Lockdowns in Germany

More than half a million people in Germany are back under lockdown after a new coroanvirus outbreak. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- In the news today German regions revert to coronavirus lockdowns [A banner reading "Entering only with a face mask please — only 4 clients are allowed in the pharmacy" is pictured in front of a pharmacy during new outbreak of the coronavirus in downtown Wildeshausen, Germany, June 24, 2020.]( Credit: Fabian Bimmer/Reuters Germany’s populous Guetersloh and Warendorf regions became the first in the country to return to strict restrictions against the coronavirus, [angering many residents](. The lockdown measures enacted yesterday are meant to halt an outbreak in the northwest of Germany after more than 1,500 workers at the Toennies meatpacking plant tested positive for the virus. Another outbreak at a [meat-processing factory in Wildeshausen]( alarmed health authorities with 23 people testing positive. Bavaria [announced a ban]( on the roughly 640,000 residents from Guetersloh and Warendorf from entering the southern German state and Austria has issued a travel warning. News of the lockdown in Germany comes as US President Donald Trump announced he’s considering [moving some of the 9,500 US troops]( he's pulling from Germany to Poland. Trump previously [blindsided US allies]( in the region in announcing the withdrawal of troops from Germany. Yesterday’s comments from Trump came during a visit with Polish President Andrzej Duda at the White House — a meeting with no clear official purpose that appeared [aimed at boosting Duda's chances]( to win in Poland's Sunday elections. What The World is following The Democratic Republic of Congo said today that the [Ebola outbreak in the east of the country is over](. The outbreak, which killed 2,280 people over nearly two years, is the second deadliest Ebola outbreak on record. The end of the epidemic there [may offer lessons]( as the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Sergei Khrushchev, the son of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, [died on June 18 at his home in Rhode Island]( at the age of 84. The former Soviet rocket scientist moved to the US before the collapse of the Soviet Union to lecture at Brown University and became a naturalized US citizen in 1999. The World spoke to [Khrushchev last year about the US-Soviet space race](. And while Germany is facing a new test to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus, France and the UK are starting to loosen restrictions. The [Eiffel Tower]( and [the Louvre]( are set to reopen after lockdown, and [pubs in England]( will open their doors — though [likely not to Americans](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Help inform The World's global security coverage Can you take a moment to answer a short (we promise!) survey for The World? [Tell us what you think about our global security stories.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World [Black history is ‘integral part’ of British culture, says Black Curriculum founder]( [A teacher reads children a story on the grounds of St. Dunstan's College junior school as some schools reopen following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain, June 1, 2020.]( Credit: Simon Dawson/Reuters What do students learn in the classroom about race and history? In the UK, an organization called The Black Curriculum has been pushing [for Black history to be taught nationwide](. [How Russia laid the groundwork for future disinformation campaigns]( [Russian BMPT armored fighting vehicles drive during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020. The military parade, marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, was scheduled for May 9, but postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus]( Credit: Ramil Sitdikov/Reuters In one chapter of her new book, "How to Lose the Information War," Nina Jankowicz describes how relocating the Bronze Soldier statue in Tallinn, Estonia's capital, exposed divisions between Russian speakers and Estonians. The Bronze Soldier was a controversial Soviet World War II memorial, which also served as a reminder to many of the 50 years Estonia spent under Soviet occupation. 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