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China hits back at the US for raising concerns about the World Health Organization’s report on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Giuseppe Conte has handed in his resignation as Prime Minister to President Sergio Mattarella. It is highly uncertain where the political crisis will lead as presidential consultations with political parties are underway. 

Palestinian officials in the Gaza Strip have held a press conference to express their deep concerns over miserable conditions of the Palestinian prisoners at Israeli jails amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

Hamas resistance movement says the recent surge in coronavirus infections among Palestinian inmates is due to medical negligence of Israeli authorities.

Across Europe the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths are soaring, with new variants of the virus making it more transmissible.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex says the country will extend its COVID-19 curfew to a further eight departments as a "tough and necessary" move.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society announced the news in the wake of a national address by Ayatollah Khamenei.

America's top infectious disease expert has expressed frustration with the high number of coronavirus fatalities as President Trump downplays the death toll.

China tightens COVID restrictions as new cases are detected in Beijing and elsewhere.