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    Brexit Is Heading for the Cliff Edge

    The European Union’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, gave a stark warning recently about the lack of progress in the post-Brexit negotiations with the United Kingdom. But now, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come back to work after his battle with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The Brexit Transition Period Will Be […] More

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    Trump is handling coronavirus so badly, he almost makes Johnson look good | Jonathan Freedland

    Trump is handling coronavirus so badly, he almost makes Johnson look good Jonathan Freedland The only thing protecting the prime minister from harsher criticism of his failures is that the US president’s are even worse Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump at a White House event concerned with protecting older […] More

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    The Brexit Transition Period Will Be Extended

    “Can we please go back to talking about Brexit?” For the past few weeks, I got used to seeing this message on Twitter at least once a day, breaking the monopoly of news about the novel coronavirus. For some, it was a joke, half-nostalgically taking us back to the days when we couldn’t wait for Brexit to be over and the […] More

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    Economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis will need a balancing act

    Economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis will need a balancing act Michael Boskin The task is to navigate the difficult trade-offs and even more difficult politics as sensibly as possible Reopening the economy after the coronavirus crisis will involve balancing health and fiscal concerns. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images For a long time, as health spending […] More

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    Coronavirus at a glance: the latest developments

    A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreak Follow our latest coronavirus blog for live news and updates Coronavirus daily briefing. Illustration: Guardian Design/EPA/GETTY Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include: Global infections pass 720,000 Covid-19 infections worldwide have risen to 722,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. The […] More

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    Ridley Scott mocks Donald Trump over coronavirus response

    The 82-year-old film director speaks out on the president’s handling of the crisis and says Boris Johnson should bring back rationing ‘Half the world’s leaders are idiots’ … Ridley Scott. Photograph: David Dettmann/Rex/Shutterstock Ridley Scott, the director of Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator and The Martian, has taken aim at Donald Trump and Boris Johnson over […] More

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    Delay is deadly: what Covid-19 tells us about tackling the climate crisis | Jonathan Watts

    Delay is deadly: what Covid-19 tells us about tackling the climate crisis Jonathan Watts Rightwing governments have denied the problem and been slow to act. With coronavirus and the climate, this costs lives • Coronavirus latest updates • See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump during a coronavirus briefing at the White House on Sunday. […] More