Your Tuesday Briefing
April 12, 2021Updated 4:52 p.m. ET
Good morning. We’re covering much-anticipated reopenings in Britain, and Iran’s vows for revenge after a nuclear facility blackout.
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A sense of freedom as Britain reopens
Britain has lived under the most strenuous level of government restrictions for the longest period of time in the world — 175 days at “maximum stringency level.” On Monday, those rules started to lift. Our reporters found feelings of relief and joy as people rushed to hairdressers, pubs, gyms and stores. At the Kentish Belle pub in London, crowds counted down the seconds to midnight on Sunday.