White House says TikTok threat to go dark is a ‘stunt’

The British public expects “strong action”, minister says, amid criticism of the new penalty.

The letter, sent on Sunday, amounts to the strongest known written warning from the US to its ally.

The capsule carrying the Nasa astronauts and two others splashes down in waters off Florida.

The vice-president’s speech at the Munich Security Conference was denounced by several European leaders.

It comes after Tory backbenchers called for England’s Covid restrictions to be lifted by the end of April.