Good morning to those of you joining us in the UK - our team in London are now taking over live coverage.

Here are some of the main UK headlines:

• Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to reveal outdoor zoos and safari parks in England can reopen from 15 June
• The NHS Confederation has warned that the Covid-19 crisis could see the number of people waiting for NHS treatment to double to 10 million by the end of the year
• All shops in England can reopen from 15 June - however pubs, bars, restaurants and hairdressers will not be able to reopen until 4 July at the earliest, Business Secretary Alok Sharma confirms

Statistics from England show more people from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups are dying from coronavirus than those from white ethnic groups. But why?

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India's financial capital, Mumbai, has recorded 51,000 cases of Covid-19 since the outbreak began - taking it past the total in Wuhan, where the virus emerged.

The news comes amid a surge of infections in India, which has 266,598 confirmed cases.

Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, has 90,000 of them.

Infections are also spiking in the capital Delhi, where authorities have said they expect to see more than half a million cases by the end of July.

The surge coincides with India's decision to relax restrictions after three months of a stringent lockdown that was intended to curb the spread of the virus.

Experts say that there was no other option but to lift the lockdown, which exacted a massive economic cost on the country.

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What is it like to work on the front line?

Some doctors and nurses in the UK have not been home since the early days of the pandemic to avoid carrying the infection to their families.

And some of them fear that cases will begin to rise as members of the public - unlike medical staff - are too eager to move on.

"It's hard to explain to family members - I try to get across that we are doing our best," junior doctor Kirsten Sellick told the BBC. "But it's been heart-breaking speaking to them on the phone."

Click here to read the story of Kirsten and nurse Becky Aird at the Bradford Royal Infirmary in the UK.

A staggering 10 million people could find themselves on waiting lists for the UK's National Health Service (NHS) by the end of the year, as a result of the Covid-19 crisis - double the current amount.

A backlog of cases, having to maintain social distancing and a shortage of staffing are among the factors that could lead to this, said the NHS Confederation.

The body, which represents health and care leaders, said emergency funding and longer-term spending were needed.

The Department of Health has said it will continue to provide the resources, funding and support the NHS needs.

Guidance had been issued on how the NHS "should start to restore services in a safe way", a spokesman added.

It comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce further easing of lockdown restrictions - with zoos and drive-in cinemas expected to be allowed to re-open from Monday.

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India's Supreme Court has ordered all states to send back migrant workers stranded in cities due to the coronavirus lockdown within the next 15 days.

Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers have been seen walking long distances on roads to return home to their villages, after industries were shut and jobs cut.

With little access to food and water - and under the scorching heat - some died along the way. The scenes caused outrage in India and spurred fears of a large-scale humanitarian crisis.

The government started running special trains for migrants in May and at the last hearing in the court, it said more than 4,000 trains had transported around 570,000 people home so far.

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Many of us are wearing face masks as a protection against the virus. But how do they alter our interactions with others?

When it comes to studying faces, the eyes and mouth are the most informative regions because they tend to be the most expressive.

We subconsciously analyse their combined movements to figure out what someone is trying to tell us.

The mouth region, in particular, is good for expressing feelings of happiness, external.

Concealing this area can be problematic when wanting to come across as approachable and friendly – which might explain why a number of healthcare workers have taken to adhering smiley-faced pictures, external of themselves onto their medical gowns in a bid to ease patient anxiety.

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Krutika Pathi
BBC News, Delhi

Mukul Garg wasn’t too worried when his 57-year-old uncle developed a fever on 24 April. Then, within 48 hours, two others in his family of 17 also became ill.

The symptoms trickled in as expected - temperatures spiked and voices grew hoarse with coughing.

Garg initially chalked it up to seasonal flu, unwilling to admit it could be coronavirus.

“Five or six people often fall sick together in this house, let’s not panic,” he told himself.

Over the next few days, five more people in the house showed Covid-19 symptoms. And the pit in his stomach grew.

Soon, the Garg family would become its own coronavirus cluster as 11 of its 17 members tested positive.

“We met nobody from the outside and no-one entered our house. But even then the coronavirus entered our home, and infected one member after the other."

• Read the full story on how this Indian joint family coped with - and beat - the virus together

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Bangladesh has said it will not take back 269 Rohingya refugees who have been detained by Malaysia.

The refugees - who originally fled persecution in Myanmar - are thought to have left southern Bangladesh in a boat in early April.

In previous years, smugglers have brought tens of thousands of Rohingya illegally into Malaysia, which is seen as a regional safe haven.

But recently, Malaysia has refused to allow refugees boats to land, citing the virus pandemic.

In this instance however, the refugees were brought to shore and detained after they were discovered by the coast guard in Malaysian waters. Malaysia later asked Bangladesh to take the refugees back.

But Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told the Anadolu Agency:, external "Bangladesh will not take them. Bangladesh is neither obligated nor in a position to take any more Rohingya."

• Read more about the plight of the Rohingya here

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Vietnam is considering the resumption of overseas air travel to destinations seen as "safe" from coronavirus.

Foreigners have been banned from entering the country since 22 March, with very few exceptions.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has now asked officials to draw up a list of “safe regions” for the resumption of international commercial flights, according to the country's state media.

The report says safe destinations will be those that have had no new cases of coronavirus for at least 30 days.

