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Suspect in Malta journalist murder pleads guilty
One of three men accused of assassinating Daphne Caruana Galizia gets a 15-year jail term.
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Suspect in Malta journalist murder pleads guilty
One of three men accused of assassinating Daphne Caruana Galizia gets a 15-year jail term.

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Suspect in Malta journalist murder pleads guilty
One of three men accused of assassinating Daphne Caruana Galizia gets a 15-year jail term.

Tear gas as Georgia opposition leader is arrested
Dramatic video shows Nika Melia barricaded in a room with supporters as police raid his party's HQ.

France-Scotland in doubt because of Covid
Scotland's Six Nations match in Paris on Sunday is thrown into further doubt after five more France players tested positive for coronavirus.

Freshwater fish in 'catastrophic' decline
Numbers are plunging due to pollution, unsustainable fishing and the draining of rivers.
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Video caption: Caruana Galizia: Malta journalist's son seeks 'full picture' The son of murdered anti-corruption blogger Caruana Galizia urges Malta to hold a public inquiry.
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Copyright: ReutersImage caption: Mass testing in Dunkirk - France is worried about a new infection hotspot – the northern port city of Dunkirk. The infection rate there is more than 900 per 100,000 inhabitants, so a local lockdown is now being considered. On Monday the focus was on Nice, a southern resort city, where the rate is above 700. A weekend lockdown has been imposed there and in nearby areas. These surges have been blamed on the highly contagious English variant. France is trying to avoid a third national lockdown
- In Italy the new government led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi has extended until 27 March a ban on travel between Italy’s regions, to curb the virus spread. The new decree also extends a restriction on private visits: no more than two adults and children under 14 can visit another person’s home
- EU Europe ministers are discussing how to ease the current border restrictions, which violate the spirit of free movement in the EU. The European Commission has complained to Germany about its border controls, saying they go too far. But Germany is frustrated its infection rates are declining too slowly, or not at all. Belgium, Hungary and three Nordic countries received such complaints previously from the commission
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Video caption: Georgia police storm opposition HQ and arrest leader Hundreds of police in riot gear arrest Nika Melia at his opposition party's headquarters in Tbilisi.
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An Italian military policeman also died in the incident near the town of Kanyamahoro.
Officials at the Virunga National Park say the attack was an attempted kidnapping.
Many armed groups operate in an around the park which borders Rwanda and Uganda.
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