More than 20 beaches were closed in June after raw sewage entered the sea when the Southern Water Foreness Point Sewage Pumping Station failed.

BBC: Margate

On Sunday, the junta closed all Guinea-Bissau's air and sea borders after Portugal announced it was sending two navy ships and a military plane for a possible evacuation of its nationals.

BBC: Guinea-Bissau junta agrees pact with some parties

An inquiry is to be held into the spillage of raw sewage into the sea off Kent which resulted in several beaches being closed.

BBC: Margate

Looe beach was closed by coastguards and windsurfers have been told to get out of the sea at Exmouth because of the dangerous conditions.

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Security forces closed roads in and out of Port Said, which sits along the Mediterranean Sea at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal.

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"By that I mean try to imagine creating a cavity inside your mouth without any air bubbles and by letting in no air through your lips or throat -- it's basically impossible at sea level because the air pressure outside your mouth pushes the air pocket closed, " he said.

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Brighton beach is to be closed at the site of the city's traditional Christmas Day swim following forecasts of hazardous sea conditions.

BBC: Brighton's Christmas Day swim beach closed

Next month, the railway between Schnega and Salzwedel, closed during the cold war, is to be reopened, directly linking the port of Bremerhaven, on the North Sea, to Berlin for the first time since 1945.

ECONOMIST: Germany