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Warning: some viewers may find the images in this report distressing. Disturbing footage has emerged showing a police officer in Minneapolis kneeling on an African American man’s neck as he yells ‘I cannot breathe’. The man later died. It comes shortly after the US Department of Justice announced they were investigating another shocking incident of…

From face masks to social distancing, life has changed dramatically in the coronavirus pandemic – possibly forever. So what might the future look like?

Is it a rush to get protection against an unknown enemy? Fear of social turmoil and the breakdown of civil authority? Whatever the reason, Americans are buying guns like never before. New data collected by the FBI shows US gun sales in March were the highest since records began. With gun stores described as essential…

As the world continues to fight the spread of coronavirus, what can it expect at the other end? Will we face a Great Depression, as many have predicted? Will globalisation, the root of much prosperity and inequality survive? Will there be a Green Revolution? Will nationalism triumph? And do our bizarre locked down lives give…

A Pakistani passenger plane with almost 100 people on board has crashed in a residential area of Karachi – with reports of many casualties on the ground.

More than 20,000 people have now died with coronavirus in Brazil – making the South American country the new epicentre of the pandemic.

Tanzania’s President is often described as Africa’s Trump – not least because of his bizarre pronouncements on coronavirus.

The former US president Barack Obama has condemned the country’s lack of leadership during the pandemic – declaring that ‘a lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge’.

A Rwandan millionaire accused of financing the genocide against the Tutsis in 1994 has been arrested after 23 years on the run. Felicien Kabuga, who’s 84, was detained early this morning in a Paris suburb where he’d been staying under a false identity. He’s been indicted by the International Crimininal Tribunal for Rwanda on several…

Will a face covering really protect you from Covid-19?

Is there a clear path to normality – or a new normal?

The Spanish Flu pandemic hit the world 100 years ago. Are there any lessons for today as countries try to stem the spread of Covid-19?

I’m joined by Peter Daszak – a scientist working in the US to help find a cure for Covid-19.

With nearly half of the country’s population living hand-to-mouth, for them lockdown has had a particularly high price. And no group is more vulnerable than the millions of children – who call the streets their home.

We spoke to Jeremy Konyndyk, who is on the WHO Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee.