Morning news brief: Trump backtracks on Proud Boys, Covid toll and more

WION Web Team

NEW DELHIUpdated: Oct 01, 2020, 08:57 AM IST

In a few hours the Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden (R) and US President Donald Trump will take part in last presidential debate. The two leaders had earlier met for the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29, 2020. Photograph:(AFP)

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Trump backtracks on Proud Boys; Biden calls debate 'national embarrassment'

On Wednesday, during the first national presidential debate, the US President Donald Trump not only missed an opportunity to condemn the white supremacist groups, but rather told them to "stand by".

Vatican accuses Pompeo of playing politics, Pope Francies refuses to meet him

“Yes, he asked. But the pope had already said clearly that political figures are not received in election periods. That is the reason,” Vatican diplomat Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said, according to Reuters Wednesday.

Real coronavirus death toll 'certainly higher' than official 1 million count: WHO

The actual number of deaths due to COVID-19 is "certainly higher" than 1 million, Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said.