Cases approach 10m; new Covid-19 clusters across world spark fear of second wave; UK NHS will take four years to recover. Follow the latest updatesVictoria nurse tests positive as state reports jump of 41 casesGlobal report: India cases reach half a millionUS one-day case high as states delay reopeningSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.48am BST Katharine Murphy speaks with Jack Wallace and Tom Uren, analysts from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, about their recent investigation into online disinformation, and China’s increasing employment of it since the outbreak of Covid-19. What are the differences between disinformation peddled by China and the US governments, and what role has it played in Australian politics? Related: The rise of disinformation during coronavirus – Australian politics live podcast 2.35am BST The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday reported 44,602 new coronavirus cases and said the number of deaths had risen by 651 to 124,976, Reuters reports. The CDC reported its tally of cases as of 4pm ET on 26 June versus its previous report a day earlier. According to Johns Hopkins University data, the number of cases in the US stands at 2,507,874. There have been 125,504 deaths. 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…