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Australian government’s pandemic response committee holds emergency meeting as more cases of Delta variant emerge aje.io/74ery8
South Africa toughens restrictions to combat a surge in the Delta coronavirus variant ➡ aje.io/5u45ws
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Thousands stranded in Bangladesh’s capital as authorities halt almost all public transport before a lockdown imposed to combat a deadly resurgence of COVID infections aje.io/uyjy5v
Hong Kong bans flights from ‘high risk’ UK to curb spread of new coronavirus variants aje.io/7ca4w6
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BREAKING: Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd aje.io/djgcb2
Judge Cahill said the “sentence is not based on emotion, or sympathy, but at the same time I want to acknowledge the tremendous pain that all the families are feeling – especially the Floyd family. You have our sympathies.”
Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer, will be sentenced for second-degree murder on Friday.
Here is what you need to know ahead of the sentencing ➡ aje.io/pa9czq
Neo-Nazi group defaces statue of George Floyd in New York City, according to police aje.io/9655qz
In some parts of the US, the police kill Black people at six times the rate they kill white people - and the cause lies in the deeply racist beginnings of the police force itself.
How racism has been a feature of US policing for centuries ➡️ aje.io/4vf4gn
Israel has sworn in a new coalition gov’t led by right-wing nationalist Naftali Bennett, ending Netanyahu’s 12-year rule.
Bennett will serve as PM for two years before being replaced by centrist Yair Lapid aje.io/2q84m6
“Regardless of the shape of the government in Israel … It is an occupation and a colonial entity.” - Hamas spokesman
World leaders react to Israel’s new gov’t as Palestinians see little prospect for change aje.io/ves98d
Palestinian groups have dismissed the change in Israel's gov't, saying new PM Naftali Bennett is likely to pursue the same right-wing agenda as Netanyahu aje.io/wzp6tg