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A growing number of families are struggling to put food on the table during the coronavirus lockdown. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2WgyotA

Mediterranean sediments are shown to have up to 1.9 million tiny plastic pieces per square metre. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KTR7Wt

People living with abuse will be able to use the pharmacy's consultation rooms to contact helplines. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3aWKM7f

The guitarist says he is 'angry and sad' over the situation, as Queen release a new charity single. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2YhpEGm

How fasting in lockdown and isolation has changed Ramadan for young Muslims this year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2WehD27

How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on during the past seven days? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3f9jldJ

Grace, 26, doesn't look it but she's deemed extremely vulnerable - here's how she's dealing with having to shield. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3d6hu7E

The breathtaking landscapes of Iceland, Greenland, Norway and the Faroe Islands. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2VSmTK4

Two mothers tell the BBC about their experiences as their young children battled the virus. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Ylvzdt

Giving blood, writing a diary, or reading a story to your friends' children are just some of the options. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2WdjdBv

The stories of people who died on one day, from an exile who returned home to a disaster survivor. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KOBvDQ

Dr Nigel Kennea describes his role supporting bereaved families at one London hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3d2Jp8D

The movie which has roots in the exposure of power and abuse in the film industry after #MeToo. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2yUI310

Scientists are working on better solar cells that will turn more of the sun's rays into electricity. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3aRfdMq

Remembering the maverick blind campaigners who walked to London a century ago to demand equality. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zL9haP

Parents have been turning to Google to help them teach the things they’ve forgotten. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3da1stP

As White House economic reopening guidance expired on Thursday after two weeks in place, half of all U.S. states forged ahead with easing restrictions on restaurants, retail and other businesses in hopes of reviving coronavirus-stricken commerce. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2xox27R

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ruled against a Trump administration attempt to withhold millions of dollars from so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/3d5exEE

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The leader of one of the parties negotiating to form a new Irish government raised the prospect on Wednesday of talks drifting well into June, extending a months-long deadlock that has been overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3aPCNJt

It comes as the PM is to lead the Downing Street briefing later - the first time since his return to work. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Smm3mv

A host of tributes and gifts help the WW2 veteran who raised £29m for the NHS mark his 100th birthday. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2VPDjCX

The number at the heart of the decision whether to lift lockdown. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3cYqU5i

Thermal cameras can spot people with a temperature. Will they help to end the lockdown? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3f37YnQ

People in Madrid can watch films from their balconies after the local council brought in huge screens. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2SioCGa

Half of the world's workers could lose their jobs because of Covid-19, we meet four who are struggling with lockdown. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2SmvouB

Images from 40 years ago, when six gunmen took over the Iranian embassy in Kensington. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zIAJ9c

How poverty and economic inequality are threatening an entire generation of African Americans. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2xkt53T

Millions in the UK will soon be asked to download an app that helps to limit coronavirus spreading. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zIPOaN

Baby Johnson joins Leo Blair and Florence Cameron to become a member of a very exclusive club. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Ymv031

Families want to know why so many of their elderly relatives have died. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2yZZBZt

Japan's relatively low rate of virus testing raises questions about how it has tackled the pandemic. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KKoxXB

When passenger planes start flying again, the world of air travel will be very different. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3cXyT2s

"No-one wants to buy clothes to sit at home in," as Next's chief executive Simon Wolfson puts it. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Wc9YBC

Doctors caring for COVID-19 patients at hospitals across the United States have taken up temporary residence in donated recreational vehicles, parked outside their homes, as a way to keep them near to their families yet isolated. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/3aPIIOk

The Trump administration is planning to speed up development of a coronavirus vaccine with the goal of having 100 million doses ready by the end of 2020, a senior administration official said on Wednesday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Sl5RBW

Thermal cameras can spot people with a temperature. Will they help to end the lockdown? from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/3f37YnQ

"No-one wants to buy clothes to sit at home in," as Next's chief executive Simon Wolfson puts it. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Wc9YBC

A car factory worker turned cafe owner explains how coronavirus is affecting his business dream. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2VM1FNO

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday Washington was 'concerned' over the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a separatist group, declaring self-rule in Yemen's south, warning such actions threatened efforts to revive talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3cUnz7e

France's oldest doctor continues to support patients during the pandemic, despite being at high risk of getting coronavirus. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3eYNAEg

The Queen will address the nation as part of a series of events to mark the end of World War Two in Europe. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2SjVgaB

An image of children at a Rohingya refugee camp wins Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3cW7rC9

How one Australian couple ended up isolated in paradise on Fraser Island. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zEksSG

How a message of hope and peace is being spread by trees from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Wa5I5k

Barber shops, tattoo parlours, beaches and restaurants reopen in Georgia. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3cUny3a

A car factory worker turned cafe owner explains how coronavirus is affecting his business dream. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2VM1FNO

Lockdowns give parts of the natural world an opportunity to experience life with fewer humans around. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2xlF7Ku

Shelley Klein lived in a modernist masterpiece - but envied her friends' more traditional homes. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Wc7d30

Half of the four million garment industry jobs in Bangladesh could be lost as orders dry up. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/35cMu3r

Why were 29 snakes left in pillowcases in a Sunderland dustbin the day before and the day after Valentine's Day? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Wa5Hyi

Abdul Malabari has taken on the task of burying those who died with the virus in one Indian city. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3aNV0a9

Rights groups say coronavirus restrictions are leaving vulnerable trans people even more exposed. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2W8s4UX

President Donald Trump on Tuesday plans to order meat processing plants concerned about coronavirus outbreaks to stay open to protect the food supply in the United States, drawing a backlash from unions who said at-risk workers required more protection. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/3cYfSNu

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The facades of several banks were smashed with at least one set on fire as protests fuelled by Lebanon's economic crisis turned violent in the northern city of Tripoli overnight, a witness said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YbDfiv

New Zealanders queued for burgers, fries and coffee takeaway on Tuesday after they were freed from a month-long lockdown, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern credited with eliminating domestic transmission of the coronavirus. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2yTCC2b