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| Millions of people in Beijing are living under renewed restrictions, as a spike in virus infections continues to grow. The Chinese capital had gone 57 days without a locally-transmitted case, but has now recorded 137 in the past week. Schools have been closed and travel significantly curtailed. There are also fears of a second wave in Iran. We look closely. Brazil reported almost 35,000 new cases on Tuesday - its highest daily figure yet. Nevertheless, one of the country's top officials insisted the situation was under control. Over in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said two new cases recorded in the country were "an unacceptable failure of the system". Procedures weren't properly followed - a blow for a country which had such pride in its handling of the disease. Follow the latest via our live page, including the news that a "disinfection tunnel" has been set up to protect Russian President Vladimir Putin. And elsewhere, BBC Gujarati's Roxy Gadgekar describes how his own family was devastated by coronavirus. | |
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| | | US police Trump signs executive order on "best practice" for officers |
| | | | Future of cash Locations chosen for trials to help solve UK's problems with access |
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| | | | | It was the online treasure hunt that really made Annelies Harte, 49, feel that she belonged. She is a leisure club manager at a retirement village that has just opened in south London. She’s one of a newly formed team of 22 people. They had to meet, bond and get everything ready remotely, because of lockdown. There was a PowerPoint presentation containing riddles, which gave clues about obscure household objects, which you then had to find: things like garlic crushers, shoe horns and egg cups. | |
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| | Dougal Shaw | Business reporter, BBC News | |
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| | | | Rashford 1, Johnson 0 is the headline on several front pages. The Guardian says the prime minister was forced into an "embarrassing about-face". The Daily Mirror thinks that story, and the return of the Premier League, will lift the spirits of the nation. Others lead with the news that commonly-used drug dexamethasone will help in the fight against coronavirus. The Daily Mail says it's the "first virus treatment anywhere to be proven to save life". The Financial Times reports that Chancellor Rishi Sunak is preparing to break the Conservative manifesto commitment to protect state pensions because the pandemic has made it unaffordable. Elsewhere, the Sun welcomes the merger of the Department for International Development and the Foreign Office, arguing aid money will now be spent "where it counts". "Good riddance to the department for blank cheques" agrees the Daily Telegraph, but it's worth noting three former prime ministers, including David Cameron, have criticised the move. | |
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| The Make a Difference podcast brings more positive stories of people helping others through the pandemic. And in Law in Action, Joshua Rozenberg asks the Lord Chief Justice whether new ways of working can deliver justice during this time of crisis. | |
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