Francesca Gillett

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Badenoch says anonymous critics are 'cowards'Francesca GillettPA MediaConservative leader Kemi Badenoch has rejected criticism of her leadership, saying anonymous critics from within her party are "cowards". "I'm not afraid of cowards," she told BBC Newsnight. Two anonymous Tories used an article in the Critic magazine to call for her to stand down, as the party braces for potential heavy losses in this Thursday's local elections in England.

2 months ago | businessandamerica.com | Francesca Gillett

Germany’s foreign intelligence service believed there was a 80-90% chance that coronavirus accidentally leaked from a Chinese lab, German media say. Two German newspapers say they have uncovered details of an assessment carried out by spy agency BND in 2020 but never published. The intelligence service had indications that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been carrying out experiments where viruses are modified to become more transmissible to humans for research, they say.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Francesca Gillett

German spy agency 'believed Covid likely started in lab'Francesca GillettGetty ImagesGermany's foreign intelligence service believed there was a 80-90% chance that coronavirus accidentally leaked from a Chinese lab, German media say. Two German newspapers say they have uncovered details of an assessment carried out by spy agency BND in 2020 but never published.

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Next James Bond should be British, Pierce Brosnan saysFrancesca GillettGetty ImagesPierce Brosnan in GoldenEye, his first Bond film, in 1995Actor Pierce Brosnan has said it is a "given" that the next James Bond should be British. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, the former Bond also said he thought it was the "right decision" for the franchise's long-standing producers to hand creative control to Amazon. "It takes great courage for them to let go," said Brosnan, who is Irish.