UK firms slash 11,000 jobs in two days in retail and aviation sectors.
Department store John Lewis says it has “too much store space”
Station snack bar operator Upper Crust says 5,000 jobs could go.
Aerospace giant Airbus to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide including 1,700 in UK
The US has bought almost all the world's upcoming supply of Covid-19 treatment drug remdesivir.
Top US health expert Dr Anthony Fauci warns cases in the US could reach 100,000 a day.
EU borders are reopening to people from 15 countries but the US is excluded.
The UK has the third highest Covid-19 death toll globally, after the US and Brazil.
Worldwide there have been 10.5m confirmed infections and more than 509,000 deaths.
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