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Pretending to be in charge. The italian Prime Minister admits his countrys taking a calculated risk by easing a number of lockdown measures from next week. Spain records 87 deaths in the past 2a hours the first time its under 100 since the lockdown began. People in the uk are still being urged to stay away from tourist destinations amid different lockdown rules for each part of the country. In south africa how the ban on buying alcohol and cigarettes for the last seven weeks, has played into the hands of criminal gangs, damaging the fragile economy. And after top flight football resumes in germany, well get our experts to provide some answers about sport in your questions answered thats in around fifteen minutes time. The British Government is pushing for the phased reopening of primary schools but today, one of its most senior minister said he could not guarantee safety for teachers turning to work. Michael gove said there is always, and any loosening of the restrictions, risk of peop
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