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A second wave of coronavirus in Europe brings a new wave of restrictions to contain it. France, Germany, Spain, the UK and the Netherlands are among the countries now tightening rules designed to keep people apart, and we find out more about the likely impact on the hospitality sector of a new 9pm to 6am curfew in a number of French cities, from Lionel van den Haute, who manages the Radisson Hotel in Marseille. Also in the programme, voters in New Zealand head to the polls this weekend. Prime minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party is comfortably ahead in the polls, and Jennifer Curtin, professor of political science at Auckland University explains how much the country's economy has been hit by the pandemic. But whilst Ms Ardern is a popular leader, not everyone has been delighted by her response to coronavirus, including Shelley Sefton, owner of the Christchurch restaurant Diner 66, who tells us why. The 麻豆约拍's Vivienne Nunis reports on a burgeoning animation industry on the African continent. Plus, shares in the management company Big Hit, which is behind the hugely popular Korean boy band BTS, made their debut in Seoul today. The 麻豆约拍's Karishma Vaswani reports on the hype that saw shares initially jump by 30% in early trading, before falling back.

(Picture: A quiet restaurant terrace in Paris. Picture credit: Getty Images.)