[Jimbuna]

UK PM Boris Johnson backs his chief aide, amid allegations that he breached lockdown restrictions.

He says Dominic Cummings acted "responsibly and legally"

Several Conservative MPs had called for the adviser to be removed from his post.

Johnson says the UK can move to phase two of the easing of restrictions.

This would see some pupils in England returning to school from 1 June.

The world's deepest mine, the Mponeng gold mine in South Africa, closes after 164 people tested positive.

China's foreign minister says politicians in the US are "jumping at every opportunity to slander" his country.