Despite having a long border with China and a population of some 97 million people, Vietnam has had just 332 confirmed Covid-19 cases, 192 of which were imported, and not a single death so far.

The number of cases in India's capital of Delhi could climb to more than half a million by the end of July, the city's deputy chief minister has warned.

If this happens, Delhi will need at least 80,000 hospital beds, said Manish Sisodia - a huge leap from its current capacity of nearly 9,000 beds.

It comes amid reports of residents complaining about being turned away at hospitals and tales emerged of people struggling to get a hospital bed.

On Tuesday, the government announced that it would double the number of beds in 22 private hospitals, external.

Delhi currently has more than 30,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

The warning comes as India has taken steps to further relax its stringent lockdown - malls, restaurants, temples and offices opened earlier this week. The country has reported more than 250,000 infections and 7,471 deaths.

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Unemployment in South Korea has climbed to the highest level in more than 10 years as the economy is hit by the virus pandemic.

In May, the rate went to 4.5%, up from 3.8% in April.

"The biggest layoffs are still from small retailers, restaurants and lodging. There seems to be some improvements in restaurants but convenience stores and other 'mom-and-pop' stores still seem to be struggling," an official told Reuters news agency.

As a consequence of the pandemic, unemployment is rising around the globe.

OECD data from April, external shows average unemployment across member states at 8.4% - with the United States accounting for the largest number of jobs lost.

Argentina's daily new infections continue to rise, climbing above 1,000 for the first time.

The health ministry recorded 1,141 new cases on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 24,761 while 24 new deaths are taking the overall toll to 717.

But though numbers are rising, they are still much lower than in neighbouring Chile or Brazil - now the epicentre of the global pandemic.

Despite protests, Argentina has just extended lockdown measures for the capital Buenos Aires.

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It's one of Europe's most famous landmarks - and like much of the continent, it has been shut for months.

But on 25 June, the Eiffel Tower will once again be open for visitors, more than three months after closing on 13 March. That makes it the longest closure since World War Two.

You'll have to wear a face mask, and will only be able to get to the first level. The higher - and smaller - level will remain closed for now.

Across France, tourists sights and museums are slowly opening their doors again: the Versailles Palace reopened on 6 June, for example, and the Louvre museum will be open in early July.

France has recorded almost 200,000 infections and just under 30,000 deaths have been linked to the virus.

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South Korea has recorded 50 new virus infections over the past 24 hours.

The country, which never had a lockdown, had reduced infections to single digits in April.

Yet several clusters have emerged in recent weeks after social distancing rules were relaxed in early May.

Overall, the country has recorded just under 12,000 infections, and 276 deaths linked to the virus. Currently, there are around 1,000 confirmed active cases.

China has said a Harvard Medical School report - which suggested that Covid-19 may have been spreading in Wuhan as early as August 2019 - is "incredibly ridiculous".

China reported the new coronavirus to the World Health Organization on 31 December.

But the Harvard report used satellite images of traffic outside hospitals in Wuhan, and online search queries, to suggest people may have been infected from late August.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said: “I think it is ridiculous, incredibly ridiculous, to come up with this conclusion based on superficial observations such as traffic volume.”

The report was not peer-reviewed, and other scientists have said it is hard to draw conclusions from the Harvard data.

One expert at the Scrippt Research Translational Institute said the research method used in the study was "very indirect and imprecise".

Here's what the study said.

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The World Health Organization has sent a letter to the Pakistani health authorities urging them to re-impose intermittent lockdowns.

The global body stressed the country did not meet the conditions for lifting restrictions.

A surge of new cases has hit Pakistan after the government asked provinces to ease coronavirus measures.

A total of 108,316 people have been infected, and on Monday Pakistan reported a single-day record of 105 deaths.

The WHO said Pakistan needed to mitigate the risks of the health system collapsing.

"WHO strongly recommends the government adapt the two weeks off and two weeks on strategy," said the letter, signed by WHO's Head of Mission in Pakistan Dr Palitha Mahipala.

We just reported that Australia saw no community transmissions in 24 hours to Tuesday - a national milestone - but unfortunately that will not be the case today.

State officials in Victoria have confirmed four new infections there, including at least two in Melbourne.

The news is better in Australia's other most populous state, New South Wales, which has now recorded two weeks without a local transmission.

In the UK, the government has confirmed that not all primary pupils in England will return to school before the summer break starts in July.

The government's "ambition" was for all primary pupils of all ages to return in this academic year. But social distancing rules, and a limit of 15 pupils per class, mean this will not be possible for all schools.

Primary pupils in England in Reception, Year 1 and 6 began to return to school last week.

Vulnerable children and the children of key workers have been able to attend primary and secondary schools throughout the lockdown.

Most secondary school pupils in England will not return until September. There are different rules in other parts of the UK.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has clarified comments that asymptomatic transmission of the virus was "very rare".

“I used the phrase ‘very rare’ and I think that it’s a misunderstanding to state the asymptomatic transmission globally is very rare. What I was referring to was a subset of studies. I was also referring to some data that isn’t published,” said WHO scientist Dr Maria Van Kerkhove

Van Kerkhove said just how much transmission comes from people with no symptoms was still a "big unknown".

Looking at investigations of clusters of infections from various countries, she said that where an asymptomatic case has been followed up, it was “very rare” to find secondary infections among their contacts.

But she explained it was still an “open question” as to whether the same was true globally.

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