Cinemas, museums and galleries in England will be able to reopen from 4 July. They're set to be among a swathe of venues given the green light by Boris Johnson later today. The prime minister is also expected to explain how pubs, restaurants and hotels can begin operating again. Crucial to that move is an anticipated cut in the 2m social distancing rule - it'll be halved as long as other safety measures are in place. See what those could be and how other countries have managed. And hear from the owners of a bar, salon and B&B about their hopes and fears.

The further easing of lockdown comes after the government announced   that the 2.2 million people who have been self-isolating in England during the pandemic will no longer need to shield from 1 August. Read what life has been like for some of them.

In other news, former Chancellor Sajid Javid says the UK should lower taxes on business, rather than focus on austerity, as it deals with the huge hole in public finances made by the crisis. And a UK-led team has launched an initiative to study the impact of the "anthropause" - the global, temporary slowdown in human activity due to lockdown - on wildlife.

The head of the World Health Organization says the crisis has been "exacerbated" by "politicisation" and a lack of global "leadership and solidarity". Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus didn't mention Donald Trump, but the president has vowed to sever US ties with the organisation. The WHO chief also said the virus was "still accelerating" worldwide - we've been tracking its spread.

It would normally attract two million people from around the world, but this year, Saudi Arabia has banned overseas visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, due to coronavirus. Only a very limited number of people currently living in the kingdom may take part.

The dreaded second wave is what many countries fear most right now. Health officials in South Korea believe they're already at that stage,  despite recording relatively low numbers of infections. Cases are also rising in the Australian state of Victoria, where the premier is warning of "significant community transmission".

Get all the latest from our live page, including more on how Asia's biggest slum contained the virus.

Tributes have been paid to three "true gentlemen" killed in Saturday's attack in a Reading park. They were James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett - read more about them. On Monday, friends gathered at the Blagrave Arms pub, where the men were regulars, to pay their respects. 

Police continue to question suspect Khairi Saadallah under the Terrorism Act. A close relative told the BBC he left Libya to escape the violence there, and had suffered from post-traumatic stress from the civil war.

"Cultural life" is set to return, say Tuesday's front pages. The Daily Telegraph reports that pubs and hotels will be able to turn their car parks and grounds into temporary beer gardens. The Financial Times says ministers accept, though, there's a "job to be done" encouraging people to go to the reopened premises. After what it calls a "lockdown of unruly hair and chipped nails", the Daily Mail says many will welcome the reopening of hairdressers and nail bars. The Sun reports that families and friends will be allowed to visit each other's homes and stay overnight once again, but "hugging and other body contact" is expected to remain banned. The Times, meanwhile, focuses on travel. It understands the government is close to agreeing a list of 10 countries considered safe for Britons to travel to without needing to self isolate when they return. They include popular summer destinations such as France and Spain. For the Guardian, this wholesale opening up in England is a "decisive but potentially risky" move.

From elsewhere

How should the world change after the pandemic? Leading thinkers offer their route maps to a better tomorrow in BBC Rethink. And Coronavirus Newscast takes the temperature of the UK economy.

TV channel Talking Pictures has become a huge hit during lockdown, with nearly six million viewers a week. It specialises in nostalgia - British-made films of years gone by. The BBC's David Sillito meets the family who run it. If you're not watching television, are you taking an online course? Plenty of us are, fuelling something of a boom. We take a closer look. And finally, your general knowledge may be top-notch, but how much do you know about quizzes themselves?