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  • Marjorie Taylor Greene claims ‘real’ voter suppression is her having to wait to go through metal detectors at Congress

    The For the People Act – also known as HR1 – aims to make voting in federal elections easier

  • We are now seeing the impact of Brexit – it is time for an apology from all the people who dismissed us as ‘Remoaners’

    We watch as businesses and lives are being ruined by Brexit – and yet not a single apology from those who championed the cause

  • Airlines set to launch international vaccine passport as part of summer holidays plan

    The first digital vaccine certificate is set to be launched by the world's airlines this month as part of a four-step plan for summer holidays being considered by the Department for Transport (DfT). The Travel Pass app, developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), will allow passengers to present pre-departure test or vaccine certificates on arrival at their destination, enabling them to sidestep quarantine or other restrictions. IATA is in talks with the DfT over the app, to which immunity certificates for those who have had Covid but have not been vaccinated could be added. It will be trialled by 10 airlines including IAG, which owns BA, Qantas and Singapore Airlines, starting initially with pre-test data but ready to be adapted to include vaccine certificates once they are digitised. At present, most countries are using paper to confirm people's inoculations, which the airlines are concerned could delay the introduction of a travel pass with both vaccinations and test data and lead to lengthy queues at airport immigration desks. The app is part of a four-stage approach IATA has proposed to the DfT that would see international travel restart in May, with pre-departure testing or vaccines being used for entry to a country before the eventual removal of all restrictions to allow free travel between "green list" countries. It proposes three tiers of countries including a "red list", where there may still be quarantine and pre-departure testing, an "amber list" where quarantine is replaced by tests or vaccine certificates, and a "green list" where travel corridors between low-risk countries could allow unrestricted travel.

  • Explosion at Dutch COVID-19 test centre appears intentional, police say

    Dutch police on Wednesday said a coronavirus testing centre north of Amsterdam appeared to have been intentionally targeted after an explosion went off at the facility before it opened. The blast in the town of Bovenkarspel, 55 km (35 miles) north of the capital, shattered windows but caused no injuries, police from the province of North Holland said in a statement. The incident comes shortly before national elections on March 17 widely seen as a referendum on the government's handling of the pandemic.

  • US Catholic group tells followers to avoid Johnson & Johnson vaccine

    A directive from the Catholic church body says the J&J vaccine was produced with abortion-derived cell lines

  • Trump took $10bn from hospital funds to pay for Warp Speed instead of asking Congress for cash

    $10bn was set aside by Congress to help care providers pay for staffing, protective gear, care for uninsured individuals, and vaccine distribution

  • Turkey has stopped insulting us, but action still needed, France says

    Turkey has stopped insulting France and the European Union, providing some reassurance, but ties will remain fragile until it takes concrete action, France's foreign minister said. Ankara has repeatedly traded barbs with Paris over its policies on Syria, Libya, the eastern Mediterranean and other issues, but the NATO members said in February they were working on a road map to normalise relations.

  • Nicola Sturgeon facing calls to resign as witnesses back Alex Salmond's evidence on key meetings

    Nicola Sturgeon is facing calls to resign after two witnesses in the Alex Salmond scandal corroborated his version of key events and provided damning evidence she repeatedly misled parliament. In a potentially devastating development for the First Minister, ahead of her appearance before a Holyrood inquiry on Wednesday morning, a pair of former special advisers contradicted her claims about two meetings in 2018. Ms Sturgeon has told parliament she only found out about the allegations when Mr Salmond visited her home on April 2, 2018 and but she refused to intervene. Last week she denied during First Minister's Questions the identity of one of the women was shared with Geoff Aberdein, Mr Salmond's chief of staff, "to the best of my knowledge". But Duncan Hamilton, a former SNP MP and junior counsel, said the name of a complainant was given to Mr Aberdein by a senior official shortly after Mr Salmond was informed of the government's investigation into sexual misconduct claims on March 7, 2018.

  • England on course to end social distancing in mid-June, Matt Hancock says

    Comment goes further than ‘roadmap’ - which said review will decide, based on progress over next three months

  • China denies report that its hackers caused huge power outage across Mumbai

    After a study called it a Chinese cyber-sabotage attempt, India said outage was caused by ‘human error’

  • New book claims Obama saw Biden’s White House run as ‘ageing politician having his last hurrah’

    A Biden aide puts the campaign strategy as: ‘You put your dumb uncle in the basement’

  • Covid news – live: Vaccine rollout to get £1.65 billion boost as regional lockdown easing ruled out

    Follow the latest updates and statistics

  • US and EU hit Russia with co-ordinated sanctions over attempted murder and jailing of Alexei Navalny

    The United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions targeting a number of senior Russian officials and businesses over the attempted murder and jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

  • Nicola Sturgeon news - live: Scottish first minister says she has ‘searched my soul’ during Salmond inquiry

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  • Telegraph readers on double masking: 'Enough is enough. Surely British people won't follow suit'

    The growing trend of wearing more than one mask in the US could be coming to the UK after Dr Susan Hopkins, of Public Health England, said that a specialist committee was in an "ongoing discussion" about updating the advice on face coverings. Dr Hopkins also suggested that, when it comes to face coverings, "the more layers you have the better". This appears to be supported by a recent study by the US Centres of Disease Control and Prevention which found that the best way to stop infection was to wear a cloth mask on top of a surgical mask. Telegraph readers have shared how they feel about wearing two face coverings, as opposed to one. Read on for the best discussion points from our readers and share your own view in the comments section at the bottom of this article. 'Breathing through two masks is nothing compared to actually having Covid' @Suzie Richardson: "I work in healthcare and have been double masking for a couple of months now and have had my vaccine. "I am doing my most not to ever catch Covid again. It was the most horrific time of my life and my recovery has taken nearly 12 months, with nervous system dysfunction, lung and heart problems and post-viral fatigue (I was previously very fit and active). "Breathing through two masks is nothing compared to the terror of feeling unable to get a lungful of air for months on end. I find having two sit more snugly around my nose and mouth and the thought of having extra protection eases my mind while dealing with Covid positive people and when out shopping." 'I felt safer wearing two masks' @Elisabeth Davison: "I had a hospital outpatient appointment at the beginning of the current lockdown. I wore two masks. I felt safer but it probably made no difference. "I have refused to go near a hospital since. I will not go back before cases are much lower as this is the perfect place to pick up the virus." 'It needs to be clear' @Peter Williman: "If it's proven safer, why not wear two until we're sure Covid is as under control as it can be? But it needs to be clear under what circumstances it is beneficial. "Also, we need to be aware whether we are protecting ourselves or others or both."

  • ‘Reckless and dangerous’: Texas governor’s decision to abandon Covid safeguards sparks angry backlash

    The residents of the largest US state will not follow the mask mandate from 10 March

  • Some Fox News staff furious at ‘mini-Goebbels’ Kayleigh McEnany being hired as commentator, report says

    Former White House press secretary branded a ‘serial liar’ by critics

  • Exclusive: Hollyoaks stars Billy Price and Kieron Richardson react to Sid Sumner cliffhanger

    Is it the end?

  • I’m Brazilian – and just spent 10 days in a quarantine hotel in London. This is what it was like

    It felt frustrating arriving back in the UK and being so close and so far at the same time – in total, I spent 29 days away from my son

  • Neighbours first look at Hendrix Greyson's new mistake

    Brent Colefax is left devastated.