Donald Trump has Covid-19: The internet reacts
By Abiodun Ogundairo
06 October 2020 |
11:00 am
We take at the look at some of the flood of reactions on the internet to Donald Trump testing positive for Covid-19. Plus, as tensions rise with Armenia, Azerbaijan's military has released a bizarre music video. And has new Netflix show "Emily in Paris" hit the mark? Not if you ask the French.
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