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As the World Health Organisation says 'too many countries are headed in the wrong direction', California's governor, Gavin Newsom has announced a sweeping rollback of the state's reopening - including a statewide closure of all bars. Staying in the US, NFL team, The Washington Redskins has confirmed that it will change its name and logo; we hear more from the Washington Post's Les Carpenter. The 大象传媒's Rob Young reports on the growing coronavirus crisis in South Africa. Meanwhile a group of millionaires has signed a letter asking the U.S. and other countries to raise taxes on the rich "immediately" and "permanently" to pay for aid needed to help poorer citizens get through the coronavirus pandemic; we hear from signatory, Morris Pearl, a former BlackRock managing director. And we're joined throughout the programme by Yoko Ishikura, Professor Emeritus and Hitotsubashi University and a member of the World Economic Forum鈥檚 Expert Network. And from the US, we speak to Peter Morici, an economist at the University of Maryland. (Picture of California Governor Gavin Newsom by Agustin Paullier via Getty Images)