Chinese city Jilin announced new Wuhan-style lockdown measures would be put in place amid the second wave of COVID-19. The former Chinese capital put the Fengman District on high alert on Sunday after recording three new locally transmitted coronavirus cases and one death. The Wuhan-style travel restrictions include bans on all foot and vehicle traffic out of the city.
It will also mean the closing of schools and entertainment venues such as cinemas, gyms and restaurants.
Unlike many countries in the West, all shops and the majority of supermarkets in the district will also be closed.
Residential districts have been put on closed management and have demanded only one member of a household leaves to shop for essentials once a day.
Over the weekend, the provincial Government fired six officials, including Shulan Communist Party Chief Li Pengfei.
This was due to the handling of the second wave which had so far resulted in 18 confirmed cases since May 7.
Video footage of the new lockdown measures has now emerged as entire streets of shops close their doors to the public.
This footage also shows the significant drop in foot traffic in previously busy areas and new barriers erected in hopes of containing the second wave.
To deal with the expected spike in coronavirus cases, on Friday the Jilin Ice Sports Centre was converted into a field hospital in 48 hours.
Currently, the total number of new infections in Jilin is suspected to be 33, since the first case of the current wave was reported on May 7.
The total number of confirmed cases stood at 82,954 as of May 17 while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,633.
China also reported 18 new asymptomatic cases on May 17 however the country does not include people who test positive but show no symptoms, such as fever, in its tally of confirmed infections.
A Canadian air force aerobatics jet crashed in a residential area on Sunday, killing a crew member, while participating in a nationwide tour to boost morale.
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce that one member of the CF Snowbirds team has died and one has sustained serious injuries,” the Royal Canadian Air Force said. The squadron later confirmed that Captain Jennifer Casey, its public affairs officer, was killed.
“I’m a retired nurse, so of course I went into the back yard and there was a woman, she was in the plane,” Dana Hings, a resident, told Global News. “We worked on her for quite a while, but . . . just she had catastrophic injuries.” The second victim’s injuries are not life-threatening.
A number of pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong were dragged out of the chamber during a row about a Chinese national anthem bill.
The bill would criminalise disrespect of the anthem.
Legislators were arguing over the leadership of a key committee, which would affect the bill's progress.
One of the lawmakers carried out, Eddie Chu, told the BBC: "If Hong Kong was a democracy, we would not need to start scuffles like this."
He added: "Unfortunately we are forced into this situation. I can foresee more fights within the chamber and outside the chamber."
The chaotic scenes highlight the deep divisions in Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of China.
Although last year's street protests died down during the pandemic, some demonstrations are expected to resume.
It's the second time in recent days there have been scuffles in the Legislative Council.
What happened in the chamber?
The Legislative Council was in dispute over who should run the house committee, which scrutinises bills and decides when they are voted on.
Last week, the council president appointed Chan Kin-por, a pro-Beijing lawmaker, to oversee the election of a new leader.
On Monday - before the Legislative Council began - Mr Chan was in the chairman's seat, surrounded by more than 20 security guards.
As pro-democracy lawmakers entered the room, they tried to reach the seat, but were stopped by the guards.
As the guards used blankets to corral the protesters, others pointed and yelled from their seats.
One lawmaker held a sign that said: "CCP [Chinese Communist Party] tramples HK legislature."
During the melee - which went on for several minutes - at least one person fell to the ground, apparently injured.
At one point, a lawmaker took a running jump to try to reach the chairman's bench, but was stopped in mid-air by guards.
After most of the pro-democracy lawmakers left - or were removed - the pro-Beijing Starry Lee was elected chairwoman of the house committee.
This, her opponents fear, will make it easier for the national anthem bill to be passed.
What is the dispute about?
Lam Cho Wai, BBC News Chinese, Hong Kong
China wants a controversial bill that would criminalise abuse of China's national anthem to get passed as soon as possible.
But the house committee - responsible for scrutinising controversial bills, including the national anthem one - has failed to select a chairperson for months.
The city will elect new lawmakers in September. Democrats want to delay the bills to next term.
Beijing has accused the pro-democracy camps of "malicious" filibustering, effectively paralyzing the legislature.
What happened inside the chamber is another sign that China continues to tighten its grip on Hong Kong.
It is very similar to what happened last year - when the pan-democrats failed to stop the controversial extradition bill in the LegCo, which sparked months of mass protests.
