International

World News   6th November
Confusion and anger in USA as Trump claims there is voter fraud but there is no evidence.  Many people are on the streets – very bad feelings. 
The international agency (OSCE) which observes elections says there is no evidence of voter fraud and that Trump is making claims with no evidence and he is causing break down in trust among people about the country and government.
Ethiopia has the second biggest population (109 million) in Africa but there is almost a war there now.  The Government is fighting against one part of the country, Tigray province.  There are many factors including the election was postponed because of covid.  There has been fighting now and people have been killed.  Each side is blaming the other side.  Very serious.  It is not easy to follow what is going on there.
France has 58 thousand new cases in one day.  Italy has most deaths since April.  Brazil has over 5 million virus cases since the start.  Ireland has a strong lockdown and says the virus cases are dropping.  They hope to have it under control by end of November.
Denmark, Germany and Sweden are now off the travel list – that means if you are coming into the UK from those countries you will have to self-isolate for 14 days.  It looks like in Denmark there is a slightly different form of the virus which has appeared in the farms they have for minks.  What are minks?  They are small animals with long tails that live near water, which are kept for their fur which is of high value. The Danish Government has had to kill thousands of minks which are infected.

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