The European Union has imposed sanctions In some of Russian President Vladimir Putin's aides.The EU claims that the aides were involved in the poisoning of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, who is still recovering from what appears to be an attempt to assassinate him.

Steven Pankey, 69, who had unsuccessfully run for Idaho governor twice, was charged with the murder of 12 year old girl nearly 36 years ago.

Addressing MPs today in the House of Commons, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that, "Things will get worse before they get better. But I know that there are brighter skies and calmer seas ahead. But the ingenuity of science will find a way through."His statement came as London was moved into Tier 2 with tighter restrictions In the general public as coronavirus contagion rates rise. A journalist with the Daily Mail pointed out that, "Half of England will be living under local lockdowns from Friday night. A total of 27.7 million people will be in tier two and tier three. That is 49 percent of England's 56.3 million population."One region that has been threatened with Tier 3 is Greater Manchester, where politicians from the ruling Conservative party and the opposition Labour party alike are vehemently opposed to being placed in that tier.One Labour MP explained that, "For them [Conservative MPs] it's more about the libertarian aspect, whereas for us it's about the support package In offer. For us, tier 3 is guaranteed destitution. It"s not just the fact that you will have minimum wage earners seeing their income drop two-thirds to £5.60 an hour, but there"s also a question of eligibility for support."Hancock has meanwhile said that the decision In Greater Manchester will be postponed for the time being, but he continues to insist that "the threat from Covid is serious." He pointed out that over Europe, the number of cases has risen by around 40% and that the government must take action to prevent more deaths.

Speaking at the House of Commons today, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock stressed that the NHS was still able to cope with the situation, despite rising coronavirus cases."In London, we have not yet had to set up the NHS Nightingale again [similar to a field hospital] although we stand ready to do so if necessary," he said.He added that, "We now have a huge quantity of ventilators, we have the Nightingales for bed capacity and we have brought more people back into the NHS over the last six months and we have people In standby, retired NHS staff."

Left-wing organization criticizes current unity government for approving 'dangerous' construction in Judea and Samaria.

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Coronavirus Cabinet convened to discuss easing the current lockdown.

Associate Director General of the MInistry of Health Itamar Grotto has lashed out at the MInister of Education Yoav Galant (Likud) who denies any connection between schools reopening and Israel's second wave of the coronavirus."All the experts agree that the morbidity rate soared because of the reopening of the schools. Anyone who denies this will not change the facts of the matter," Grotto said.