Pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes in Wales are allowed to start serving customers outdoors on Monday - but only half are predicted to open.

Major pub chains including Wetherspoons and Brains will wait until customers are allowed indoors, from 3 August.

With turnover expected to be at 25% of pre-lockdown levels, independent businesses say only half will open.

After self-catering accommodation opened on Saturday, hairdressers will also welcome customers back on Monday.

On Friday, First Minister Mark Drakeford said hospitality businesses could reopen indoors from 3 August, providing coronavirus cases continue to fall.

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"Get a grip" and "clear up the mask muddle" are the headlines in the Daily Mirror, external and the Metro, external on the mixed messages from ministers about whether face coverings should be mandatory in shops in England.

The Mirror describes the situation as "another area of confusion caused by this shambolic government".

But the Telegraph, external says that avoiding making masks compulsory is good because such an insistence might lead people to think that they are "life-preserving" like crash helmets and seat belts.

Find out here who needs to wear a face covering in the UK.

Resty Woro Yuniar
BBC News, Jakarta

People are using a variety of ways to try and cope with the ongoing pandemic, but one coping mechanism in Indonesia certainly stands out.

Yogyakarta-based Jawasastra Culture Movement is holding a worldwide Javenese-language swearing contest - calling for people all around the world to curse, or misuh in Javanese, at the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to vent frustration.

“In our hearts, we feel all the emotions. We endure homesickness, we hold back the anger of the situation, and if we have no shame, we might even want to vomit a thousand more curses at God,” the organisation said in a statement posted on its website.

The winner of the tournament will win the title of “cursing emperor” and get a pack of coffee, three books, a cursing winner certificate, a T-shirt, daily necessities, and a lighter.

One video submission showed a man cursing in Javanese, saying: “Hey coronavirus, you’re a dog! You’ve killed my friends’ livelihood, they can’t work anymore!"

Indonesia has over 75,000 positive Covid-19 cases as of Sunday,

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As we mentioned beauty salons, spas, tattoo parlours and nail bars are opening their doors to their first clients for almost four months, as lockdown restrictions ease further in England.

But some treatments, such as eyebrow threading, are still banned, leaving many salons unable to reopen and some warning they could be forced out of business.

Businesses are required to follow guidelines to reduce the spread of coronavirus - and treatments which involve work directly in front of the face are not available.

Massage studios, tanning salons, physical therapy businesses and piercing services will also be allowed to reopen their doors in England from today.

All Qatar Airways passengers from Pakistan must show a negative test result within 72 hours of their flight.

The new measure will take effect on Monday, external, a spokesperson told Bloomberg via email. The airline operates in four Pakistani cities currently - Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar.

Pakistan has confirmed more than 250,000 infections and 5,266 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In June, travelers from the country tested positive in South Korea and Hong Kong, prompting Emirates Airlines to temporarily suspend flights from Pakistan, external. The airline resumed operations to three cities in the country last week, external, reported Gulf News.

Good morning and welcome to those of you just joining us from the UK. Here are the main stories from around the country:

• Health Secretary Matt Hancock says "targeted action" is being taken against more than 100 local coronavirus outbreaks every week in the UK
• His comments come after 73 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed at a farm in Herefordshire. Around 200 workers have been told to self-isolate following the outbreak
• Beauty salons, spas, tattoo parlours and nail bars will welcome their first clients in almost four months in England today, in a further easing of lockdown restrictions. But some treatments - such as facials - are still banned
• In Scotland indoor shopping centres can also reopen today -as long as customers wear face coverings - and visitors will be allowed back onto hospital wards
• And in Wales pubs, bars and restaurants can start serving customers outdoors from today and hairdressers can also reopen for business

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Japanese and US authorities say they are sharing information after a spate of infections at US military bases on the southern island of Okinawa.

Japanese officials confirmed on Sunday that 62 people had tested positive since Tuesday.

Two bases, where all but one of the cases were reported, have been locked down.

The island's governor, Denny Tamaki, had earlier said he was "shocked" by the reported outbreak.

Okinawa hosts the bulk of US military personnel stationed in Japan, but their presence is controversial among locals.

Scotland will see "the most significant easing of lockdown" this week with shopping malls, pubs and restaurants reopening, the first minister has said.

From Monday, non-essential shops inside shopping centres will be able to return to business.

Children and young people will also be allowed to play organised outdoor contact sports.

Further restrictions on the indoor hospitality sector will be lifted from Wednesday.

Family and friends will be able to visit hospital patients from Monday.

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India's Covid-19 caseload is rising, and people have been urged to wear face masks even when they are outdoors.

