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Coronavirus
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Boris Johnson to return to work on Monday; Kim Jong-un’s train possibly spotted at North Korean resort; global infections near 2.9m. Follow the latest updates
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Prime minister returns to work on Monday to cabinet at odds over easing social distancing
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Headlines
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As rumours persist that ruler is in poor health, satellite images emerge showing train parked at Wonsan’s ‘leadership station’
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The president had been intending to campaign on a strong economy and facing a socialist opponent but scapegoating foreigners has worked for him before
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Cross-party demand for transparency after chief adviser revealed as attending meetings of coronavirus advisory group
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Excavations reveal that rubbish left outside the city walls wasn’t just dumped. It was being collected, sorted and resold
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Around the world
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Armed forces will collect swabs from care homes, police stations and prisons across UK
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UK will need extension to agree Brexit deal as pandemic derails talks
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Trust is essential in the pandemic and scientists here can set the priorities that make the most sense for our people
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Emmanuel Ambunya Oyombe pleads not guilty over fatal shooting of Carilton Maina in Nairobi in December 2018
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Opinion & analysis
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Nations battle to contain spread after World Health Organization warns of 10 million cases within six months
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A massive increase in testing and tracing is the next phase, but decades of cuts and reorganisations have whittled away the necessary regional expertise
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NHS chiefs and No 10 endorse the health secretary as flaws emerge in the structure he leads
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Leaked National Security Risk Assessment describes threats posed by flu- and non-flu-type infectious diseases
Pictures and video
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Global leaders have pledged to accelerate cooperation on a Covid-19 vaccine
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People protest against the Brazilian president after the resignation of popular minister Sérgio Moro
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Police in Russia's southern city of Krasnodar stopped a busy road to allow a family of ducks to cross safely. In a video that has gone viral on Russian social media, police are seen moving a traffic sign to stop the flow of cars and guide the ducks along to the side of the road. The incident reportedly happened near a police checkpoint that was set up to enforce restrictions on movement in the city due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ducks reportedly made it safely to their destination — a pond a few hundred metres away
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'Not a vaccine or treatments for one country or one region or one-half of the world, but a vaccine and treatment that is affordable, safe, effective, easily administered and universally available for everyone, everywhere.'
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Italian Alps firefighters and sanitation workers have come up with a new solution to fight the spread of coronavirus - the use of snow cannons from the ski slopes to spray disinfectant around the local villages.
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Trump prompted a backlash from medical experts after floating idea that they could look into heat, light and disinfectants as coronavirus cures
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