Plus, why UK students fear Hong Kong's new law
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| A 17-day "firebreak" lockdown in Wales has ended and a new set of nationwide coronavirus regulations has come into operation. Businesses forced to close - the likes of pubs, gyms and non-essential shops - can reopen, and two families can once again form a bubble. Travel is also permitted anywhere in the country. Ministers say it'll be another fortnight before the full impact of the firebreak is known and they're warning people not to get carried away with their new-found freedom. Areas like Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Blaenau Gwent have some of the worst Covid-19 infection rates in the UK, but Health Minister Vaughan Gething says case numbers are starting to plateau. See the new regulations in full, and read more on the economic impact the firebreak has had. England, of course, began a second lockdown last week, and Northern Ireland has been living under its own since mid-October. The Stormont executive is expected to agree later to a partial reopening of the hospitality sector, but keep alcohol-only pubs closed for a further fortnight. Scotland's five-tier system of regional restrictions came into force almost a week ago and is due to be reviewed on Tuesday. Globally, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has passed 50 million. The official death toll stands at more than 1.25 million. | |
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| | | | | The national security law that China has imposed on Hong Kong is already curtailing speech in the territory, but it is having a far wider impact too. It applies to everyone in the world, everywhere in the world. People who break the law can be prosecuted if they go to Hong Kong. That has brought an unexpected headache for foreign universities, which are scrambling to work out how to protect their students from saying and writing things that might later be used against them. | |
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| | | | A smiling Joe Biden appears on several of Monday's front pages as the papers assess what his victory means. The i says he wants to reach out to all Americans "after a bitterly contested election". The Guardian says he's already begun work on what is likely to be a "turbulent transition". The Financial Times highlights his promise to make his cabinet the most diverse in US history. The Daily Telegraph says pressure is growing on Donald Trump to "go quietly", with some members of the president's family - including the First Lady - urging him to concede. As the Daily Mail puts it, "Melania wades in as Trump won't budge". The Queen is also pictured on some front pages, paying her respects at what the Times describes as a "slimmed-down Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall". The Sun reports that Prince Harry was deeply saddened because his Remembrance Day wreath lay unused. Finally, the Daily Mirror leads with a warning from unions that "burnt out" NHS workers "could quit in droves unless they get a pay boost". | |
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