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Across the world, from the US to Europe to Australia, countries have closed their borders. Now Latin America, which has fewer confirmed coronavirus cases, has started to impose the same drastic measures in an effort to stop the virus from spreading. But not all leaders are taking the threats seriously, says Katy Watson in Brazil.

Once a much-admired recipient of the Nobel peace prize, Aung San Suu Kyi鈥檚 repeated denials of the persecution of the Rohingya, the country鈥檚 Muslim minority, have earned her global opprobrium. As Nick Beake bids farewell to his life in Yangon and Myanmar, he reflects on its elusive first lady.

Lebanon鈥檚 Hezbollah fighters have helped Syria鈥檚 president Assad regain control over rebel-held areas and improved the effectiveness of the pro-regime forces. The militant group is reported to have lost at least 1200 men there. By no means all Syrians are grateful for these sacrifices says Lizzie Porter.

For four months in 1968, Czechoslovakia broke free from Soviet rule, allowing freedom of speech and removing some state controls. The Prague Spring was a period of cultural liberalisation. While watching a film about this period, Rob Cameron spotted a trumpeter playing jazz in the Reduta club in Prague. He was so captivated by his performance, he set out to find him.

(Image: A protestor in Brazil wearing a face mask. Credit: Alessandro Dahan/Getty Images)