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Newsday: 09/12/2021 07:06 GMT : Pressure on British PM over reports of a 2020 Christmas party

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09/12/2021 07:06 GMT : Pressure on British PM over reports of a 2020 Christmas party

Pressure on British PM over reports of a 2020 Christmas party

BBC World Service - Newsday, Pressure on British PM over reports of a 2020 Christmas party

Boris Johnsonn has asked for an inquiry into whether Covid rules had been broken

There are claims of at least three other gatherings in Downing Street, all denied but not fully explained.

We look into the reaction to the reports of a Christmas party and other gatherings in late 2020 in Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minister, while London was under Covid restrictions.

Pfizer has just announced that a three-shot course of its Covid vaccine was able to neutralise the new Omicron variant in a laboratory test. We assess the results and implications of this small scale test. 

And as the civil war in Ethiopia continues, the World Food Programme is suspending food distribution in some towns after its warehouses were looted.

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