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France's Director General of Health Jérôme Salomon announces that more than 20,000 people have now died from the coronavirus in the country, as tentative signs grow that the epidemic is steadying. SOUNDBITE
More than 20,000 people have died from the coronavirus in France after 547 new deaths, even as tentative signs grew that the epidemic was steadying. VIDEOGRAPHIC
The death toll from floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warns. "The death toll is huge, it might reach thousands," says Tamer Ramadan of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told reporters in Geneva via video link from Tunis. SOUNDBITE
Flames spread unchecked for a fifth day across Greece. A forest fire in Avantas village, north of Alexandroupoli, killed eighteen suspected migrants, as the overall death toll hits 20. The unprecedented fire also spread to Dikella village, near Alexandroupoli. IMAGES
"The coming weeks will be tough, our hospital services will be put to the test", says French Prime Minister Jean Castex, as France extends the anti-Covid-19 curfew in place in nine cities to large parts of the country, taking to 46 million the number of people forced to stay indoors at night. SOUNDBITE
Drivers queue to get into a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Miami Beach, Florida, as the United States edges close to registering 200,000 Covid-19 deaths, the latest grim milestone for the country just weeks before voters decide if President Donald Trump will stay in office. IMAGES
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