The number of coronavirus deaths in Britain jumped by 260 in one day to pass 1,000, official data showed Saturday.&nbsp;A&nbsp;total of 120,776 people in Britain had been tested, of whom 17,089 were confirmed positive.&nbsp;Johnson and his health minister, Matt Hancock, were confirmed on Friday to be among those infected, although both said they had only mild symptoms.&nbsp;Their cabinet colleague, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, revealed on Saturday that he too had developed mild symptoms and was self-isolating, but had not been tested.&nbsp;

The number of coronavirus deaths in Britain jumped by 260 in one day to pass 1,000, official data showed Saturday. A total of 120,776 people in Britain had been tested, of whom 17,089 were confirmed positive. Johnson and his health minister, Matt Hancock, were confirmed on Friday to be among those infected, although both said they had only mild symptoms. Their cabinet colleague, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, revealed on Saturday that he too had developed mild symptoms and was self-isolating, but had not been tested.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has opposed President Trump's idea of deploying military&nbsp;to quell protests in the country. &ldquo;The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now,&rdquo; Esper told a news briefing. Trump said this week he could use military forces in states that fail to crack down on sometimes violent protests over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis.
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In an escalation of trade and travel tensions between the two countries, the Trump administration moved on Wednesday to block Chinese airlines from flying to the US.&nbsp;The Transportation Department said it would suspend passenger flights of four Chinese airlines to and from the United States starting June 16.&nbsp;The decision was a response to China&rsquo;s failure to let United Airlines and Delta Air Lines resume flights this week to China, which were suspended earlier this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic that started in China&rsquo;s Wuhan province.&nbsp;The Transportation Department said that China was violating an agreement between the two countries covering flights by each other&rsquo;s airlines.&nbsp;

Former US president Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind the young protesters who are demonstrating across the US against the murder of George Floyd by a white cop. In a video message, Obama said he believed only a &ldquo;tiny&rdquo; percentage had acted violently and reminded people that "this country was founded on protest &mdash; it is called the American Revolution&rdquo;.

The World Health Organization is resuming its trial of&nbsp;hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug backed by President&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;to combat the deadly coronavirus. The resumption of trials comes after the UN health body temporarily halted the research over safety concerns.&nbsp;WHO Director-General&nbsp;Tedros&nbsp;Ghebreyesus said during a press conference that the&nbsp;Data Safety Monitoring Board decided there was no reason to discontinue the international trial after reviewing available data on the&nbsp;drug.&nbsp;On May 25, WHO announced it had&nbsp;temporarily suspended&nbsp;its trial after a&nbsp;study published&nbsp;in medical journal The Lancet&nbsp;found&nbsp;that hospitalized Covid-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine had a higher risk of death than those who didn&rsquo;t take it.&nbsp;The study is being reexamined.&nbsp;

Joe Biden is on the cusp of formally securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning hundreds more delegates in primary contests that tested the nation's ability to run elections while balancing a pandemic and sweeping social unrest.&nbsp;Biden could lock down the nomination within the next week as West Virginia and Georgia hold primaries.&nbsp;On Tuesday, voters across America were forced to navigate curfews, health concerns and National Guard troops &mdash; waiting in line hours after polls closed in some cases &mdash; after election officials dramatically reduced the number of in-person voting sites to minimize the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.&nbsp;

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday reiterated the UK&rsquo;s plans for some of the &ldquo;biggest changes&rdquo; to the country&rsquo;s visa system in order to allow around three million Hong Kong nationals a path to British citizenship if China does not back off over a new controversial national security law.&nbsp;Writing in &lsquo;The Times&rsquo;, the UK prime minister said the offer would be triggered only if China presses ahead with the new law which threatens to strip the former British colony of its traditional freedoms. An estimated 3,50,000 Hongkongers hold British National Overseas passports and another 2.5 million would be eligible to apply for them. At present, these BNO passports only allow visa-free access to the UK for up to six months.

On Tuesday, a&nbsp;peaceful demonstration against police violence and racial injustice, turned violent with Paris riot police firing tear gas as scattered protestors threw projectiles and lit fire. The demonstration was called to honour Frenchman Adama Traore who had died in 2016 after being detained by the police and in solidarity with the protest over George Floyd's killing. Protestors defied a police ban imposed earlier, forbidding gatherings of more than 10 people.

Another night of curfew, yet the unrest continues in New York City. Inspite of the peaceful protests, some protestors attacked stores in Manhattan's glitzy shopping districts where shops like the Macy's Nike and others were looted and some rubbished to fire. NYC store owners woke up to their stores being vandalised and looted. New York's mayor extended an 8 p.m. curfew all week in hopes of stopping the destruction and the protest.

