extraordinary start to their day. the police are still very much at the scene trying to find out exactly what happened. duncan, thank you very much stop duncan kennedy in winchester. the greek authorities are racing to shelter thousands of asylum seekers left homeless on the island of lesbos, after the main migrant camp there was gutted by two fires in as many days. a ferry had been sent to temporarily accommodate them ahead of an expected arrival of the european commission vice president, margaritis schinas. these are the latest pictures from thursday morning. the moria migrant camp was ravaged by fire earlier this week, but now a second blaze has wiped out pretty much all that was left. firefighters have been battling to bring the fire under control at europe s largest refugee camp. last week it was the only shelter for more than 12,000 refugees. the greek cabinet is meeting to discuss the sitation and a state of emergency is expected to declared. mark lobel has the latest.
new zealand is expected to announce the end of a lockdown in the country s biggest city auckland. restrictions were re introduced in mid agusut after a spike in cases. the country s general election, which was due for mid september, was also delayed by four weeks. it s now due to take place the 17th of october. new zealand is one of the countries with the fewest recorded deaths from covid i9 with just 22. across europe there have been protests in opposition to measures designed to combat the pandemic. there were demonstrations in berlin, paris and london amongst other cities. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. like the virus, anger can be infectious. here in berlin, hundreds of arrests took place. police accusing far right extremists of growing stones and bottles. earlier, at another protest in the city, it
two weeks ago. in the middle of august, jacinda ardern outlined plans to reintroduce restrictions after a spike of cases in auckland. she also said the general election planned for the 19th of september would be delayed by four weeks. it s now due to take place the 17th of october. new zealand is one of the countries with the fewest recorded deaths from covid i9 with just 22. police in berlin have arrested 300 demonstrators during various protests against germany s coronavirus restrictions. protesters threw stones and bottles at one rally which the authorities pinned on right wing agitators. earlier the police said they had no option but to call off one protest involving an estimated 18,000 people because demonstrators were not observing social distancing rules. thousands of people have taken to the streets in mauritius, protesting against the government s handling of an oil spill and the subsequent deaths of dozens of dolphins.
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july target routinely check all asymptomatic staff and residents has been pushed back to september. now, the department of health has announced a deal with two companies, based in oxford and london, rollout kits that will provide kits in 90 minutes. almost 500,000 tests will be available from next week across aduu be available from next week across adult care settings. and hospitals are expected to receive them from september. millions more of the tests are said to be rolled out later in the year. meanwhile, 5000 dna machines, which analyse those swa bs, dna machines, which analyse those swabs, will provide 5.8 million tests in the coming months. the tests, which will go to pop up labs, will also be able to detect common winter illnesses such as the flu. there is hope that more widespread testing could flag localised outbreaks before they take hold. and regional lockdowns have to be put in place. with concerns about increasing cases in the winter and