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Tuesday briefing: Eulogy for America s 500,000 Covid victims © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Top story: ‘Such a cruel fate’ © Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock US president Joe Biden and his wife Jill observe a moment of silence for the 500,000 American victims of Covid-19 outside the White House. Morning everyone. This is Martin Farrer and here are today’s top stories. Joe Biden has said America must “resist becoming numb” to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as deaths in the world’s richest country passed 500,000. In a primetime television address, the US president said the country could not accept “such a cruel fate” and warned against seeing each death simply as a “statistic”. His speech was followed by a moment of silence and a candle-lighting ceremony at the White House to mark the shocking toll, which is the highest in the world by far. The milestone is a stark reminder of the challenges faced by the new president in bri

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