Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
Setting aside usual norms Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron demonstrated the unusual reality of international diplomacy in the COVID-19 era. Adhering to social distancing norms by standing apart on either side of a strip of red carpet outside Number 10 Downing Street, Macron put his palms together and offered a small bow and Johnson reciprocated.
Vera Lynn, the singer who became the nation’s symbol of hope during World War Two and again during the coronavirus pandemic with her song “We’ll Meet Again” died at 103.
The government has approved 3.5 billion pounds to ensure rail services are operational, junior transport minister Chris Heaton-Harris said in parliament.
President Donald Trump assailed the US Supreme Court’s “horrible” decisions, referring to recent rulings that gay and transgender workers come under the ambit of federal employment laws and blocking his bid to do away with legal protection for immigrants known as “Dreamers.”
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii in the wake of deteriorating ties between the two nations. It was their first meeting since last year.
Saudi Arabia has come out with a framework to end the latest standoff in southern Yemen between nominal allies under a Saudi-led coalition, as violence with the Iran-aligned Houthi movement escalates in the north of the country.
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