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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…

Friday 29 May coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFINGFriday 29 May 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: 5,911,507Deaths: 362,127Recovered: 2,583,695 Martin Scorsese on lockdownVirus not stopping migrants from heading to EuropeTrump says military ready to deal with geroge floyd protesters Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? Scotland begins easing lockdown after 66 days inside.India: patients sharing beds as cases overwhelm Mumbai’s hospitals. French bars, restaurants and parks to reopen from June 2.Infection fear is not stopping migrants heading…

The Premier League season is set to restart on 17 June with Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal, the BBC has learned.  These matches are the two games in hand that were unable to go ahead because of the Lockdown imposed in March 2020. A full fixture list would then be played on the weekend of 19-21 June.  Clubs are still discussing the idea at a meeting on Thursday, but it is understood all have agreed in principle at this stage.  Football behind closed doors No fans will be allowed to travel to the games and…

Many in Lebanon have suddenly been plunged into poverty in a country that has hit its breaking point due to Coronavirus. Almost half the country’s six million people are now living below the poverty line.  Lebanon’s catastrophe, economy crisis Some are warning that the scale of the catastrophe may be more devastating than the 15-year civil war, which raged from 1975 to 1990. Even before coronavirus hit, Lebanon was experiencing the worst economic crisis in the country’s history. This triggered large anti-government protests late last year. Lebanon’s currency has lost nearly 60% of its value against the dollar. In a…