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16 French regions go back into lockdown in the early hours of Saturday morning local time/overnight tonight Friday into Saturday.
The measure will last for at least a month and comes as France faces a deteriorating situation in hospitals due to a third wave of coronavirus infections.
Ross Cullen reports from FSN Paris.
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The US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin is on a three-day tour to India…
Where he will meet his counterpart as well as the country's top security advisor.
Experts say the visit is part of America's "contain China" strategy.
Ishan Garg reports.
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Australian Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says he's confident the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine will have been received by all australians by late October.
From Monday, Phase 1B of the vaccine rollout will begin, with elderly and immuno-compromised people the next to get the jab.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane.
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Health experts in Hong Kong say the government may need to reconsider its plan to buy the Astrazeneca vaccine, due to concerns over its efficacy.
They say authorities should focus on further rollout of the BioNTech jab instead, due to its effectiveness against COVID-19 variants.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that creates a pathway to citizenship for millions immigrants living in the United States. This first effort at immigration reform under the Biden administration comes as the US confronts a growing surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border.
Rachel Silverman has details.
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President Joe Biden says that the US will meet his goal of administering 100 million cover-19 vaccines tomorrow - 42 days earlier than he pledged.
He said he'll announce a new vaccination goal next week.
From Washington, Kate fisher reports.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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U.S. President Joe Biden does not regret calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin a “ killer” in a television interview this week, according to the White House.
In a war of words between the two leaders, the Russian president retorted that it takes one to know one.
The deteriorating diplomatic spat has seen Russia pull its US ambassador back to Moscow- as Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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Rising demand for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in India has been blamed for an expected delay in supply of doses to the UK.
The news comes as the British government faces growing pressure to explain a significant reduction in jabs from next month, which could dramatically slow down the country's rollout.
Benji Hyer has the details from London.
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