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Football superstar Leo Messi tells CNN's Amanda Davies that he believes Paris Saint-Germain is the "ideal" place for him to win the Champions League again.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has been suspended from YouTube for seven days over a video claiming that masks are ineffective in fighting Covid-19. CNN's Whitney Wild reports.

Fort Brégançon (France) (AFP) – "The health crisis is very clearly not behind us (…), we are going to live with this virus for several more months," warns French President Emmanuel Macron as he chairs a defence council on Covid-19 by videoconference from his holiday residence.

CNN's John Avlon looks into anti-vaxxers having a change of heart only after it's too late to save them from being killed by coronavirus, in this Reality Check.

School administrators are ordering students and staff to mask to stop the spread of Covid in Alachua County schools, even though Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is threatening their pay. CNN's Leyla Santiago reports.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) gives a passionate response after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) called for a vote on an amendment that would punish local jurisdictions that defund the police.

Dufftown (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A distillery in the Highlands of Scotland is using waste from its whisky production process to create biofuel for trucks. Managers at the distillery say the fuel has the potential to save about 250 tons of carbon emissions for trucks on the road.

Kitech, a Rwandan start-up has scooped an international award through a competition by Global Startup Ecosystem.

Albany (United States) (AFP) – Embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces his resignation after 11 women accused him of sexual harassment. New-Yorkers welcome his resignation, with one of them saying it was "a long time coming" and another qualifying it as "the wisest thing he's done in a long time".