Becoming first Jewish movement in Britain to permit interfaith nuptials beneath a chuppah, group says move aims to recognize and celebrate the diversity of Jewish life in 2020

Health secretary says UK trying to avoid such a move, which would make it only the second advanced country after Israel to reimpose a closure

UK sees over 3,000 new cases in 24 hours for the third day in a row; France, Austria and Czech Republic also report surges; Brazil charts more than 131,000 deaths

Top US diplomat accuses countries of 'siding with ayatollahs'; Russia withdraws request for UN meeting to extend sanctions relief after apparent US move to block summit

Small-scale and non-peer-reviewed research shows inhaling the protein interferon beta reduces likelihood of developing severe disease by 79%

Analysis shows renewed outbreak focused more in Arab community, less in Haredi areas; study finds compliance with distancing rules fell when restaurants were reopened

Netanyahu hailed initial success in containing outbreak, but powerful second wave attracts global focus, with experts looking at Jewish state to try and learn what went wrong

UK also leaves Israel off list of countries from where visitors will be exempt from having to self-isolate starting July 10 amid continued surge in numbers in Jewish state

Stabbing attack suspect, a Libyan refugee, reportedly left prison earlier this month, was on MI5's watch list

UK authorities say counterterrorism investigators taking over probe into attack in Reading; 25-year-old man, reportedly a Libyan national, in custody