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British Transport Minister Grant Shapps says that Britain is willing to step in to host the Champions League football final, after the government placed Turkey on a coronavirus travel red list. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are reportedly discussing the state of Brexit trade talks as a deadline approaches to decide whether to continue or abandon negotiations. IMAGES
People in cars pass through a road checkpoint in Wuhan as Chinese authorities lift a more than two-month ban on travel from the city in Hubei Province. Government estimates say as many as 55,000 people are expected to flow out Wednesday, April 8 by train from the city, which was placed under an unprecedented quarantine lockdown on January 23. IMAGES
Thousands of travellers flock to catch trains leaving Wuhan, minutes before authorities lift a ban on outbound travel from the hard-hit city where the coronavirus pandemic first emerged. The lockdown had been in place since January 23. IMAGES
As the UK government begins daily coronavirus briefings, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says "Now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact with others, and to stop all unnecessary travel." SOUNDBITE
Vice President Mike Pence announces during a press briefing at the White House that a travel ban imposed on European nations over the coronavirus pandemic will be extended to the United Kingdom and Ireland starting at 0400 GMT Tuesday. SOUNDBITE