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Italy

Italy sends military to Sicily as hundreds of migrants flee quarantine

Officials have said that the migrants were found and tested negative for the coronavirus.

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: UK sets out major plan against 'time-bomb' obesity

Obese people have 40% to 50% more chance of dying from COVID-19, data from the UK's testing programme for the virus has shown.

France

Nantes cathedral blaze: Volunteer admits setting up fire

The lawyer says the man 'is consumed with remorse'.

World News

Prisoners jailed in Europe on terrorism charges 'at 20-year high'

There are currently more than 1,400 criminals jailed on terrorism-related charges across 10 European countries. France is holding 549 of them.

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USA

Donald Trump backtracks on the full reopening of US schools

The US president recognised that in some areas schools may need to reopen a few weeks later.

Greece

Watch back: Athens protest as Turkey's Hagia Sophia becomes a mosque

Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described Turkey's decision as a sign of 'weakness'. Protests are expected in Athens and Thessaloniki.

France

France's southern coast threatened by highly corrosive substance leak

The incident occurred at a petrochemical plant near Marseille.

World News

WHO chief hits back at Pompeo's 'co-opted by China' claims

Dr Tedros said such allegations are "untrue and unacceptable" and warned against politicising the coronavirus pandemic.

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates successfully launches historic first Mars mission

The UAE's orbiter took off from a Japanese launch centre on Monday morning.

Italy

Rescue operations underway to save sperm whale trapped in fishing net

Authorities blamed the incident on unlawful fishing, as they seized over 100 km of illegal fishing nets since January.

France

Coronavirus: France brings forward date for compulsory face masks

Those who don't comply risk a €135 fine.

Denmark

Whaling season is back in the Faroe Islands amid coronavirus concerns

The government urged fishermen to avoid large gatherings, as the local whaling practice requires multiple boats to trap the animals, before the hunters physically enter the water to kill them with knives.

United Kingdom

London policemen sanctioned after 'disturbing' arrest on black man

The lawyer of Marcus Coutain said the incident “mirrors almost identically what happened to George Floyd” and demanded police an apology.

United Kingdom

Virgin Atlantic flies in face of downturn with €1.3bn rescue deal

It involves £170m (€186m) of new investment and both Virgin Group and other creditors deferring millions of euros of money owed.

Italy

'Dream come true': Italy's gesture 100 years after fascist arson

The Narodni dom was a state-of-the-art cultural building. Italian fascists burnt it down in 1920 amid tensions between Italy and Yugoslavia.

World News

Greece shuts Serbia border amid COVID-19 spike in the Balkans

Austria has also imposed a travel warning for six western Balkans countries, Bosnia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Serbia, in view of high COVID-19 figures.

Italy

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly composer Ennio Morricone dies aged 91

He composed the famous coyote-howl theme for the iconic film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”.

India

Coronavirus: India set to overtake Russia in total reported cases

It comes as the country reports yet another daily record of COVID-19 infections.

Algeria

France hands over remains of Algeria's resistance fighters

They were returned to Algeria after 170 years, in the latest move to heal the wounds of France's colonial past.

Italy

Stranded Ocean Viking migrants still waiting to disembark in Sicily

Most of them have been at sea for more than a week.

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