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Two men accused of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services appear at London's Old Bailey court for a hearing, days after a third man, former Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, 37, was found dead in what police say are unexplained circumstances. The three men were charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and with foreign interference, in violation of the 2023 National Security Act. IMAGES
Protesters gather outside Downing Street, calling on the British Government to deport the Chinese officials who are alleged to have attacked a pro-democracy for Hong Kong protester who was demonstrating outside the consulate last week. IMAGES ANIMATED TWEET
"We don't think that there is a circulation of the virus", French Health minister, Agnes Buzyn, says on Sunday in Les Contamines-Montjoie, where five Britons who stayed at the resort have been confirmed as infected by the coronavirus. SOUNDBITE
During a presser in London's Chinese embassy, ambassador Liu Xiaoming calls on other countries to 'avoid overreaction' and 'avoid creating panic' around the recent coronavirus outbreak. SOUNDBITE
A charter plane carrying evacuees from the Chinese city at the centre of the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak lands at an RAF base in Britain. The flight touched down at Royal Air Force base Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire, south central England, shortly after 1:30 pm (1330 GMT), with 83 British citizens and 27 others on board. IMAGES