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With multi-platinum No 1 albums confronting edgy topics that other rappers shy away from, the Congolese-Belgian MC has carved his own lane with total determination‘The questions that I ask myself about death aren’t about dying, they’re about death in this life.” Damso doesn’t really do small talk. Engaging and magnetic even through a computer screen, the 28-year-old Congolese-Belgian rapper is sporting a flamboyant shirt...

France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland, Bulgaria impose UK bans over new strain; Democrat Chuck Schumer says aid bill ‘should’ have votes to passEuropean states ban travel from UK as new Covid strain takes holdEurope bans travel from the UK over new strain: what we know so farWhat do we know about the fast-spreading Covid variant in UK?Moderna vaccine shipments begin as US...

Parents and teachers fear face masks and other measures not enough to prevent second waveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTens of millions of pupils, most wearing face masks, have headed back to class in France, Belgium, Poland and Russia, as schools across Europe cautiously reopened amid spiralling numbers of new coronavirus cases in several countries.Parents and teachers around the continent have expressed...

Countries around the world battle to contain rises in numbers of new infectionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFrance’s health minister, Olivier Véran, has warned that the struggle with coronavirus virus will be long, and that a second national lockdown will be avoided only if people stick to physical distancing rules.His comments came as the US death toll from the virus approached 150,000...

Outbreaks in Spain, France and Belgium raise prospect of a return to lockdown Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEurope is bracing for a second wave of coronavirus as continuing outbreaks raise the prospect of reimposed restrictions at a time when millions of people are travelling across the continent for their summer holidays.The Spanish region of Catalonia may have to reintroduce lockdown measures...

Belgium appears hardest hit on paper, but not all countries count non-hospital fatalitiesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEvery day, the statistics bring more grim headlines: “Italian death toll passes 20,000”, “Record UK daily death toll”, “Europe’s fatalities pass 100,000”. Across the world, people await national updates on the coronavirus – and compare their country with others.The comparison game has been especially marked...

Traoré is in an international custody battle over her daughter after a Belgian court awarded sole guardianship to the child’s fatherMalian musician Rokia Traoré has been released from a French prison, after being detained since 10 March for the alleged kidnap of her daughter in a child custody dispute. Her freedom is dependent on her delivery to Belgian authorities, once travel restrictions related to...

Musicians including Damon Albarn and Salif Keita call for release of singer, who is in an international battle over custody of her daughterThere are growing concerns for the health of Rokia Traoré, the internationally celebrated Malian singer, who has been on hunger strike at the Fleury-Mérogis prison near Paris since she was arrested on 10 March on allegations of kidnapping her daughter in a...