President Trump says the US is ending its relationship with the World Health Organization
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the government is "in a position" to ease lockdown despite warnings the infection level remains high
Confirming changes to the government's furlough scheme, Sunak says employers will be asked to cover National Insurance and employer pension contributions in August
By September, businesses will pay 10% of wages for furloughed staff, and in October 20%, the UK chancellor says
Up to eight people from two households can now meet outside in Scotland, as the country eases its lockdown
People must be prepared for new outbreaks of coronavirus to build up very quickly, the World Health Organization tells the BBC
Spain fast-tracks a plan to pay the country's poorest households a basic income of £410 a month in the wake of the pandemic
There are more than 5.8 million cases globally and the death toll stands at more than 361,200, according to Johns Hopkins University
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Image source, ReutersCristiano Ronaldo returned to training with Serie A leaders Juventus on 19 May
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Imagine heading abroad for a game with your rugby team, and instead of flying back a few days later - you end up stuck for more than two months because the world just shut down.
That's what happened to the Manuma Samoa rugby sevens team, who played in Perth, Australia, on 14 March in the opening match of their Global Rapid Rugby season.
They lost the match, and on their way home, were stranded in New Zealand.
After weeks in lockdown, they are now headed home. And - after 14 days of quarantine in Samoa - the players will finally be allowed to return to their families.
"It's been a long couple of months for them...there's some pretty happy boys right now," said Seilala Mapusua of the Pacific Rugby Players association.
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Image source, PA MediaManchester City were originally due to play Arsenal on 11 March but it was the first Premier League game to be postponed due to the pandemic
The Premier League is set to restart on 17 June with Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal, subject to government approval.
A full round of fixtures would then be played on the weekend of 19-21 June.
All matches will take place behind closed doors and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports, BT Sport, BBC Sport or Amazon Prime.
BBC Sport will air four live matches for the first time since the Premier League's inception in 1992.
Image source, AFPThe opposition figure urged religious leaders not to reopen churches
South Africa's firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema has told South Africans not to fall for the "trap" of going to church - saying they will die after contracting coronavirus.
Malema urged religious leaders not to open churches if they care about the well-being of their people.
And he advised members of his Economic Freedom Fighters party not to attend worship, saying "it's a set-up".
Malema was speaking during a media briefing by the party. Here is part of his speech:
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The Duke of Cambridge has warned of a potential mental health impact from hailing UK health workers as "heroes".
Prince William said the praise could deter workers from seeking support as they feel pressure to appear "strong".
"I think we've got to be very careful with the language that we use," he said in a clip shown on the BBC's One Show.
Image source, Sonu SoodSood has also arranged hundreds of buses to take stranded migrants home
Indian Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has chartered a flight to take home more than 170 women who were stranded in a factory in the southern state of Kerala after India announced its lockdown in March.
The sudden announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the year left hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in the lurch, as they scrambled to find a way back home.
Many attempted to walk hundreds of miles. And some, walking under blistering heat with little access to food and water, died along the way.
The 177 women are aboard a flight from Cochin and will land in Bhubaneshwar on Friday morning.
They will be taken in buses to their homes from the airport. When the lockdown was enforced in March, these women were working in the factory - and they've been stuck there since, with limited food and water.
It is not the first time Sood has stepped in to help.
"It gave me sleepless nights when I saw visuals of people walking hundreds of kilometres to reach their villages," the actor told the BBC in an earlier interview.
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Image source, Getty ImagesA trader at Nakasero market in Kampala, Uganda
The chairman of the African Union, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said the pandemic is a major threat to developing countries' efforts to meet their development goals - which include targets on education, health and eradicating poverty.
Addressing a UN meeting, the South African president repeated a call for debts to be halted for a period of two years, and for debt relief.
Last month the G20 group of leading economies, including China, offered to suspend debt repayments from dozens of the world's poorest countries for the rest of the year.
Image source, Getty ImagesGermany has recorded 741 new virus infections over the past day, taking the total to 180,458.
The number of deaths linked to Covid-19 rose by 39 to 8,450.
The number of new infections was almost double what it had been in recent days, while the deaths remained at roughly at the same level.
Like much of Europe, the country is currently easing lockdown restrictions - while keeping a nervous eye out for a possible resurgence of the virus.
Across the world, maternity wards are having to give newborns shields to protect them from the virus in hospital.
These pictures from Thursday show a mother and her baby in Toyota, central Japan - and here's a piece from April about childbirth in a pandemic.
