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Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, deplores the Taliban decision to shut secondary girls schools in Afghanistan, just hours after they reopened, calling it "a profoundly disturbing setback" and "an arbitrary decision" outside the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York. SOUNDBITE
Images of the border crossing of Novi Yarylovychi where more than one thousand Hasidic Jews including children, who have sought to travel to a pilgrimage site in Ukraine, are being held up at the country's border with Belarus due to coronavirus restrictions. Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews travel every Jewish New Year to the central Ukrainian town of Uman to visit the tomb of Rabbi Nahman, the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement. IMAGES
After weeks of strict lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19, outdoor cafes are now open to the public, as well as beauty salons, dental clinics, parks and squares, as restriction measures are eased. Ukraine has so far confirmed 15,648 cases of COVID-19, including 408 deaths. IMAGES
Schools in Denmark reopen after a month-long closure over the novel coronavirus, becoming the first country in Europe to do so. However classes are only resuming in about half of Denmark's municipalities and in about 35 percent of Copenhagen's schools, as other have requested more time to adjust to health protocols still in place. IMAGES
Almost all schools in Britain are closed from today under new controls aimed to slow the spread of coronavirus. The children of people deemed to be essential frontline workers, such as health care workers or food and distribution sector employees, will still be cared for in schools. IMAGES
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