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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Saudi Arabia curbs hajj over virus + Trump extends US work visa freeze + China threatens retaliation for US media curbs + Malawi votes again after election rigging + US probes noose in black NASCAR racer's garage Health-virus,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia says it will scale back the hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites because of the coronavirus as the 'accelerating' pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the global economy. 700 words 1200 GMT by Anuj Chopra with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video US-politics-immigration-economy-employment,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech industry, the White House says. 500 words moved US-China-media-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China threatens to retaliate to new US restrictions on Chinese state media, escalating tensions between the two superpowers as they crack down on news outlets from their respective countries. 500 words 0930 GMT by Laurie Chen with Shaun Tandon in Washington Malawi-vote,WRAP LILONGWE Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Malawians return to the polls for the second time in just over a year to vote for a new president after Peter Mutharika's re-election was annulled for rigging. 650 words 0930 GMT by Jack McBrams. Picture. Video. Graphic Auto-USA-NASCAR-racism,2ndlead LOS ANGELES Bubba Wallace makes an emotional return to NASCAR racing as justice officials begin probing the discovery of a noose placed in the trailblazing black driver's team garage. 650 words moved by Rob Woollard. Picture Also moving: Auto-USA-NASCAR-racism-Wallace,PROFILE -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj RIYADH Saudi Arabia announces it will hold a "very limited" hajj this year, with only pilgrims already in the kingdom allowed to perform the ritual as it moves to curb the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the Gulf. 800 words 1000 GMT by Anuj Chopra. File Picture. File video Also moved: Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,FACTS Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,CHRONO Health-virus-Germany BERLIN The entire district of Guetersloh in western Germany will be placed in lockdown after a coronavirus outbreak at a slaughterhouse, North Rhine-Westphalia state premier Armin Laschet says. 450 words by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils plans to reopen museums, art galleries and cinemas in England, in the latest easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions. 600 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Latam-indigenous,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Indigenous peoples in Latin America have been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic due to weak immune systems and centuries of state neglect. 800 words moved by Lucia Lacurcia. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Austria-tourism,FOCUS HALLSTATT, Austria Only a few pre-coronavirus months ago residents of the impossibly picturesque Austrian village of Hallstatt were debating how to stem the influx of tourists thronging its narrow streets, nestled between soaring mountains and a sparkling lake. 750 words moved by Sophie Makris. Picture. Video Health-virus-Turkey-economy-tourism,FOCUS ANTALYA, Turkey In normal times, tourists must rise at dawn to secure a free sunbed on the beach in Antalya, a popular holiday resort in southern Turkey. Today even after a lie in, the best locations are still available. 650 words moved by Gokan Gunes. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Norway,FOCUS -- ANTI-RACISM PROTESTS -- US-politics-racism-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON A crowd of protestors tries to topple the statue of a former US president near the White House as police responded with pepper spray to break up new demonstrations that erupt in Washington. 550 words moved by Camille Camdessus. Picture. Video US-racism-politics-history-statues,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the wave of anti-racism protests rocking the United States brings down monuments to figures linked to the country's history of slavery, the spotlight is shifting to historic characters long considered untouchable. 700 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture Britain-business-racism,FOCUS LONDON Piers Linney has repeatedly been voted one of Britain's top 100 influential black businessmen, but was told at school he should consider becoming a plumber rather than an investment banker. 750 words 1100 GMT by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-entertainment-politics-music-internet-KPop,FOCUS NEW YORK Legions of K-pop fans and TikTok users are taking credit for upending Donald Trump's high-profile weekend rally after block-reserving tickets with no intention to attend an event that was beset by an embarrassingly low turnout. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture US-Russia-politics-diplomacy-espionage WASHINGTON John Bolton's explosive tell-all account of his time as National Security Advisor is comparable to Edward Snowden's disclosure of state-backed mass surveillance of US citizens, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says. 300 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-Egypt,Q&A CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has upped the ante in the chaotic conflict in Libya, warning Cairo could intervene militarily to halt a march eastwards by the Turkey-backed forces of the UN-recognised government. Will he go so far as to send in troops? 800 words 1100 GMT by Menna Zaki Also moving: Libya-conflict-Sirte,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-health,FOCUS JERUSALEM Baby Omar Yaghi was eight months old when he died, unable to travel from Gaza to Israel for life-saving heart surgery after Palestinian officials cut coordination. 700 words moved by Hiba Aslan. Picture Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS TAEZ, Yemen As medicines run short and hospital wards overflow, Yemenis are resorting to traditional herbal remedies to protect themselves from coronavirus in a country broken by years conflict. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Israel-Lebanon-migration-Sudan,FOCUS BEIRUT Cowering in a pipe after fleeing Lebanon, a man desperate for work becomes the latest Sudanese to risk his life in a perilous trek across the Israeli border. 750 words moved by Bachir El Khoury with Rosie Scammell in Jerusalem -- EUROPE -- Germany-finance-arrest-fraud-Wirecard,WRAP FRANKFURT The former chief executive of Wirecard, Markus Braun, has been arrested on suspicion of market manipulation, German prosecutors say, after the payments provider admitted that 1.9 billion euros missing from its accounts likely "do not exist". 550 words 1000 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick. File picture France-politics-vote-Macron,FOCUS PARIS Emmanuel Macron's party is staring at defeat in municipal elections Sunday, dealing a blow to the French president's bid to chart a fresh course for the remaining two years of his term in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. 750 words moved by Joseph Schmid Russia-Germany-WWII-history-politics-FOCUS Moscow The Kremlin has become entrenched in a war of words with Europe over the legacy of World War II, as both sides accuse the other of cynically rewriting history for political gains. 650 words moved by Maxime Popov and Marina Lapenkova. File Picture Health-virus-NMacedonia-politics,FOCUS SKOPJE To choose your leaders or your health? Voters in North Macedonia face this conundrum as the country heads towards key elections just as a second wave of the coronavirus is rising. 750 words moved by Darko Duridanski. File picture -- ASIA -- Singapore-election-politics,WRAP SINGAPORE Singapore's parliament is dissolved for an election even as the city-state struggles to recover from a major coronavirus outbreak that has swept through crowded migrant worker dormitories. 600 words 1100 GMT by Martin Abbugao, Catherine Lai SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary-social,FOCUS SEOUL From a veteran wounded in combat to a conscripted grandson, three generations of a South Korean family illustrate changing views of the North and the Korean War, 70 years after it began. 750 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video China-animal-virus-health,FOCUS BEIJING At a Beijing dog shelter volunteers hand out treats to hundreds of excited canines rescued from the meat trade as the controversial Yulin dog meat festival gets under way in southern China. 700 words moved. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Brazil-climate-environment-deforestation-divestment,lead PARIS Investment funds managing close to $4 trillion in assets call on Brazil to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions from the practice posed a "systemic risk" to their portfolios. 500 words 1030 GMT by Patrick Galey -- TECHNOLOGY -- US-IT-lifestyle-Apple,lead SAN FRANCISCO Apple says it will build its own chips to power its Mac computers to create a "common architecture" that allows the devices to run the same apps as those on the iPhone and iPad. 500 words moved China-satellite-wireless,WRAP BEIJING China launches the final satellite in its homegrown geolocation system designed to rival the US GPS network, marking a major step in its race for market share in the lucrative sector. 600 words 0930 GMT by Ludovic Ehret. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-women-WC-2023-AUS-NZL SYDNEY A decade ago Australia spent millions of taxpayer dollars on a disastrous quest to host the 2022 men's World Cup, but its football boss is quietly confident that crushing defeat will not be repeated this week. 650 words moved by Martin Parry. File picture afp
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