Trip cancelled to Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCDC is at core of US effort to address coronavirus outbreakSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 2.00pm GMT A top communications official is set to leave the White House later this month, it appears, as the president continues to muddle Read more
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Rolling coverage of economics, business and markets as investors search for safe havens amid economic fearsUS and UK 10-year bond yields hit all-time low; rally gains paceOil prices hit lowest in 2.5 years amid production cut doubts FTSE 100 loses 3.2% at midday; US futures suggest 2.2% fall Jaguar Land Read more
First cases reported in Vatican City and Serbia, and first deaths in UK and the Netherlands, as WHO warns of sustained community transmissionMore than 100,000 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins UniversityIran threatens use of force to restrict spread of coronavirus‘More scary than coronavirus’: South Korea alerts expose private livesHas Read more
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Dead Ringers impressionist takes lead role in stage version of bestselling book on British identityThe impressionist Jon Culshaw is to play Bill Bryson in a new stage adaptation of Notes from a Small Island, the Iowa-born author’s bestselling book about British eccentricities.Culshaw, whose impersonations have long been heard on the Read more
Contagious disease and no-deal Brexit are biggest risks to UK economy, says Niesr Via: Coronavirus could cut GDP growth by 0.5% this year, economic thinktank warns
Former home secretary hits out at ‘rude’ and ‘badly judged’ decision to cancel her talk Via: Minister calls for action against students after Amber Rudd 'no-platformed' at Oxford event
Watchdog finds ‘serious errors’ caused people to be wrongly identified as paedophiles and hackers Via: Innocent families' homes raided by police because of investigation errors, report reveals
Government must respond to petition, which could spark debate in parliament Via: Grooming gangs review: Almost 40,000 people sign petition demanding release of government research into characteristics