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Poland’s incumbent president Andrzej Duda widened his lead in the presidential election, an updated late poll showed, a victory which if confirmed would allow the ruling nationalists to deepen their conservative reforms. The updated late poll combines exit poll data with official results for 99,97% of the polling stations that took part in the exit poll.more

Michael Gove has said that face coverings should not be made mandatory in shops in England, but that he would "encourage" people to wear them.more

A series of leading UK supermarkets have told Business Insider that they will never sell chlorinated chicken or hormone-injected beef from the US, in a blow to those pushing for UK food standards to be dropped in order to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with Trump.more

In most countries where Poles live, more voters have declared their willingness to vote in the second round of presidential elections than in the first round. Due to the epidemiological situation, elections abroad are taking place - with few exceptions - mainly in the form of correspondence.more

The chancellor has said he is "sorry" for not helping "everyone in exactly the way they would have wanted". Rishi Sunak said the government was "throwing everything" at stemming job losses with a £30bn stimulus package.more

Twenty-six pubs may be prosecuted for breaches of the public health regulations and licensing laws following the easing of the Covid-19 restrictions last week.more

The UK government has nominated former cabinet minister Liam Fox as its candidate to lead the World Trade Organization.more

President Donald Trump’s niece offers a scathing portrayal of her uncle in a new book, blaming a toxic family for raising a narcissistic, damaged man who poses an immediate danger to the public, according to a copy obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he took full responsibility for the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak, denying that he was trying to blame care workers for the spread of COVID-19.more

Climate protection, values, international leadership and solidarity in the face of the crisis are new EU priorities which were presented by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the European Parliament in Brussels.more

The British government will temporarily reduce VAT for the hotel and tourism sector, pay a one-time bonus (£ 1,000) to companies for keeping every vacation employee at work, and in August will subsidize food out of home.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Germany’s Angela Merkel that the UK is ready to do without a trade deal if the European Union (EU) is not prepared to compromise. more

Rishi Sunak has announced that every Brit will be given discount for restaurants in a "creative" new scheme to help save the hospitality industry. more

Ireland expects 1 million people to have downloaded a voluntary app to trace contacts of COVID-19 patients within 24 hours of its formal launch, which its health service operator said would make it the most successful launch in the world.more

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced that the coronavirus test was positive. Bolsonaro, 65, has repeatedly expressed skepticism about the threat to Covid-19 and has often diminished it.more

A dossier written by former British spies accused China of trying to influence elites in the British society, Sky News reported on Tuesday.more

The Kremlin has said it will take countermeasures against the UK after the British government imposed sanctions on Monday against senior Russian officials including a close ally of Vladimir Putin.more

Boris Johnson has been accused of trying to shift the blame for coronavirus deaths onto care homes.more

Forty-nine individuals and organisations involved in some of the most notorious human rights violations and abuses in recent years have been designated for sanctions under a powerful new regime established today by the UK, the Foreign Secretary has announced.more

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said the full reopening of pubs on 20 July “could be delayed” if the rules are not adhered to.more

Chinese ambassador in the United Kingdom accused London of serious interference and making irresponsible remarks about Beijing's implementation of the Hong Kong Security Act, which could harm future Chinese investments. more

The presidential debate, organized by TVP, will take place tonight in Końskie - TVP Information Center announced today. The second debate, organized by representatives of all media, will take place in Leszno. Both presidential candidates refused to take part in both debates simultaneously.more

Ireland will maintain its 14-day quarantine obligation for people arriving from abroad until at least July 20, yesterday's transport minister Eamon Ryan said.more

The acting leader of the Lib Dems Sir Ed Davey has written to Kent's police chief asking to investigate whether Nigel Farage broke lockdown rules by visiting the pub on Super Saturday. more

The father of Boris Johnson has defended his decision to fly to Greece via Bulgaria in order to “Covid-proof” his property there before he potentially rents it out.more