Thousands of Israelis have protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. The street protests took place in defiance of a new law imposing curbs on public gatherings, with the largest crowds seen in Tel Aviv.
The human rights group Amnesty International has said Australia risks action at the United Nations if it fails to bring home thousands of its citizens left stranded overseas because of travel restrictions in place due to the pandemic.
Also in Australia, daily infections in the hotspot state of Victoria rose on Sunday. But officials there said restrictions are still likely to be eased if the broader trend of falling cases continues.
And more than 3m people in Madrid have had new restrictions imposed on their lives as Spain tries to control the most serious second wave of infections in Europe. People there can travel outside their home districts for essential journeys only.
There have been almost 35m confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide with more than 1m deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US which is tracking the data.
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