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Pubs and restaurants are not closing, the PM insists – but he and Prof Chris Whitty urge caution.
BBC News – UK

Some New Yorkers are cooling on the craze for street-side restaurant sheds, due to noise and vermin.
BBC News – US & Canada

The coronavirus pandemic has forced some city dwellers to move back to the countryside to survive.
BBC News – Africa

Independent assessors will decide what services are needed in a local area when a branch is closed.
BBC News – Business

Troops will remain to “advise, assist and enable” Iraqi security forces to stop a resurgence of IS.
BBC News – Middle East

The victims had been gathering leaking fuel from a vehicle involved in an accident, reports say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Sixteen Kurdish people, including two friends from Iraq, were among those who perished last month.
BBC News – Europe

Nearly 100 Tory MPs defy Boris Johnson – but the measures become law thanks to Labour support.
BBC News – UK

More than a quarter of lives lost in the pandemic came after all US adults were eligible for a vaccine.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UK has taken all 11 African countries off England’s red list, easing travel restrictions.
BBC News – Africa

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The state-backed bank had pleaded guilty to failing to prevent money-laundering of nearly £400m.
BBC News – Business

Naftali Bennett meets Abu Dhabi’s crown prince at a time of rising tensions in the region.
BBC News – Middle East

The migrant caravan has been slowly winding its way through Mexico to the United States border.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

One person is dead and one missing after a Danish ship collides with a UK vessel in the Baltic Sea.
BBC News – Europe

People should set aside the idea Omicron is a milder variant and get their booster jab, the PM says.
BBC News – UK

Rescue workers have continued to scour the rubble but hopes of finding survivors are waning.
BBC News – US & Canada

Cyril Ramaphosa started feeling unwell on Sunday and has delegated all responsibilities to his deputy.
BBC News – Africa