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  1. Thousands of migrants trapped in freezing conditions in Bosnia

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    Video caption: Approximately 200 of the refugees are surviving in the woods without shelter or food

    Approximately 200 of the refugees are surviving in the woods outside of camps without any shelter or food

  2. Portugal heading for new lockdown: the latest from across Europe

    Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa looks at his watch during the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers at Ajuda Palace in Lisbon, Portugal October 26, 2019.
    Image caption: Portugal's president was left fuming after he was told he could not take part in a TV debate in person, despite testing negative for Covid-19

    Portugal's government is set to announce tough restrictions starting tomorrow that will go on for at least a month. Under the lockdown due to be agreed by ministers today, people will be told to stay at home but primary schools children will still go to school. Portuguese will, however, be allowed to go and vote in presidential elections this month. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is campaigning for reelection - he was initially given a positive Covid test earlier this week, but has now been told he's negative.

    German Health Minister Jens Spahn has appealed to all bosses to allow working from home. He says Germans are moving around more than they were during the first lockdown and, on a day that more than 1,000 further deaths have been announced, he says social contacts will have to be reduced over the next two to three months.

    Italy's government is facing crisis, after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's cabinet backed a plan on how to spend €222.9bn (£200bn) in EU Covid recovery funds. Ex-PM Matteo Renzi is considering whether to pull his ministers out of the government because he fears the money will be squandered.

    Albania’s government is refusing to divulge the source of coronavirus vaccines that have arrived in the country. PM Edi Rama was among the first people to be vaccinated on Monday - and says an EU country donated 1,000 doses on condition it was not identified.

  3. Following US Capitol riots, Germany to revisit online hate speech laws: 'There are no easy answers'

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    Video caption: Following US Capitol riots, Germany to revisit online hate speech laws

    Berlin Journalist Janosch Delcker talks to the BBC's Katty Kay

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    Video caption: Irish PM: 'We treated women exceptionally badly'

    Taoiseach (Irish PM) Mícheál Martin said women and children had been treated "exceptionally badly" in mother-and-baby homes in Ireland.