Trump downplays virus on leaving hospital

President Donald Trump has returned to the White House after leaving hospital where he was being treated for coronavirus. On his return, he took off his mask and posed for pictures in front of an array of flags on the Truman balcony.

Protestors in Kyrgyzstan calling for Sunday's parliamentary elections to be annulled have occupied the national parliament and the main television station, and freed a number of imprisoned opposition politicians.

Parts of East Africa are experiencing some of the heaviest rainfall that has been recorded in a century. United Nations data shared with the BBC shows the number of people impacted by flooding across the region has been increasing.