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11.43am BST
Fossil fuel companies and coal-powered utilities in the US are set for a potential bonanza under federal government plans for a bond bailout, part of the rescue package for the coronavirus crisis, writes Fiona Harvey, the Guardian’s environment correspondent.
At least 90 fossil fuel companies, many of them established giants such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and Koch Industries, stand to gain from the Federal Reserve’s coronavirus bond buyback programme, alongside more than 150 utilities including coal-heavy firms such as American Electric Power and Duke Energy, according to a new analysis.
Our concern is that these recovery funds should be prioritising people and communities and they are going instead to big companies to pay down their debts.
Related: US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza
11.29am BST
The number of newly diagnosed cases of coronavirus in Spain in one day fell on Tuesday to its lowest in more than two months, the health ministry reported, according to Reuters.
Health authorities identified 594 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 228,030. The number of fatalities related to the disease rose 176 on Tuesday to 26,920.
Source: Coronavirus live news: Italy to reopen bars and restaurants; Spain to quarantine overseas travellers
