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EU coronavirus recovery deal: Wrangling over huge plan enters fourth day

EU talks aimed at reaching an agreement on a huge post-coronavirus recovery fund have stretched into a fourth day. ...

Russia's UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking allegations

Russia's ambassador to the UK has rejected allegations that his country's intelligence services tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research. ...

Coronavirus spike continues amid new Catalonia restrictions

Spain's north-eastern Catalonia region has again recorded a daily Covid-19 infection figure of more than 1,000, as residents endure new restrictions. ...

EU's 'moment of truth' as leaders seek Covid funding deal

EU leaders are meeting in their first face-to-face summit since the coronavirus crisis, with low expectations of a deal on a €750bn (£670bn) post-Covid stimulus package. ...

Coronavirus: India's Covid-19 cases surge past one million

India added a record number of Covid-19 cases - nearly 35,000 - in the last 24 hours, breaching the one million mark. ...

China says a US travel ban on Communist Party members would be 'pathetic'

China says any US travel ban on members of its Communist Party would be "pathetic", in the latest sharp exchange amid souring bilateral ties. ...

Coronavirus: Russian spies target Covid-19 vaccine research

Russian spies are targeting organisations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, US and Canada, security services have warned. ...

Azerbaijan general among troops killed in Armenia border clash

Azerbaijan says one of its generals and five other officers have been killed in a third day of fighting with Armenian forces on the countries' border. ...

Bastille Day: France honours health workers amid pandemic

France has honoured its health workers at scaled-down events to mark the national celebration Bastille Day, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. ...

South African church attack: Five dead after 'hostage situation'

Five people have been killed after attackers stormed a South African church, reportedly amid an argument over its leadership. ...

France: Bus driver dies after 'attack over face masks' in Bayonne

A bus driver has died in France, five days after he was attacked by passengers who reportedly refused to wear face masks, his family says. ...

Coronavirus: UK opts out of EU Covid-19 vaccine scheme

The UK will not join the EU Covid-19 vaccine scheme, the UK's ambassador to the EU Sir Tim Barrow has said. ...

Park Won-soon: Mayor of Seoul found dead after going missing

Police in the South Korea's capital Seoul have found the body of the city's mayor after he went missing on Thursday. ...

Trump taxes: Supreme Court says New York prosecutors can see records

The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump's financial records can be examined by prosecutors in New York. ...

Hong Kong pupils banned from political activity

Students in Hong Kong are now banned from any political activity in schools including singing, posting slogans and boycotting classes, the territory's education minister has said. ...

US surpasses three million coronavirus cases

More than three million people in the US have tested positive for Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. ...

Coronavirus: Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests positive

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus. ...

India coronavirus: Life-saving Covid-19 drugs sold on Delhi black market

AFP investigation has found that two life-saving drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients in India - remdesivir and tocilizumab - are in short supply and being sold for excessive rates on a thriving black market. Vikas Pandey reports from the capital Delhi. ...

Hong Kong: Chinese ambassador warns UK over 'interference'

China has warned the UK not to interfere with Hong Kong following the imposition of a new national security law, as one pro-democracy campaigner begged for international support. ...