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  1. May 9

    Little Richard, the self-styled "king and queen of rock 'n' roll" - who inspired Elvis and The Beatles - dies at 87

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  2. May 8

    Italy's death toll from the coronavirus passes 30,000, the highest in the EU

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  3. May 8

    US jobless rate rises to 14.7% as coronavirus pandemic devastates the economy - 20.5 million jobs lost in April

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  4. May 7

    Criminal charges against ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn to be dropped, US media report

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  5. May 6

    Three people have died, with hundreds of others taken ill, after a gas leak in south India

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  6. May 5

    Virgin Atlantic to cut more than 3,000 jobs and end its operation at Gatwick

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  7. May 3

    North Korean shots fired at South Korean border post believed to have been an accident, says US secretary of state

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  8. May 2

    Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds name their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson

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  9. May 1

    Kim Jong-un makes first public appearance for 20 days, North Korean state media say, amid speculation over his health

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  10. May 1

    The UK carried out 122,000 coronavirus tests on the last day of April, passing the government's target

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  11. Apr 30

    Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who created Afrobeat with Fela Kuti, dies in Paris aged 79, his manager says

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  12. Apr 30

    Captain Tom Moore, the war veteran who has raised more than £29m for the UK's NHS, celebrates his 100th birthday with an RAF flypast

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  13. Apr 29

    Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has died in Mumbai, aged 67, two years after being diagnosed with cancer

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  14. Apr 29

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announce birth of son at London hospital

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  15. Apr 28

    Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, known internationally for roles in Slumdog Millionaire and Jurassic Park, dies aged 53

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  16. Apr 27

    Boris Johnson warns this is the moment of maximum risk as he urges the UK not to lose patience with the lockdown

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  17. Apr 25

    Death toll climbs to 200,000 as worldwide coronavirus pandemic reaches sombre new milestone

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  18. Apr 25

    More than 20,000 people have now died with coronavirus in UK hospitals - the fifth country to pass that milestone

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  19. Apr 24

    Number of US coronavirus deaths rises above 50,000 in world's deadliest outbreak of the disease

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  20. Apr 23

    Coronavirus vaccine used in first European trial was developed in under three months by team at Oxford University reports

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