The latest on the coronavirus pandemic 

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What you need to know

• President Trump criticized White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx in a tweet after she warned Covid-19 is "extraordinarily widespread" ​in the US.
• Meanwhile, US lawmakers are negotiating the next emergency aid package after the $600 unemployment benefit lapsed at the end of last week.
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the world is facing a "generational catastrophe" because of school closures during the pandemic.

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​United States and China Enter a New Cold War: Kemp

The flags of China, U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party are displayed in a flag stall at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China

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Pompeo tells UK MPs China ‘bought’ WHO chief Tedros WORLD 

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Thousands injured in blast, which occu​rred in city’s port area

​ People wearing face masks cross a street in Hong Kong, where 500 new infections have been confirmed in the past fortnight. Photograph: China News Service/Getty Images

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