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Yemen

'This virus makes it a double burden' for children in Middle East

The UN children's agency has called for an extra €85 million to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa. Euronews spoke to Juliette Touma, the Regional Chief of Communication for UNICEF, in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Find out why it could be a bumper year for baby birds in Europe

The nesting season has gathered pace and birds stand to benefit most from the quieter parks and streets during the COVID-19 lockdown. Euronews spoke to an ornithologist based in Somerset, UK.

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Coronavirus latest: Global cases pass 2.5m with more than 175,000 dead

Follow our coronavirus blog for live updates.

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Tourism-reliant Cornwall faces hardship if lockdown lasts into summer

The area is hugely dependent on visitors and faces huge financial hardship if the number of tourists drops this summer.

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Analysis: How should the EU deal with 'totally incompatible' Hungary?

Our political editor, Darren McCaffrey, asks how serious the EU is in its approach to Hungary.

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Saxony becomes first German state to make masks mandatory

The German city of Dresden began distributing 200,000 face masks on Monday as they became compulsory on trains, buses and in shops in the state of Saxony.

Austria

Austria begins reopening after 'very early and very harsh' lockdown

Austria's early intervention allowed it to begin lifting lockdown restrictions earlier than other European countries, it's been claimed.

United Kingdom

More than 140,000 firms in UK apply for job retention scheme

The UK government has been criticised for the lack of personal protective equipment for frontline workers.

Hungary

'Simply fake': Hungary hits back over criticism of Orban's new powers

Hungary's foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, insists Orban's new powers will only be related to the 'pandemic situation'.

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Euroviews. The G20’s promise of a debt freeze is not enough for Africa to combat the COVID-19 crisis ǀ View

If the infections continue to rise, Africa’s weak healthcare systems will be immensely overwhelmed and not able to deal with the raging virus.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. COVID-19 is opening up new opportunities for fraudsters. Business must act to reduce the risk ǀ View

The situation that has been created by coronavirus will have produced new opportunities for those who commit fraud. And fraud is like a virus: it will spread and cause the maximum amount of harm unless the right precautions are taken.

Spain

'Move out!' Spanish healthcare workers threatened by neighbours

Healthcare workers in Spain as in other European countries have been receiving threatening notes form their neighbours. They accuse caregivers of spreading the virus and are afraid their presence may mean they could catch COVID-19.

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Advantage innovation! Tennis players take to roof for practice

These youngsters have come up with a bright way of keeping up their tennis practice!

France

Life inside French retirement homes amid COVID-19 pandemic

More than 40 per cent of France's 19,000 COVID-19 fatalities have been in retirement homes.

Germany

Germany eases lockdown restrictions as small shops reopen

Germany is one of the first countries in Europe to begin easing stringent coronavirus lockdown measures after a campaign of widespread testing.

China

Viruses: an intimate 'enemy', yet essential for life on Earth

Science is just beginning to discover the essential role of viruses for biodiversity, the evolution of species - starting with our own- and even on climate regulation.

USA

COVID-19: US state leaders lambast 'conflicting messages' from Trump

"``To have an American president to encourage people to violate the law, I can't remember any time during my time in America where we have seen such a thing,'' Washington state's Democratic governor, Jay Inslee, has said.

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Coronavirus latest: 'The worst is yet ahead of us,' WHO chief warns

"The worst is yet ahead of us," WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned as some countries prepared to ease lockdown measures.

USA

NY couples now able to wed on video conference amid COVID-19 lokdown

New York State is untangling some red tape around tying the knot: New Yorkers will be able to get marriage licenses online and wed via video during the lockdown.

Germany

Germany mass-testing for coronavirus antibodies

Germany has become the first country in Europe to undertake mass-testing for coronavirus antibodies in an attempt to learn more about the spread of the virus