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Trump says virus 'has passed its peak' in US
"We'll be the comeback kids," the president says, predicting some states will reopen this month.
President Trump says the coronavirus has passed its peak in infections in the US, but the picture across the country varies considerably. Cities like New York and Chicago have suffered horribly, but we'll hear how San Francisco may have avoided the worst of the disease.
Melinda Gates, from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gives us her responds to President Trump's decision to cut funding to the World Health Organization.
And how Ukraine managed to tackle a wildfire that threatened the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
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Thu 16 Apr 202004:06GMT
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- Thu 16 Apr 202004:06GMTBBC World Service
