Bloomberg The battle for the future of Scotland has begun after a dramatic set of British election results left the UK starkly divided. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative party cemented its grip on Labour’s former heartlands in northern England, while in Scotland parties pushing to split away from the UK won a historic majority. That threw Johnson and Scottish National ...

Bloomberg Gunmen killed 12 police officers in weekend attacks targeting security agents in two of Nigeria’s oil-producing states in the Niger River Delta in an escalating conflict fuelled by secessionist tensions. Seven of the officers were killed in Rivers State in the southern part of the country, the police confirmed in an emailed statement. Authorities have blamed previous incidents on ...

Bloomberg The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is facing a fresh crisis when the pandemic recedes, with 4.7 million people stuck waiting for care, and will require significant spending and reform to survive, the government will say this week. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will vow to tackle the unprecedented backlog — which officials say is likely to get worse as ...