Covid-19

1. Health experts in the US call for urgent action after a record number of new cases were recorded on Friday

2. Top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci says there is "a serious problem" - but Vice-President Mike Pence hails "progress"

3. The US has more than 2.4 million confirmed infections and at least 125,000 people have died - more than any other country

4. Meanwhile, the number of reported cases in India has surged to more than 500,000

5. Restrictions on some non-essential overseas travel will be relaxed in the UK from 6 July

6. There are now more than 9.8m confirmed cases of Covid-19 worldwide and more than 490,000 people have died , researchers say