Some smaller-scale protests and clashes have come back to the city recently, and are expected to gain much more momentum after the pandemic.
But there has been no sign that China, or Hong Kong's leadership, will make any concession.
Is the Chinese anthem disrespected in Hong Kong?
Hong Kong has its own national football team, but not its own anthem - so the Chinese one is played before games.
In 2017, China's parliament, the National People's Congress, extended a law on disrespecting the anthem to Hong Kong - but it has not yet been adopted there.
At least one person has died after an aerobatic Canadian air force jet crashed into a residential neighbourhood.
Another crew member was injured when the plane hit a house in the city of Kamloops, British Columbia.
One pilot was able to eject before the crash on Sunday, video showed.
The Snowbirds jet had been on a tour "to salute Canadians doing their part to fight the spread of Covid-19", according to the team's website.
The Snowbirds perform aerobatic stunts for the public, similar to Red Arrows in the UK or the US Blue Angels.
The crash happened on Sunday morning, shortly after the jet took off.
"It is with heavy hearts that we announce that one member of the CF Snowbirds team has died and one has sustained serious injuries," the Royal Canadian Air Force said in a tweet.
The Air Force later said that the crew member's injuries were not thought to be life threatening.
Video posted on Twitter showed two jets climbing into the air from what is believed to be the Kamloops Airport before one catches on fire.
Witness Annette Schonewille told CBC News: "The one plane continued and the other one, there was two puffs, it looked like puffs of smoke and one... was a ball of fire," she said.
"No noise, it was strange, and then the plane just did a cartwheel and fell right out of the sky. Just boom, straight down, and then a burst of black, black smoke."
After it hit the front garden of a home in Kamloops, residents ran outside in an attempt to put out the fire.
"I just started running down the street. And I got there maybe a minute after it crashed and there was a couple of residents that had their hoses out and they were trying to put the flames out because it hit a house," neighbour Kenny Hinds told the Associated Press.
"It looked like most of it landed in the front yard, but maybe a wing or something went through the roof."
Meanwhile, resident Nolyn McLeod told CBC he saw the plane curve into the street and hit the bedroom window of his neighbour's house.
Photos published in Canadian media appeared to show a parachute on the roof of the house.
The city of Kamloops is around 200 miles (320km) northeast of Vancouver in the West Coast Canadian province. It has a population of 90,000.
In October, a Snowbirds jet crashed into an uninhabited area before an air show in the US city of Atlanta, after the pilot ejected.
The mayor of Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, has said its health system could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases.
Bruno Covas said the city's public hospitals had reached 90% and could run out of space in about two weeks.
São Paulo is one of the country's worst-hit regions, with almost 3,000 deaths so far.
On Saturday, Brazil overtook Spain and Italy to become the nation with the fourth largest number of infections.
The health ministry reported 7,938 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total above 241,000. Only the US, Russia and the UK have higher numbers.
The death toll in the Latin American nation over 24 hours was 485, meaning that the total number of deaths is 16,118 - the world's fifth-highest figure.
Health experts in Brazil have warned that the real number of confirmed infections in the country may be far higher than the official records, due to a lack of testing.
Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has been strongly criticised both at home and abroad for his handling of the country's escalating coronavirus crisis.
He defied global health advice on social distancing on Sunday when he posed for photographs with supporters and children in the capital, Brasília.
What did São Paulo's mayor say?
Mr Covas said he was now in crisis talks with the state governor over introducing a strict lockdown to try to slow the contagion before hospitals were overwhelmed.
The governor of São Paulo state controls the police, and his support will be essential if a lockdown is to succeed.
São Paulo has the population of about 12 million, and official figures show that the majority of residents have been flouting social distancing rules.
Tougher lockdown expected
A quarantine in São Paulo state was imposed nearly two months ago - businesses, schools and public spaces were closed and people were asked to stay at home.
But there are no costly punishments for those who flout the rules - plenty of Paulistanos (residents of São Paulo city) are still choosing to drive to the beach for the weekend and it's getting locals very cross.
A recent rule brought in that made the wearing of masks mandatory is often ignored - at the weekend, I saw plenty of people going for their Sunday cycle or run either with no mask or wearing one around their neck. It doesn't feel like the virus is being taken seriously.
At the same time, people are seeing Europe start to open up and wonder when it's going to happen here. But as the mayor said at the weekend, the city has to stop before it can re-open. Many are expecting a tougher lockdown in the weeks ahead.
