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The order will prohibit any US transactions with the Chinese-owned parent companies of the apps, citing national security concerns.
The UK is 'at the peak' of the crisis, and MPs are urging the government to make sure BAME people are not unfairly targeted by police during lockdown.
British prime minister Boris Johnson has spent a second night in intensive care battling coronavirus – and there are concerns that his absence has left a power vacuum in Number 10. Meanwhile US president Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw World Health Organisation funding, accusing it of being "China-centric". The city at the centre of the outbreak, Wuhan, has ended its nearly three-month lockdown. It comes 100 days after the Chinese government announced the detection of the virus.
Talk of a conspiracy is likely overblown but the real number is almost certainly higher.
Beijing and the Chinese army have issued stern warnings about the unrest in Hong Kong, where campaigners are demonstrating for the ninth weekend in a row.
Protesters tried to break into Hong Kong’s legislature building on the 22nd anniversary of the handover to China. They used a metal trolley and poles to smash windows amid anger over the extraditions bill, which would allow people to stand trial in China. They are demanding the bill be scrapped and Hong Kong's Beijing-backed leader Carrie Lam step-down immediately. The former British colony was returned to China in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" formula.
It comes amid reports that May bypassed Cabinet concerns about security and working with the firm.
Everything you need to know about the latest row between China and the US.
When the world denounces the persecution of Muslims in Palestine and the Rohingya, where is a statement to condemn the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China?
Invoking the spirit of BoJo?