That's it from us for today - thank you very much for your company.

Our colleagues in Sydney and Singapore will be resuming live coverage soon. In the meantime here are some key developments:

• UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the Test and Trace system was "critical" to control the virus. He said it was the public's "civic duty" to follow instructions given by contact tracers
• US stock markets saw dramatic falls amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus and dire predictions about the economy
• The number of confirmed cases in Russia passed 500,000. It is now the third highest in the world, behind the US and Brazil

Today's live updates have been brought to you by our journalists in Australia, Asia, the UK and North America: Flora Drury, Patrick Jackson, Rob Corp, Victoria Lindrea, Emma Harrison, Lucy Webster, Paul Seddon, Ritu Prasad, Emlyn Begley, Gary Rose, David Walker, Hugo Bachega, Thomas Spender, Yaroslav Lukov, Ben Collins, Andreas Illmer, Joseph Lee, Owen Amos, Krutika Pathi, Yvette Tan and Frances Mao.

Like many of you, we are often working from home because of lockdown restrictions. David sent this selfie from his desk in England.

In England, all non-essential retailers will be allowed to reopen from Monday as part of plans to further ease the coronavirus lockdown.

Shop owners are being told to make changes to ensure people can continue to shop safely.

But how exactly do you do that?

Recent visitors have left mounds of rubbish left in their wake in public spaces and beauty spots across the UK and beyond.

This has made headlines, sparked outrage and resulted in pleas by local government officials, external for visitors to stay away.

"We fear a littering epidemic as lockdown eases," warns the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.

Research suggests that littering can be challenging to eradicate in the best of times - and these clearly aren't the best of times.

So what is it about current circumstances that's driving this surge, and is there anything we can do to contain the problem?

Read the full article here

It's just gone half-time in the Sevilla-Real Betis match in Seville and it's still 0-0.

Spain's first La Liga game since 10 March is being played behind closed doors at Sevilla's stadium.

The derby would normally attract more than 40,000 fans but Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui urged fans to stay away and ensure safety outside the venue.

You can follow the game on BBC Sport's live page here.

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The UK government has issued guidelines designed to minimise the risk of spreading Covid-19 while flying.

The recommendations say:

• All luggage should be checked in
• Face-to-face contact with staff should be minimal
• Passengers should wear face coverings in the airport
• Passengers should wash their hands regularly after touching surfaces
• In flight, passengers should remain seated as much as possible

The Department of Transport's advice remains that people should avoid non-essential travel.

The guidelines have been criticised as "nonsensical" by the airline industry which has been hit hard by Covid-19 travel restrictions.

Read the full story here.

Russell Hotten
BBC Business Reporter

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British Airways is selling some of its multi-million-pound art collection to raise cash to help it through the coronavirus pandemic.

The collection includes pieces by Damien Hirst, Bridget Riley and Peter Doig, with one work believed to have been valued at more than £1m.

It is understood at least 10 pieces have been identified for sale, although exactly which ones is unclear.

BA - like many airlines - has seen a collapse in demand for air travel during the pandemic and is set to cut thousands of jobs.

Last week, BA boss Alex Cruz warned that the cash-strapped airline's survival was at stake unless there was a drastic restructuring of the business.

Other works in the collection include pieces by Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor and Chris Ofili. The airline would not comment on the sale, nor identify which works would go under the hammer.

Let's just recap on the test and trace scheme introduced by the UK's National Health Service to help lift lockdown measures and curb the spread of coronavirus.

Thousands of contact tracers have been recruited to notify people - by email, text or by phone - if they've come into contact with someone with Covid-19.

How does it work and how can it keep the R number low? We explain in the video below.

The UK has abandoned plans for full border checks with the EU on 1 January amid pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Financial Times reports, external.

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has accepted that businesses cannot cope with problems stemming from the outbreak and at the same time deal with post-Brexit disruption at the border, the FT says.

Instead, the government will bring in a temporary light-touch system at ports, the paper reports.

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A memorial to victims of the coronavirus in Brazil has been vandalised by supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, activists say.

Members of the Rio de Paz civil society group had dug 100 symbolic shallow graves in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach to represent those killed in the pandemic. Each grave was marked by a cross.

Brazil has recorded more than 772,000 cases - the world's second-highest number - and nearly 40,000 deaths.

Later, a group of people opposed to the tribute gathered nearby and mocked the activists. Rio de Paz said they were supporters of Bolsonaro.

One of the group then began knocking down the crosses.

Adding to the confusion, a passer-by who said his son had died from Covid-19 then began replacing the crosses.

Mr Bolsonaro has opposed lockdown measures and downplayed the virus as "a little flu".

Read more

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More people from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups are dying from coronavirus in England than those from white ethnic groups.

