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World Service,16 Jun 2020,53 mins

Beijing neighbourhoods in lockdown to contain fresh Covid-19 outbreak

Newsday

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The Chinese capital Beijing has put more neighbourhoods under lockdown and boosted testing as it tries to contain an outbreak of coronavirus. President Trump has confirmed plans to withdraw around 9,500 US troops from bases in Germany. The Mayor of Atlanta has ordered a change in the police use of force following the shooting dead of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta.

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