International

World News 3^rd August
Libya, the country in North Africa, borders with Egypt is still a war zone.  Britain and France helped to remove Colonel Gaddafi but since then, there has been civil war and many different groups are fighting.  Why is this important?  Libya has the most oil in Africa and this valuable to countries all over the world.  Countries like Turkey and Syria and Russia are involved in supporting different groups as well as the Arab countries in the Middle East.  People in Libya have too many weapons and are also able to use drones to attack the other groups.  This looks like it will continue for a while – the people who suffer are the ordinary families.
Virus update:
The lockdown in Australia in Melbourne area is now very strict.  People only allowed out of their homes to get food or for one hour exercise.  Everything shutdown at 8 pm. 
The Philippines also now on strict shutdown because of rise in cases.
In India, the minister whose job is to sort out health in the country, is now in hospital with the virus.
Belgium now has a red list of countries, so people coming back have to quarantine.  The list includes Spain, Switzerland and Central England. 
There was a large crowd of protesters in Berlin refusing to wear masks or keep distance.  45 police were injured trying to break up the crowd. 
Virus keeps increasing in South America but we do not know numbers as there is very little testing. 
South Africa is up to 500 thousand cases but they say things are improving.