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England To Return To Lockdown In Coming Days

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference at 10 Downing Street in London Saturday to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. Alberto Pezzali/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Coronavirus Updates

England To Return To Lockdown In Coming Days

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England would go into lockdown for four weeks to stem surging coronavirus cases.

Friday

7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes In Aegean Sea; At Least 14 Dead In Turkey And Greece

Rescuers search for survivors Friday in a collapsed building in Izmir, Turkey, after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's western coast and parts of Greece. Mert Cakir/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes In Aegean Sea; At Least 14 Dead In Turkey And Greece

The earthquake's worst effects are reported in Turkey, where officials say at least 12 people died and more than 600 were injured. The city of Izmir suffered extensive damage.

Thursday

Tensions Rise In France As The Country Faces Another Act Of Violence

On Thursday, a man killed three people with a knife in a Catholic church in Nice. A second man, who was threatening passersby with a gun, was shot dead by police in the town of Avignon.

Tensions Rise In France As The Country Faces Another Act Of Violence

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3 Dead In Apparent Terrorist Knife Attack At Church In Nice, France

Members of a French elite tactical police unit search the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice after a knife attack that killed three people and injured several others on Thursday. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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3 Dead In Apparent Terrorist Knife Attack At Church In Nice, France

A man used a knife to kill three peopel at the church. The mayor of Nice calls it an attack on Christianity.

3 Dead In Apparent Terrorist Knife Attack At Church In Nice, France

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Germany Sees Generational Conflict Over Pandemic As Virus Spreads

People wearing face masks walk past an outdoor restaurant Wednesday in Frankfurt, Germany. To slow the spread of the coronavirus, restaurants will be closed, starting Monday. Michael Probst/AP hide caption

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Coronavirus Updates

Germany Sees Generational Conflict Over Pandemic As Virus Spreads

Germany is heading into a partial lockdown. Berlin already imposed closing hours to its nightlife for the first time in decades as Germany's leader asked youth to think of their grandparents.

French Authorities Investigate Another Gruesome Attack

A man was arrested in Nice after he allegedly stabbed three people to death, beheading one of them. Earlier this month, a man beheaded a teacher outside Paris before being shot dead by police.

French Authorities Investigate Another Gruesome Attack

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European Countries Revive Restrictions To Battle COVID-19 Spike

Germany and France have become the latest European countries to introduce limited public health lockdowns, in an effort to end sharp increases in coronavirus infections.

European Countries Revive Restrictions To Battle COVID-19 Spike

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Wednesday

Berlin Orders Curfew For 1st Time In 70 Years As COVID-19 Cases Rise

Germany's COVID-19 infection rate is surging among 20 to 40 year olds. Politicians and epidemiologists are telling people to avoid parties, but that message is not being received well in Berlin.

Berlin Orders Curfew For 1st Time In 70 Years As COVID-19 Cases Rise

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Tuesday

Coronavirus Cases Are Surging Past The Summer Peak — And Not Just In The U.S.

An employee takes a pile of chairs inside a closing bar on the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France on Saturday. Coronavirus cases in the country just topped a million, and there's a new government-imposed curfew. In large parts of the France you can't be out after 9 p.m. Fred Scheiber/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Coronavirus Cases Are Surging Past The Summer Peak — And Not Just In The U.S.

The U.S. looks poised to exceed its summer peak, when the country averaged as many as 65,000 cases a day for a 10-day stretch in late July. The seven-day average of cases is now more than 69,000, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

Coronavirus Cases Are Surging Past The Summer Peak — And Not Just In The U.S.

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'Very Nice!': Kazakhstan, Outraged No More, Embraces Borat In New Slogan

New videos from Kazakhstan's tourism board turn the fictional journalist Borat's catchphrase "Very nice!" into a slogan to promote the Central Asian country. Kazakhstan Travel/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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Asia

'Very Nice!': Kazakhstan, Outraged No More, Embraces Borat In New Slogan

The country is welcoming a chance to boost its profile through the new movie featuring the fictional journalist Borat. And as one young Kazakhstani puts it, "This is a parody of American society."

With Sequel Out, Kazakhstan Uses 'Borat' To Its Advantage

In his 2006 movie Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen humiliates Kazakhstan. The country's new ad campaign shows tourists surprised by all it has to offer. Each spot ends with Borat's catchphrase: Very Nice!

With Sequel Out, Kazakhstan Uses 'Borat' To Its Advantage

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Italy, Spain Tighten Restrictions After Coronavirus Cases Spike

Protests are growing against renewed coronavirus restrictions in Italy, which is seeing a surge in cases. Spain has declared a national state of emergency, and the government is enforcing a curfew.

Italy, Spain Tighten Restrictions After Coronavirus Cases Spike

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Politics

News Brief: Trump-Biden Campaigns, Facebook Ads, COVID-19 Surge

Presidential campaigns are in high gear with Election Day a week away. At the same time, Facebook stops political ads. And, European countries reinstate curfews and closures as COVID-19 cases spike.

News Brief: Trump-Biden Campaigns, Facebook Ads, COVID-19 Surge

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