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Now playing Next United Kingdom UK hits COVID-19 vaccine milestone with 75% of adults inoculated Three-quarters of the adult UK population has now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, authorities said on Wednesday. The milestone was hit amid concerns in the country over the fast-spreading delta variant. 02/06/2021
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Now playing Next Bulgaria Watch: Gaffe as soldiers raid Bulgarian sunflower oil factory The owner of the factory said on Wednesday that he had filed a lawsuit against those responsible for the May 11 incident. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next Germany Germany-Russia flights to resume after suspension amid Belarus row Flights were suspended on Tuesday and Wednesday amid escalating tensions between Russia and the West after Belarus diverted a passenger jet to arrest a dissident journalist. 02/06/2021
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Now playing Next Greece Greece extends COVID-19 vaccination campaign to migrants camps Athens has faced criticism for not including asylum-seekers earlier in its vaccination campaign. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next Netherlands Dutch production line to increase Moderna COVID-19 jab output This line will enable the supply of an additional 300 million doses of Moderna's booster variant vaccine candidate per year, if authorised. 02/06/2021
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Now playing Next Russia Russian opposition activist sent to jail amid crackdown a court ordered Andrei Pivovarov, the head of the Open Russia movement that has just disbanded itself, to be held for two months pending an investigation, rejecting the defence’s appeal against his arrest. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next Cult Uzbekistan participates in Venice's Architecture Biennale for the first time IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN How will we live together? That is the main theme of the 2021 edition of the International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale. Uzbekistan, a first time participant, answers it with 'Mahalla: Urban Rural Living'. 02/06/2021
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Now playing Next world news COVID-19 pushed over 100 million more workers into poverty, says UN The pandemic is not just a public health crisis. It is also a job crisis that has pushed millions of workers into poverty, a new report warns. 02/06/2021
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Now playing Next no comment LEGO staff create the world’s largest ever football made of bricks The world’s largest LEGO ball has been built at the LEGO House in Billund, the hometown of Lego, to celebrate the upcoming European Football Championship, that will kick off on June 11. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next no comment Cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov conduct spacewalk from the ISS Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov conduct a spacewalk from the International Space Station. The duo carry out preparations for the undocking and disposing of a station module later this year. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next no comment Gigantic sinkhole appears in central Mexico, worrying locals A sinkhole that has been growing dozens of meters daily since last weekend is worrying the residents of a rural area of the Mexican state of Puebla, in the center of the country. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next Lithuania Watch: Painting over of LGBT crossing in Vilnius prompts police probe The incident took place on May 31. In a video posted on Facebook, four people can be seen spray painting over the rainbow-coloured crossing and disrupting traffic. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next no comment Wandering elephants in China roam villages, wreck crops A herd of 15 wandering elephants in southwestern China has been entering villages and gorging on crops, state media reported, causing millions of yuan in losses. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next Portugal Ocean Panel fights to protect the ocean and boost economies on the way "If we take care of the ocean, then in 2050, we are going to have seafood from the ocean, six times more than the seafood we are getting now" - Maria Damanaki, Global Managing Director for Oceans, The Nature Conservancy 02/06/2021
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Now playing Next Kosovo Serbia and Kosovo leaders 'to meet for reconciliation talks' A date had been set for a meeting between Kosovo’s new prime minister, Albin Kurti, and Serbian President Aleksander Vucic. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next Iran Iranian navy ship sinks after catching fire Iranian officials offered no cause for the incident, which comes after a series of mysterious explosions targeting ships in the region since 2019. 02/06/2021
Now playing Next Israel Isaac Herzog, son of former president, elected president of Israel Isaac Herzog has been elected as the new President of Israel, as opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu try to reach a last-ditch agreement on a new coalition government. 02/06/2021