divorce battle 'unhappiest to appear in my courtroom', judge says

    A High Court judge quoted Tolstoy on Wednesday as she said the Russian family at the centre of a £450 million divorce was “the unhappiest to ever appear in my courtroom”. Mrs Justice Knowles referenced a passage from the Russian writer’s 19th century epic, Anna Karenina, as she allowed a legal challenge brought by the ex-wife of a Russian billionaire against her son. Tatiana Akhmedova had sued Temur Akhmedov for allegedly helping his father, Farkhad Akhmedov, hide assets following the breakdown of their marriage. The 48-year-old was awarded a 41.5 per cent share of her ex-husband’s fortune, which exceeds £1 billion, in 2016, but has since got her hands on only £5 million. The £453 million divorce settlement was the biggest made by a British court, but Ms Akhmedova had since been the “victim of a series of schemes designed to put every penny of the husband’s wealth beyond her reach”, the ruling concluded. The judge agreed with Ms Akhmedova’s characterisation of her son as his father’s “lieutenant” and said the schemes had been carried out with his “knowledge and active assistance”. The court found that very large sums had been transferred to Temur, 27, and concluded he must pay his mother, who is from Russia but lives in London, around £75 million. In the opening words of the ruling, which spanned 128 pages, the judge wrote: “All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. “With apologies to Tolstoy, the Akhmedov family is one of the unhappiest ever to have appeared in my courtroom. “Though this case concerns wealth of which most can only dream, it is - at its core - a straightforward case in which, following their divorce, a wife seeks to recover that which is owed to her from a husband and his proxies who, it is alleged, have done all they can to put monies beyond her reach. “Nevertheless, it is a case not without legal and factual complexity though much of that stems from the details of dishonest schemes instigated by Farkhad Akhmedov and put into effect by his advisors and his eldest son, Temur Akhmedov.”

  • I was a Boston police officer for 27 years. I know how Derek Chauvin became a murderer

    Police culture is steeped in racism, authoritarianism and the belief that officers can do anything they want because they live in constant danger

  • London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan vows to defy ‘vocal minority’ fighting plans to cut traffic in capital

    Clean air for children is ‘social justice’ issue says Labour candidate ahead of report on pollution death

  • ‘Brexit failed us completely’: Northern Ireland is a country divided again

    As Belfast reels after another night of violence on its streets, this bloodshed feels darkly reminiscent of the Troubles. Claire McNeilly reports