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Calls to isolate some UK COVID-19 patients over fears of 'mink virus'
Every hospital in Britain has been ordered to isolate suspected "mink virus" patients.
- by Bill Gardner and Laura Donnelly
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US votes 2020
Putin is quiet on Biden victory, hinting at tense years ahead
The early signs indicate that Putin is preparing for a deeply adversarial relationship with America's next president.
- by Anton Troianovski and Andrew E. Kramer
Protest
Police in Minsk fire water cannon at protesters who dispute polls
Protesters had gathered outside the Central Election Commission on Sunday to support a call for a rerun of October 31 parliamentary elections.
- by Margarita Antidze
Coronavirus pandemic
Mink coronavirus mutation spreads to six other countries
Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Italy and the US - have reported the coronavirus in farmed mink to the World Organisation for Animal Health.
- by Phoebe Southworth
Extremism
French police quiz child apologists of teacher's beheading
Meanwhile, French police have ruled out a terrorism motive for the shooting of a priest after the suspect admitted the attack was over an affair.
- by John Leicester
Extremism
Attacks in France point to new threat beyond extremist networks
A new generation of Islamic extremists has emerged in Europe.
- by Norimitsu Onishi, Constant Méheut and Layli Foroudi
World politics
WHO chief urged to invite Taiwan to join
China objects to the inclusion of the island it sees as a renegade province, despite Taiwan being praised internationally for containing COVID-19.
- by Emma Farge
War
Former Kosovo president to face war crimes judges next week
Prosecutors allege Hashim Thaci was responsible for some 100 murders of civilians during the 1998-99 war while a commander with the Kosovo Liberation Army.
- by Stephanie van den Berg
Coronavirus pandemic
Not on the same page: the Macrons fight over literary lockdown
Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron, below, are at loggerheads over France's love of reading, with the First Lady reportedly insistent that bookshops should remain open during lockdown.
- by Henry Samuel
Cinema
Johnny Depp asked to resign from Fantastic Beasts film after damning London court ruling
Warner Bros has cut loose Johnny Depp from a new blockbuster movie following a damning court judgment that found the actor had repeatedly assaulted his former wife.
- by Bevan Shields
Coronavirus pandemic
UK's first mass COVID-19 testing program kicks off in Liverpool
About 2000 military personnel have been brought in to help test 500,000 people who live and work in the city and who do not have COVID-19 symptoms.
- by Jon Super and Pan Pylas