After weeks of stalemate, there has been a shift in mood and gears in recent days, people familiar with the talks say
Of all the UK workers furloughed, about half have returned to their jobs full-time, while a third are partially furloughed and a 10th are out of work
Deaths rise by 523 to 35,541, the country's highest one-day death toll since before the end of the nationwide lockdown
Using supercomputer models and a chemical library of 500-billion molecules, raloxifene is being used in trials of 450 patients
Prime minister's own party reminds him of election promise to ‘level up’ the UK
Protests spread among some Muslim states after Macron defends free speech following knife attack outside a French school
Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of breaking a truce agreed to in Washington
Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine candidate produces an immune response in old and young adults, and may be ready soon
Platio’s co-founder says the product is simple and can provide renewable energy for households
Lukashenko’s refusal to quit after 26 years in power will test if the opposition has the mass support it needs to bring enterprise to a halt
After Brexit Britain’s exporters will have to complete a raft of paperwork and navigate multiple IT systems to gain entry to Europe
New measures are immediate and will require all regions except the Canary Islands to impose an overnight curfew
The departure of Lopez, a political prisoner since 2014, will be a blow to an already weakened opposition under Juan Guaido
Trump, who is trailing in opinion polls, has accused Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, of unethical practices in Ukraine
Rome takes action as infection rates rebound, putting pressure on health services and the economy
Global body advises steps to protect financial systems in case of slow global economic recovery
In the largely Catholic country, the ruling bans abortions even due to foetal defects, the most common of the few legal grounds for abortion
The French government has suggested to the fishing industry that compromises be made, according to an MP in Paris
A deal is edging ever closer, but fishing — an emotive subject rather than a financial one for the UK — remains a sticking point
UK has made regaining control of its fishing grounds a central demand in a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU
