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Australia appears to be heading for its lowest daily increase in coronavirus cases in three months, as a state leader said infection spikes in Europe served as a warning about the dangers of exiting lockdown too soon.

Several countries across Europe have announced new coronavirus restrictions in some of their largest cities after recent surges in infections. 

Police in Belarus have cracked down on a women's protest march in Minsk demanding the resignation of the country's president Alexander Lukashenko.

At least two people have been killed in Greece after a "medicane" - a rare Mediterranean hurricane - toppled trees, cut power and caused severe flooding.

Airstrikes on a Taliban base in northeastern Afghanistan have killed at least a dozen civilians, according to local officials.

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been pictured walking down stairs in hospital as he continues to recover after being poisoned with novichok.

A plane full of passengers has landed back where it took off after a round-trip "flight to nowhere" of more than 1,300 miles.

Tighter restrictions have come into force in Dublin in response to growing concern over the spread of coronavirus.

Campaigners have described it as "a huge step forward".

US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at 87 due to complications from pancreatic cancer.