Boris Johnson is busy reshaping his inner circle after a fifth aide quits Number 10. Four senior aides resigned Thursday within hours, including the prime minister’s long-term ally Munira Mirza.
Human rights abuses are in the spotlight. On the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics, MPs joined a rally in central London calling for an end to the Chinese regime’s crimes against humanity and genocide.
China’s Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin say they seek to strengthen ties further. Putin is the highest-profile foreign leader in the opening ceremony of the Olympics, as Britain, the United States, and others joined in a diplomatic boycott.
