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Images outside Government House in Bangkok. The Thai government declared a state of emergency banning gatherings of more than four people and outlawing online posts deemed a threat to national security on Thursday in a move to end simmering pro-democracy protests. IMAGES
Madrid, Oct 1 (EFE).- Madrid has 48 hours to implement a partial lockdown that will prevent residents leaving the city limits without justification and introduce tighter measures on social life, according to new criteria approved by the Spanish government on Thursday. The capital and its outlying region have once again become the focal point of the pandemic in Spain with a two-week coronavirus incidence rate of 784 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, more than double the national average. Madrid’s regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso, a member of the conservative Popular Party, said her government will obey the new measures but would challenge their legality in court. FOOTAGE OF MADRID ON THURSDAY.SOUNDBITES OF-ALONSO, TAXI DRIVER:"First of all, measures are not clear at all and I find it shameful that the Community of Madrid gives priority to its interests rather than public health and deaths."-SARA, LIVES IN VALLADOLID BUT COMES TO MADRID FOR WORK. "I think it is ok because health comes first so if it is necessary to take measures, the sooner the better." -CARMEN, PERFUMERY ATTENDANT:"Very bad. We are in a place where people are not coming anymore. Many of our customers are from areas which are not in the city centre and they don't come. We have to deliver (our products) to older people because they are scared to come in here. Also all workers who used to be here are now working from home so they are not coming anymore, there are no tourists. So it's bad. The situation is bad in the city centre."
The Spanish Parliament opens a debate followed by a vote to determine an extension on the state of emergency declared by the government in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. The Spanish government on March 14 imposed one of the toughest lockdowns in Europe to curb the spread of the virus, with people allowed out of their homes only to work, buy food and seek medical care. At least 14,555 people have died in Spain from COVID-19. IMAGES
Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape declares a 14-day state of emergency in the capital Port Moresby, after 15 people were killed in riots as crowds looted and burned shops, adding that more than 1,000 troops are on standby "to step in wherever necessary" under the emergency decree. SOUNDBITE
Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso, who was forcibly kissed in August by the former president of the football federation Luis Rubiales after the Roja women's World Cup victory, arrives at the Audiencia Nacional court in Madrid to be heard by the judge in charge of the case. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won't be making a final lap around Europe after all. His European was scrapped on Tuesday after Luxembourg's foreign minister and European Union officials refused to meet with him. According to Business Insider, a series of diplomats snubbed Pompeo. One diplomatic source says that America's European allies were 'embarrassed' by the deadly riot at the Capitol last week. A day after the siege, Asselborn publicly called President Donald Trump a 'criminal' and a 'political pyromaniac who should be sent to criminal court.'
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