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The man at the centre of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has lost a court appeal to have a separate jail sentence overturned.
Trent Murray reports from Berlin with the latest.
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INTRO The European Union does not recognize the leadership of Aleksander Lukashenko, who was secretly sworn in for a sixth term as president of Belarus. The high representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borell, said on Thursday that the new mandate claimed by Lukashenko lacked any democratic legitimacy. The unannounced inauguration ceremony in Minsk was followed by new protests and new arrests. Galina Polonskaya has more on this.
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Thousands of farmers are taking to the streets in India to protest against new agricultural reforms.
They say the proposed laws put the farming sector at risk of being exploited by large corporates.
Ishan Garg has more on this from New Delhi.Westpac, one of Australia's four major banking institutions, has been hit with the largest fine in Australian corporate history
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane
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Hong Kong's tourism industry is appealing to the government to speed up negotiations on the creation of COVID-19 travel bubbles for the city.
Industry leaders say many local businesses are on the verge of collapse.
Richard Kimber reports.
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California governor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order banning the sale of gasoline-powered cars in the next fifteen years.
The state is the first in the US to try and implement a blanket ban.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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Bars and restaurants in France's second city of Marseille will be closed from Monday onwards for a period of at least two weeks, as the country struggles under a second wave of the coronavirus.
France's health secretary announced the new measures, which included naming Paris as one of the regions most at risk from the surge in new infections and hospitalisations.
Our correspondent in Paris, Ross Cullen, has more.
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The US Justice Department has introduced a proposal to limit legal protections for social media platforms over the content that appears on their sites.
The move comes amid complaints from the Trump administration about alleged anti-conservative bias from tech firms like Twitter and Google.
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The Metropolitan Opera in New York has announced that it's cancelling its entire season and will not resume performances until September of next year at the earliest.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The UK has sent evidence to the United States about two British men who are alleged Islamic State militants.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are accused of belonging to an 'IS' cell dubbed "The Beatles," responsible for the killings of Western hostages.
The evidence could clear a way for a trial.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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