A Swedish nurse has won a competition to watch the entire 60-movie programme of the Goteborg Film Festival from a lighthouse on an isolated island off the coast of Sweden.

Lisa Enroth said she hoped to enjoy "being part of a totally different kind of reality for a week".

She beat 12,000 film fans who applied for the experience after the festival was curtailed by the pandemic.

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Two million people in the Australian city of Perth must stay home except for essential reasons as part of a snap five-day lockdown after a security guard working at a quarantine hotel tested positive for coronavirus. Here are some of the best pictures as the city shut up shop.

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With lots of discussion about the UK’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, there's understandably lots of uncertainty around it, too.

You might have friends or family who can’t wait to have a vaccine, or some who are a bit unsure.

From infertility to travel, Newsbeat reporters Kirsty Grant and Levi Jouavel have been looking at some of the big topics that you’ve been asking about:

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Portugal's Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva has defended European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and called for unity, after a week that saw tensions over the EU’s handling of its vaccine shortage crisis.

"There is no reason for the leaders of Europe to argue. It is very important that we keep united," he told the BBC.

"As holders of the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, Portugal fully supports Ursula von der Leyen - she’s doing a great effort to address the shortfalls of production of vaccines by first Pfizer and now AstraZeneca.

"Let’s work together because it’s very important that the vaccination of all people in Europe can happen this year.

"We want the contracts signed by AstraZeneca and the European Union to be respected. It has very specific targets concerning distribution of vaccines and we expect that AstraZeneca will overcome this current shortfall in some of its plants and respect that.

"It is not an issue of restriction; it is an issue of transparency. We don’t think that there is a clause in the contract that says that the vaccines used by the European Union must be produced in the European Union. AstraZeneca has to mobilise all of its plants in order to fulfil the contractual obligations."

The bloc agreed to buy up to 400 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine last year, but last week, AstraZeneca said vaccine supplies would be reduced because of problems in one of its EU factories - leading to the EU announcing it would impose vaccine export controls.

Read more about the EU's vaccination programme, here.

A 28-year-old woman who posted social media videos from intensive care to warn others about the dangers of Covid has died with the virus.

Kyanna Sutton, who had severe asthma, died at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital earlier this month.

Before her death, the keen singer had warned others in Facebook posts from her hospital bed: "Please be careful."

Her mother Kirstie described her daughter as a "fighter".

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Buildings in Leeds city centre have been lit up to remember those who have lost their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The council says it is marking a year since the first coronavirus cases were detected in the UK.

Buildings are illuminated in blue, in tribute to NHS staff, and yellow to symbolise grief awareness.

More than 100,000 people in the UK have died with the virus, more than 1,300 of those in Leeds, the authority says.

The city's civic hall, town hall, museum, arena and a University of Leeds building are included in the two-day tribute and you can see our picture gallery here.

The emirate of Dubai has announced plans to help the UN distribute two billion coronavirus vaccines, external to some of the world’s poorest countries in the year ahead.

The city will combine its extensive network of air and sea transport resources as it acts as a global supply hub.

Emirates Skycargo, Dubai Airports and ports operator DP World will form a logistics alliance "to expedite the worldwide transport of urgently needed vaccines through Dubai".

Dubai already has one of the world's largest centres specialising in aid distribution logistics.

Now it plans to combine all its cargo-handling facilities and expertise, and put them to work in the vast effort to vaccinate the world against the coronavirus, says the BBC's Alan Johnston.

Last week, a Dubai-based organisation involved in international port management agreed to help the UN ship vaccines to low and middle-income countries. The firm will do this at no cost.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the coronavirus have visited the livestock market initially linked to the first outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

The team entered the now closed Huanan livestock market through a scrum of gathered media. The site was linked to 70% of early coronavirus infections according to research cited by the WHO.

The team’s work is focusing on the potential jump of the virus from animals into humans; however, this Wuhan market - which once had a wide range of exotic species for sale - may have simply been responsible for spreading the disease rather than causing it.

Earlier, the scientists went to a massive wholesale facility to ask about the city’s frozen goods supply chain. The question of how long the coronavirus can survive on frozen surfaces could be crucial to understanding its origin.

The Chinese government has pushed this line of inquiry because it could support the idea that the disease initially travelled to the country from elsewhere via frozen food.

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Police stopped an illegal rave from going ahead after hundreds bought tickets despite it being in breach of Covid rules.

