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The morning after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a "stay at home" order for London and southeast England to slow the spread of a new coronavirus strain, the capital's normally busy Oxford Circus and Oxford Street are largely deserted. IMAGES
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that his government will put in place the highest Covid-19 alert level in Greater Manchester, following the failure of attempts to negotiate with local leaders a funding package to help those hit by the restrictions. SOUNDBITE
Photos of Sir Bobby Charlton adorn the walls outside Old Trafford, while an homage to the Manchester United legend features on the stadium facade. Charlton, one of English football's all-time greats, passed away aged 86 on October 21. IMAGES
As Israel Prime Minister hosts his British counterpart Rishi Sunak, Benjamin Netanyahu tells him "this is our darkest hour. It’s the world’s darkest hour. We need to stand together and we need to win." SOUNDBITE
Britain's Prime Minister says there should not be a "rush to judgements" over who is responsible for a strike on the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, in which hundreds of people were killed. Palestinians and Arab countries have blamed Israel, which has rained bombs on Gaza in response to the bloody October 7 attack by Hamas -- but US President Biden has voiced support for Israel's position that a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket had struck the hospital. SOUNDBITE
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