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Australia Uk North America JULY 7 (GMT) – JULY 8 (AEST), 2020 YOUR DAILY TOP 12 STORIES FROM FRANK NEWS FULL STORIES START ON PAGE 3 NORTH AMERICA UK AUSTRALIA ‘No need for fear’ as cases rise PM urged not to keep China ties Melbourne returns to lockdown Florida’s biggest county is ordering Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Melbourne has been ordered back into restaurants and gyms closed again administration has been urged not to put lockdown after the state was hit with a because of a rise in confirmed relations with China on ice after the Asian record 191 new cases of coronavirus. coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, powerhouse was accused of attempting Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed as the US emerges from a Fourth of July to persuade influential individuals to people in metropolitan Melbourne and weekend of picnics, pool parties and support Huawei’s integration into the Mitchell Shire, north of the city, will beach outings that health officials fear UK’s 5G network. A controversial dossier return to lockdown from 11:59pm on will fuel the rapidly worsening outbreak. – reportedly compiled with the help of Wednesday (AEST) for six weeks. “We Confirmed cases are on the rise in former MI6 spy Christopher Steele – has know we’re on the cusp of something 41 out of 50 states, and the per centage claimed that high-profile people were very, very bad if we don’t take these steps of tests coming back positive for the virus targeted to act as “useful idiots” for today,” Andrews said. is increasing in 39 states. Beijing. NORTH AMERICA UK NEW ZEALAND Peacock evicted after attack Brits may not take-up vaccine Ardern defends booking freeze Animal control officers in Victoria, British Fresh polling has suggested that almost Mounting pressure on New Zealand’s Colombia have evicted a male peacock a third of Britons definitely will not or COVID-19 border regime has forced the from an apartment entrance after the are unsure about whether they will government to ration places for Kiwis bird’s daily courtship activities recently take up a COVID-19 vaccine as anti-vax entering the country. Jacinda Ardern’s escalated to an attack on a resident. misinformation takes hold online. In a government has struck a deal with Air The large bird clawed a woman’s hand survey conducted on behalf of research New Zealand to limit the number of as she tried to get into the building, Ian group Centre for Countering Digital places available for international arrivals, Fraser, Victoria’s senior animal control Hate (CCDH), only six per cent of people given the strain on compulsory isolation officer, said. He said the peacock eluded polled said they would definitely not get facilities. Ardern said freezing new Air animal control officers until it was caught vaccinated. New Zealand bookings for three weeks last week, when it began two weeks in a was a better option than putting a cap on humane bird facility to cool off. arrivals from overseas. 1 JULY 7 (GMT) – JULY 8 (AEST), 2020 YOUR DAILY TOP 12 STORIES FROM FRANK NEWS FULL STORIES START ON PAGE 6 REST OF THE WORLD UK AUSTRALIA Pandemic brings terror fears Russia warns UK over sanctions Aussies told of detention risk UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Russia has warned it will retaliate after Australians have been warned they may has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic Britain announced it was imposing be at risk of arbitrary detention if they provides new opportunities for the sanctions on 25 Russian nationals linked ignore government warnings and travel Islamic State extremist group, al-Qaida to the death in custody of the lawyer to China. The Department of Foreign and their affiliates as well as neo-Nazis, Sergei Magnitsky. Kremlin Spokesman Affairs has updated its travel advice for white supremacists and hate groups. The Dmitry Peskov said Moscow regretted China to note that “authorities have UN chief said it’s too early to fully assess the “unfriendly” actions of the UK detained foreigners because they’re the implications of the coronavirus Government and was ready to respond in ‘endangering national security’,” and pandemic on terrorism, but all these kind. “We can only regret such unfriendly Australians may be at risk. The overall groups seek to exploit divisions, local steps,” Peskov was quoted as saying by level of advice remains at “do not travel” conflicts, failures in governing, and other the Tass news agency. to China. grievances to advance their aims. REST OF THE WORLD UK NEW ZEALAND Bus plunges into lake ‘Huge increase’ in littering Nats MP admits privacy breach Authorities say 21 people have been A huge increase in litter and fly-tipping New Zealand’s opposition National