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Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the move in the House of Commons as he revealed that 103 cases of the so-called Indian variant had been identified in the UK, of which the "vast majority have links to international travel".

Responding to the threat of the new Covid-19 variant, the UK has added India to its “red list”, effective Friday 3am GMT. This means that anyone not a resident of the UK or Ireland, or a British citizen, cannot enter the UK if they have been to India in the previous 10 days.

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Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has died at the age of 99 after seven decades at the heart of public life as consort to Queen Elizabeth II.

“It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

"His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle."

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Britain’s Prince Harry will relinquish his honorary military appointments and patronages after confirming to Queen Elizabeth II that he and his wife Meghan Markle will not return as working royals, Buckingham Palace announced Friday.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as they are formally known, rocked the British monarchy when they quit frontline royal duties a year ago.

They have since embarked on a new life involving several commercial ventures in the United States, and now live in California.

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A Belarusian court sentenced two Belarusian journalists from Poland-based TV news channel Belsat to two years in prison on Thursday, accusing them of orchestrating protests against President Alexander Lukashenko that they had filmed.

Katsiaryna Andreyeva, 27, and Darya Chultsova, 23, were detained in November in an apartment which they had been using as a vantage point to film demonstrations over the death of a protester killed several days earlier.

Both women pleaded not guilty. They appeared in a cage at the hearing on Thursday, hugging and making “V” for victory signs. Their lawyer said they would appeal the verdict.

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A former French Secretary of State has been jailed for raping and sexually assaulting a colleague. 

Georges Tron, 63, who is now the Mayor of Draveil, was found guilty by the Paris Appeal Court late on Wednesday evening, February 17 after originally being cleared of the charges in 2018.

Mr. Tron, a former conservative Secretary of State under President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison with two suspended.

As soon as the verdict was handed down, he was led away to the court cells before being taken to La Santé prison in Paris.

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