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Amid a resurgence of the virus in Australia, police in Sydney obtained court orders to ban a Black Lives Matter protest going ahead on Tuesday.

But about two dozen protesters showed up in a city park and were dispersed by officers. “We are not anti-protest. Just don’t do it in the middle of a pandemic,” said a New South Wales (NSW) Police representative.

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The demonstrators argue that it’s a breach of their democratic rights when restaurants, shopping centres and football matches are still operating.

On Tuesday New South Wales reported 14 new cases, while neighbouring Victoria – the centre of the country's latest wave – recorded six new deaths and 384 new cases.

With the UK government now advising against all but essential travel to Spain, many Britons will be looking for alternative holiday destinations this summer.

We've put together this handy guide on some tourist favourites, from Greece to France - summing up all you need to know about what restrictions are in place there.

But be aware the situation can change rapidly - and ministers warned this morning that people must accept "a degree of uncertainty" when travelling abroad.

Monica Muñoz, from San Antonio, Texas, lost her father and grandfather to coronavirus. Now the family is facing thousands of dollars in medical costs.

According to new data, Latinos have been nearly twice as likely to be infected as white people. While Latinos represent 18% of the total US population, they account for 34% of Covid-19 cases.

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California's San Quentin State Prison had zero coronavirus cases, until an inmate transfer in May sparked one of the worst outbreaks in the state and the country. Authorities are now scrambling to contain it.

There have now been at least 2,159 confirmed cases of Covid-19 at San Quentin and 19 deaths.

According to prison reform advocates, the pre-existing conditions at many California facilities have made coronavirus outbreaks inevitable.

Poor ventilation and a swollen inmate population have also contributed to the spike in cases. In an attempt to curb any further outbreak, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that approximately 8,000 inmates across the state could be eligible for release by the end of August.

Read more here.

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Belgium has shrunk the size of its social bubbles in a bid to combat rising infections, but the situation is particularly bad around Antwerp - the largest city in the country.

All municipalities in the area have recorded higher cases numbers in the last week, and two - Ranst and Antwerp itself - have recorded more than 100 infections per 100,000 people.

On Monday night, regional authorities brought in tough new measures to tackle the spread. Team sports and contact sports are banned, masks are compulsory for everyone aged over 12 where social distancing is not possible, and there is a new night-time curfew for all but essential workers.

A spokesperson for Mayor Bart De Wever said he was closely watching the situation and could "take additional measures if necessary".

A 75-year-old woman has finally returned home after spending 111 days in hospital with coronavirus.

Safurat Oyenike Ladoje was admitted to Great Western Hospital in Swindon, south-west England, on 2 April and was on a ventilator in intensive care for six weeks.

Safurat is the oldest patient to have recovered after being ventilated at the hospital, bosses said.

"I couldn't talk or get up. I'm just thanking god that I'm still alive," she said.

Read more here.

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President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, has tested positive for coronavirus, the White House has confirmed.

Mr O'Brien, 54, has been self-isolating and working from home.

The aide has mild symptoms and there was no risk of exposure to Mr Trump or Vice-President Mike Pence, a statement said.

Mr O'Brien is the highest-ranking official in the US administration known to have tested positive.

It is not clear when he and the president last met, but one administration official said it had not been for "several days". The pair appeared together two weeks ago on a trip to Miami.

Read more here.

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Spain's leading hotelier association is calling for testing to replace quarantine measures, after the UK said all those arriving from Spain must self-isolate for 14 days.

Ramon Estalella, secretary general of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation, said the industry was losing millions of euros a day because of the measures, and called for people entering and leaving the country to be tested to remove the need for healthy people to quarantine.

“I cannot understand why we are not financing tests for people to give them the confidence to travel," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

“The cost is nothing compared with the money we can lose."

You can read more on the travel rules for Spain here.

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US Senate Republicans have proposed spending an additional $1tn (£776bn) to address the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The plan includes $100bn for schools and issuing stimulus payments of up to $1,200 to most Americans.

Under the plan, the payment would replace a $600 boost to unemployment benefits during the pandemic.

