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Coronavirus has broken out again in New Zealand after 102 days. Earlier today, a retirement village went into lockdown after residents displayed symptoms of respiratory illness. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that new restrictions are going to be temporarily imposed in Auckland so health officials can “assess the situation”. She said: “We are asking

The main opposition candidate in Belarus’ presidential election has fled her country amid a police crackdown on protests – and she is now “safe” in Lithuania. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s departure comes after she refused to concede defeat in Sunday’s vote. The 37-year-old dismissed the official results showing authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko’s landslide victory as a sham.

Anyone planning a holiday across the Channel is being warned to “keep an eye” on Foreign Office advice, in case France’s quarantine status changes, a minister has said. France’s position was being kept under review, health minister Helen Whately said, stressing that they would not hesitate to impose more coronavirus travel restrictions to stop the

A Japanese oil tanker that ran aground near the coast of Mauritius has stopped leaking oil, the country’s prime minister has said. Pravind Jugnauth’s office said that the hull of the damaged MV Wakashio, which hit a reef near the island last month, is cracking up and will break up “eventually”. But it said the

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab is set to resign within hours, Sky News understands, after the entire government stepped down. Anti-government protesters had demanded political change after an explosion in Beirut killed more than 160 people and injured around 6,000 last week. Justice minister Marie Claude Najm quit earlier on Monday, according to the state-run

A former Belarusian presidential candidate has called for the international community to condemn the official election results in Belarus. Andrei Sannikov, former deputy foreign minister of Belarus, said the outcome was not the result of a “free and fair election” and accused the European Union of “cowardly silence”. His comments came after Polish prime minister

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said he can see “green shoots of hope” in the battle against coronavirus, even with the global case count set to reach 20 million within days. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he also expects the global death count to get to around 750,000 this week, however

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas has tested positive for coronavirus on his 60th birthday. “I want to make public that today… I am forced to celebrate my 60th birthday (in) quarantine after having tested positive for the COVID-19 disease, caused by the coronavirus,” he said on Twitter. “I’d like to add that I’m feeling relatively well,

North Korea’s Red Cross has deployed 43,000 volunteers to help communities prevent coronavirus outbreaks after fears the country had its first recorded case. It comes two weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong in lockdown over the suspected coronavirus infection. He declared an emergency after a man who defected

Forty-nine people have died after a landslide at a tea plantation in India – with fears at least 20 more are buried under debris. Incessant rain caused a hillock at the tea plantation in Idukki district in Kerala, southern India, to come crashing down on a row of workers’ living quarters on Friday night. At

Australia recorded its highest day of coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, despite a slowdown in the rate of infection. The country recorded 19 deaths in total, all in the state of Victoria, while only 337 people tested positive for the virus nationwide – a two-week low. Despite the rise in the number of people dying, officials

Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has erupted, launching a column of ash more than 16,000ft (three miles) into the sky. The volcano’s eruption comes after more than a year of volcanic activity on the island of Sumatra, and is the second since Saturday. Locals have been told to stay at least three miles (1.86km) away from

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested under the city’s new national security law on suspicion of collusion with foreign forces, one of his aides has said. “Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time,” Mark Simon, a senior executive at Mr Lai’s media company Next Digital, tweeted

Police and protesters have clashed in the capital of Belarus and other cities after a contested presidential election. Authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, who is seeking a sixth term in office, was on track to win the election on Sunday night, with the country’s elections commission saying partial results showed him with more than 90% in some

Lebanon is a country still numb with grief. Almost a week after the catastrophic blast, hundreds of families are still waiting for the news they already know. Others have managed to hold funerals but the constant pain of loss never disappeared. Image: Sahar was one of the first people at the scene Sahar Fares was

Lebanon is a country still numb with grief. Almost a week after the catastrophic blast, hundreds of families are still waiting for the news they already know. Others have managed to hold funerals but the constant pain of loss never disappeared. Image: Sahar was one of the first people at the scene of the explosion