How is President Bolsonaro handling the crisis?
The far-right president is popular in São Paulo, and he has argued repeatedly that distancing will only wreck the economy.
Mr Bolsonaro continues to oppose lockdown measures. He has downplayed the virus as "a little flu" and has said the spread of Covid-19 is inevitable.
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In April, Mr Bolsonaro joined protesters demanding that lockdown restrictions be lifted. He says the restrictions are damaging the country's economy, bringing unemployment and hunger.
Last week, Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich resigned after less than a month in the job. Mr Teich stepped down after he had publicly criticised a decree by Mr Bolsonaro allowing gyms and beauty parlours to reopen. Mr Teich's predecessor was sacked after disagreeing with Mr Bolsonaro.
In the face of mixed messages, and with little government help at hand, not enough Brazilians are staying at home to slow the spread of the virus, the BBC's Americas editor Candace Piette says.
What about health experts' reaction?
Health experts in Brazil have warned that the real number of confirmed infections in the country may be far higher than the official records, due to a lack of testing.
"Brazil is only testing people who end up in the hospital," Domingo Alves from the University of São Paulo Medical School told AFP news agency last week.
"It's hard to know what's really happening based on the available data. We don't have a real policy to manage the outbreak," he said.
Mr Alves is one of the authors of a study that estimated the real number of infections was 15 times higher than the official figure.
What's the latest in the wider region?
Brazil, by far the largest country in Latin America, has for several weeks been at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak.
Latin America and the Caribbean have recorded more than 500,000 infections, with Brazil accounting for nearly 50% of the cases.
Mexico has recently seen a spike in new infections, while Ecuador saw its health system collapse in April.
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The sharp rise in cases in Latin America has led the World Health Organization (WHO) to say the Americas are currently at the centre of the pandemic.
In March, the WHO had labelled Europe the "epicentre of the pandemic" but the region is now slowly beginning to ease restrictions brought in to slow the spread of the virus.
At least one person has died after an aerobatic Canadian air force jet crashed into a residential neighbourhood.
Another crew member was injured when the plane hit a house in the city of Kamloops, British Columbia.
One pilot was able to eject before the crash on Sunday, video showed.
The Snowbirds jet had been on a tour "to salute Canadians doing their part to fight the spread of Covid-19", according to the team's website.
The Snowbirds perform aerobatic stunts for the public, similar to Red Arrows in the UK or the US Blue Angels.
The crash happened on Sunday morning, shortly after the jet took off.
"It is with heavy hearts that we announce that one member of the CF Snowbirds team has died and one has sustained serious injuries," the Royal Canadian Air Force said in a tweet.
The Air Force later said that the crew member's injuries were not thought to be life threatening.
The RCAF has suffered another tragic loss of a dedicated member of the RCAF team. We are deeply saddened and grieve alongside Jenn’s family and friends. Our thoughts are also with the loved ones of Captain MacDougall. We hope for a swift recovery from his injuries. - Comd RCAF pic.twitter.com/8U41bdVqcU
— Royal Canadian Air Force (@RCAF_ARC) May 18, 2020
End of Twitter post by @RCAF_ARC
Video posted on Twitter showed two jets climbing into the air from what is believed to be the Kamloops Airport before one catches on fire.
Witness Annette Schonewille told CBC News: "The one plane continued and the other one, there was two puffs, it looked like puffs of smoke and one... was a ball of fire," she said.
"No noise, it was strange, and then the plane just did a cartwheel and fell right out of the sky. Just boom, straight down, and then a burst of black, black smoke."
After it hit the front garden of a home in Kamloops, residents ran outside in an attempt to put out the fire.
"I just started running down the street. And I got there maybe a minute after it crashed and there was a couple of residents that had their hoses out and they were trying to put the flames out because it hit a house," neighbour Kenny Hinds told the Associated Press.
"It looked like most of it landed in the front yard, but maybe a wing or something went through the roof."
Meanwhile, resident Nolyn McLeod told CBC he saw the plane curve into the street and hit the bedroom window of his neighbour's house.
Photos published in Canadian media appeared to show a parachute on the roof of the house.
The city of Kamloops is around 200 miles (320km) northeast of Vancouver in the West Coast Canadian province. It has a population of 90,000.
In October, a Snowbirds jet crashed into an uninhabited area before an air show in the US city of Atlanta, after the pilot ejected.
