Belarus protests: Opposition icon, 73, among hundreds detained in Minsk
Craig TaylorNina Bahinskaya had joined a women’s march in Minsk as protests against the president continue. BBC News – Europe
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Covid-19: Parts of Madrid to lockdown amid virus spike
New restrictions in the Spanish capital come as Europe braces itself for a second wave of infections. BBC News – Europe
Coronavirus: WHO warns Europe over ‘very serious’ Covid surge
New figures show “alarming rates of transmission across the region”, the UN body says. BBC News – Europe
Alexei Navalny: Poisoned Putin critic ‘will return to Russia’
The opposition figure posted on Instagram, announcing that he was breathing free of ventilation. BBC News – Europe
Coronavirus: Marseille’s Covid-19 hospital beds ‘close to saturation’
“Worrying” coronavirus increases in the southern French city and in Bordeaux spark new restrictions. BBC News – Europe
Belarus protests: Opposition keeps up pressure on Lukashenko
At least 250 people are arrested, ahead of the latest of several weeks of mass protest. BBC News – Europe