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The World Health Organization on Wednesday launched a new foundation for private donations, as US President Donald Trump threatens to pull the plug over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, AFP reports.
The UN health agency launched the independently-run WHO Foundation, which the organisation hopes will give it greater control to direct philanthropic and public donations towards pressing problems such as the coronavirus crisis.
The fallout from Dominic Cummings trip to Durham continues to be splashed across the front pages, including the news that senior ministers are breaking ranks over the beleaguered advisor’s trip.
The Guardian says “Tories defy PM to pile pressure on Cummings”, including 61 MPs who are refusing to heed Boris Johnson’s calls to “move on”. It says two of those condemning Cummings are government whips, in addition to Penny Mordaunt, now the paymaster general, who said there were “inconsistencies” in Cummings’ account of the trip.
Guardian front page, Thursday 28 May 2020: Tories defy PM to pile pressure on Cummings pic.twitter.com/8Vb8jpRAnf
Thursday’s FINANCIAL TIMES: “Johnson brushes aside Cummings inquiry demands despite backlash” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ow184Tm2f0
Tomorrow’s Telegraph front page: “Public told they have ‘duty’ to test and trace”#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/qEudlm5hJi
Tomorrow’s #frontpage – Why don’t YOU do YOUR duty…#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/k2B5f1jjjD
Thursday’s TIMES: “Do your duty and we can defeat virus, Britain told” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/C89wxA7TOn
Related: ‘Do YOUR duty’: what the papers say about the Dominic Cummings crisis
