International

World News. 17^th September
A Study in USA confirms that minorities are more likely to catch the virus.  Hispanic people are more than 2 and a half times more likely than white people to get the virus.  Black and Asian people are twice as likely than white people.  Death rates are also much higher among these groups than among white people.  The reasons for the difference are linked to poverty, living conditions and employment.
More about the climate,  Huge fires in California but huge rain storms in Florida and Alabama.  Tropical storm Sally has dumped over four months of rain in four hours and it is still raining.  There is a lot of flooding and over 500 thousand people do not have electric power. It would be better if the rain was in California to help put out the fires
Belarus still has big protests against the President as they say he fiddled the election.  One leader of the protest, Maria, who ripped up her passport when they tried to put her out of the country, is now in jail.  They are charging her with working against the security of the country and can put her in prison for five years.  It looks like Russia is supporting the Belarus President, for now.
Now announced that the Sony Playstation 5 and the Xbox Series X will launch worldwide in November – PS5 comes out a few days after XBox.    There are different versions but the XBox looks cheaper at about £250 with the PS5 around £360.