Mr Johnson greeted Mr Macron with an awkward elbow bump as the pair then patted each other on the arm before the latter spoke to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

The Queen urged world leaders to 'earn a place in history' and 'answer the call of those future generations' in an impassioned speech to representatives at the COP26 summit tonight.

Newly-published minutes from JCVI meetings show that the UK advisory group first looked at whether letting 12 to 15-year-olds catch Covid naturally was better than vaccinating them in spring.

Former Monty Python star Terry Gilliam, 80, was set to co-direct Stephen Sondheim's musical Into The Woods next year, but The Old Vic unexpectedly cancelled it last week.

Reverend Mike Hall had been working away in North Wales when he received a call from his neighbours who informed him someone was in his Luton home.

Martin Jones picked up £5,000 to £10,000 on top of his £85,000-£90,000 salary in each of the past two financial years. One payout covers the year the board released black cab rapist John Worboys.

A mere 475 made the crossing in October 2020, compared to 2,669 last month. The massive increase means that a total of 19,741 migrants have made the crossing so far this year.

The leaders appeared in high spirits as they capped off their first day at the COP26 climate conference last night with a lavish royal reception in Glasgow.

Macron confirmed today that will not go ahead with retaliatory measures against Britain, which just hours ago he promised to implement at midnight, instead saying he would resume talks on Tuesday.

Tunnelling work is due to begin in Long Itchington Wood, Warwickshire, as part of phase one of the HS2 high-speed rail line, which will run between Birmingham and London.

The Duchess of Cambridge, who previously volunteered with the Scouts and was a Brownie growing up, appeared in good spirits during the outdoor engagement.

In a damning report, MPs accused transport chiefs and civil servants of pressing ahead with the roads despite 'major concerns'. More than 50 people died on the roads in the four years to 2019.

From today, all motorists who enter the terminal forecourts at Heathrow Airport - however briefly - will be required to pay the £5 charge online during the same day.

The advice will not apply where complex language and cultural knowledge is tested, like in English and history, but will be relevant in maths and science, particularly in scenario-style questions.

One in three (34 per cent) said a dead plant was the worst gift they'd ever opened under the Christmas tree, with out-of-date chocolates in joint second (29 per cent).

Boris Johnson has insisted that although he is against 'more coal' the potential opening of a new colliery near Whitehaven in Cumbria is a decision for local planning authorities, not him.

The Department of Health's daily update showed there were 40,077 positive tests across the UK in the last 24 hours, up by 9.3 per cent on the previous week.

Amanda Owen, 47, spoke to OK! magazine and said she and husband Clive, 66, are 'on the same side.' The interview came shortly before they revealed like any marriage, they 'have stresses and strains.'

The cost of a travel insurance policy to cover illness can double when people hit 70, according to research by consumer group Which?

Halloween revellers across the UK showed off their spooky streaks on Sunday as they hit the nation's pubs and clubs in style.

One teenager filmed inside one carriage that was tipping over and said: 'F*** me. We are literally on our side' before zooming in on an injured man and saying: 'That guy's face is mashed'.

Keith Hall, 62, killed 19-year-old Rachel Wilson in 2002 and then left her naked body on farmland on the outskirts of Middlesbrough.

Georgia Thomas, 26, from Swansea, South Wales, engaged in 'sexual activity' with the 15-year-old boy in her care and sent him a string of sexual text messages, a disciplinary panel heard.

Anthony Williams, 43, from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, threatened a woman's children and tried to rape the mother in an attack on May 17 on a cycle path near Haverfordwest.

The woman, named locally as Dawn Walker, was found dead in the Aysgarth Avenue area of Lightcliffe, near Brighouse. Friends described Dawn as a kind and friendly woman who did things for others

Eddie Achunche attacked his neighbour with a power drill in a row about noise in Harlow. The court heard the drill bit penetrated the victim's brain as Achunche was locked up for four and a half years.

Justin Welby said he was sorry for 'offence caused to Jews' after making the remarks in an interview at the COP26 summit.

They were stills from a video apparently taken by the officers themselves on a mobile phone during a holiday weekend in May when they were deployed near the Brandenburg Gate.

Jes Staley, boss of Barclays, said he will step down with immediate effect, with the bank's board saying it is "disappointed" with the outcome of the Financial Conduct Authority report.

