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Australia had widely been seen as having successfully contained the coronavirus \\u2013 an example to countries like the UK and the US where numbers of cases and deaths have been so much worse. In Australia they locked down early, closed the country\\u2019s borders and have had fewer than ten thousand cases. But this week has seen a resurgence in Melbourne and the city\\u2019s five million residents are now barred from leaving home for six weeks, except for essential reasons. The whole of the state of Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital, has been closed, making it particularly hard for communities straddling the state's boundaries, from where Shaimaa Khalil reports.

In France this week, where they\\u2019re still reeling from the economic and human cost of the coronavirus epidemic, the country has been getting to know its new government. There\\u2019s a new prime minister, Jean Castex, and a new direction promised by the President \\u2013 all part of Mr Macron\\u2019s plan to reboot his mandate after the crises of recent years. But what are the challenges facing this government in a post-lockdown France? Lucy Williamson reports from Paris.

Passenger ferries are essential to life along the Norwegian Coast \\u2013 acting as a link between island and coastal communities and the wider world. But recent times have seen these ferries in troubled waters. Locals are angry about fare increases. The ferry companies say it\\u2019s so they can invest in environmentally friendly electric and hydrogen-powered boats. But some people in Norway\\u2019s island archipelago are feeling trapped by the cost of leaving home, as Oliver Smith reports.

A holiday in the resort of Magaluf on the island of Mallorca won\\u2019t ever be quite the same again \\u2013 and not just because of coronavirus. This year has seen a new law in some Balearic resorts aimed at clamping down on alcohol-fuelled tourism. Out goes the promotion of boozy boat parties and pub crawls and in comes a more sedate, family friendly experience - the authorities hope. Lottie Gross has been to find out how it\\u2019s looking in Mallorca\\u2019s party resort.

When our correspondent in Moscow, Steve Rosenberg, was granted an interview with Russia\\u2019s spy chief \\u2013 Sergei Naryshkin \\u2013 he couldn\\u2019t help feeling rather excited as this was both rare and unexpected. The visit to the fortified headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service contained all the ingredients of a classic spy novel . And after the spy chief blamed America for trying to rule the world the interview ended with a party \\u2013 complete with toasts and Russian jokes.

Presenter: Kate Adie

Producers: Caroline Bayley and Serena Tarling