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France racks up post-lockdown high in new infections; Australian state sees 18 deaths and 94 cases; India sets new daily record with more than 77,000 cases. Follow all the updates live

Global report: India sets new daily case record
Repatriating 100,000 stranded Australians could take six months

Locals rediscover streets and beaches absent of foreign tourists

UK businesses offer incentives to lure back office workers

12.38am BST
Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman has just been on ABC News, where he addressed the sad story from yesterday where a woman’s unborn child died after she waited 16 hours before she could be flown from NSW into Queensland for surgery.
Zimmerman said it was a “tragic human story” due to “decision-making that’s occurred” under Queensland’s Labor premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
12.26am BST
New South Wales Health has strongly advised that people from Sydney and the Central Coast should not visit an aged care facility for the next two weeks, as cases rise.
In a statement, the department stressed this was a “precautionary step”, but was spurred by the latest outbreak in the Sydney CBD. Continue reading...