But the directive has created another problem - there is no system of safely discarding Covid-19 waste. Rubbish collectors have complained that people are mixing used gloves and masks with other waste, and it's putting the waste collectors lives at risk.

Workers say that they need training and safety gear to properly handle hazardous waste.

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The number of virus cases in the South East Asian country of Indonesia has now exceeded 75,000 - as virus hotspots continue to grow.

Jakarta - the capital of Indonesia and one of the country's biggest hotspots - saw its highest daily record on Sunday with 404 new cases.

Indonesia has struggled to stem the outbreak after it eased social distancing rules - and the country appears to be moving towards opening more sectors of its economy even as the outbreak rages on.

A major cinema chain in the country said it was preparing for a public reopening later this month - saying it would keep to social distancing measures and reduce capacity, according to a Jakarta Post report., external

And in other parts of the country like tourist hotspot Bali, beaches have already reopened - though also, with restrictions in place.

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The Palestinian Authority has imposed a night-time and weekend curfew on the West Bank in an effort to bring down the number of infections.

Travel will be prohibited daily from 20:00 to 06:00, said Palestinian government spokesman Ibrahim Melhem.

Major cities like Ramallah, Hebron and Bethlehem will also be under total lockdown until Thursday evening - and travel between districts will be banned for two weeks.

The West Bank is home to more than two million Palestinians.

According to the Times of Israel citing authorities, there were 378 new West Bank cases over the past 24 hours.

Some 5,575 people in the West Bank have been infected by the virus said Israeli paper Haaretz.

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South Africa has introduced new restrictions, including another ban on alcohol sales, to help contain the spread of coronavirus.

A night-time curfew has been imposed, and the wearing of masks outdoors is now compulsory.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the alcohol ban - South Africa's second this year - would take pressure off the national healthcare system.

It comes as total infections exceed a quarter of a million.

Deaths resulting from coronavirus have also risen to more than 4,000, and government projections estimate this could rise to 50,000 by the end of the year.

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A personal trainer, an advertising agency worker and a musician share their experiences of burnout.

Rajini Vaidyanathan
South Asia correspondent

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Indian megastars don't come bigger than the Bachchans, a family considered acting royalty.

At the helm of the dynasty is Amitabh Bachchan, one of the most famous people on the planet, with billions of fans spanning continents.

Over five decades, the 77 year old actor has starred in hundreds of Bollywood films, fronted prime time television shows and is revered, even worshipped - by his die-hard followers.

Little wonder then, that news he has coronavirus is massive news in India and beyond. In 1982, the nation stood still as Amitabh Bachchan spent months in hospital after a film stunt went horribly wrong.

This time he is said to be stable, with only mild symptoms. The star who has 43 million Twitter followers, has been tweeting thanks to his well wishers from hospital.

His son Abhishek Bachchan, and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who both tested positive, are big stars in their own right too.

As attention is focused on this one family, thousands of other Indians are contracting Covid-19 every day. The country is seeing a sharp rise in cases, now the third highest number in the world after the US and Brazil.

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Some 230,370 new cases were recorded in 24 hours - a record daily increase, said the World Health Organization on Sunday.

Most of the new cases were in the Americas, but here's a specific breakdown of where some of the other cases were from:

• Americas - 142,992
• South East Asia - 33,173
• Europe - 18,804
• Africa - 17,884
• Eastern Mediterranean - 15,361
• Western Pacific - 2,156

Around 5,285 new deaths were also reported - again, with the majority of them coming from the Americas.

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More than 35,000 people have now lost their lives in Mexico to Covid-19. The Latin American country now has more deaths than Italy - one of the first countries to raise global alarm over the virus.

But President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that the pandemic was "losing intensity" in the country and put the blame on "conservative media" for causing alarm.

The country recorded 276 deaths on Sunday and 4,482 new infections bringing total cases to almost 300,000.

The US still counts the most number of Covid-linked deaths globally. Brazil and the UK have the next highest tolls.

Welcome back to our rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. The start of the week has brought with it a new grim milestone - the World Health Organization reported a record daily increase in global virus cases, with more than 230,000 new infections on Sunday.

Most of the new cases were in the Americas - where about 140,000 infections were confirmed.

Mexico now has the fourth-most virus deaths, surpassing Italy which was once the epicentre of an outbreak in Europe.

Mexico has recorded over 35,000 deaths, behind the US, Brazil and the UK, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

And in more Latin American news - Bolivia's economy minister has now tested positive for the virus, days after its interim president tested positive. This makes Oscar Ortiz the fourth cabinet member to be infected.

The number of cases worldwide has now reached more than 12.8 million, with about 568,000 deaths.