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Wednesday 3 June coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFINGWednesday 3 June 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers.Global COVID-19 UPDATECoronavirus Cases: 6,452,761Deaths: 382,484Recovered: 2,067,397 Labour leader urges PM to ‘get a grip’ with virus strategyIndia’s coronavirus cases pass 200,000 Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? India’s confirmed coronavirus cases pass 200,000.UK PM Boris Johnson urged to ‘get a grip’ on virus strategy.Theatre show – The Great Gatsby – to reopen in October. Brazil’s death toll surpasses 30,000.  India’s confirmed cases pass 200,000CNN…

Tuesday 2 June coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFINGTuesday 2 June 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers.Global COVID-19 UPDATECoronavirus Cases: 6,374,287Deaths: 377,607Recovered: 2,909,749 Emily back on Newsnight after Dominic Cummings lockdown rowUK ministers considering relaxing travel quarantine Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? US records more than 21,100 new cases & Hong Kong ‘s new coronavirus outbreak linked to a food warehouse. UK: Ministers considering relaxing travel quarantine.Emily Maitilis back on Newsnight after Cummings row.Tokyo considering issuing an alert after at…

Marriott has reopened all of its hotels in China and the group says it has seen a recovery in business travel. The world’s third-largest hotel chain has 350 outlets across China and says that the occupancy rate is now at 40%. Marriott gave an upbeat statement on Monday about its business in China as it emerges from  Coronavirus lockdowns. Coronavirus pandemic effect on Marriott, travel industry Last week it said the financial impact from the pandemic has been more severe for the hotel chain than 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis combined. Marriott chief executive Arne Sorenson said the occupancy…

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of, Iyad Halaq, 32. An autistic Palestinian man who was shot dead by Israeli police. He was killed on Saturday in occupied East Jerusalem while he walked to his special needs school. He was shot dead reportedly after becoming confused by shouting police and fleeing in a panic to hide among rubbish bins. Israel’s police force said officers suspected Mr Halaq was carrying a weapon and that they opened fire when he failed to obey orders to stop. He was later found to have been unarmed. Halaq’s caregiver, a bitter shout Warda Abu…

Monday, June 1 coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING Monday 1 June 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers. Global COVID-19 UPDATE Coronavirus Cases: 6,267,408 Deaths: 373,961 Recovered: 2,847,541 Health officials make last-minute plea to stop lockdown easing in England F1 races given go-ahead by govt Jenner hits back at Forbes claims she faked billionaire status Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? US records nearly 20,000 new cases. Pandemic opens door to ideas new and old for a…

Civil unrest flared and curfews were imposed in several major U.S. cities on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets to vent outrage at the death of a black man – GEORGE FLOYD- shown on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck. From Los Angeles to Miami to Chicago, protests marked by chants of “I can’t breathe” – a rallying cry echoing the dying words of George Floyd – began peacefully before turning unruly as demonstrators blocked traffic, set fires and clashed with riot police, some firing tear gas and plastic bullets in an effort…

A Belgian prince has contracted Coronavirus after attending a party during lockdown in Spain, the country’s royal palace says. Prince Joachim, 28, travelled from Belgium to Spain for an internship on 26 May, the palace said. Two days later, he went to a party in the southern city of Córdoba, before testing positive for Covid-19. Irresponsible, Discovered party Under Córdoba’s lockdown rules, a party of this size would be a breach of regulations. Gatherings of no more than 15 people are currently permitted. Spanish police have launched an investigation into the party. Subsequently, those found to have flouted lockdown rules…

India has announced plans to further ease a strict national lockdown even as the country reported a record daily rise in new Coronavirus cases. From 8 June, restaurants, hotels, shopping centres and places of worship will be allowed to re-open in many areas in the first stage of a three-phase plan. Weeks later, probably in July, schools and colleges will resume teaching. But areas with high numbers of COVID-19 cases will remain under tight lockdown. The plan comes after India registered a new record single-day rise in confirmed infections. They reported nearly 8,000 cases on Saturday. In total, India has…

Authorities in the US city of Minneapolis and its sister city St Paul called in the National Guard on Thursday as they struggled to contain the fresh protests and violence due to the shocking police killing of a handcuffed African-American man. After stores were looted and burned overnight Wednesday in Minneapolis, officials in the so-called Twin Cities warned they would not tolerate violence while seeking to assure that investigation into George Floyd’s death were underway. Protests rock the Twin Cities area after the shocking death of an unarmed black man during an arrest. One demonstrator says putting an end to…

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to lash out at those protesting in Minneapolis over the cruel death of an unarmed black man, calling those involved in the street clashes “thugs.” Trump said he would not “stand back and watch this happen to a great American city” adding he told the Minnesota governor “the military is with him all the way.” “Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts the shooting starts,” Trump warned. Twitter later added a message to the tweets saying it “violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence.” https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1266231100780744704 George Floyd…