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Now playing Next Australia Australia: Melbourne under curfew as Victoria state battles COVID-19 Sweeping new coronavirus restrictions were imposed from Sunday night, after a disaster was declared in the virus-hit Australian state. 03/08/2020
Now playing Next Russia Fourth week of anti-Kremlin protests in Russia's far-east Thousands of protesters took to Russia's eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday for a fourth consecutive weekend, up in arms over what they call a politically motivated arrest of the region's popular governor. 01/08/2020
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Now playing Next Australia COVID-19: Mandatory masks in Australian state after record daily cases Victoria state recorded a record daily number of cases since the beginning of the outbreak. 30/07/2020
Now playing Next World News European countries tighten controls amid COVID-19 second wave fears Local councils in the UK are introducing measures at the local level to curb the spread of the virus after spikes in infections. 28/07/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom COVID-19: UK ends quarantine rule for more than 60 destinations Travel: People arriving from most EU countries are now exempted from self-isolating for 14 days The requirement remains in place for the US. 10/07/2020
Now playing Next Australia Australia closes state border as COVID-19 cases rise Melbourne, Victoria's capital, announced a surge of 127 new cases on Monday. 06/07/2020
Now playing Next World News COVID-19: Fauci refutes Trump's testing claim amid 'disturbing surge' As Europe faces the prospect of a second wave of coronavirus infections, some nations still haven't reached the end of the first with new COVID-19 cases are spiking in two of the world's worst-affected countries, the United States and Brazil. 24/06/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Survival of the fittest: UK zoos reeling after coronavirus lockdowns Cash-strapped and crying out for visitors, zoos in the UK are struggling to cope with the fallout from coronavirus lockdowns. 18/06/2020
Now playing Next China Hong Kong outlaws insulting China's national anthem Hong Kong's legislature has outlawed insulting China's national anthem just as activists planned to commemorate Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre despite a ban. 04/06/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Coronavirus: Belgian prince handed €10,400 fine over lockdown breach It comes after he tested positive for coronavirus after attending a party in Spain that broke lockdown rules. He subsequently apologised. 01/06/2020