Northumbria Police said the rave was due to be held at a disused building on Saturday evening near to the County Durham border at Consett.

Organisers had arrived to set up before officers intervened and made a number of arrests and seized equipment.

Police called it "irresponsible and completely unacceptable".

Those who planned to attend were warned they faced being reported for Covid breaches if they visited the area.

Under coronavirus rules, police have the power to shut down large parties - with fines of up to £10,000.

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The director of the Oxford Vaccine Group has said the world should work together on Covid vaccinations and warned against complacency over the new variants.

"There is a moral case for trying to make sure people are protected everywhere," Professor Andrew Pollard told Radio 4’s Broadcasting House programme.

"But also a selfish reason – our health security absolutely depends on preventing disease in those in other countries who we might be interacting with and might bring new variants here as well."

He says the UK has over-ordered vaccines but whether it sends any to the EU is "a decision for politicians to make later on".

Prof Pollard warns "we absolutely cannot be complacent" over new variants.

"While we allow it to continue to transmit in many parts of the world, that's exactly the circumstance...that new variants will arrive," he says.

He says data in the "very near future" will show current vaccines as effective against the Kent variant.

But the South African and Brazilian strains are "much more concerning", he says.

Scientists will adapt vaccines to tackle those variants during the course of this year, he says.

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It's been a busy morning of coronavirus developments here in the UK. If you're just joining us, here's a summary of the main stories across the globe:

• Ending the current coronavirus lockdown must happen "very slowly, very cautiously", Public Health England's Covid strategy chief says
• Dr Susan Hopkins also says the UK should start seeing the impact of the vaccination programme in two weeks

• The situation in hospitals has "stabilised" and staff are no longer having to plan for extra capacity, an intensive care doctor says
• UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock predicts "a happy and free great British summer" - but warns of "a tough few months" before then. National restrictions remain in place as the vaccination programme continues
• The Irish PM says there are "lessons to be learnt" after the EU reversed its threat to put checks on the Irish border, as part of efforts to tackle vaccine shortages in the bloc
• Fresh Covid-19 restrictions have kicked in in France, but the country has once again resisted a new nationwide lockdown
• The Australian city of Perth is entering a snap five-day lockdown after a security guard working at a quarantine hotel tested positive for the virus. It's the first case for 10 months of locally acquired Covid anywhere in Western Australia
• Investigators from the World Health Organization have visited the Chinese market in Wuhan where the first coronavirus cases were detected, in a bid to learn more about the origins of the virus

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With vast open countryside, a love of rugby and staggering scenery, Wales has many things in common with New Zealand.

But during the coronavirus pandemic, life has been very different for the two countries 18,000 miles apart.

While in Wales people have all stayed home for months, in New Zealand thousands packed out sports stadiums.

New Zealand was widely praised for its swift response to Covid-19 - and everyday life there largely went back to normal in June - but Wales is currently seeing its highest level of lockdown.

Natalie Hender and her husband Alex moved to Auckland in 2018 from Cardiff for the adventure of a lifetime.

"We feel guilty about being able to have a normal life here while everyone [in Wales] is in lockdown," says Mrs Hender, who said compliance with rules had been part of New Zealand's success.

"We're very fortunate to be able to enjoy things that at any other time could be taken for granted, but right now are out of the ordinary for most people, but we are aware that many others aren't so lucky and are constantly reminded of that when we speak to family and friends back home."

Read more here.

First it was an economic collapse, then the Beirut blast, and now coronavirus.

Lebanon has seen a record number of infections and deaths in recent weeks after the authorities relaxed restrictions over the festive period.

Now they’re enforcing one of the world’s strictest curfews as the country’s hospitals reach breaking point.

Martin Patience reports on the struggle to treat patients there.

A Public Health England official has reiterated advice against mixing different vaccines from first to second dose.

The vaccines currently being used in the UK are the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs, both of which are given in two doses.

Dr Susan Hopkins said people should get the same type of vaccine in their second dose as what they had for their first because "that's what we know works".

She said studies are yet to be completed on whether mixing Covid vaccines works, but that it is "often an effective strategy" for other infections.

A little earlier, we brought you comments on the same issue from the deputy chair of the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

Prof Anthony Harnden said it will be "interesting to see" if the UK's vaccine supplies will be sufficient to ensure all second doses can be matched up to the first. If they aren't, he says, the JCVI advice is "it’s best to have a second dose of a different vaccine than no second dose at all".

