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Tokyo 2020: Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed
The event will now take place "no later than summer 2021"
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
Mozambican immigration have found 64 dead bodies in a shipping container on the back of a lorry that had crossed into the country from Malawi, according to officials. The dead, suspected to be Ethiopians, are believed to have suffocated.
(Image: The Games were due to start on the 24 July. Credit: BBC)
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