Covid: UK start to pandemic worst public health failure ever, MPs say
Government too slow to lock down and test-and-trace was chaotic, but jabs rollout a success, MPs say. BBC News – UK
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US couple accused of selling nuclear submarine secrets
A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife allegedly sold the secret data to an undercover FBI agent. BBC News – US & Canada
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Army launches offensive on all fronts – rebels
Artillery, tanks, jets and drones are being used to reinvade the Tigray region, rebel forces say. BBC News – Africa
Kraft Heinz says people must get used to higher food prices
The boss of the food giant says rising prices are partly due to pandemic disruption. BBC News – Business
Iraqis vote in first parliamentary election since 2019 mass protests
The election was brought forward by six months in response to unprecedented nationwide unrest. BBC News – Middle East
Guatemala police free 126 migrants from abandoned container
Police say the mainly Haitian migrants were left by smugglers paid to take them to the US. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean