This season's Champions League and Europa League competitions have been "postponed until further notice", says Uefa.

European football's governing body has also postponed all national team fixtures due to be played in June, including play-off and qualifying matches for the men's and women's European Championships.

The decision follows Wednesday's meeting of Uefa's 55 member associations.

Uefa has already moved the men's Euros, due to take place this summer, to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Former athlete James Campbell has completed a gruelling five-hour marathon in his 6ft (1.8m) back garden and raised more than £19,000 ($23,500) for NHS Charities Together., external

The 31-year-old from Cheltenham live streamed his effort, , externalwhich began just at 09:00 BST on Wednesday.

Prior to the event, Mr Campbell, who is also celebrating his birthday, said the challenge was "literally the most stupid thing I could think of to do".

He is a former world-class javelin thrower and was a youth footballer with Cheltenham Town as a teenager.

After injury ended his athletics career, he returned to football and now plays for Hellenic Premier League team Brimscombe and Thrupp.

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North Korean TV showed footage from a White House press briefing as part of its daily global coronavirus roundup today, as pictured above in a tweet from Oliver Hotham, editor at NK News.

The 15 seconds of footage showed infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci speaking as reporters looked on – but North Korean viewers only heard the voice of a male TV newsreader repeating Dr Fauci's forecast that the virus is to spread widely throughout the US.

Media in North Korea, which is entirely state-controlled, has presented the Covid-19 pandemic as a major problem for other countries, while simultaneously showing efforts to keep North Korea virus-free.

Pyongyang has not admitted to any outbreak in the country, but exile media groups claim there have been cases and deaths.

There is no independent means to verify these claims.

Americans are waking up to the latest White House estimate that 100,000 to 240,000 Americans are expected to die in the next few weeks.

That forecast depends on people strictly following social distancing and isolation guidelines, US health officials warn, and could climb even higher if people do not heed federal guidelines, which have been extended to 30 April.

"This is going to be a very, very painful two weeks," President Trump warned at a briefing on Tuesday night, where the latest death toll projection was announced.

For Mr Trump, the dire message was a change in tack for a leader who had been downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic even as it rampaged across the world.

Only last week, Mr Trump was comparing the virus to the seasonal flu, the BBC's Anthony Zurcher reports.

Read more from Anthony here: Trump changes tack as reality hits

A member of Serbia’s government has died after contracting Covid-19. Branislav Blazic was a state secretary in the environment ministry. He is the first senior Serbian official to die from the virus.

A prominent right-wing politician, Mr Brazic was a co-founder of the governing Progressive Party. He served as environment minister in the late 1990s – and had returned to that field in recent years, most recently as state secretary.

It comes after a significant rise in the number of infections in the country. Serbia has reported 1,060 coronavirus cases and almost 30 deaths so far. A state of emergency is in force.

You may not have heard about it until you were told to work from home, but the videoconferencing app Zoom has soared in popularity during the pandemic.

Millions have flocked to it as governments around the world have ordered large parts of their populations to stay at home. It is now ranked as the number two and number one app in the UK and US, respectively.

In fact, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently shared a picture of himself chairing a Cabinet meeting using it.

But that sharp increase in use has come with fresh, high-level, scrutiny. Many are now questioning how secure the app is.

New York's attorney general has even written to the firm to raise concerns over its ability to cope with the sudden rise in users.

It's also understood that Nato’s policy on Zoom is not to use the app for any meetings, briefings or conversations between ambassadors if classified or sensitive information is shared.

So how secure is it? You can read more here.

Jessica Parker
BBC political correspondent

Downing Street says that more than 2,000 frontline NHS workers in England have now been tested for coronavirus.

The prime minister’s official spokesman said that the government wants more testing to be carried out but suggested the focus would be on staff who are self-isolating or have symptoms - rather than the entire NHS workforce.

Hundreds have been screened since the weekend in a push to get healthy self-isolating medics back to work.

