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At least five people have been killed and dozens injured after a tornado hit several villages in southeast Czech Republic, according to local police and emergency services.

Hollywood actress and special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency Angelina Jolie is praising Burkina Faso's efforts in helping people displaced by Islamist militants. But rights activists say Burkinabe authorities have also been fueling the conflict by detaining hundreds of people without charge, including IDPs, and also by extrajudicial killings.

An award-winning Czech documentary film has highlighted the dangerous scale of online grooming. "Caught in the Net" features three actresses, pretending to be teenage girls on social media, who are contacted by numerous paedophiles for nude photos. The makers of the film say they posed as 12-year-old girls to try and expose sexual predators and their tactics.

Britain's beleaguered Health Secretary Matt Hancock has apologized for breaching Covid regulations after being pictured in an embrace with his adviser, with whom British tabloid The Sun alleges he is having an extramarital affair. CNN's Bianca Nobilo reports.

A Frenchwoman who has admitted to killing her abusive husband fainted with apparent shock and relief in court after hearing the sentence sought against her by prosecutors. The prosecution has asked for a sentence of five years in prison for Valérie Bacot, with four years of the term suspended, a lawyer for the accused said.

Zion National Park is packed with visitors, but the crowds can be avoided. Outfitters like Zion Guru provide eBikes to tour at your own pace, and East Zion Adventures show how canyoneering can get you off the busy trails and into the amazing slot canyons.

Château-Thierry (France) (AFP) – There's no soil and no sunshine, just stacks of boxes of microgreens and herbs, robot sprinklers and LED lights at France's first 'vertical farm'. The aromatic plants grown by Jungle company in a hangar in the northern French town Château-Thierry will soon supply the national supermarket chain Monoprix.

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc talks to Amanda Davies about Ferrari's F1 season so far, Euro 2020 and how Cristiano Ronaldo fared when he visited Ferrari HQ in Maranello.

Santos (Brazil) (AFP) – In the narrow alleys and windowless stilt houses of the Vila Gilda favela in Santos, southeast Brazil, good sanitary conditions are hard to come by. The Covid-19 pandemic is just one more item on a long list of problems for the 26,000 residents who face the constant risk of fire, falling between the wooden planks, and other diseases.