Donald Trump has said his new US immigration ban would last for 60 days and apply to those seeking "green cards" for permanent residency.

A seven-year-old boy accidentally killed his three-year-old sister after shooting her with an unsecured shotgun in Colorado, police said.

A man in his 30s has been arrested in Chatham following reports of gunshots being fired from the balcony of an apartment block.

Greta Thunberg has released a video showing a family calmly getting ready for the day while their house burns down around them as a symbol of the threat of climate change.

The World Health Organisation's chief has warned that most countries are still in the early stages of their coronavirus epidemics and others are starting to see a resurgence in cases.

The head of the World Health Organisation has brushed off calls for his resignation as he told the US to reconsider freezing its funding.

Frontline health workers at a UK hospital have become the first in the country to be widely kitted out with a pioneering respirator hood when treating Covid-19 patients.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's baby son Archie joined in with a video call to his great-grandmother the Queen on her 94th birthday.

War veteran Captain Tom Moore, who has raised £28 million for the NHS by walking lengths of his garden, has been given a Pride of Britain award.

Residents and staff at a care home were filmed dancing and singing "Don't Worry, Be Happy" to send a positive message to their families and "spread a bit of happiness".

Two nose cells have been identified as the first points at which Covid-19 enters the human body.

An "evil" sex attacker who drugged and assaulted his victim after meeting him outside a London pub has been jailed.

Mike Pence has said the White House believes the coronavirus epidemic in US could be "largely in the past" by this summer.

The footage of Chanel's "mam" Sandra has been viewed nearly 600,000 times

In today's Diary: Michael Spicer on his forthcoming book / Rupert Everett calls for help for Coram's Fields / Emma Freud on the Comic Relief t-shirts / Brandon Lewis's marathon exercise regime

Nail-biting video captures the moment police in the US flip suspect's car was flipped as part of a manoeuvre to end a pursuit.

Countdown presenter Rachel Riley has won the first round of a High Court libel case against a former aide to Jeremy Corbyn.

There is no evidence that people who have beaten coronavirus are protected from the strain, the World Health Organisation has said as it warned against issuing "immunity passports".

A person has died on the tracks at a busy north London Tube station.

A mile-wide asteroid is on course to pass the Earth on Wednesday at a distance 16 times further than the moon.

A man in his 30s has been rushed to hospital after a shooting in Camden.

Residents in a small English village have put up scarecrows in their gardens to show support for key workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Experts have said it is too early to reopen schools in the UK as it is still unclear how coronavirus spreads among children.

Previously leaked videos of US Navy pilots encountering "unexplained aerial phenomena" have been released by the Pentagon.

Donald Trump has said he knows how Kim Jong-un is doing amid speculation over the North Korean leader's health, but added: "I can't talk about it now".

The rising number of Covid-19-related deaths in care homes pushed the overall death toll in England and Wales to the highest level since comparable figures began in 1993, new figures show.

Nasa plans to test potentially lifesaving technology by crashing a spacecraft into a smaller asteroid in 2021

The Government's testing tsar has said he is "confident" that the 100,000 daily target for coronavirus tests will be met on Thursday.

Coronavirus testing will be expanded to all care home residents and staff, regardless of whether they have Covid-19 symptoms, and all people aged 65 and over with symptoms and their households, Matt Hancock has said.

Coronavirus was "not man-made or genetically modified," US intelligence agencies have said.

More than one million people have recovered from coronavirus worldwide, according to the latest figures from the John Hopkins University.

An aquarium in Japan has urged the public to video-chat their eels, who are forgetting that humans exist.

Elderly residents of a Staffordshire street woke up this morning to find their gardens had been ransacked by vandals.

Donald Trump has claimed he has seen evidence that coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab.

Joe Biden has denied sexually assaulting his former staffer 27 years ago.

NHS ambulance staff have created a heartwarming video to say thank you to the community for the support they have received during the coronavirus crisis.

Joggers, cyclists and surfers across Spain have emerged from their homes as adults were allowed out for exercise for the first time in seven weeks.

A man has been arrested after protesters in London took part in a group hug outside Met Police's headquarters in defiance of the coronavirus lockdown.

Pub visits should be avoided when social distancing measures are eased, one of the UK's top medics has said.

Pub visits should be avoided even after coronavirus restrictions are lifted, England's deputy chief medical officer has indicated.

The Duchess of Cambridge has made a virtual bedside visit to new parents during a video call to midwives she worked alongside last year.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that the US has "a significant amount of evidence" that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was shot inside a house during the coronavirus lockdown.

Supporters of Julian Assange were cautioned by police as they protested outside a central London court today.

Matt Hancock has urged people living on the Isle of Wight to download the coronavirus contact tracing app to "save lives" during the pandemic.

Draft proposals for how to return to work safely have been leaked and they paint a very different picture of the workplace post lockdown.​

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A man has been charged with aggravated burglary over an incident in which a young boy was shot in Upminster, east London.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering options to taper off the Government's furlough scheme which is supporting workers staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

There is no evidence that Covid-19 has mutated into multiple strains, new analysis shows.