LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Faith communities across the UK can feel safer, thanks to record levels of funding for protective security announced today. Up to £73.4 million in funding will be available in 2026 to 2027 through the government's different protective security schemes for Jewish, Muslim and other faith sites. This funding will pay for on-site security staff and equipment such as CCTV, fencing, intruder alarms and floodlight...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: January saw sustained levels of space activity, with similar levels of uncontrolled re-entries and generally similar levels of collision alerts to those issued in December. The exception was space weather, which saw increased activity. AllNSpOC warning and protection services were functioning throughout the period. Re-entry analysis January saw a slight reduction in the number of objects re-entering Earth's at...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: Our dedicated team remains committed to conducting thorough and independent investigations, working to improve aviation safety and prevent future accidents. In addition to supporting victims and families involved in accidents investigated by the UK AAIB, in June 2025, we deployed a team to visit the site of the accident to Air India Flight 171 and remain available to provide information to the families of UK vic...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) hastoday, 19February 2026,approved zanidatamab (Ziihera) for use in adults to treat biliary tract cancer (cancer of the structures that store and transport bile) whose cancer hashigh levelsof a protein called HER2 and has progressed afterprevioustreatment. Zanidatamab is used when the cancer cannot be removed by surgeryand has spread tonearbytissueso...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: We express grave concern over the continued deadly unlawful attacks on civilians, civilian infrastructure and humanitarian operations as heavy fighting across the Kordofan and Darfur States continues. The recent severe escalation in drone and aerial attacks including those affecting displaced civilians, health facilities, food convoys and areas near humanitarian compounds have resulted in a significant number of ...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * First-ever AI Strategy for UK Research and Innovation(UKRI) marks bold plan to make AI deliver for UK'scutting-edgescience and research efforts, supporting breakthroughs from health to clean energy and beyond * AI ambitions for UK's largest public research funder backed by record £1.6 billion,directly targeted atthe AI sector between now and the end of the decade * From screening for cancer to harnessing ...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Major new research programmes backed by the governmentand delivered throughUKRIwilldrive innovation in healthcare, cleaner energy and advanced manufacturing. * Pioneering medical imaging centres across the UK will help doctors detect diseases earlier and speed up treatment for patients. * Tidal energy testing expanded in Orkney - cementing Scotland's place as a clean energy superpower and unlocking greener powe...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: * Government orders tech platforms to detect and remove intimate images shared without consent * Firms put on notice that any non-consensual intimate image that is flagged to them must be taken down in under 48 hours * Government clear that tacklingintimate image abuse should be treated with the same severity the same as child sexual abuse material and terrorist content Tech companies will be ordered to take dow...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: UK patients could be among the first in the world to benefit from breakthrough medical devices, as clinical investigations reach their highest level on record in 2025. New figures from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) show a 17 per cent rise in approved clinical investigations compared with last year, as companies increasingly choose Great Britain to test cutting-edge health technol...
LONDON, Feb. 19 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news: The findings of this UN report are truly horrific - atrocities including systematic starvation, torture, killings, rape and deliberate ethnic targeting used on the most horrendous scale during the Rapid Support Forces siege of El Fasher. The UK called for this report to be commissioned by the UN in November to hold perpetrators of these vile atrocities to account, and today I will take its conclusions to the cha...