President claims body has ‘failed to reform’; UK expert says country not ready to ease lockdown; Australia to relax rules on 1 June. All the developments liveTrump announces severing of ties with WHOCoronavirus latest: at a glance 2.58am BST In the United States the president, Donald Trump, has clashed with the governor or North Carolina, Democrat Roy Cooper, over Trump’s insistence that the crowd during his renomination address at the Republican national convention in Charlotte not show visible signs of coronavirus restrictions.The convention is set to begin on 24 August and Trump’s nomination speech is slated for 27 August.The conversation came hours after Cooper’s health secretary, Mandy Cohen, called for more specifics beyond the safety protocols that the GOP convention’s leaders sent her in a letter on Thursday. Cooper’s administration has wanted more planning about public health and safety given the uncertainty Covid-19 has caused regarding commerce and movement restrictions.Cohen wrote to the Republican national committee chair, Ronna McDaniel, and the convention’s chief executive, Marcia Lee Kelly, asking them to confirm whether Trump wanted the convention’s final night to have people together in a crowd-like setting and without social distancing or face masks. 2.33am BST In sport news, the Australian Moto GP on Philip Island has been cancelled.The event was scheduled for 23-35 October. It will be the first time the race has not been run on Philip Island since 1997. Refunds will be offered.We’re very disappointed that MotoGP fans throughout Victoria, Australia and internationally won’t get the chance to make the pilgrimage to see the world’s best riders compete on one of the best circuits anywhere in the world, but the right decision has been made.The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix puts Phillip Island on the global stage and it’ll be back better than ever in 2021. Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…