Boris Johnson

UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds

UK inquiry finds Boris Johnson’s delayed lockdown and chaotic leadership contributed to around an additional 23,000 COVID deaths.

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BORIS JOHNSON, one of many contenders for the Conservative leadership
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Rabbi Menachem Margolin EJA Chairman in a tour of Auschwitz.

'It can happen again,' former UK PM Boris Johnson says at Birkenau

During the visit, the Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands, Binyomin Jacobs, shared how his father, a Holocaust survivor, warned him to always keep money at hand because Jews are never truly safe.

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Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the European Jewish Conference in Krakow, November 2025.

'Strange to see intellectuals supporting Hamas': Boris Johnson speaks on Palestinian recognition

Johnson called the West's sympathy with Palestine a "strange paradox" in his recent appearance at a European Jewish Association conference in Krakow.

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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference about recognizing Palestinian statehood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 30, 2025

Recognizing a Palestinian state: A political strategy or a path to peace? - opinion

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada has plans to recognize a Palestinian state because “the expansion of Israeli settlements” annoys him.

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Boris Johnson wishes Jewish Britons a Happy Passover in message

Johnson acknowledged that the holiday would be celebrated again in isolation for many with the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing.

MARCH 26, 2021BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson seen in public for the first time since his self-isolation ended, leaves Downing Street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, November 26, 2020.

Is Sheikha Latifa alive? UK asks Dubai

Dubai is now under growing international pressure to allow Latifa, who tried to flee in 2018 in a dinghy but was brought back by commando units from India, to go free.

FEBRUARY 17, 2021ByREUTERS
United Arab Emirates' Sheikha Latifa al-Maktoum listens to the national anthem after winning the Dubai Grand Prix Show Jumping Championship over 1.50 m fences on her mount Peanuts De Beaufour February 2, 2013.

Boris Johnson calls ultra-Orthodox forced marriages 'despicable, inhuman'

Forced marriages have "no place whatsoever in Britain or anywhere in the world," PM's spokesperson said.

FEBRUARY 12, 2021BySARAH CHEMLA
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on BBC TV's The Andrew Marr Show in London, UK, January 3, 2021

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine plant partially evacuated due to bomb threat

AstraZeneca has agreed to supply Britain with 100 million doses of the vaccine.

JANUARY 27, 2021ByREUTERS
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photograph with a vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 candidate vaccine, known as AZD1222, at Wockhardt's pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wrexham, Wales, Britain November 30, 2020.

Britain says new COVID-19 variant may carry higher risk of death

Despite the higher risk, evidence showed that both vaccines being used in the country were effective against it.

JANUARY 22, 2021ByREUTERS
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson seen in public for the first time since his self-isolation ended, leaves Downing Street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, November 26, 2020.

England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages

The new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom and now present in many other countries was spreading at great speed.

JANUARY 5, 2021ByREUTERS
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on BBC TV's The Andrew Marr Show in London, UK, January 3, 2021

UK parliament approves Brexit trade deal with EU, both look to future

Britain and the European Union signed the deal on Wednesday and the British parliament will finalize its implementation, ending over four years of negotiation.

DECEMBER 31, 2020ByREUTERS
Participants hold a British Union flag and an EU flag during a pro-EU referendum event at Parliament Square in London, Britain June 19, 2016.

Solar energy will help us strengthen Israeli-Arab peace, Netanyahu says

"Israel is completely committed to the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by the year 2050," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the International Climate Change Committee.

DECEMBER 13, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
A worker walks next to parabolic mirrors at the research site of solar power company Brenmiller Energy near Dimona

UK PM appoints Dan Rosenfield as new chief of staff

A native of Manchester, Rosenfield established a solid background in financial consulting experience before his appointment.

NOVEMBER 27, 2020BySARAH BEN-NUN
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson seen in public for the first time since his self-isolation ended, leaves Downing Street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, November 26, 2020.

UK accidentally leaves Trump in background of Biden congratulatory tweet

It appeared to show Trump's name, the words "second term" and "on the future of this" in the background of the tweet congratulating Biden.

NOVEMBER 10, 2020ByREUTERS
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson