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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Melbourne in new shutdown as virus surges + Floyd said 'I can't breathe' 20 times + Australia offers refuge for Hong Kongers + Battle to rescue thousands trapped by Japan floods + UN forecasts even warmer temperatures Health-virus,WRAP MELBOURNE Millions in Australia's second-biggest city go into lockdown to battle another coronavirus outbreak, as spikes across the world added to the devastation already wrought by the pandemic. 600 words moved by Ryan Smith with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Australia,2ndlead US-racism-police-crime-court-Floyd WASHINGTON George Floyd said he couldn't breathe more than 20 times, called out for his children and late mother and said officers would "kill" him before he died in Minneapolis police custody, new evidence shows. 450 words moved Australia-HongKong-China-politics-diplomacy,WRAP SYDNEY Australia offers pathways to permanent residency for thousands of people from Hong Kong in response to China's crackdown on dissent, drawing a furious reply from Beijing. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-rain-weather-climate-flood,WRAP KUMA, Japan Japanese troops and emergency services scramble to reach thousands of homes cut off by catastrophic flooding and landslides that have killed dozens and caused widespread damage. 700 words 0930 GMT by Charly Triballeau with Quentin Tyberghien in Takayama, Japan. Picture. Video. Graphic UN-weather-climate GENEVA The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least one degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels in each of the next five years, says the World Meteorological Organization. 450 words moved by Robin Millard -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Serbia-unrest,WRAP BELGRADE The Serbian capital is hit by clashes for a second night as police clashed with protesters outraged over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj and Sally Mairs. Picture. Video France-heritage-Notre-Dame,2ndlead PARIS With a decision imminent on how fire-ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris should be restored, France's new culture minister says a "large consensus" wants the spire rebuilt as it was. 400 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture Bosnia-Srebrenica-anniversary,FOCUS SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina Fatima Mujic prays every day for the husband and three sons killed in the genocide against Bosnian Muslims that unfolded over several summer days in the town of Srebrenica 25 years ago. 700 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video Also moved: Bosnia-Srebrenica-massacre,FACTS Bosnia-Srebrenica-massacre-siege,FACTS Russia-Arctic-minorities-politics,FOCUS MOSCOW Lyudmila Laptander, an activist advocating autonomy for her mineral-rich Nenets region in the Russian Arctic, worries authorities are planning to sacrifice its traditions for the promise of economic enrichment. 650 words moved by Romain Colas. Pictures. File Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-internet-computers-politics,FOCUS HONG KONG The decision by Chinese-owned video platform TikTok to withdraw from Hong Kong is a savvy commercial move that sidesteps thorny privacy issues and keeps one of the world's top money-making apps on its global march, experts say. 750 words moved by James Edgar. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-internet -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-Trump-taxes,WRAP WASHINGTON Can Donald Trump refuse to hand over his financial records to Congress and New York prosecutors simply because he is president of the United States? The Supreme Court will rule on two related cases to answer this, with potentially widespread political implications. 750 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File picture Health-virus-Colombia-nature-conservation,FOCUS CALARCA, Colombia When the coronavirus pandemic swept through Colombia in March, forcing a national lockdown, Alberto Gomez decided he would sit it out amid the lush green foliage of his botanical garden and tend to his plants. 650 words moved by Lina Vanagas. Picture. Video Health-virus-Canada-animal-IT-offbeat,VIDEOESSAY UXBRIDGE, Canada The coronavirus pandemic has led millions of people to embrace meetings via Zoom, but the novelty is wearing thin for many. So one animal sanctuary in Canada has found a solution: Meet Buckwheat the donkey, who is ready to inject some fun into your humdrum work-from-home office day -- for a price. 450 words moved by Jorge Uzon. Picture. Video US-health-virus-education-immigration,FOCUS NEW YORK Pakistani student Taimoor Ahmed is one of hundreds of thousands of foreigners enrolled at American universities now fearing for their future after Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke their visas. 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain Health-virus-Venezuela,SCENE MARACAIBO, Venezuela The pain of breathing made butcher Elkin cry. He caught the coronavirus in a street market where he works in Maracaibo, the main city in a once-prosperous oil producing region of Venezuela that has been left destitute by a fuel shortage and frequent blackouts. It's also a virus hotspot. 750 words moved by Luis Bravo with Margioni Bermudez in Caracas. Picture -- AFRICA -- Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia-diplomacy-water-internet,FOCUS CAIRO As Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan struggle to resolve a long-running dispute over Addis Ababa's mega-dam project on the Nile, some of their citizens are sparring online over their rights to the mighty waterway. 800 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-silk,FOCUS HAMA, Syria After Syria's war whisked away the silkworms from his mulberry trees, 65-year-old Mohammed Saud instead turned his idle home workshop into a silk museum to celebrate the ancient craft. 650 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cycling-Froome-GBR-Ineos,WRAP LONDON Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome will leave Team INEOS, the successor to Team Sky, at the end of the season, the outfit backed by the chemicals giant announces. 450 words 1000 GMT by John Weaver. File picture Fbl-Eur-C1-C3-draw,ADVANCER PARIS Four months on from the last match in this season's Champions League, the draw for the final eight will be held on Friday amid ongoing uncertainty about how safe it will be to play out the competition in Lisbon as planned, and with four last-16 ties still to be completed. 650 words moved by Andy Scott. File picture Oly-2020-2021-Box-JPN-Japan-virus-health,INTERVIEW TOKOROZAWA, Japan Olympic boxing hopeful Arisa Tsubata is used to taking blows in the ring but it is during her work as a nurse that she faces her toughest opponent: coronavirus. 600 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video Fbl-Asia-CHN-virus-health,lead SHANGHAI Chinese Super League footballers holed up in hotels for two months to prevent the spread of coronavirus will be able to pass the time by doing karaoke and playing badminton, an official says. 400 words moved -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-Britain-economy-construction,FOCUS GUILDFORD, United Kingdom Cranes whir above the affluent market town of Guildford, southwest of London, as Britain's construction sector cranks back into gear after the damaging coronavirus lockdown. 750 words 1100 GMT by Roland Jackson. Picture. Video afp
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