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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people in England, where no new social restrictions have been introduced before the end of the year, to exercise caution in their celebrations. He also asked people living in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland, where tighter coronavirus restrictions are in place, to follow the COVID-19 guidance.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the rapid spread of the Omicron variant meant curbs could be imposed after Christmas.

LONDON - Boris Johnsons ruling Conservative Party lost a seat Friday that it had safely held for almost 200 years, in a fresh blow to the British prime minister that renewed questions about his leadership.

Boris Johnson is being squeezed from both sides of the argument over how to tackle a "staggering" surge in Covid-19 omicron infections -- and that could have dangerous implications for the U.K.

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has mostly been able to do what he wants since his Conservative Party won a historic majority of seats in Parliament, but on Tuesday he faced a massive rebellion from his own side, as lawmakers came out against his proposals to head off an exploding number of infections driven by the new omicron variant.

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that Britain had registered its first death of a patient with the omicron variant, while U.K. health officials warned that the new version of the coronavirus was spreading at jaw-dropping speed.

LONDON -- Britain is obsessed by a Christmas party, which either did or did not happen at 10 Downing Street last year, in the middle of a strict coronavirus lockdown, as the hospitals filled with the sick and dying.

Boris Johnson insisted there are no immediate plans to ask Britons to curb socializing and work from home -- even after a government adviser said doing so could help limit the spread of the omicron Covid variant.

LONDON - In a bid to halt the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new measures on Saturday evening, ranging from mandatory self-quarantine for anyone arriving in the United Kingdom to tougher rules on mask-wearing.

The U.K. will produce electricity only from renewable and nuclear sources by 2035 under plans set out by Prime Minister Boris Johnsons government.

"Its the developed world that over 200 years has put the carbon in the atmosphere that is causing this acceleration of climate change and, say, it really is up to us to help them," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) will meet online early next week to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, as the rift between Washington and its European allies seemed to have widened over the formers hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan.