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11.27pm BST
The Kuwaiti Cabinet has decided to close down all activities for children, including summer clubs, from July 25 until further notice, as a precautionary measure to combat the spread of coronavirus.
After a briefing by the health minister, the Cabinet also ordered the ministry of defence and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to put their hospitals at the service of the country's healthcare system, according to a Cabinet statement.
11.12pm BST
A government minister in the UK has denied a planned free speech law for universities will result in anti-vaccination speakers being given a platform.
Universities minister Michelle Donelan said the Bill categorically" did not give anti-vaxxers a right to speak on campus, PA reports. She said: The Opposition raised the issue of anti-vaxxers. We have one of the world's most successful vaccination programmes with over half of 18 to 24-year-olds already having had their first jab. This Bill categorically does not give the right to a platform of anti-vaxxers who may make baseless claims."