American track star Dalilah Muhammad is celebrating and training during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The current Olympic and world champion says cancelling Tokyo 2020 would be “heartbreaking.”
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Boris Johnson will chair his cabinet, after suggesting some restrictions could be eased from Monday.
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