How much of this is down to ethnicity and how much is to do with social and environmental factors? We explain in the video below.

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If you're just joining us, here are some of the day's key developments from the US:

• Financial markets slumpedamid fears that an uptick in coronavirus cases would hurt the economic recovery
• The number of confirmed coronavirus infections surpassed 2,011,000, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University, external; the country's high case count is partly explained by its high levels of testing

• The latest unemployment numbers from the Labor Department show 1.5 million more people applied for jobless benefits last week, bringing the total number of Americans who lost their jobs since mid-March to 44.2 million
• Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said shutting down the economy once more to slow Covid-19's spread was not possible; he warned it would cause more than just economic damage, citing other medical problems and "everything else that gets put on hold"
• On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve Chair noted there would be an extended time period where it would be "difficult for many people to find work"
• The White House coronavirus task force expressed concerns over a surge in cases amid national protests against the death of George Floyd
• President Donald Trump meanwhile is to hold his first re-election campaign rally in months in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 19 June - a date African Americans celebrate the end of slavery. You can read more here.

Speaking at the UK government briefing earlier, Baroness Dido Harding, who runs NHS Test and Trace in England, said the system was working well and stressed there had been "good numbers of compliance".

"Our communities will be depending on us doing the right thing," she said.

Tarhub Asghar
BBC Urdu, Lahore

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The government of Punjab has started closing quarantine centres across Pakistan's most populous province, despite a rapidly rising number of coronavirus cases.

Lahore Deputy Commissioner Danish Afzal told BBC Urdu that no-one suspected of having coronavirus was left in the centres.

"According to new policies we're focusing more on keeping asymptomatic patients in home isolation," he added.

Travellers from abroad are now being tested for Covid-19 at the airport and sent directly to their homes instead of to quarantine centres, as had previously been required.

Six such centres are being closed in Lahore, along with others in different cities in Punjab.

The move comes amid concern as cases in Punjab and other parts of Pakistan are rapidly increasing after measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus were eased.

Hugo Williams
BBC News

Whether it is people sharing conspiracy theories about 5G or unfounded "cures" for coronavirus, misinformation has spread far and wide during this pandemic, sometimes with deadly consequences.

To combat what the World Health Organization has called an "infodemic" around Covid-19, we have launched a searchable library of fact-checks debunking popular myths and misinformation about coronavirus in Africa.

The fact-checks are designed for mobile and made to be easily shareable on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, the same platforms which have been awash with fake news about Covid-19.

Audiences can explore the fact-check library, which will grow over the coming months, by keyword, country or category.

Click to explore the new tool.

Maddy Savage
BBC News, Stockholm

Sweden's decision to leave schools open for under-16s during the pandemic did not lead to any major outbreaks of Covid 19, according to the country's education minister.

Anna Ekstrom said research by the Swedish Public Health Agency showed that Swedes working in education - including teachers, daycare staff and teaching assistants - had not been more likely to be diagnosed with coronavirus than those in other occupational groups.

Schools for older pupils and universities have been given the go-ahead to reopen from 15 June - but for summer schools and courses only.

Sweden is set to relax a number of other national recommendations in the coming days.

From Saturday, Swedes without any Covid-19 symptoms can travel freely within the country. And on Sunday elite sports can start up again, although no fans will be allowed to watch events.

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More now on the slump in US financial markets on fears that an increase in coronavirus cases would hurt the economic recovery.

It comes a day after the US central bank said the country faced a long road to recovery.

The three main financial indexes saw their worst day in weeks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 5% at midday.

European shares also dropped, with the UK's FTSE 100 sinking about 4%.

Economists have warned that people will stay home voluntarily if they are afraid of getting sick.

Read more here.

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Texas, the second-most populous state in the US, reported 2,504 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday.

It is the most reported in a day in the state since the pandemic began and marks a spike following the US Memorial Day holiday weekend at the end of May.

The state's previous record-high was 1,949 new cases on 31 May, the Texas Tribune reports., external

Wednesday was also the third consecutive day that the number of Texans sent to hospital for Covid-19 rose, with over 2,100 people requiring hospital care.

Texas had one of the quickest reopening policies in the nation: stores, restaurants and theatres reopened, albeit with limited capacity, on 1 May, even though the state had seen rising case counts at the time.

Since then, bars, aquariums, rodeos, bingo halls and bowling alleys have also been allowed to open.

Businesses continue to reopen in the state, and on Friday, as phase three begins, restaurants will be able to operate at 75% capacity.

Face coverings on public transport - and for hospital staff, outpatients and visitors - will be compulsory in England from Monday.

But if you wear yours incorrectly, you could actually be putting yourself more at risk from coronavirus.

Watch our explainer of how you should put one on.