The photographs show the legendary crime writer (left) celebrating her 81st birthday with friends on Dartmoor, Devon, in 1971, five years before her death in 1976.

EXCLUSIVE: Jondy Ward, from Burtonport, County Donegal, was arrested along with his seven crew in the sea off the Normandy coast last week by the French Maritime Gendarmerie.

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, from Solihull, was allegedly killed after suffering systemic abuse which matched the 'medical definition of child torture'.

Darren Turner, 46, was nearly twice the drink-drive limit when he lost control of his Ferrari California in Oversley Mill, Warwickshire, on July 23 last year.

A teenage killer driver who ended the lives of five people in a horror crash aged just 15 has been caught back behind the wheel again  - with no licence, insurance or MOT.

Girlguiding shared a Tweet to 'raise awareness and understanding' of asexuality but came under fire from parents who said a youth group was not the place to teach children about sexuality.

The former glamour model originally suggested her stay at The Priory was over on Sunday by returning to social media with a photo of herself alongside son Harvey and fiancé Carl Woods.

Office for National Statistics said the Covid mortality rate among the unvaccinated was 849.7 per 100,000. But among those who had got both jabs it was 26.2 per 100,000.

The royal, 61, has been spotted driving near Windsor Castle in a Range Rover while wearing a maroon coloured jumper, which appears to be emblazoned with the crest of the Grenadier Guards.

As representatives of 200 nations gather in Glasgow to thrash out a deal to try to limit global warming to 1.5C, thousands of officers were in place and have erected a ring of steel.

Mother-of-one Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was found in a septic tank behind the Lions Court Hotel in Nanyuki, close to the British Army training camp, two months after she disappeared in 2012.

The Queen's British granddaughter revealed a glimpse of her eight-month-old firstborn playing with a soft, yellow Minion toy while sporting a blue costume, featuring five eyes and orange horns.

As Her Majesty missed the COP26 conference in Glasgow, the monarch was behind the wheel of her green Jaguar that she uses to ferry her beloved corgis for a morning walk on her Berkshire estate.

Monty Python told us to 'always look on the bright side of life', but it seems optimism isn't as ingrained in human nature as previously thought, a new study led by the University of Bath claims.

Gunner Joshua Holt, formerly of the Royal Artillery, raped his fellow soldier after watching TV with her in her room, Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire was told.

The Love Island couple channelled Tommy's forte as he transformed into a dead boxer as the influencer was his spooky ring girl - meanwhile Michelle pulled out all the stops to be Tina Turner.

Earl Spencer, 56, shared a glimpse of the carnage at Althorp House in Northampton, where he grew up with the late Princess Diana, posting a clip to his Twitter page.

The British Burn Association is warning against the viral 'honeycomb challenge' because of injuries sustained while melting down sugar at high temperatures.

EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: The north London outfit struggled to find a replacement for Jose Mourinho and saw a number of top choice bosses turn them down before going for Nuno.

Jen Atkin, from Ulceby, Lincolnshire, who won the beauty pageant crown last year, appeared on Good Morning Britain today to discuss Alice Evans claims.

The £44.7million sum covering July to September takes the total refunded since the beginning of pension freedoms in 2015 to almost £800million.

Terrified pedestrians and motorists were left watching in horror as a group of thugs fired explosives across a high street in Stamford Hill, north London, at around 10.30pm last night.

Jo Flower, 37 and her husband Rob, 48, are known among their community for marking events with audacious decorations. 'We do it every year and never have any problems,' said Jo.

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On the track Verry Elleegant stormed to victory in the Melbourne Cup but in the stands it was slightly less elegant with trackside revellers chugging champagne straight out of the bottle.

The environmental activists hoped to blockade the motorway at junction 23 for the South Mimms service station in Hertfordshire this morning, but police stopped them getting onto the road.

Cameron Thrower was one of 13 people hurt when two passenger trains crashed in the Fisherton tunnel near Salisbury at 6.45pm on Sunday in which seventeen people were injured.

The man is said to be severely injured after he wielding the weapon while threatening security at Saint-Lazare station, one of the busiest stations in the French capital.

As heads of Government discussed what could be done to save the planet from ruin, Greta Thunberg riled up her fellow activists in Glasgow with a chant of: 'You can shove your climate crisis up your a***'.

