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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Latam second worst-hit region for virus deaths + Poland's populist president wins again + One in nine people going hungry: UN + US set for first federal execution in 17 years + Washington Redskins to change their name Health-virus,WRAP LERIDA, Spain Latin America surges past the US and Canada to become the world's second worst-hit region for virus deaths as a Spanish court blocks a move to lock down some 200,000 people while South Africa imposes a nighttime curfew again and suspends alcohol sales. 800 words moved by Maude Watin with Hazel Ward in Madrid and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Poland-vote,WRAP WARSAW Polish President Andrzej Duda has squeezed past his europhile rival to win re-election, official results show, but the narrow victory puts his allies in the populist right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party government on the back foot. 600 words 1600 GMT by Dario Thuburn and Mary Sibiersky. Graphic. Picture. Video Also moved: Poland-vote-Duda,PROFILE Poland-vote,POINTS Poland-vote,CHRONO Health-virus-famine-UN,WRAP ROME Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already worsening trends this year, according to a UN report. 500 words 1600 GMT by Alexandria Sage US-justice-execution,WRAP WASHINGTON The first federal execution in the United States in 17 years is scheduled to take place pending a final appeal to the Supreme Court. 600 words 1530 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture AmFoot-US-NFL-racism-Washington,WRAP WASHINGTON The NFL's Washington Redskins announce they are changing their name, following pressure from sponsors over a moniker widely criticized as a racist slur against Native Americans. 500 words 1500 GMT -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US HOUSTON Mayors of several southern US cities call for a return to stay-at-home orders to staunch an alarming spike in coronavirus cases, measures beyond the closing of bars or mask directives ordered statewide. 600 words 1530 GMT by Julia Benarrous Health-virus-immunity PARIS Patients who recover from coronavirus infections may lose their immunity to reinfection within months, according to new research that experts say could have a "significant" influence on how governments manage the pandemic. 450 words moved by Patrick Galey Health-virus-world-lockdown,FACTS PARIS Fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus around the world have led to renewed, often more localised, lockdowns, such as those announced in the Moroccan city of Tangiers and Manila. 450 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Kosovo-politics-warcrimes,WRAP THE HAGUE Kosovo President Hashim Thaci is questioned by war crimes prosecutors in The Hague, saying that "nobody can rewrite history" over his role in the 1990s conflict. 550 words 1600 GMT by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video Britain-US-court-media-Depp,POINTS LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp wraps up five days of gruelling testimony in a libel trial that has exposed the dark underbelly of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. 650 words 1530 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict,WRAP BAKU Four soldiers are killed as troops from Azerbaijan and Armenia clash on their border for a second day in an escalation of a decades-long territorial dispute that has drawn in regional powers Turkey and Russia. 500 words 1530 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan and Emil Guliyev. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-politics,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's protest leader Mahmoud Dicko has appealed for calm after three days of unrest that saw 11 people killed in the fragile West African country. The international community is also urging calm and political dialogue as tensions soar. 650 words 1530 GMT by Kassim Traore and Amaury Hauchard. File Picture. Video ICoast-politics,WRAP ABIDJAN The difficult waters of Ivory Coast politics become even more turbulent as Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan quits five days after the sudden death of harder Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, as a presidential election looms. 500 words 1700 GMT by Patrick Fort SAfrica-politics-Mandela-politics,OBIT JOHANNESBURG Zindzi Mandela, a diplomat and the youngest daughter of South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, has died aged 59. 500 words 1500 GMT by Susan Njanji. File picture -- ASIA -- China-floods-disaster,WRAP SHANGHAI Floods across central and eastern China have left more than 140 people dead or missing and are swelling major rivers and lakes to record-high levels, with authorities warning that the worst is yet to come. 550 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-unrest,lead HONG KONG Thirteen prominent Hong Kong democracy activists appear in court charged with holding an unauthorised gathering to mark the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the latest in a string of prosecutions against protest leaders in the restless financial hub. 600 words moved. Picture SKorea-politics-social-crime-suicide,lead SEOUL The funeral service for Seoul mayor Park Won-soon, who took his own life after being accused of sexual harassment, is held despite a petition against the city-run ceremony signed by half a million people. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Turkmenistan,lead ASHGABAT Reclusive Turkmenistan recommends that residents wear masks because of "dust" even as the government insists the country is coronavirus-free. 450 words 1430 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST -- Bahrain-rights,lead MANAMA Bahrain's top court upholds death sentences against two men convicted of murdering a police officer in a bomb attack, after hearing the case for the second time following allegations of torture in custody. 500 words moved Lebanon-politics-rights BEIRUT A coalition of rights groups says "repression" and "intimidation" are threatening free speech in Lebanon, hit by an economic meltdown and months of angry protests. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-NewYork,FOCUS NEW YORK The trauma of the coronavirus is pushing New Yorkers to move out of the city in ever greater numbers, sending real estate prices through the roof in surrounding areas while leaving behind vacant apartments and fire-sale prices for real estate. 750 words 1500 GMT by Thomas Urbain Entertainment-US-people-Preston LOS ANGELES American actress Kelly Preston, who featured in hit films "Jerry Maguire" and "Twins", has died from breast cancer, her husband John Travolta says. 200 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-Pr-ManCity-CAS,WRAP LAUSANNE, Switzerland Manchester City are free to play Champions League football next season after the Court of Arbitration for Sport lifted a two-season ban from European competitions imposed by UEFA. 650 words moved. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-IMF-economy-Mideast DUBAI The IMF again sharply lowers its Middle East and North Africa economic forecast, to its worst level in 50 years, over the "twin shock" of the pandemic and low oil prices. 660 words moved by Omar Hasan -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-pollution-virus-oceans PARIS Europe's major rivers are littered with surgical masks and medical gloves discarded by people protecting themselves against COVID-19, scientists have reported. 250 words 1430 GMT afp
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