in the sea, where the molten rock boiled seawater, released poisonous gases and increased the size of the island. there had been no earth tremors since the 13th of december the longest period without any activity since the eruption began but authorities were wary of raising false hope and held off until christmas day to give the message that many had been so desperate for. translation: what i want to say today can be said with just - four words the eruption is over. it is an emotional relief but i think we can add one more word to the message the word hope . because we can now focus all of our energy in reconstruction of the island. the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez described it as the best christmas present .
conflict that europe has ensured since 1945. no one would gain from such a catastrophe. russia would create a wasteland in a country which is she continuously reminds us is composed of fellow slavs and russia would never be able to call it peace. four months britain has worked with united states and our allies and sought to combine dialogue with deterrence, emphasising how a united western alliance would exact a forbidding price for any russian incursion into ukraine including by imposing heavy economic sanctions. and at the same time we stand ready as we always have to address any legitimate russian concerns through honest diplomacy. on the 13th of december i spoke to president vladimir putin and i stressed that nato had no
are reportedly stuck in isolation because they can t get their hands on a test. so why did the health secretary claim on the 13th of december that there is no shortage of actual tests? why was a government s delivery service allowed to go on holiday over christmas with no contingency plan in place question that the government has been asleep at the wheel and the result is total shambles. i m sure the prime minister willjoin me in thanking the welsh labour government for sharing 4 million tests with england. thank goodness they had the foresight to plan ahead and secure enough tests for this period. mr speaker, in april 2020, the government published a strategy to scale up covid 19 testing programmes. they promised to work with the uk world leading diagnostic companies, to build a british diagnostics industry at scale. yet two years on, this has
spanish officials say the volcanic eruption in the canary islands has finally come to an end after three months. no one was injured during the 85 day ordeal on the island of la palma. but the volcano destroyed properties and submerged hundreds of hectares of land, as jack surfleet reports. it was the first eruption on la palma since 1971. the cumbre vieja volcano burst into action on the 19th of september, flowing down the mountain, through villages, and spanning up to 600 metres wide. in its path were 1,300 homes, churches and schools, all of which were destroyed. rescue teams helped to relocate more than 7,000 people from their homes. many have lost almost everything they own. an exclusion zone was set up around the flow, including in the sea, where the molten rock boiled seawater, released poisonous gases and increased the size of the island. there had been no earth tremors since the 13th of december the longest period without any
on the island of la palma. but the volcano destroyed properties and submerged hundreds of hectares of land, as jack surfleet reports. it was the first eruption on la palma since 1971. the cumbre vieja volcano burst into action on the 19th of september, flowing down the mountain, through villages, and spanning up to 600 metres wide. in its path were 1,300 homes, churches and schools, all of which were destroyed. rescue teams helped to relocate more than 7,000 people from their homes. many have lost almost everything they own. an exclusion zone was set up around the flow, including in the sea, where the molten rock boiled seawater, released poisonous gases and increased the size of the island. there had been no earth tremors since the 13th of december the longest period without any