The JCVI's guidance to healthcare workers, external is that "every effort" should be made to make sure two-dose courses are completed with the same vaccine.

But it adds that if a second dose of the same vaccine isn't available - or if it isn't known whether the patient had the Pfizer or Oxford jab for their first dose - offering a dose of a different vaccine is "preferred" to not giving a second dose at all, especially for people in at-risk groups.

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As daily infections hit a new record in Cuba, the government announced its latest restrictions on travellers to the island via their top epidemiologist, Dr Francisco Durán.

From 6 February, visitors to Cuba, including Cubans who live abroad, will be sent to hotels at their own expense to await the results of a PCR test. Those results will be due on their fifth day in the country.

Cubans returning home will have to go to a government-run isolation centre, and only diplomats and a few foreign business people will be able to isolate at home. In effect, the move closes the island to even the limited tourism it had allowed in recent months.

A reduction in flights from much of Latin America and the US was also ordered. These steps had been in place in the spring and appeared to help limit the spread of the virus.

By the standards of many other countries, the infection figures in Cuba are low, with a little over 900 people diagnosed with the virus in the past 24 hours.

However, for Cuba, the situation is bad and getting worse. Having almost totally controlled the spread of the virus at one point last year, the government is concerned how things have slid back to this point.

It’s also well aware that its chronically underfunded healthcare system will struggle to cope if numbers continue along their current trend.

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has predicted that the UK will be "in the middle of a happy and free Great British summer" in six months' time - but warns the country faces "a tough few months" before then.

His hopes for the summer come after a Public Health England official said any lifting of restrictions must be done "very slowly, very cautiously".

Dr Susan Hopkins added that she hopes summer 2021 will be much like summer 2020, where virus rules were far less tough than the current lockdown measures - but she added: "I think we need to be very cautious on that - we do not want to have another wave as we did this winter."

Asked when lockdown restrictions can start to be lifted, Hancock told the BBC's Politics East programme that there was still significant pressure on hospitals.

“We have to follow the data, we have to see the impact of the vaccine on the ground," he said.

"It’s a difficult balance: we’ve got to move as fast as we can but in such a way that keeps people safe."

Hancock went on to say his biggest worry at the moment is that more variants of the virus could emerge.

He says the fast-spreading British variant of the virus is "absolutely savage" but that he's "tossing and turning in the night a little less" now that two new vaccines, Janssen and Novavax, have shown to have some efficacy against the South African variant.

Earlier Andrew Marr spoke to Professor Susan Hopkins from Public Health England about the gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions:

Jeremy Hunt says the European Union took a "huge wrong step" in trying to control vaccine exports by invoking an emergency Brexit clause.

The Conservative former health secretary told Sky's Sophy Ridge: "They got it completely wrong and the government is being very wise to lower the temperature in a situation like this.

"If we are going to tackle these new variants, and they could happen to be South Africa and Brazil this time, could be anywhere else next time, we are going to need to have high levels of close co-operation and collaboration across the world.

"We all know the problems that happened because we didn't find out about the virus in China as quickly as we might have, so we really do need to be working closely with everyone and we have the capacity to do that in this country with our world-beating genomics capacity.

"That's why I think this was a huge wrong step for the EU to take, but I think it's very welcome that it's been resolved."

The EU reversed its threat to put checks on the Irish border as part of its efforts to control vaccine exports, amid dose shortages in the bloc.

Read more on the EU vaccine row here

In case you missed the Irish prime minister's interview on the Andrew Marr Show earlier, here is a clip from it.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin told Marr that an "acrimonious row" between AstraZeneca and the EU over vaccine supply had "blindsided" the bloc in its its threat to put checks on the Irish border.

He also said lessons were to be learnt from the situation and that everyone needed to "calm down".

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The Australian city of Perth has entered a snap five-day lockdown after a security guard working at a quarantine hotel tested positive for coronavirus.

Western Australia - the state of which Perth is the capital - had not had a case of locally acquired coronavirus for 10 months.

The lockdown is due to run until Friday night.

Schools, restaurants, bars, cinemas and gyms have been ordered to close. Only essential travel will be allowed and masks must be worn.

People in the city and nearby Peel and South West regions must stay at home, except for essential work, healthcare, food shopping or exercise, said Western Australia state Premier Mark McGowan.

It's taken just a single new Covid-19 infection to send most of Western Australia's 2.7 million residents into lockdown, and it highlights the nation's very cautious response to the pandemic, says the BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney.

Read more here.