Police have released home surveillance footage of Heidi Planck leaving her home in the Reynier Village district of Los Angeles on October 17.

Dr Richard Vautrey, the chair of the BMA's GP committee, has said he will step down later this month. He was accused of being 'tone deaf' over his stance on face-to-face appointments.

Civil rights leader Bob Woodson, condemned Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Monday for underlining the race of teachers in Virginia's public school system.

Royal watchers have said the decision not to namecheck her environmentalist grandson was a 'glaring' omission because the Duke of Sussex and Meghan are vocal about green issues.

Diane Douglas, 58, from Colton, near Norwich, was reported missing from her farmhouse that resides in a quiet village on October 21. A man has been charged with murder.

China has battled widespread power cuts in recent months - particularly in its industrialised northeast - that have disrupted energy supply chains.

Gloria Williams, 35, appeared in Houston court Monday and had a lawyer assigned to represent her as she faces charges stemming from the killing of her 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.

The public should be worried about China's growing military and hypersonic missile tests said the nation's highest ranking general, echoing previous concerns by top military brass.

President Biden's whirlwind European tour appears to be catching up with him, as the 78-year-old was caught resting his eyes during the opening remarks of the COP26 climate conference.

Mother-of-one Dawn Voice-Cooper, 76, listened to Nick Drake's Day is Done before dying surrounded by her friends at the Lifecircle clinic in Basel, Switzerland.

Environment Secretary George Eustice said the scallop vessel Cornelis Gert Jan 'has now been released' after being accused of fishing without a licence and detained at Le Havre.

Liberal senator Andrew Bragg wants Bitcoin investors to pay less tax and is proposing new laws to stop cryptocurrency speculators from being stung by the taxman.

President Joe Biden capped off his first day at the COP26 climate conference on Monday with a royal reception from Prince Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Protesters in Manhattan on Monday accused the mayor of 'throwing us to the trash' as his vaccine mandate for all municipal workers came into force. In Staten Island, protesters were arrested.

The Cup is a breakthrough in the nation's most famous race for New Zealand-born horseman Chris Waller and his countryman James McDonald, the all-conquering hoop.

Former Vice President Mike Pence was asked by a student in Iowa why he didn't  overturn the 2020 election on January 6 at Trump's request. 'James Madison,' was Pence's response.

World leaders engaged in a spot of dinner-time diplomacy last night ahead of the last 'full' day of the COP26 summit today.

Why no horse died in the Melbourne Cup this year, after six race deaths since 2014.

Dual Adelaide AFLW premiership defender and ICU nurse Deni Varnhagen joined other healthcare workers in Adelaide in protesting about mandatory vaccination.

The video from October shows the three puppies desperate to play with their neighbour, Billy the Bengal cat, in their Sydney backyard.

Queens man James Reyes, 33, was arrested on Sunday after he falsely claimed a seven-year-old boy with Down syndrome was in the back of his stolen red Ford Mustang

Snake catcher Stu McKenzie was called to a Sunshine Coast property to retrieve a pair of brown tree snakes mating in the family's air-conditioning unit.

A court was played the shocking triple-0 calls from the night where a former NRL allegedly assaulted his fiancée after finding her being intimate with his teammate.

Speaking to demonstrators outside the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, Greta Thunberg said: 'No more blaa blaa blaa, no more whatever the f*** they are doing inside there.'

The Indian premier shared the awkward moment with Guterres as they met at the start of the Glasgow conference. Modi has been pictured getting cozy with several leaders over the first days of Cop26.

Jacinda Ardern has shut down a press conference after being heckled by an anti-vax journalist from far-right news program, Counterspin Media.

A cunning tradie has looked to pull off the ultimate sickie to ensure he can enjoy himself with his mates at this year's Melbourne Cup. 

Millions of students across NSW can look forward to more freedoms in the classroom just weeks after they returned to school for face to face learning.

Durst is serving a life sentence in California for killing a confidante who helped him cover up Kathie Durst's slaying.

Researchers at Cambridge University concluded the shift towards phone and video appointments is proving 'disastrous' for many patients.

Veteran commentator and horse racing tragic Bruce McAvaney has offered up his last-minute tips for the Melbourne Cup. He told Sunrise he'd back the favourite but Sir Lucan was his best roughie.

Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said on Tuesday said he had told Tim Smith he would not be re-appointed to the front bench and urged not to contest the 2022 state election.

A sizeable number of Australians want the Reserve Bank to increase interest rates, even though this would mean more pain for borrowers.

Victoria Police have arrested nine Melbourne Cup protesters over a plot to dump a truck load of manure at the entrance way to Flemington Racecourse.

A Coles customer was shocked to see their local supermarket displaying a popular knives range in-store - just two weeks after a violent stabbing outside a Woolworths in Melbourne's north.

Hundreds of protesters have rallied against Dan Andrews' new pandemic laws at the Melbourne Cup near the gates of Flemington racecourse.

The man from South Melbourne held one of the five division one-winning entries in Saturday's TattsLotto draw 4203, each collecting $1,205,992.96.

Philadelphia is the first major city to ban low-level traffic stops; the Driving Equity bills became law after being signed by Mayor James Kenney.

NRL star Api Koroisau, 28, will most likely be banned from attending the Panthers Grand Final parade after the hooker failed to get a Covid vaccine in time.

The horrifying footage shared on TikTok shows the man screaming at the cashier while his girlfriend stood beside him at the Sydney McDonald's on Halloween.

Thieves have brazenly stolen a $14,000 7-metre long swimming pool from a construction site in Wandana Heights, Geelong, using a large truck.

Brian Hsu, 20, of Irvine, California has been charged in the assault of a flight attendant onboard an American Airlines flight on October 27 from New York to Santa Ana California.

The officer suffered lacerations to the back of his head after being called to the apartment on Punt Road, Gladesville in Sydney's north-west about 11.20am on Tuesday morning, police said.

The French President, who is currently attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow this week, was nowhere to be seen at yesterday's evening reception.

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, chastised fellow Democrat West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, over his the lack of support for President Biden's Build Back Better Act

Yougkin promised Virginians in Loudoun County that he would ban critical race theory teachings in schools and that parents would have power over their children's educations.

Winning Melbourne Cup jockey James McDonald boldly predicted Verry Elleegant would win, as his partner, a fellow jockey, said he'd fulfilled 'every jockey's dream'. 

Music fans are rejoicing after it was announced on social media Field Day - one of the most iconic music festivals in NSW - will be staged on January 1 next year at the Domain in Sydney.

Trump claimed McAuliffe was also a 'critical race theory apologist' and would negatively impact the state's education system. Trump urged Virginians to vote against him and the 'radical left.'

Picking a winner in the Melbourne Cup is no mean feat - and placing a bet can be equally challenging. Daily Mail Australia has broken down everything you need to know.

The five-week-old puppies were snatched between 4.30pm and 8pm on Sunday from Amanda Johnston's home on Dundee Road in North MacLean, Queensland.

Former President Donald Trump criticized President Biden for appearing to fall asleep Monday before his speech at the COP26 international climate change conference in Scotland on Monday.

179 potential jurors were summoned for the case. After nearly 10-hour long day, 12 jurors and eight alternates were selected. Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday and the trial to last two weeks.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has blasted reports that the federal government may pay $450,000 per person to those separated from their families at the southern border who came across illegally.

Here is Daily Mail Australia's guide to how your horse placed at the 2021 Melbourne Cup won by Verry Elleegant.

Melbourne's KIIS 101.1 was forced to apologise after its co-host Phillips last week told listeners she used a podcast about the 1999 murder of 15-year-old Rachel Barber to cheer herself up.

Verry Elleegant has stormed home to win the Melbourne Cup in the race that stops the nation.

Police allege the man followed the 49-year-old woman down a Melbourne street last month while performing an explicit sexual act, forcing her to run away and seek help from another woman.

70 percent of Americans now fully vaccinated with 80 percent having one shot. Yet new guidelines issues last week suggest masks be worn indoors to reduce transmission highly contagious Delta variant.

The polls close at 7 pm in Virginia, where more than a million people voted early in a race between former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and Republican investor Glenn Youngkin.

Hassan Nekouei, 43, has pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent which allegedly occurred at a Kirribilli home on April 17, 2020.

