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France to ease UK COVID travel restrictions on Jan. 14: Government

France said it will ease coronavirus-related travel curbs introduced last month on travellers from Britain, enabling tourists to visit from Friday provided a negative COVID test is obtained.

The government has decided to end the ban on non-essential travel, announced on December 16 when “the epidemic was spreading at a spectacular rate in the United Kingdom,” the prime minister’s office said Thursday.

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Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond

Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened – heightening growing fears of famine and “widespread death” from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, UN agencies warned on Wednesday.

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Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond

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Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency

Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves – a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the UN weather agency said on Monday.