Friday 26th February, Daily Roundup

Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.

Local News

Queen Elizabeth, who got the COVID-19 shot last month, encouraged Britons to get vaccinated, saying that it did not hurt and those who were wary should give a thought about others.

A woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl in order to join the Islamic State should not be allowed to return to Britain in a bid to challenge the government revoking her citizenship as she poses a security risk, ruled the Supreme Court.

Oxford University said it was monitoring a digital intrusion after a researcher said he saw evidence that a laboratory conducting research on COVID-19 had been hacked.

World News

In what is seen as a retaliatory measure against rocket attacks on US targets in Iraq, President Joe Biden directed the military to carry out air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities backed by Iran.

Russia’s prison authority head said that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had been shifted from Moscow to a detention centre to serve the 2-1/2 year sentence, reported the RIA news agency.

Two political rights groups championing democracy have left Hong Kong and moved abroad after they were unnerved by a national security law stoking fears of an erosion of freedoms under Beijing control.

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