party killed when a bus ran through a roadside in woodlands during lockdown is is once again mired in wrongdoing after a fence and plunged into a lake in a harming the countryside and putting former party president and MP combined southwestern Chinese city. Surveillance nature at risk, a charity has warned. The to leak details of people with COVID-19 video posted by state broadcaster CCTV Woodland Trust said its more than 1000 to the media. The sensational privacy on its social media account show the bus sites across the UK have stayed open, breach was revealed with a series of suddenly race across six lanes of traffic giving people access to woods and local coordinated confessions and statements, and through the fence. The cause of the wild throughout the pandemic. But an including from opposition leader Todd accident was unclear. increase in visitors to its woodlands has Muller. also seen a massive surge in litter, fly- tipping and irresponsible and damaging behaviour, the conservation charity said. 2 JULY 7 (GMT) – JULY 8 (AEST), 2020 A health care worker carries a stack of clipboards at a COVID-19 testing site in Homestead, A male peacock seen outside of an apartment bulding in Victoria, British Colombia. - CP Florida. - AP NORTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA ‘No need to be fearful’ Peacock evicted after as corona cases rise apartment attack Florida’s biggest county is ordering restaurants and gyms Animal control officers in Victoria, British Colombia have closed again because of a rise in confirmed coronavirus evicted a male peacock from an apartment entrance cases and hospitalizations, as the US emerges from a after the bird’s daily courtship activities recently Fourth of July weekend of picnics, pool parties and beach escalated to an attack on a resident. outings that health officials fear will fuel the rapidly worsening outbreak. The large bird clawed a woman’s hand as she tried to get into the building, Ian Fraser, Victoria’s senior animal control The see-saw effect – restrictions lifted, then reversed after a officer, said. resurgence of cases – has been seen around the US in recent He said the peacock eluded animal control officers until it weeks and is expected again after a long holiday that saw was caught last week, when it began two weeks in a humane party-goers and sunbathers gathering, many without masks, on bird facility to cool off during its mating season. one of the biggest weekends of the summer. “The peacock was making a royal nuisance of himself. There’s Confirmed cases are on the rise in 41 out of 50 states plus no doubt about that,” Fraser said. “It was blocking off the the District of Columbia, and the per centage of tests coming entranceway to the building. There’s a lot of seniors in that back positive for the virus is increasing in 39 states. building and actually it attacked a lady and put a sizeable gash Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said ‘there’s no need to be fearful’ into the back of her hand.” as COVID-19 cases are increasing across the state. Fraser said he suspects the peacock wandered out of “Really, I mean, it’s a team effort here in Florida. We’ve got all Beacon Hill Park and decided to relocate to the apartment hands-on deck and I think the people of Florida are responding entrance after being attracted by its glass features. positively and I think they’re responding in ways. But there’s “I guess the peacock sees his reflection in the window no need to be fearful. Just focus on the facts. We understand. entranceway of the apartment and thinks it’s his territory.” We’ve got to do as a state and let’s... let’s get it done,” Apartment resident Susan Simmons said the peacock DeSantis said. wandered over to the building from the nearby park in the “There are and have been way more infections than spring and wouldn’t leave. documented cases. And so, if you see 5000 cases, 10000 just She said it squawked at passing vehicles, performed dances understand that is not the sum total of the people that have for female peacocks and fought with other males who came been infected. We were doing 80,000 tests a day in March or near the building. April. Those numbers would have been dramatically higher in “He just set up shop and was here all day, everyday,” terms of case numbers,” DeSantis said. Simmons said. “He had made it his home. He had firmly Florida, which recorded an all-time high of 11,400 cases and decided it was his territory. He had territory fights with has seen its positive test rate over the past two weeks reach other peacocks.” more than 18 per cent, has been especially hard hit, along with She said she also saw the peacock chase a gardener and a other Sunbelt states such as Arizona, California and Texas.
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