Plans to get all primary pupils in England back to school before the end of term have been dropped. Some years began returning last week, and the government had said it wanted all pupils to spend four weeks in school before the summer break. Head teachers and governors warned that was unrealistic while social distancing measures limit classroom capacity, and now the decision has been made to leave it up to them to decide whether or not to increase numbers. The situation in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is different - our story has more details.

Boris Johnson will chair a cabinet meeting later to discuss the next steps in easing England's lockdown. There are reports that open air hospitality venues, including beer gardens and outdoor cafes, could reopen sooner than the current target date of 4 July.

In other news, figures suggest May was another tough month for the UK High Street, but there's good news for non-essential retailers in Northern Ireland who've been told they can reopen from Friday. Elsewhere, the Scottish Police Federation is calling for a stronger response to people who assault officers trying to enforce lockdown restrictions.

On Monday, the UK recorded 55 coronavirus deaths, the lowest daily rise since lockdown began. However, there tend to be fewer deaths reported on Mondays due to a reporting lag - here we explain the figures in full.

The World Health Organization says that even though the pandemic appears to be easing in some regions, particularly Europe, overall it is still worsening around the globe. "This is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal," the WHO's chief said. That message is reinforced by a study from Imperial College London. It estimates that lockdowns have saved more than three million lives in Europe, but the world is still "at the beginning of the pandemic".

Russia's capital Moscow is easing its lockdown restrictions, allowing people to move freely and use services like hair salons. There remain concerns about a rush to reopen, though, as the city is still recording about 2,000 new infections each day.

In Brazil, the number of cases has passed 700,000, but controversy is deepening over its recording of virus deaths. Find out more.

The economic downturn in the US triggered by the pandemic has been officially declared a recession, putting an end to more than a decade of expansion - the longest in the country's history. There's a small ray of hope for the struggling movie business, though, with news that cinemas in California could begin to reopen as early as Friday.

See our live page for all the latest from around the world. And finally, find out how Covid-19 has changed the "big fat Indian wedding".

Coronavirus has turned normally bustling places into ghost towns. Our Europe correspondent Jean Mackenzie takes a tour through the continent's eerily empty airports. We also look at towns around the world usually full of backpackers that now find themselves with a glut of bars, hotels and surf schools and no-one to fill them.

Places of worship have been forced to close their doors during this time, but one of the largest Sikh temples, or Gurdwaras, in the UK has responded by reinventing itself. It's become an emergency food operation, delivering thousands of meals a day to NHS staff and others in need .

The wall-to-wall coronavirus coverage of weeks past is replaced with a more mixed picture, but several papers do lead with questions around schools and travel. The Daily Telegraph focuses on suggestions by Health Secretary Matt Hancock that secondaries may not even be able to reopen fully in September. The Daily Express, though, picks out a more positive message from Mr Hancock - that coronavirus is "in retreat". Dare we dream of a late summer cocktail on a sun lounger by the Med, the Mirror asks. It reports that travel firms are slashing prices by up to two-thirds to tempt nervous passengers. According to the Times, travel companies have been given private assurances that the government's quarantine measures will be dropped by the end of this month to low-risk countries in favour of "travel corridors". The i brands the quarantine rules brought in by the home secretary "Priti pointless". Finally, the Financial Times leads with BP's plans to cut 10,000 jobs following a global slump in demand for oil.

From elsewhere

Business Daily examines the future of the office after so many of us switched to working remotely. And in the latest episode of Radio 4's Homeschool History find out about the richest man who ever lived.

Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the US have attracted people who've never protested before, including in communities that are predominantly white. So what makes these demos different? Closer to home, BBC Newsbeat brings you the black British history you weren't taught in school. Elsewhere, enjoy the top images from the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards and find out what happened when our technology reporter asked for stories of your oldest working gadgets.