Your morning briefing: What you should know for Tuesday, September 29

Global coronavirus death toll passes one million

The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has passed one million , nine months into the crisis.

The toll, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, reached the grim seven-figure milestone in the early hours of Tuesday.

However, the true figure is thought to be larger owing to inadequate or inconsistent testing and reporting and suspected concealment by some countries.

The death toll continues to grow, with nearly 5,000 more deaths reported each day.

Tory rebellion over coronavirus laws could be thwarted despite growing anger

A Tory rebellion over Covid laws could be thwarted despite growing anger over rules brought in with minimal notice and a lack of scrutiny in Parliament, it is understood.

MPs may fail to get a vote on an amendment giving them more say over future restrictions despite rebels having enough support to inflict a damaging defeat on the Government.

The House of Commons will vote tomorrow on whether to renew the powers in the Coronavirus Act.

But, according to reports, there are question marks over whether Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle will put Sir Graham Brady's amendment to a vote.

NHS facing ‘triple whammy’ of issues from coronavirus pandemic

The NHS is facing a "triple whammy" of issues from the coronavirus pandemic, a report has warned.

The health service is dealing with local outbreaks of Covid-19 and a second surge of cases alongside trying to manage a "huge backlog" of people needing care, according to the NHS Confederation.

It also faced with "exhausted" staff and reduced capacity due to infection control measures, it said.

The organisation's latest report, titled NHS Reset, sets out the challenges faced by the health service and how the system should move forward in the aftermath of the pandemic.

It says there must be a "reassessment" of what the NHS can realistically be expected to deliver and that the "road to recovery will be long".

Officer charged over Breonna Taylor shooting pleads not guilty

A detective charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in Louisville has pleaded not guilty.

Brett Hankison’s plea came five days after a grand jury indicted him on three counts of wanton endangerment for firing into the home of Ms Taylor’s neighbours.

The grand jury declined to charge him or the other two undercover narcotics officers who opened fire inside Ms Taylor’s house on the night of March 13 with her shooting.

Malta wants Prince George to return giant shark tooth David Attenborough gave him

A giant shark tooth given to Prince George by Sir David Attenborough may be reclaimed by Malta where it was originally found, it has been reported.

Sir David gave the gift to the young royal last week on a visit to Kensington Palace to watch his latest documentary with George’s father, the Duke of Cambridge.

George was pictured holding the fossilised tooth from an extinct Carcharocles megalodon, one of the most feared predators to have swum in the seas.

Malta's culture minister said he wants to "get the ball rolling" when asked if there were plans to add the artefact to the country’s heritage collection.

On this day...

1066: William the Conqueror landed in Pevensey, Sussex.

1399: The first British monarch to abdicate, Richard II, was replaced by Bolingbroke to whom he had surrendered without a fight. Bolingbroke ascended as Henry IV.

1758: Horatio Nelson, hero of Trafalgar and Britain's greatest sailor, was born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.

1829: London's first official police force was mobilised and its men nicknamed "Bobbies" or "Peelers" after Sir Robert Peel, the Home Secretary who founded it.

1899: Sir Billy Butlin, holiday camp pioneer, was born.

1930: George Bernard Shaw turned down a peerage.

1938: The Munich Pact, an agreement between Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, was signed, under which the Sudetenland was surrendered to Nazi Germany.

1941: A Nazi death squad murdered 30,000 Russian Jews in Kiev.

1952: British and world water-speed record holder John Cobb was killed on Loch Ness when his vessel Crusader disintegrated after hitting waves at 240mph.

1983: A Chorus Line broke the record as the longest-running Broadway show with its 3,389th performance since July 25, 1975.