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Image source, Getty ImagesMore people have now died with Covid-19 in India than China, according to latest figures from India's health ministry.
The number of deaths has increased to 4,706 , external - in comparison, China has confirmed 4,638.
With more than 160,000 total infections, India's cases surpassed China's a few weeks ago.
While India's fourth stage of lockdown is close to an end, it remains unclear what to expect going forward.
Some experts say the outbreak hasn't peaked, and will do so only in June or July.
Black men and women are nearly twice as likely to die with coronavirus as white people in England and Wales, according to the official data.
The BBC has been reporting from inside the Royal London Hospital in East London, which serves a large South Asian community.
We met the black and minority ethnic staff on the frontline, and saw the impact the virus is having beyond the hospital ward.
India's Supreme Court has ruled that returning migrant workers should not be charged a train or bus fare - and that state governments must foot the bill.
It also said that Indian Railways will have to ensure that passengers are given food and water, after nine people died in hot carriages.
The court's order on Thursday came amid a rising backlash against the government's handling of one of the world's harshest lockdowns.
Announced with just hours' notice in March, it saw hundreds of thousands of migrants stranded in cities away from their homes when all transportation was halted.
Industries were shut overnight, which meant many lost their livelihoods, with no way of returning to their homes, often hundreds of miles away.
Earlier this month, the government started operating special trains for migrants wanting to get back home.
Local media reported that at least nine people aboard the trains had died this week amid levels of extreme heat. Officials say the majority of those who died had pre-existing health problems.
Image source, Getty ImagesVictoria's Premier Daniel Andrews says those working from home must continue to do so
Ahead of a meeting between Australia's prime minister and state premiers, Victoria has ordered all workers who are currently working from home to continue doing so for all of June.
The second most-populous state (which includes Melbourne) has consistently enacted tougher lockdown rules than other states under the tight reins of Premier Daniel Andrews.
On Friday, Andrews said the order was designed to keep office workers off public transport as other restrictions ease. Restaurants and households can have bigger groups of people from next week, and transport data shows movement has increased by 23%.
In neighbouring New South Wales (which includes Sydney) - people have already begun to head into the office on a staggered basis.
People across the UK showed their appreciation for front-line workers risking their lives to fight coronavirus for the tenth week running.
The founder of clap for carers, Annemarie Plas, said the 10th week of clapping would be a good time for it to end.
Image source, ReutersThe Philippines will lift some lockdown measures in Manila, President Rodrigo Duterte has said. The capital region has been under one of the world's longest lockdowns, with restrictions beginning in mid-March.
Most businesses will be permitted to reopen on Monday and public transport will also partially resume. Schools, dine-in restaurants, and tourist spots will remain closed.
The announcement came despite health officials recording 539 new infections nationally, the highest daily toll since the outbreak began.
The country has had more than 15,000 confirmed cases and just under 1,000 deaths. Experts believe that due to limited testing, the actual number might be a lot higher.
Image source, EPAPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been praised for her virus response
...and the nation has reported no new cases for an entire week.
New Zealand has been hailed a world leader for its efforts to contain the virus - which included plunging into a full lockdown on 25 March when there were no deaths recorded and just over 100 cases.
The Kiwis have since recorded around 1,500 cases and 22 deaths. Last month, it announced it had effectively "won the battle" against community transmission.
As the country further eases restrictions - allowing 100 person gatherings from today - its focus is on potentially opening its borders in a "travel bubble" with Australia.
Experts working on the plans say the bubble could be in place by September.
Image source, ReutersMoscow's authorities have more than doubled the official death toll from Covid-19 in the Russian capital for the month of April.
The city's health department now says 1,561 people died from the disease - not 639 as initially announced.
The department stressed the new tally included even the most "controversial, debatable" cases.
Russia has had 380,000 confirmed infections - the world's third highest number behind the US and Brazil.
Despite this, Russia's official death toll is only 4,142.
Authorities in Singapore are considering setting up travel bubbles or "green lanes" with countries where Covid-19 is under control.
Singapore National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said they were in talks with several countries, though "some [are] at more advanced stages, some we're just starting".
He added that people would have to be tested before being allowed to travel."The idea is to have clear protocols that would include testing of travellers from one country to Singapore and vice versa....[then] we can have assurance that the traveller is free from infection and then essential travel can resume."
The key phrase, though, is essential travel - rather than "mass-market" travel or tourism.
"I think [mass-market travel] will take a lot longer to resume," Mr Wong said. "Not just in Singapore, but also internationally."
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