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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the G20 – the world’s 20 major industrialised nations – to fund a stimulus package worth trillions of dollars for businesses, workers and households in developing countries. This was a matter of “enlightened self-interest”, he said, to help prevent the virus from spreading and ultimately making a […]

On Tuesday night people in India rushed to stockpile supplies, after its prime minister announced the entire country was going into lockdown for 21 days. People panicked after Narendra Modi said, in a televised address, everyone should “forget about” leaving their homes for any reason – and did not mention the status of essential supplies

President Trump said he was speaking to the Coronavirus Taskforce about when to open the US for business. He thought Easter presented a “beautiful time, a beautiful timeline” and said he hoped to be able to open at least some sections of the country. The US began a 15-day period on 16 March to encourage

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo warned that the city “is not a test case” and urged other states to “look at us today… we are your future”. He said: “New York is the canary in the coal mine, New York is happening first, what is happening to New York will happen to California and Illinois,

About 2,000 people have gone missing in eastern Ukraine since the conflict there started in 2014, according to the Red Cross. Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a new prisoner exchange scheme as part of peace negotiations and the families of many of the missing hope this will bring them home. But many have heard

On 11 April 1970, the Lovell family watched their husband and father, Jim Lovell, blast off on Nasa’s third mission to land on the Moon. But this was to be an ill-fated mission, and in the six days that followed, the Lovells found themselves facing intense agony. As the 50th anniversary of the mission approaches,

The coronavirus lockdown has meant many religious communities are having to find new ways to engage, and and many are putting their faith in the internet. With his synagogue closed, Yuval, 13, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah with family and friends online. Over the coming days, religious communities across the country will do the same. Panorama,

More than a billion people in India have been asked to stay indoords for 14-hours to try to combat the coronavirus pandemic. When he announced the curfew last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the curfew last week told citizens that it would be a test in order to assess the county’s ability to fight

Many churches have been forced to suspend their physical services during the coronavirus pandemic. But for Pastor DJ Soto’s church, that hasn’t been a problem – as it only exists in virtual reality. The BBC World Service’s Faith & Ethics journalist Sophia Smith Galer went to try it out before the virus spread to find

Police closed Sydney’s Bondi Beach after huge crowds gathered there, despite a government ban on large gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic. Temporary measures have been put in place after photos of mostly young beachgoers packed on the famous sands were widely shared online. The photos drew widespread criticism from officials and social media users.