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Coronavirus: UK hits back as Donald Trump's axe of WHO funding sparks global anger
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The UK hit back at Donald Trump today amid international fury at his decision to halt £400m of funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The US President made the shock announcement last night to temporarily halt around 15% of the WHO's budget in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump said the group had promoted China's "disinformation" about the virus that likely led to a wider outbreak. He said it wasn't "fair" for the US to contribute roughly £300million to £400 million [$400 million to $500million] to the WHO when China had given around £33million [$42million].
And he said the organisation had "failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable". Unlike other countries, Downing Street's response carefully avoided
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