Biden’s press secretary assessments constructive for Covid-19
Joe Biden’s press secretary has examined constructive for Covid-19, one of many highest-ranking members of his administration to contract coronavirus.
Jen Psaki stated she final noticed the US president 5 days in the past, and dropped out of the delegation to the G20 assembly in Rome and COP26 summit in Glasgow after members of her family examined constructive for the virus on Wednesday.
She and the president sat outdoor “greater than six toes aside, and wore masks” on Tuesday, Psaki added.
Biden, who at 78 is in a high-risk bracket, has been absolutely vaccinated with the Pfizer jab and acquired a booster shot late final month.
He has to this point met Pope Francis and European leaders together with the UK’s Boris Johnson, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Italy’s Mario Draghi throughout his go to.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request about Biden’s most up-to-date Covid-19 outcomes.
Learn extra about Covid-19 and the Biden workforce here.
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democrats safe basic election victory
Fumio Kishida secured a bigger-than-expected victory for the Liberal Democrats in Japan’s basic election regardless of a nationwide weariness towards the ruling get together’s near-decade-long grip on energy.
The LDP was on Sunday night set to retain majority management of the Eating regimen’s decrease home, in accordance with state broadcaster NHK, sparing the brand new prime minister a humiliation that may have jeopardised his management.
However the races for most of the get together’s main figures have been extraordinarily shut, a measure of the citizens’s frustration with the lengthy LDP rule. Akira Amari, LDP get together secretary-general and an architect of Japan’s new “financial safety” technique, misplaced his seat and has informed Kishida he would resign his submit, in accordance with NHK.
As of 1am native time, NHK stated the LDP had gained 253 seats, down from 276 earlier than the election however sufficient for it to hold on to single-party management of the 465-seat decrease home. Its coalition companion Komeito took 28 seats, down from 29.
Learn extra about Japan’s election here.
UK-France stand-off over post-Brexit fishing rights deepens
The UK and France remained at odds on Sunday over the deepening diplomatic spat on post-Brexit fishing rights, as each international locations stated the onus was on the opposite to discover a resolution.
French president Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, held a 30-minute tête-à-tête on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome, however Downing Avenue and the Elysée Palace launched contrasting statements on the assembly.
Tensions over fishing rights have been simmering for months after the UK did not difficulty permits for some small French boats to fish in British waters below the Brexit settlement.
Paris on Wednesday introduced it will improve customs and sanitary controls on freight, make stricter checks of vehicles coming in and leaving France, and ban trawlers from touchdown their catch in French ports if the dispute was not resolved by Tuesday.
Learn extra concerning the fishing rights dispute here.
Cancelled trains trigger journey chaos forward of COP26 local weather summit
Practice companies have been cancelled from London Euston to Glasgow and passengers have been suggested to keep away from all non-essential journey as transport chaos overshadowed arrivals on the eve of the COP26 local weather summit.
With all eyes on Britain as host of the worldwide local weather talks, 1000’s of delegates noticed their journeys curtailed due to storm harm in England’s midlands, thought to have been attributable to fallen timber throughout weekend storms.
The UK rail community got here below added stress in a while Sunday after a prepare collision close to Salisbury left a number of individuals injured and blocked a line.
Amongst these caught within the giant crowds caught on the central London stations of Euston and King’s Cross was Lord Zac Goldsmith, the setting minister, who was making an attempt to make his option to Glasgow for the summit.
Learn extra concerning the journey chaos here.
What to observe in Asia in the present day
Manufacturing PMIs: Knowledge shall be reported from a variety of international locations together with Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan and South Korea. The Caixin China Manufacturing Buying Managers’ Index may even be launched, simply after the nation’s official PMI fell into contraction territory for a second consecutive month.
Official knowledge: Hong Kong releases its third-quarter gross home product figures, whereas South Korea proclaims its October commerce stability. Some economists see South Korean exports as a bellwether for worldwide commerce.