The spokesman reiterated that a “clear instruction” had gone to NHS trusts that where there is spare capacity it should be used on testing frontline staff.

But the spokesman could not confirm when the UK had made its first orders for Covid-19 test kits and chemicals.

Current testing capacity stands at 12,750 a day, the government says. A cap has been lifted on the proportion of NHS staff that can be tested. The NHS employs 1.2m people in England.

Follow the latest on this breaking story here.

A total of 2,352 people have now died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, up by 563 since Tuesday.

The Department of Health said that, external, as of 9am on Wednesday, a total of 152,979 people have been tested of whom 29,474 tested positive.

A&E doctors at a hospital in Essex are warning that they could limit their work with patients to a "bare minimum" if they don't receive more personal protective equipment as a matter of urgency.

In a letter to the chief executive of Southend Hospital, the medics say they've been made to feel like "naughty children" for demanding the kit.

BBC News has been told that one in four medical staff at the site are off sick with coronavirus symptoms.

Hospital bosses say they are complying fully with official guidance.

In Tuesday's daily press conference Dr Jenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer for England, apologised to NHS staff over delays in distribution.

But she said the UK's stocks of PPE were among the best in the world and that the equipment "should go to match where the critical, clinical risk is”.

The British government is working with industry to address a shortage of chemicals required for coronavirus testing kits to tackle the outbreak, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson says.

The government has set a target of carrying out 25,000 tests a day - but that will not be met until the end of April. On Tuesday, Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said there was a global shortage of the chemicals.

"We've been working with industry throughout but as the chief medical officer and the deputy chief medical officer have both set out, there is a global demand for reagents," the spokesperson said.

"But it is clear from industry that they are working as hard as they can to support the NHS."

More than 8,000 patients were tested on Monday.

The Chemical Industries Association (CIA),, external the organisation that represents chemical and pharmaceutical businesses throughout the UK, said although there is escalating demand "there are reagents being manufactured and delivered to the NHS".

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Nine members of Hungary's national swimming team have tested positive for coronavirus, the governing body said.

Boglarka Kapas, the current women's world 200m butterfly champion, and Dominik Kozma, who won a bronze in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2017 World Championships, are among those to have contracted the virus.

"We tested everyone on the national swim team roster, as well as the staff working with the team, trainers, masseurs," the Hungarian Swimming Association said., external

"Results keep coming in and as of Tuesday night nine were positive."

Kapas, 26, said that she felt "fine".

"This does not change my routine, as I have been at home anyway, going out for some fresh air to my garden at most. Even if you feel fine you should be extra careful and stay home if you can in case you carry the virus."

Premier League footballers are living in a "moral vacuum" as clubs furlough staff during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Julian Knight, chair of the UK's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan added that he thinks top-flight players should "carry the burden".

Tottenham, owned by billionaire Joe Lewis, who has a net worth of £4.3bn, came under fire after saying the club would use a government scheme to "protect jobs".

The north London club announced that 550 non-playing staff would take a 20% pay cut, including chairman Daniel Levy who earned £7m last year.

Brighton chief executive Paul Barber defended the football industry, saying costs have continued while income has "literally stopped pretty much overnight".

"I can fully understand why people think that the football industry and particularly the Premier League has got a lot of cash. In many cases that’s not the case, it’s a bit of a myth," he said.

The Prince of Wales has called on people to "look forward to better times" in his first appearance since being diagnosed with coronavirus.

In a video posted on Twitter, he said his self-isolation period had now ended but warned that social-distancing could be a "strange, frustrating and often distressing experience".

The UK government is advising people to stay home and only go out if they need to fetch food or medicine, to go to work if it's essential, or to exercise.

Even when you leave your home, you need to practise social distancing and keep at least two metres away from other people to protect yourself from catching coronavirus. But what does this distance actually look like? The BBC's Laura Foster demonstrates ...

As millions of UK children are unable to go to school, fitness trainer Joe Wicks has assumed a new role... as the nation's PE teacher.

