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Newsday: 16/12/2020 06:06 GMT: Germany under tougher restrictions amid Covid rise

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16/12/2020 06:06 GMT

16/12/2020 06:06 GMT: Germany under tougher restrictions amid Covid rise

Germany under tougher restrictions amid Covid rise

BBC World Service - Newsday, Germany under tougher restrictions amid Covid rise

All non-essential businesses will close under Germany's new restrictions

All non-essential businesses will close under Germany's new restrictions.

Germany has entered a hard lockdown closing schools and non-essential businesses in an attempt to stop a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections; a verdict is likely later today in the trial of some of those involved in the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo; and we'll go to a small town in Italy which has built its fortune on recycling used clothes – and is now leading the way in sustainable fashion.

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