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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Brazil virus toll now world's second-highest + Minneapolis council agrees to replace police + Bolton accuses Trump of impeachable offences + Premier League OKs taking a knee, BLM shirts Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil claims the unenviable position of having the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world behind the United States, where several states have posted record daily case totals, signaling the crisis is far from over. 700 words 0130 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic US-politics-racism-police-Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Minneapolis leaders voted unanimously Friday to disband the US city's police force and replace it with a "community" safety department, a reaction to transformational changes demanded in mass protests against racial injustice. 400 words moved. Picture US-politics-diplomacy-books-Bolton,2ndlead WASHINGTON Defying the White House, former national security advisor John Bolton will release a book that suggests President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses beyond Ukraine and alleges that his entire foreign policy is motivated by domestic politics, his publisher says. 600 words moved by Shaun Tandon fbl-ENG-Pr-racism-politics LONDON The Premier League will support players taking a knee before or during matches in protest against racial discrimination, while "Black Lives Matter" will replace player names on the back of shirts for the first 12 games of the league's restart next week. 350 words moved -- ANTI-RACISM -- US-politics-racism-history,FOCUS WASHINGTON Confederate monuments are coming down and statues of Christopher Columbus are being toppled as Americans grapple with the ghosts of the country's racial history in the wake of George Floyd's death. 750 words 0130 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-politics-unrest-racism-Canada,PHOTOESSAY TORONTO Dozens of street artists have painted over parts of Toronto's "Graffiti Alley" in shades of black and gray in a message of solidarity with anti-racism protesters following the death in US police custody of George Floyd. 400 words 0130 GMT by Olivier Monnier. Picture. Video Entertainment-Canada-politics-racism OTTAWA A Canadian network has pulled the TV series of Meghan Markle's fashion stylist friend Jessica Mulroney, who was accused of "white privilege" in a spat with a black lifestyle blogger. 350 words moved US-politics-media-racism-protest,FOCUS NEW YORK Anti-racism protests triggered worldwide after the police killing of George Floyd have many American newsrooms grappling with their own role in contributing to racial inequity. 800 words moved by Maggy Donaldson and Thomas Urbain. File picture Britain-politics-racism-history-protest,WRAP LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a wave of anti-racism protests across Britain had been "hijacked by extremists", as fears mounted about clashes between activists and far-right groups, and vandalism spread. 700 words moved by Alice Ritchie and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video US-politics-racism-France-police,lead PARIS French police stage a second day of protests over claims of racism in their ranks, assailing top officials for failing to defend the force against allegations amplified by US unrest over the death of George Floyd. 600 words moved by Sylvie Maligorne and Gregory Danel. Picture. Video. Web video US-politics-racism-DRCongo-Leopold,FOCUS KINSHASA Overlooking Kinshasa from the seclusion of a presidential garden, Belgian King Leopold II's statue stares over the Congo River far from the protests and rage targetting colonial figures elsewhere. 750 words moved by Samir Tounsi. Video. File picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Japan-politics-Oly-2020-JPN-Koike,INTERVIEW TOKYO Next year's Olympics will be safe despite the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said, pledging a "120-percent effort" to ensure the first-ever postponed Games can go ahead. 600 words 0330 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON More than a dozen US states are reporting their highest daily tolls of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, but President Donald Trump and many local officials are showing no signs of worry and have ruled out new lockdown measures. 700 words moved by Ivan Couronne US-politics-military-Trump,ADVANCER WASHINGTON President Donald Trump plans to address the new graduating class of the West Point military academy Saturday, as relations with the Pentagon fray over accusations that he has politicized the US military. 650 words 0130 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture Entertainment-US-television-racism-Takei,INTERVIEW LOS ANGELES George Takei, the pioneering Asian-American "Star Trek" actor and LGBTQ icon, says massive anti-racism protests this month show the country is "making progress" on diversity, but warns the pandemic could renew deep-rooted prejudices. 650 words 0300 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-politics-economy,WRAP BEIRUT Hundreds protest for a second night over the Lebanese authorities' handling of a deepening economic crisis, despite the government pledging to inject dollars into the market to bolster the sagging currency. 700 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-Rwanda-politics-history-genocide,2ndlead PARIS A French researcher wins an extended legal battle for access to ex-president Francois Mitterrand's archives on the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which Kigali accuses France of having played a role. 650 words moved by Cecile Feuillatre Health-virus-Italy-economy ROME EU leaders are set to join Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for talks on jump-starting the nation's economy, but opposition figures shunned the hastily organised -- and roundly criticised -- initiative. 500 words 0300 GMT Health-virus-EU-borders,FACTS VIENNA As European countries emerge from their coronavirus lockdowns and lift travel restrictions to revive their tourist industries, the EU has been aiming to coordinate the border reopening among its 27 members. 500 words 0300 GMT Health-virus-Poland-mining-politics,FOCUS JASTRZEBIE ZDROJ, Poland A spike in reported coronavirus cases in Poland's coal mines has put the country on edge but residents are worried about jobs are playing down the health crisis. 550 words 0200 GMT by Damien Simonart and Dario Thuburn in Warsaw. Picture. Video Ukraine-Chernobyl-fire-climate,FOCUS CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE, Ukraine Ukrainian scientist Oleksandr Borsuk looks bitterly at the charred trunks of old pine trees as the acrid smell of burnt wood hangs in the air. 500 words moved by Oleksandr Savochenko. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-hospital-conflict-virus,FOCUS MOPTI, Mali After a busy day juggling paperwork and meetings, Brehima Traore, deputy director of a hospital in war-torn Mali, may have hoped for some rest. Then his phone rang: he was needed in the operating room. 650 words 0200 GMT by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video afp
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