The TV presenter known as "The Body Coach" has been getting youngsters moving - as well as many parents - with a half-hour workout on YouTube at 9:00 every day.

And if you've taken part, you're not only sweating for your own benefit.

Wicks has promised to donate all advertising profits from the classes to the NHS and today he revealed that this has already raised more than £80,000.

"It has been incredible. We are turning this fun thing - exercise - into a powerful fundraising event," he said.

The classes have attracted more than 20m views, not just from the UK, but from all over the world.

More on that news that Edinburgh's five cultural festivals will not take place in August this year due to concerns over the pandemic.

Scottish Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said the festivals, which attract audiences of about 4.4 million people, would be "missed greatly".

"But in taking this difficult decision now, everyone involved in the festivals, from staff to spectators, will be able to fully focus on their health and wellbeing, which is critical during this time of great uncertainty," she said.

She said the Scottish government would help organisers to ensure the festivals returned next year.

You can follow the latest updates on this breaking news story here.

If you are just joining us, here are some of today's main headlines...

• Spain has recorded a record daily death toll of 864, meaning more than 9,000 people have died in the country as a result of coronavirus
• Iran's death toll has passed 3,000, after 138 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours
• There are now more than 800,000 confirmed cases around the world
• The lack of tests for coronavirus in the UK has become a political problem, says BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg

• And this year’s Edinburgh Festival and Fringe Festival has been cancelled

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According to Google Trends, a lot of users on the search engine are trying to find out which countries do not currently have any cases of coronavirus. Perhaps people are plotting a daring escape to one of them...

Some of the results that come up include the Marshall Islands, Samoa and Malawi.

But beware: there's a major caveat to all of this.

Some countries that have not reported any cases are believed to not be testing for the virus or reporting their figures accurately. So it's best to follow updates closely and perhaps put those holiday dreams on hold for now.

Tributes are being paid to the South African scientist Gita Ramjee, who died on Tuesday of Covid-19 complications.

Prof Ramjee had recently returned home from a trip to London and was admitted with pneumonia to a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal province, the Daily Maverick news website reports. , external

Her research, which focused on ways to prevent HIV transmissions in women in South Africa, earned her recognition around the world.

Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of UNAids, tweeted that she was deeply saddened by the news:

Elsewhere in Africa:

• Pape Diouf, the former president of the French football club, Marseille, has died, external after contracting coronavirus. He was in his home country, Senegal, and is its first recorded coronavirus-related death
• Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has apologised after reports of police brutality as officers implemented a curfew to curb the spread of the virus
• Burundi and Sierra Leone, which were among a handful of African countries yet to confirm cases, have recorded their first positive test results
• Several members of Uganda’s famous Watoto Children’s Choir have tested positive for coronavirus after returning from a trip to the UK
• The governor of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has appealed for information about a woman and young girl who were pictured using cut-out plastic bottles to cover their faces, amid concerns for families who can't afford protection

Cindy Sui
BBC Taiwan reporter

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Starting today, everyone who takes the train or inter-city buses in Taiwan must wear a face mask, according to an order from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

The new requirement comes as the US Centers for Disease Control is reviewing earlier advice, including from the World Health Organization, that people only need to wear a face mask if they are sick or are around sick people.

That advice was based on the belief that those who are not sick would not infect others.

It’s now known that many virus carriers are asymptomatic, and they may be infecting others via droplets from coughing or sneezing.

Experts believe it’s better to add an extra layer of protection even if you do not have any symptoms, because you might be a silent carrier.

But there’s no need to convince the Taiwanese.

Even at the start of the outbreak here in January, many people were already wearing face masks in public.

It’s part of the culture and it is normally considered courteous to wear a mask when you have a cold.

The good news for countries not used to wearing masks and lacking a ready supply is that Taiwan’s government announced today it will donate 10 million surgical face masks to badly hit areas, including the US and Europe.

You can read more about why some countries wear face masks and others don't here.