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Coronavirus: This is not the last pandemic

We have created "a perfect storm" for diseases from wildlife to spill over into humans and spread quickly around the world, scientists warn. ...

George Floyd: Can President Trump deploy the military?

As protests spread across the US, President Trump has threatened to send in the army to end the unrest. ...

George Floyd death: Spike Lee says protesters were 'not just born angry'

Film-maker Spike Lee has said people in the US are angry because they "live every day in this world where the system is not set up for you to win". ...

George Floyd: What happened in the final moments of his life

The US has been convulsed by nationwide protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody. ...

George Floyd death: Why has a US city gone up in flames?

Tensions between Minneapolis' black community and the police did not start with the death of George Floyd. They have been years in the making. ...

Coronavirus: From 'We've shut it down' to 100,000 US dead

It's an uncanny and almost tragically perfect piece of symmetry. ...

Coronavirus: Why Merkel may help fund Europe's recovery plan

Last year, in the sumptuous setting of Aachen's historic town hall, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron signed a treaty. The leaders promised to co-operate more closely and to re-fire the political and economic heart of the EU, sealing the deal with a kiss for the cameras. ...

Coronavirus: China's plan to test everyone in Wuhan

China has been carrying out an ambitious plan to test everyone in Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 pandemic began, following the emergence of a cluster of new infections. ...

Coronavirus: Sleepless nights for doctors in a war zone

  Dr Yousef was the first in his family to get tested for Covid-19 - and the first to die. ...

Hong Kong: Pompeo condemns China’s law as ‘death knell’ for freedoms

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has condemned China's plan to impose a new security law in Hong Kong, calling it a "death knell" for the city's freedoms. ...

Heinrich Himmler: How a fake stamp led to the Nazi SS leader's capture

A document vital to the capture of top Nazi Heinrich Himmler has been unearthed in the UK 75 years after his death. The items belonging to the SS leader, found in the possessions of a judge, are now due to go on display. ...

How bad are China's economic woes?

While economists say China's economic data can't always be trusted, they now have a new dilemma - there is no data. ...

Coronavirus: What does it mean for natural disaster response?

Wildfires and hurricanes are coming this summer. Are emergency services and response agencies ready to tackle those catastrophes amid a pandemic? ...

Social distancing: When extreme weather and coronavirus collide

People being displaced by extreme weather events around the world are being forced to break Covid-19 social distancing safety guidelines, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies. ...

How Covid-19 is threatening Central America's economic lifeline

During the 20 years that Alejandro Carrillo has worked in the United States, he has always sent money home. ...

Why are Trump and Obama in a new spat over Flynn?

The Justice Department's surprising decision to drop all charges against Donald Trump's former national security adviser has set off a cascade of accusations and counter-accusations. And at the centre of it are the present and previous presidents. ...