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Aberdeen in lockdown as Covid-19 spreads
The Scottish government has reimposed partial lockdown conditions in Aberdeen to deal with a Covid-19 cluster in the city.
Enormous blast rocks Beirut
An enormous blast rocked all of Beirut shortly before 1700 BST with initial reports citing official sources saying that it was the result of an accidental fire at a fireworks depot. 3rd video from another angle. Initial reports that explosion occurred due to accidental fire break in fireworks cache #Lebanon #Beirutpic. twitter. com/1WnCO6N0HI — Hemat (@Himat75) August 4, 2020 WATCH: Aftermath of Beirut's massive explosion. Many feared dead pic. twitter. com/55siEnzLSU — BNO News (@BNONews) August 4, 2020.
Trump says govt should get slice of any Microsoft-TikTok deal
The US government should get a cut from any sale of TikTok to Microsoft, President Donald Trump said, as the video-sharing social media app became embroiled in the China-US geopolitical spat.