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Boris Johnson’s deputy has insisted the prime minister did not breach the ministerial code even though he was fined by police for attending a No 10 party in lockdown, as the government’s ethics chief reportedly threatened to quit over the scandal. Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, said on Wednesday that Johnson had only “unintentionally” and “inadvertently” broken the law by attending a birthday gathering in No 10 during lockdown, which led to him being fined by police. He said this did not amount to a breach of the ministerial code, despite the prime minister’s ethics chief,…

Some 9 million doses of expired COVID-19 vaccines being kept in storage facilities in Indonesia will be destroyed, as the country winds back its anti-COVID measures. The vaccines expired last month, the Indonesian Health Ministry said. “Our storage facilities are feeling the strain as they’re filled with expired doses,” Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in a Tuesday briefing Bloomberg reported. “That’s especially as we have a new campaign to push for basic vaccination for children across the country.” The majority of the vaccines were donated from developed countries before their expiration dates, Sadikin said, according to local media KOMPASS.com. “When the vaccines were transferred to…

The United States is providing Ukraine with “more advanced rocket systems and munitions” as Russia’s invasion continues, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. Writing in a New York Times opinion piece, Biden said that America’s goal in Ukraine is “to see a democratic, independent, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine with the means to deter and defend itself against further aggression.” “We have moved quickly to send Ukraine a significant amount of weaponry and ammunition so it can fight on the battlefield and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table,” the president continued. “That’s why I’ve decided that we will provide the Ukrainians with more…

As the two greatest rivals in men’s tennis convened at the French Open once more, plenty of factors pointed in favour of Novak Djokovic. While both he and Rafael Nadal had arrived in the clay court season full of uncertainty, only Djokovic had taken notable steps forward since. Nadal, meanwhile, still searched for his best form after his fractured rib. His preparation was complicated with a flareup of his chronic foot injury. His form in Paris was, so far, subpar. But this is Rafael Nadal. At Roland Garros. He is the man who has won 110 times in his home with…

An author is warning that the world’s current response to monkeypox in the form of lockdowns is signaling a road back to lockdowns, which she calls the “conditioning” of Americans toward a socialist society. Cheryl Chumley, the author of “LOCKDOWN: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom” and an opinion editor at The Washington Times, told Epoch TV’s “China Insider” program. According to the author, the current government and media reactions in response to monkeypox parallel a pattern of signals that led to COVID lockdowns. “If you watched as we moved from the coronavirus to the various variants, and now here we are with…

Internazionale are due to hold talks with Romelu Lukaku’s lawyer on Tuesday to explore a possible return to the club for the striker. Lukaku has endured a difficult first season back at Chelsea and would like to go back to Inter but a deal would be complicated given the Premier League club paid £97.5m last August. Inter have not yet held talks with Chelsea regarding a formula that could lead to a transfer, with a loan the only realistic possibility from the Italian club’s perspective. Lukaku’s representatives intend to speak to Chelsea soon to understand how they view his future. Lukaku scored 64 goals…

The UK civil service has paused its flagship graduate scheme for at least a year in order to reduce its number of staff. The scheme, known as the civil service fast stream, will not run in 2023 as it has in previous years. The decision was made at a Cabinet Office board meeting on 19 May, chaired by Stephen Barclay, the prime minister’s chief of staff. The move comes after the government said it wanted to cut 91,000 civil service roles in order to save money. The civil service fast stream is made up of 15 individual schemes, and graduates…

Russia’s Gazprom has cut off gas supplies to Dutch gas trader GasTerra after it had failed to comply with requirements to pay for deliveries in Russian rubles. GasTerra said in a statement on May 30 that it has “decided not to comply with Gazprom’s one-sided payment requirements.” Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a decree in March stating that from now on, Russian gas would have to be paid for in rubles, meaning that nations wanting to purchase gas would have to open both a euro and a ruble account with Gazprombank in Moscow. “GasTerra will not go along with Gazprom’s payment demands,” the partially state-owned company said. “This is because…

The former children’s commissioner for England has called for free school meals to be extended to all families on universal credit, while acknowledging that poverty has not been tackled in this country “well enough”. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, Anne Longfield, who is chairing a year-long commission on young lives, said she had supported the extension of free school meals to all families receiving the benefit for “some time”, adding that this was something Marcus Rashford and Henry Dimbleby had also called for. It came as teaching unions have written to the chancellor and education secretary asking for free school…

A senior minister has disputed claims Sue Gray was pressured to water down her report into law-breaking parties across Westminster, saying he is “confident” the investigation had been entirely independent. Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, dismissed suggestions that senior figures in Downing Street pushed for detail about the so-called “Abba party” in Boris Johnson’s flat during lockdown and staff members’ names to be stripped out. The allegations were reported in the Sunday Times, which said Gray was lobbied to alter key passages of her report on the eve of its publication by three people: Steve Barclay, the prime minister’s chief…