The proposal sets the stage for negotiations with Democrats who have called it "totally inadequate".

The US has already spent more than $2.4tn on virus relief measures, sending billions of dollars in aid to businesses and individual households.

Read more here.

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Britons must accept "a degree of uncertainty" when travelling abroad, as the government may take steps to protect its nationals if the situation worsens in another country, a minister has said.

Defending the decision to extend advice against non-essential travel to the Spanish islands as well as the mainland, Local Government Minister Simon Clarke said it was taken to "minimise disruption" for travellers, after quarantine measures were reintroduced following a sharp increase in coronavirus cases there.

“Clearly you do have to make decisions on a country-wide basis. There is going to be internal travel within Spain and it’s important that we do our utmost to protect the public," he told BBC Breakfast.

You can read more about the UK's quarantine rules here.

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Spurred by fears of resurgent infections, several European countries are adopting fresh measures to combat transmissions.

Belgium on Monday tightened restrictions on social gatherings - from Wednesday residents will be allowed to see a maximum of five people outside of their families. The number of people allowed to gather in public has also halved - to 100 indoors, and 200 outdoors. Belgium has one of Europe's highest infection rates and it is rising. In the past week an average of 279 people daily have caught coronavirus in the country, compared with 163 a day the week before.

Meanwhile in Germany, Health Minister Jens Spahn has said coronavirus tests compulsory will be made compulsory for anyone travelling into the country from high-risk areas.

Neighbouring France has also ordered night curfews for beaches in Quiberon after a cluster of cases emerged in the Brittany resort last week.

Spain is rushing to save its tourism industry while cases of coronavirus rise in areas of Catalonia and Aragón. Spanish officials insist the virus is under control.

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The row over the UK's decision to reinstate quarantine measures for travellers returning from Spain shows no sign of easing. On Monday the Spanish prime minister called the decision “unjust”.

Pedro Sánchez said tourists in most Spanish regions would be safer from coronavirus than in the UK, and he was hoping Britain would rethink its move.

On Sunday the UK government required anyone arriving from Spain to self-isolate for 14 days. The Foreign Office later extended its travel advice, telling people to avoid all non-essential journeys to the Canary and Balearic Islands, as well as mainland Spain.

We’ve answered your questions on the travel rules for Spain here.

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Emirates has become the first airline to offer free Covid-19 insurance as it tries to get people flying again.

Passengers will be covered for medical treatment, hotel quarantine, and even their funeral if they catch the coronavirus while travelling.

The announcement , externalcomes as carriers around the world have been hit hard by travel restrictions and other moves to tackle the pandemic.

Earlier this month, the world's biggest long-haul carrier told the BBC it was set to cut as many as 9,000 jobs.

Read more here.

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If you’re joining us from the UK, here are the biggest stories this morning:

• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says a UK government decision to impose a two-week quarantine on everyone arriving from Spain is “unjust”
• A government scheme offering £50 bike repair vouchers is being launched in England as part of plans to boost cycling and walking, after research found being overweight puts people at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19
• A lack of translated coronavirus guidance is jeopardising the safety of non-English speakers in the UK, a joint letter to the health secretary claims
• Efforts by the Foreign Office to bring home more than a million Britons at the start of the coronavirus pandemic have been criticised by MPs as too slow

Welcome to our live coverage and thanks for joining us.

For our audience in the UK who are just waking up, have a look at what today's newspapers are reporting.

Here are some of the latest developments from around the world:

• Amid fears of fresh spikes, Belgium is tightening restrictions - but avoiding another lockdown. From Wednesday, Belgians will be allowed to see a maximum of five people outside of their families
• Germany will make coronavirus tests mandatory for travellers returning from risk areas
• The World Health Organization (WHO) says Covid-19 is "easily the most severe" global health emergency it has ever declared
• US President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, has tested positive for coronavirus
• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said the UK’s decision to impose a two-week quarantine on everyone arriving from Spain was "unjust"
• In the US Republicans introduce a $1tn recovery plan to address the economic devastatation from the pandemic
• More than 16.4m cases of coronavirus have been confirmed worldwide, along with 653,000 virus-related deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University