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Coronavirus
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US Federal Reserve concerned about possible second wave; global cases near 7.5m; Russia infections pass half a million; Follow the latest updates -
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Study prompts further criticism that chances to suppress infection early in outbreak were missed
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Headlines
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‘Action arm’ will have intelligence-gathering capabilities, security chief says, as state media says legislators are working ‘day and night’ on new laws -
Biden says biggest fear is that Trump will ‘try to steal the election’ with Democratic challenger leading president in opinion polls
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Pyongyang says since summit two years ago US has appeared friendly but has instead sought regime change -
City council says memorial to Captain John Hamilton comes down after Māori elder calls him a ‘murderer’ and threatens to remove by force -
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Around the world
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Call to suspend ‘NRPF’ hostile environment measure that stops some people accessing public funds -
The Irish government has contacted the United Arab Emirates over the involvement of an Irish crime boss in a proposed boxing match between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua -
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The fashion industry makes huge profits from the exploitation of black and brown women. Now is the time to call it out -
The Black Lives Matter actions have given renewed impetus to the campaign against injustices in the Indonesian province -
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Opinion & analysis
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There are now two million confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the United States -
Few imperial icons, including Churchill, are safe from the need to reappraise Britain’s past -
Experts suspect – but there is no proof – that those who have developed antibodies will have immunity. The implications could be wide-ranging -
Can the phenomenal response to the police killing of George Floyd be channeled to secure lasting political change?
Pictures and video
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The top US military general, Mark Milley, has said it was a mistake to join Donald Trump in a highly criticised photo op during George Floyd protests in Washington
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While the charge against Russia has been levelled on many occasions, this is the first time the European commission has publicly named China as a source of disinformation
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The prime minister said from midnight on Saturday, single parents or people living alone will be allowed to combine with one other household
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The Imperial College academic whose research prompted Boris Johnson to introduce the lockdown has said the death toll could have been halved if it had been introduced a week earlier
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Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, described the pain of watching the video of his brother's murder during his opening remarks at a House judiciary committee hearing on police brutality
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Science editor Ian Sample explains how vaccines work, runs through some of the main obstacles to creating one for coronavirus and preparing it for public use, and tells us which scenario he thinks is most realistic in the next 18 months
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