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According to her brother, a body has been discovered in the search for a British woman who was swept away by the tsunami in Tonga. Angela Glover died trying to save her dogs, and her family was "devastated," according to Nick Eleini. Her body was discovered by her husband James, who had managed to cling to a tree when the tsunami hit after an undersea volcano erupted, he claimed. "Angela and James enjoyed the Tongan people and loved their life in Tonga," Mr Eleini added. Mr Eleini, speaking outside their mother's home in Hove, said that Angela, 50, was born in Brighton and had lived in Tonga since marrying James. They were "well-loved by locals and ex-pats alike," he claimed, because he ran the Happy Sailor tattoo parlour, which employed and trained Tongans, and she started the Tongan Animal Welfare Society. Mr Eleini said Angela had a "strong love of dogs" and that her organization harbored and treated stray animals before trying to find the

Heavy snow and ice have blanketed areas of the United States and Canada, putting more than 80 million people under weather warnings. In several south-eastern regions, more than 145,000 people are without electricity, and thousands of flights have been canceled. North and South Carolina, as well as Virginia and Georgia, have all proclaimed states of emergency. The National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States predicts more than a foot (30 cm) of snow in certain regions. The NWS cautioned that snow and ice could cause "dangerous travel, power outages, and tree damage." According to the Associated Press news agency, highway patrols reported hundreds of automobile accidents. On Sunday morning, officials in Canada's Ontario province, which shares a border with New York state, issued storm warnings for much of the south. Toronto, the province's capital and largest city, is expected to receive seven inches (20 cm) of snow. According to the FlightAware data tracking web

In England, the minimum self-isolation period for people who test positive for Covid-19 has been reduced to five days. Following a review of the medical evidence, the quarantine period has been reduced to help alleviate staff shortages across the economy. However, on days five and six of their isolation, people must produce negative lateral flow tests. Meanwhile, 16 and 17-year-olds in England can now book a booster shot or visit a walk-in vaccination center. In the beginning, invitations will be sent to the 40,000 teenagers who received a second vaccine dose at least three months ago. More than 600,000 people aged 16 and 17 who have received two doses will eventually be eligible for the booster. In addition, approximately 500 clinically vulnerable 12- to 15-year-olds who are most at risk from coronavirus will be able to receive a booster. Day zero, according to isolation rules, is the day symptoms appear or people test positive. The first day of the isolation period is the following d

Two teenagers were arrested in England as part be of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a Texas synagogue on Saturday. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, of Blackburn, was shot dead by police after a standoff in Colleyville. The ages and genders of the two people arrested in south Manchester on Sunday evening were not revealed. Greater Manchester Police said it was in contact with local communities and would continue to assist with the US investigation. The two teenagers were arrested "as part of the ongoing investigation into the attack," according to the police, and are being held in custody for questioning. According to US police sources, Akram entered the country two weeks ago through New York's JFK International Airport. Akram's brother Gulbar confirmed his death in a Facebook post on the Blackburn Muslim Community page. He apologized to the victims and stated that his brother had mental health issues. The Met Police had previously confirmed that counter-te

According to a new Oxfam International report released on Monday, the wealth of the world's top ten men has more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, fueling inequality that contributes to the deaths of at least 21,300 people every day. "We enter 2022 with unprecedented concern," warns Oxfam's Inequality Kills (to add link) report, arguing that the world's current state of extreme inequality is a form of "economic violence" against the world's poorest people and nations. In this deeply unequal world, structural and systemic policy and political choices are skewed in favor of the richest and most powerful, causing harm to the vast majority of ordinary people worldwide, according to the report, which cited the COVID-19 vaccine divide as an example. "Millions of people would be alive today if they had received a vaccine — but they are dead, denied a chance while big pharmaceutical corporations maintain monopoly control of these technologie