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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Russia's Navalny discharged, aims for full recovery + Europe surges past five million virus cases + Mourners pay respects to US justice Ginsburg + Embattled Belarus leader secretly takes oath + Hundreds of whales die in Australian stranding Russia-politics-Germany-Navalny-hospital,WRAP BERLIN Leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who the West believes was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent, has been discharged from hospital after a month and can make a full recovery, his doctors in Berlin say. 700 words 1500 GMT by Hui Min Neo with Jonathan Brown in Moscow. Picture. File picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Europe surges past five million cases of the new coronavirus as France and Spain prepare tighter restrictions in a bid to curb rising infections in their capital cities. 700 words 1800 GMT by Mariette Le Roux with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-court,WRAP WASHINGTON Mourners flock to pay respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose death has opened a crucial Supreme Court seat that Donald Trump has vowed to fill before the November election, as she lies in repose at the top court. 500 words 1430 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-unrest-inauguration,UPDATE MINSK Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko holds his presidential inauguration in secret after claiming victory in disputed polls last month that his opposition rivals have described as massively rigged. 700 words 1430 by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Also moved: Belarus-vote-unrest-Lukashenko,PROFILE Australia-animal-environment,WRAP MACQUARIE HARBOUR, Australia At least 380 whales have died in a mass stranding in southern Australia, officials say, as hopes fade of saving more than a few dozen of the creatures still trapped. 650 words moved by Mell Chun with Holly Robertson in Brisbane. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Australia-animal-whales-environment,CHRONO -- EUROPE -- Sweden-crime,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Police in Sweden say they are struggling to control criminal "clans" exercising their own form of justice, in an escalation of violent crime in what has long been seen as a safe country. 800 words moved by Johannes Ledel. File Picture. Health-virus-Germany-budget,2ndlead FRANKFURT Germany will once again abandon its balanced-budget policy in 2021 to help pay for massive stimulus measures aimed at steering the economy through the coronavirus pandemic, its finance minister says. 450 words moved by Ed Frankl -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-politics-culture-Israel,FOCUS RIYADH From scrubbing hate-filled school textbooks to a taboo-defying religious sermon, Saudi Arabia is pushing for another kind of normalisation after declining to establish formal relations with Israel -- co-existence with Jews. 850 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File Picture. File Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest-Ituri,FOCUS BUNIA, DR Congo Former warlords are enlisted in an unusual initiative to bring peace to DR Congo's Ituri province, one of Africa's most troubled regions. 900 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole. Pictures. Video Mali-unrest-coup-politics-economy,ANALYSIS BAMAKO Mali faces mountainous economic and institutional challenges a month after the coup that toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. 600 words 1630 GMT by Amaury Hauchard -- AMERICAS -- UN-summit,WRAP UNITED NATIONS Leaders of the Middle East take center-stage at the UN General Assembly as the United States tries to reshape the region's politics while withdrawing troops. 500 words 1700 GMT by Philippe Rater with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video US-Sudan-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON With weeks to go before US elections, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo races to make a breakthrough with Sudan that he hopes could also benefit Israel. 600 words 1500 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi Canada-politics,WRAP OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to lay out in a policy speech a new post-pandemic direction for Canada that will test his minority government's support in parliament in the coming weeks. 600 words 1700 GMT by Michel Comte. Entertainment-US-film-Zeller-Hopkins,INTERVIEW LOS ANGELES Florian Zeller -- the acclaimed French writer, adapting his own play "The Father" for the big screen -- was so determined, he even changed his main character's name and birthdate to those of his dream leading man: Anthony Hopkins. 600 words moved by Andrew Marzal -- ASIA -- UN-summit-China-climate,WRAP BEIJING The US is guilty of "obstructing" the global fight against emissions, China says, as Beijing seizes the climate agenda by vowing to go carbon neutral by 2060 -- a target welcomed by environmentalists despite its patchy detail. 750 words moved by Helen Roxburgh and Laurie Chen. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-UN-summit-climate-2060,Q&A China-HongKong-politics,FOCUS HONG KONG On the night he made a failed attempt to flee to Taiwan by speedboat as one of a dozen activists trying to escape the clutches of authoritarian China, 16-year-old Hong Konger Hoang got a phone call as he finished eating. It was time to go. 800 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture Health-virus-Indonesia-mining-environment-gold,FOCUS TIMIKA, Papua, Indonesia With the coronavirus devastating livelihoods across the country, desperate Indonesians are flocking to illegal gold mines as the soaring price of the precious metal overrides the risk to their lives and the environment. 650 words moved by Helena Kobagau with Haeril Halim in Jakarta. Picture Japan-games-computers-virus-health,FOCUS TOKYO Once a premier industry event, the Tokyo Game Show has been increasingly overshadowed by competitors in recent years. But as the pandemic forces it online, some see a chance for reinvention. 650 words moved by Mathias Cena. File picture Malaysia-politics-Anwar,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he has strong support from MPs to form a new government, but the premier appears unshaken and criticises "blind actions" of those seeking to sow instability. 600 words moved by Patrick Lee. Picture. File video -- SPORTS -- fbl-Japan-Kazu TOKYO Kazuyoshi Miura, the 53-year-old Japanese footballer known as "King Kazu", proves he is worthy of his crown after setting another record in a J-League first-division match. 250 words moved. Picture RugbyU-AUS-aviation-Qantas-sponsorship,lead SYDNEY Australian flag carrier Qantas axes its long-running sponsorship of the Wallabies as part of a coronavirus-related cost-cutting drive, deepening the financial crisis engulfing Rugby Australia. 600 words moved. File picture afp
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