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• George Floyd death: Clashes as protests spread across US
  
  Crowds rally at the White House among other places over the death in police custody of George Floyd.
• George Floyd death: Unrest spreads across US
  
  Images from protests and violence as anger over the death of black man George Floyd increases.
• Risk in UK lockdown easing too soon, warn scientists
  
  Lifting restrictions is "risky", warn experts, who want a fully working test and trace system first.
• SpaceX launch: Nasa astronauts set for second try
  
  SpaceX will need to beat the weather to get Nasa astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken into orbit.
• World's largest all-electric plane takes flight
  
  An historic day for the aviation industry as the world's largest all-electric plane takes flight.
• Kylie Jenner: Forbes drops celebrity from billionaire list
  
  The magazine says the Kardashian family misled the press about the value of Jenner's makeup business.
• Trump targets China over Hong Kong security law
  
  Donald Trump says he will end Hong Kong's special status with the US over China's new security law.
• Minneapolis protests: CNN journalist arrested live on air
  
  Omar Jimenez and a camera crew were detained in Minneapolis during protests
• 90-year-old woman tries to help grandson during arrest
  
  Bodycam footage shows a woman, dressed in a nightgown, seem to fall onto her grandson during the incident.
• Microsoft 'to replace journalists with robots'
  
  Dozens working on the MSN site look set to be replaced by AI, media reports say.
• Coronavirus: Trump terminates US relationship with WHO
  
  The president accuses the UN health agency of "failing" over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
• UK furlough scheme to finish at end of October
  
  Chancellor Rishi Sunak says employers must start sharing the cost of the scheme from August.
• Coronavirus: Italy's Tower of Pisa reopens after three months shut
  
  Only 15 at a time will be allowed up the tourist attraction, and they will have to wear masks.
• Coronavirus: Belgian zoo comes back to life from lockdown
  
  After two months without visitors, Pairi Daiza is welcoming the public back, but in smaller numbers.
• Before and after UK lockdown... from the skies
  
  Aerial shots show how the coronavirus pandemic changed the way we use public spaces.
• Remi Wolf on how she makes music videos in lockdown
  
  How rising star Remi Wolf made the promotional video for her new track in the middle of the pandemic.
• What is it like being at school in South Korea?
  
  Strict safety measures are in place, but more than 200 schools have been forced to close just days after they re-opened.
• Week in pictures
  
  A selection of news photographs taken around the world this week.
• When Covid-19 hit, zookeeper Caitlin Henderson ended up in lockdown with 70 spiders
  
  When Covid-19 hit, zookeeper Caitlin Henderson ended up in lockdown with 70 spiders.
• Coronavirus: 'I built a memorial to my grandfather on Animal Crossing'
  
  One young woman used popular game Animal Crossing for her family tradition of Bai San.
• Coronavirus: How the virus is hitting some harder than others
  
  The BBC’s Clive Myrie meets black and minority ethnic hospital staff and sees the impact the virus is having beyond the ward.
• World's deepest octopus captured on camera
  
  A "Dumbo" octopus is photographed at a depth of 7,000m in the Indian Ocean's Java Trench.
• George Floyd death: Why has a US city gone up in flames?
  
  Tensions in Minneapolis did not start with the death of George Floyd. They've been years in the making.
• China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours
  
  Tensions in the Himalaya have the potential to escalate as they pursue their strategic goals.
• Akinwumi Adesina: Why the US is targeting a flamboyant Nigerian banker
  
  The US pushes for new inquiry into allegations of corruption against the African Development Bank boss.
• 'You can't ask people to die': Coronavirus woes deepen Argentina's crisis
  
  A new deadline to restructure the country's debt is just days away.
• Coronavirus: Bill Gates ‘microchip’ conspiracy theory and other vaccine claims fact-checked
  
  Fact-checking vaccine claims - including ones about the ex-Microsoft boss and a dubious cow-dung trial.
• 'Scorching-hot hacked computer burned my hand'
  
  Student's computer overheated after it was hit with a "crypto-jacking" attack.
• Hong Kong: What is the BNO and what does the UK move mean?
  
  The UK waded into the Hong Kong security row by proposing more rights for holders of a special passport.
• West Indies agree to England Test tour 'in principle' but take 50% pay cuts
  
  Cricket West Indies agrees "in principle" to July's Test tour of England, but players and staff will take a 50% pay cut.
• Federer becomes world's highest paid athlete
  
  Swiss tennis player Roger Federer overtakes footballer Lionel Messi as the world's highest paid athlete for 2020, according to Forbes.
• Premier League: Liverpool could seal title at neutral venue with six fixtures set to move
  
  The game in which Liverpool could secure the Premier League title could be held at a neutral venue, says the national lead for football policing.
• Lionel Messi: Barcelona and Argentina star's iconic moments
  
  Rank our 10 choices of Lionel Messi's most iconic moments for Barcelona and Argentina - as BBC Sport prepares for Messi Day.
• Murrayfield favourite to host home Lions Test
  
  Murrayfield is the front-runner to stage a 'home' British and Irish Lions Test against Japan before next year's tour of South Africa.
• Coronavirus: What attacks on Asians reveal about American identity
  
  Covid-inspired attacks on East Asian people in the US reveal uncomfortable truths about American identity.
• Rohingya refugee crisis: 'The bodies were thrown out of the boat'
  
  Khadiza Begum, a Rohingya refugee, left Myanmar to escape violence but found more horror at sea.
• 'I left my campervan in Argentina'
  
  Thousands of van-driving nomads were living the dream - until the coronavirus pandemic brought them to a sudden halt.
• Indonesia: Alone in a sinking village
  
  Once home to more than 200 families, the village of Bedono in Central Java is now under water.
• The coronavirus conundrum when your mouth is your ‘hand’
  
  The coronavirus pandemic becomes a different kind of challenge when you use your mouth as your ‘hands’.
• Amazon under threat: Fires, loggers and now virus
  
  How the loss of the Amazon goes beyond deforestation - and what the nine countries that share this natural resource are doing to protect it.