Middle East and North Africa
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PM Jacinda Ardern outlines easing curbs to allow domestic travel and eating out; White House says US-China relationship one of ‘disappointment’; eurozone’s future threatened. Follow the latest updates
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Intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi is regarded as being acceptable to both US and Iran
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Austria says easing lockdown has not led to spike in infections; Macron says major foreign travel will be limited this summer; global deaths pass 250,000. This blog is now closed
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Far-right leader shakes hands with demonstrators as country’s death toll exceeds 6,750. This blog is now closed.
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Egyptian government using pandemic to tighten control of media and quash dissent, rights group reports
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Shady Habash, 24, had been imprisoned without trial in Egypt for more than two years
While the west fixates on Covid-19, vulnerable countries pay the price