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Mon 10 Aug 2020 19.21 EDTFirst published on Sun 9 Aug 2020 19.07 EDT
Tourists walk around by Acropolis Hill, in Athens, Greece.
Tourists walk around by Acropolis Hill, in Athens, Greece. Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP
Tourists walk around by Acropolis Hill, in Athens, Greece. Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

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Helen Sullivan
Helen Sullivan

In the months my husband and I were apart, the world changed completely

Time has never moved as slowly as it did in that last week. But eventually, the day arrived. In the five months since we had last seen each other, the world had changed completely. Had we?

At the hotel, a woman took down my details and asked who I was there to pick up. My voice cracked as I explained, and she warned me not to cry, “because I won’t be able to hug you”. As I left the lobby to head to the street where Felix would emerge, I heard her cooing to a colleague: clearly I was one of many pining spouses, and she was a romantic.

As I waited on the street in the middle of the city, I attempted to lean coolly against the blue Toyota Corolla borrowed from my in-laws. To my left, guests emerged, embraced their parents, friends and partners. To my right, every now and then, was someone craning their neck up, smiling as they spoke into earphones.

Then Felix called to say he would be emerging from the lobby side after all. I jumped into the car and turned the key in the ignition. The engine spluttered. The battery had died.

Asked about Brazil, which has the world’s second highest number of cases and deaths, Trump says, “I have a very good relationship with President Bolsonaro,” says Trump, “And I hear he’s doing well. He’s recovering from Covid-19.”

Here is the video of Trump leaving the press conference earlier:

Trump abruptly led out of press conference by Secret Service – video

Two minutes into a press briefing, Donald Trump was abruptly approached by a Secret Service agent and escorted out of the briefing room. The president said nothing as he walked out and did not answer a reporter’s question about why he was leaving.

REPORTER: 97,000 children tested positive for coronavirus in the last week of July. Does that give you any pause about schools reopening for in-person learning?

TRUMP: No

REPORTER: So do you still think kids are essentially immune?

TRUMP: Yeah [this is false -- kids can die] pic.twitter.com/5UCuRkOuRK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 10, 2020

Trump is asked whether he still plans to hold an in-person G7 meeting in September.

He says he hasn’t sent out invitations and is now “much more inclined to do it after the election” in November.

US President Donald Trump has claimed in his White House coronavirus press briefing that “in recent days, cases have rapidly increased in Japan and Australia.”

Australia continues to see new cases in the hundreds each day, while Japan is seeing cases rise by around 1,500 per day.

But to put this in perspective, the US is confirming roughly 60,000 cases per day. The last time they saw increases in the hundreds was mid-March.

Trump has again blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected one in 65 Americans and killed one in 2,000:

And one in every 65 Americans has tested positive for coronavirus https://t.co/QTnW5IQLUu

— Helen Sullivan (@helenrsullivan) August 10, 2020

Trump tries to shift blame to China: "We must stop politicizing the virus and instead be united in our condemnation of how this virus came to America, how this virus came to the world, & we are going to figure it out, and we are going to find out, and we are very angry about it." pic.twitter.com/Q5MQatlWXt

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 10, 2020

US President Donald Trump is holding a coronavirus briefing at the White House.

A few minutes after the briefing started, he left abruptly. When he returned he said, “It was a shooting outside of the White House... I’d like to thank the Secret Service for doing their always quick and very effective work... Somebody’s been taken to the hospital.” He added, “You were surprised. I was surprised also. I think it’s pretty unusual.”

He said he understands the suspect was armed. “It might not have had anything to do with me.” Asked about the location, Trump said: “It was outside of the premises.”

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