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France has begun reopening its borders to traffic from Britain after a forty-eight-hour closure which has left thousands of trucks stranded in south-east England.  European Union citizens and residents, freight drivers and others will be allowed in, provided they have a negative coronavirus test.

Donald Trump has rejected a nine-hundred-billion-dollar coronavirus relief package which was agreed by the US Congress on Monday after months of delay.  Mr Trump said the bill was a disgrace, wasting money on foreign countries and special interests, whilst failing to provide enough to American families.

American military vessels have arrived off the coast of Somalia to help with the withdrawal of around seven hundred US troops who were deployed in the fight against the militant group, Al Shabaab. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump ordered all American soldiers to leave Somalia.

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