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Europe is emerging from the pandemic with beds and ventilators to spare
All across Europe, the numbers are coming down. There is finally good news to share.
- by William Booth, Chico Harlan, James McAuley, Loveday Morris and Michael Birnbauman
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Coronavirus pandemic
Bathroom Banksy: Street-artist's lockdown work
Banksy has followed official UK advice to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic, much to his wife's concern.
- by Paul Sandle
Space
Russia carries out anti-satellite test
Officials say space will increasingly become an important domain for warfare, with the US, Russia and China stepping up their military postures in orbit.
- by Idrees Ali and Joey Roulette
Coronavirus pandemic
EU apologises to Italy for being slow to offer help
No other EU country has suffered as greatly as Italy from the pandemic, with more than 21,600 dead and 105,000 people still infected.
- by James Crisp
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
‘Eerily quiet’: Qantas pilot flies Australians home in near-empty skies
While the route is familiar, the Qantas pilot of a flight bringing Australians in the UK home said he had never seen the skies so "eerily quiet."
- by Latika Bourke
Immigration
Refugee children leave Greece to settle in Luxembourg
A group of 12 is the first of more than 1000 relocations being expedited amid concerns over the impact of coronavirus on vulnerable groups.
- by Lefteris Papadimas
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
After 10 days of hell, take it from me: you don't want to catch this virus
I did not think I was going to die but it absolutely felt like the virus was trying hard to kill me. I've never been so sick, or scared.
- by Bevan Shields
Coronavirus pandemic
Hundreds test positive to COVID-19 on French aircraft carrier
More than 1700 mariners, nearly all from the Charles de Gaulle itself, with at least 668 infected. A third of tests still await results.
- by John Irish
Coronavirus pandemic
Shop with tongs and lock up your cat: Scientists' suggestions for life after lockdown
Experts looked at how different countries are coping in creating a list of 275 ideas to stop coronavirus spreading.
- by Sarah Knapton
Extremism
Four IS suspects arrested over plot to attack US bases in Germany
Prosecutors said the men joined IS in January 2019 and were instructed to form a cell in Germany. They reportedly first planned to carry out an attack in Tajikistan but later shifted their target
Coronavirus pandemic
Amid slowing infections, Germany takes first steps to restart public life
New infections in Germany have slowed in recent weeks, but Merkel cautioned that the country has achieved only "a fragile intermediate success".