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The country’s death toll from Covid-19 has surpassed the 58,220 service personnel killed in Vietnam.

As the UK observed a minute's silence on #WorkersMemorialDay a hospital worker shockingly faced a disciplinary hearing after asking for personal protective equipment to keep himself and his family safe. The London Economic INVESTIGATION finds PPE still a major issue for outsourced health staff working for private firms:

We cannot go back to a situation where we undervalue the people we’re currently praising as key workers.

The campaign group We Can’t Consent To This said that at least 60 women have been killed by men who claimed their sexual partners gave consent to the violence that resulted in their deaths.

According to former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid the footage "only scratches the surface".

Crucial equipment was left out of the stockpile in 2009 and the government subsequently neglected warnings from its own advisers to buy missing items.

They also show a gaping disparity with the daily death figures being released by the government, confirming suspicions that the death toll from coronavirus is far higher than feared.

In Australia, authorities have reopened Sydney’s Bondi Beach to swimmers and surfers.

There were 407,000 applications submitted last month – an increase of 13,500 on the same month last year.