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Coronavirus US live: Trump's press conference disrupted by trucker protest

Truckers have been protesting over low rates of shippingNancy Pelosi: bill is a ‘starting point’ for negotiationsWorld looks on in horror as Trump flails despite claims US leads wayUS coronavirus hotspots linked to meat processing plantsTrump campaig...

Anger in Madrid but calm in Barcelona at extended lockdown

Contrast is stark between reactions in Spain’s two biggest cities to being excluded from relaxation of coronavirus measuresCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFor the past five days, millions of people in Spain have once again...

Bathing bears and bungee-jumping mayors: the week's most uplifting clips – video

As countries around the world adjust to life with Covid-19, people are finding new ways to enjoy themselves responsibly. From the restaurant using plush pandas to help with social distancing, to a drive-in rave in Germany, these are the week’s most c...

'The ship is sinking': Bolsonaro battles to block foul-mouthed cabinet video

A partial transcript of the meeting in Brasília offers a glimpse of the paranoia and ideological obsessions of Brazil’s presidentThe coronavirus pandemic has halted production of Brazil’s steamy telenovela soap operas – but one small-screen blockbust...

BBC shortlists four candidates to replace Tony Hall

Successful hopefuls for position of director general to be interviewed in early June The BBC has drawn up a shortlist in the hunt for its next director general which includes Will Lewis, the outgoing chief executive of the publisher of the Wall Stree...

West Africa facing food crisis as coronavirus spreads

Pandemic adds to jihadi and climate change threats to present ‘immense challenge’ for regionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 43 million people in west Africa are likely to be in urgent need of food assistance in t...

Coronavirus in Europe: states take small steps towards normality

Restaurants reopen in parts of Germany, while Italy relaxes travel restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEurope took a step towards post-virus normality on Friday when restaurants in Germany and Austria reopened for...

Faced with an appalling US coronavirus death toll, the right denies the figures

Fox News is foremost in promoting the idea that official figures are inflated, whereas experts believe more people have diedAs Donald Trump agitates for the US to reopen, the American right appears to have found a novel way to deal with the rising co...

Phil May, frontman with the Pretty Things, dies aged 75

Singer revered by David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix had complications in hospital following hip surgeryPhil May, frontman of riotous band the Pretty Things who were acclaimed peers of David Bowie and the Rolling Stones, has died aged 75.He died in hospita...

Mothers in labour, pregnant women and babies were Kabul gunmen's target - MSF

Attack still unclaimed, but US defies Afghan government, blames Isis and says negotiations with Taliban must continueGunmen who attacked a maternity hospital in Kabul came “with the purpose of killing mothers in cold blood”, systematically shooting e...

British negotiator gives EU two-week deadline to drop 'ideological' stance

David Frost says there has been ‘very little progress’ in talks with Michel Barnier as clock ticks onBritain’s chief negotiator in the talks over the future relationship with the EU has warned Michel Barnier that he must drop his “ideological approac...

Wisconsin: drinkers return to bars after judges strike down stay-at-home order

Court decision overrules lockdown by Democratic governorIndividual counties able to determine whether they can reopenWisconsin’s supreme court struck down the state’s stay-at-home order on Wednesday, and some residents took immediate advantage – by p...

UK police use DNA to identify remains found in suitcases

Properties in West Midlands searched after woman’s remains found in Forest of DeanPolice are using DNA analysis to try to identify a woman whose remains were found in two suitcases in a forest.Officers have also been searching properties in Wolverham...

Met police officer investigated after man shot with Taser stun gun is left paralysed

Outcry after man, 23, fell from wall after stun gun was fired in Haringey, north LondonA police officer has been placed under criminal investigation after a man was shot with a Taser weapon and left paralysed from the waist down, the Guardian has lea...

Hockney invites budding artists to find joys of spring in lockdown

Artist provides inspiration for competition to lift spirits during the coronavirus crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLocked down in France, the British artist David Hockney has been sitting in the garden of his Normand...