The COP26 climate summit is about keeping the planet within the 1.5 degree warming target, but for Scott Morrison it has been more like six degrees of separation.

Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann had pleaded not guilty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to committing four murders in less than an hour at four locations on June 4, 2019.

Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, 45, also criticized the FBI for not returning her calls to cooperate, instead re-opening the investigation that some blame for Clinton's 2016 loss.

The mandate was called in by workplaces across the country but has left police forces like New York and LA struggling and losing their workforce.

A new Marist poll shows only 36 per cent of Democrats and left-leaning independents think their party has a better chance of winning by putting Biden at the top of the 2024 presidential ticket.

Popular American podcaster Joe Rogan has been duped by a satirical Australian ad, calling it 'dumb propaganda'. The ad appeared on ABC's panel show about advertising, Gruen.

President Macron's public display of anger was highly unusual and reflects the fury in France at the cancellation of what the French press called 'the contract of the century'.

Customers experiencing longer wait times for packages were outraged after they discovered an online Australia Post auction for undelivered goods.

Thousands of glammed-up punters have begun spilling into Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse for 'the race that stops the nation' with a striking woman in a pink power suit setting the bar high.

Republican Virginia candidate Glenn Youngkin slammed Terry McAuliffe for 'using racism as a political ploy' after he says his Democratic rival lied about him trying to ban books by black authors.

Francisco Vera Manzanares, 12, from Colombia made a passionate speech outside COP26 as the young boy who in the past received death threats got a hero's reception in Glasgow.

Two teenagers have been charged with attempted murder after they allegedly stabbed a teacher in the upper chest, sending a top Perth school into lockdown.

The Melbourne Cup is famously the race that stops a nation - but very often it's the non-equine participants who linger longer in our minds.

Jay-Z took the stand at New York Supreme Court on Monday, testifying for the second day about perfume company Parlux. They are suing him for allegedly failing to promote their product.

Ex-NFL player Jack Brewer (left) is calling out Colin Kaepernick for likening a football draft to slavery in a Netflix special (right) that depicts cuffed athletes being auctioned off to coaches and scouts

Dominic Perrottet is set to make a huge announcement on Tuesday about speeding up NSW's reopening plan.

UN Secretary General António Guterres was among those accused of giving a melodramatic speech at the opening of Cop26 when he said countries were 'treating nature like a toilet'.

The wild brawl spilled onto Chapel Street in Prahran, where the man copped several punches and an attempted kick to the head.

A woman has died after a collision with a truck in Sydney's west this morning. A truck driver involved in the accident was injured and taken to Westmead Hospital.

Taylor Davis (pictured) said she was shocked to receive a nearly $700 medical bill (inset) from an Georgia hospital - despite not receiving treatment at the facility or seeing a doctor

Victoria has recorded fewer than 1,000 Covid cases for the first time in 34 days as its vaccination rate tops 80 per cent.

The Sky Racing caller accused Sydney racing officials of trying to take the limelight away from Spring Carnival action in Melbourne.

A group of animal rights protesters have been arrested after storming the gates of Flemington Racecourse ahead of the Melbourne Cup.

The UK will commit £1.5billion over five years to support the pledge aimed at halting and reversing forest loss and land degradation by 2030 (pictured: deforestation in Brazil, July 2021)

Lanz Priestley famously left his job working for a major cosmetics brand to dedicate his life to the homeless and started living on the street so he could better understand the challenges they face.

JANE FRYER: Thanks to its alleged 'perking' qualities, Tiramisu has long been relied upon to add a certain 'va va voom' to proceedings when couples finally leave the table and venture upstairs

At a Cop26 event alongside the Prince of Wales, the Amazon founder said he would match a previous contribution made through his Bezos Earth Fund.

A caravan of thousands of migrants resumed traveling in the southern Mexico state Chiapa after resting for over a day in hopes of reaching the U.S. border.

Results of a recently-released study (shown) found the frequency of terms such as 'white supremacy' and 'racist' has grown exponentially since 2010, including at the New York Times (pictured)

The Marigold Cantonese Restaurant in Sydney's Chinatown on the top two levels of the Citymark Building, announced its last day of service will be Sunday December 5.

Today show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Ally Langdon have slammed the Glasgow climate summit as China and Russia fail to appear at COP26 negotiations on Tuesday.