As protest continue across America, New York Mayor doubled down on&nbsp;citywide curfew after 8pm. Yet, that did not keep the protestors off the streets as thousands marched throughout the night on Tuesday. Many were arrested in Manhattan as Police urged the protestors to stay indoors. The last time New York was under curfew was in 1943 during the race riots in Harlem after a white police officer shot a black soldier, according to archvie reports of the&nbsp; New York&nbsp;Times. History clearly seems to be repeating itself.

Italy has reopened its borders and ended travel restrictions between regions, hoping to encourage tourists back in time for the summer. The country was the first in Europe to be hit hard by the outbreak and has recorded more than 33,000 deaths. Travellers from most European countries will be allowed into Italy from Wednesday, with no quarantine. Italy is also lifting restrictions on domestic travel, allowing people to move between regions

Russia reported 8,536 new coronavirus cases and 178 deaths on Wednesday, bringing its nationwide infection tally to 4.3 lakh, the third-highest in the world. 5,215 people are have died with the virus. In a statement on its Telegram channel, govt officials said the majority of cases are in Moscow and its suburbs, followed by St Petersburg. Residents in Moscow are now allowed outdoors again after restrictions were eased on 1st of June, but some regulations remain in place, such as wearing face masks and assigned times to go for walks.

Calling for national reconciliation,&nbsp;Pope Francis says he has 'witnessed with great concern the disturbing social unrest' in the United States in reaction to the killing of George Floyd.&nbsp;During his weekly Wednesday audience, held in the presence of bishops due to coronavirus restrictions on gatherings, the Pope said&nbsp;we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life. At the same time, the pontiff warned 'nothing is gained by violence and so much is lost.'

China said on Wednesday that a news report that said it delayed sharing Covid-19 information with the World Health Organization is totally untrue. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian rejected the report by the Associated Press, which said the WHO was frustrated by significant delays in information sharing by Beijing as the coronavirus outbreak took hold in China in January.

A medical examiner on Monday classified George Floyd&rsquo;s death as a homicide. The report said that his heart stopped as police restrained him and compressed his neck, in a widely seen video that has sparked protests across the nation. A separate autopsy commissioned for Floyd&rsquo;s family also called his death a homicide. It concluded that that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression.

An Indian-origin man opened his house to shelter dozens of 'Black Lives Matter' protesters on Monday night after they took to the streets of Washington after the 7 PM curfew rule. Rahul Dubey provided shelter to about 60 people and saved them from being arrested by the police, reported Associated Press. Scores were protesting on the streets of Washington against the killing of George&nbsp;Floyd when police started rounding them. Dubey managed to wave them inside his house even as the cops chased them till the entrance.

George Floyd's girlfriend and mother of his 6-yr-old daughter broke down in tears as she demanded justice. Roxie Washington, with daughter Gianna by her side, made an emotional appeal for the world to remember Floyd as a good father and a good man, not just a name or a rallying cry. Floyd was killed by white a police officer who pinned him to the ground with knee on his neck. ((Byte:&nbsp;""I wanted everybody to know that this is what those officers took from me. At the end of the day, they get to go home and be with their families.&nbsp;Gianna does not have a father. He will never see her grow up, graduate. He will never walk her down the aisle. ))

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paused for a good 21 seconds when asked about US President Donald Trump and the use of tear gas against protesters. He then said that Canadians are watching what's unfolding in the United States with &ldquo;horror and consternation&rdquo;. Trudeau has long been careful not to criticize Trump as Canada relies on the US for 75 per cent of exports. ((Breathe the long pause))

Health officials have recommended that Pakistan's Punjab province be placed under a 30-day lockdown after a government sample survey suggested that close to 7 lakh people in the provincial capital, Lahore, could be asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19, media reports said. Lahore, home to around 12 million, has more than 27,000 confirmed cases. The report also warned that "no workplace and residential area of any town" is free from the virus, reported the Dawn newspaper.
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The World Health Organisation on Tuesday said that over 62 lakh people have been infected by the novel coronavirus globally. Over a lakh new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The number of fatalities from the highly contagious pathogen is now nearing 4 lakhs. The United States continues to lead the world with close to 30 lakh infections and over 1.6 lakh deaths. Europe has recorded a death toll of over 1.8 lakh and over 20 lakh coronavirus cases.

Elections for five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council will be held on June 17, according to the world body's provisional programme. In the Asia-Pacific category, India is a candidate for a non-permanent seat for the 2021-22 term, and the selection of New Delhi is confirmed because it is the only candidate from the category. India&rsquo;s candidature was endorsed by the 55-member Asia-Pacific grouping, including China and Pakistan, last year. France taking over the Presidency of the 15-nation Council for the month of June.

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