Italy's Conte inquiry, Russia tops 500,000 cases: COVID-19 daily bulletin

- The French government has said the European Union must reach an agreement on the $853 billion COVID-19 economy recovery plan by July. 

- Italy is to open an inquiry into Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as that of the government's health and interior ministers. 

- Prince Joachim of Belgium has been fined $12,048 by Spanish authorities after flouting quarantine rules to attend a party in Cordoba on 26 May. 

- Germany's number of cases rose by 55 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 185,416. Fatalities also rose, by 26 to 8,755.

- Russia has reported 8,779 new cases, bringing the nationwide infection tally to 502,436. Deaths have also risen, by 174 in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll to 6,532.

- Top-flight football returns to Spain on Thursday as Sevilla hosts Real Betis in the first La Liga game for more than two months. The game will be played behind closed doors, although there will be virtual fans and crowd noise to try to build up atmosphere. 

- Germany is to lift its border controls to all neighboring countries by mid-June but will extend its travel warning for non-European countries until the end of August. 

- The UK's Heathrow Airport has started a voluntary redundancy scheme for its employees after passenger numbers fell by 97 percent in May.