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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + Outrage over Trump commuting ally's jail term + Turkey rebuffs criticism over Hagia Sofia decision + WHO urges stronger virus measures amid flare-ups + UN to vote again on Syria aid after vetoes + 1966 England World Cup winner Charlton dies US-politics-justice-Stone-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump commutes the prison sentence of his longtime ally Roger Stone, shielding the veteran Republican operative from 40 months behind bars. 550 words moved by Daniel Woolls. File picture Turkey-religion-court-HagiaSophia,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejects criticism over his decision to turn the Hagia Sophia, a Byzantine-era monument and UNESCO World Heritage site, back into a mosque, saying it represents Ankara's will to use its "sovereign rights". 500 words 1600 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization urges countries grappling with coronavirus to step up control measures, saying it is still possible to rein it in, as some countries clamp fresh restrictions on citizens. 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic UN-Syria-Russia-conflict-aid,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council is due to vote again on an extension of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria after Russia and China vetoed a previous measure to the chagrin of Western member states. 500 words 1630 GMT by Philippe Rater. File picture FBL-ENG-JackCharlton-dead,WRAP LONDON Jack Charlton, a member of the England 1966 World Cup winning side who went on to become a cult hero as Republic of Ireland boss, has died aged 85, his family announces. 700 words moved by Pirate Irwin. File picture. Video Also moved: FBL-ENG-JackCharlton,OBIT -- EUROPE -- Bosnia-Srebrenica-genocide-war,WRAP SREBRENICA, Bosnia Bosnian Muslims mark the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II, with the memorial ceremony sharply reduced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 1530 GMT by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video Serbia-unrest-health-virus,Q&A BELGRADE For many Serbs, it was the last straw: when the president announced the resumption of a weekend curfew to fight the coronavirus pandemic, thousands took to the streets in anger. 750 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video Russia-climate-forests-fire,lead MOSCOW Russia's forest service says there are nearly 300 wildfires blazing across the vast country's northern wilderness, as it attempts to contain them with methods including explosives and cloud seeding. 500 words moved by Maria Antonova. Picture. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Iran-economy TEHRAN Iran says that it cannot afford to shut down its sanctions-hit economy, even as the Middle East's deadliest coronavirus outbreak worsens with record-high death tolls and rising infections. 350 words moved Syria-conflict-Idlib-UN-aid,FOCUS MAARET MISRIN, Syria After surviving months of bombardment, Nasr Sultan now fears his 10 children may starve or catch coronavirus as a divided UN holds up a renewal of cross-border humanitarian aid to rebel-held northwest Syria. 650 words moved by Omar Haj Kadour. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Burkina-politics-vote-unrest,UPDATE OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is set to win his party's support to contest upcoming elections despite his government's failure to halt a bloody jihadist insurgency. 650 words 1500 GMT by Armel Baily. Graphic Mali-politics-unrest BAMAKO Tensions are running high in Mali a day after deadly mass protests seeking the ouster of the fragile nation's president, as the opposition vows to turn up the heat until he quits. 600 words 1600 GMT by Serge Daniel. Video Ghana-Africa-literature-library ACCRA A small group of visitors waits eagerly at the entrance to a single-storey building in Ghana's capital Accra, looking to explore the literary treasure inside. 650 words moved by Kent Mensah. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-politics-democracy,2ndlead HONG KONG Pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong hold primary polls to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections despite warnings from government officials that it may be in breach of a new security law imposed by China. 500 words 1430 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Vietnam-Britain HANOI A British pilot who spent more than two months on life support in Vietnam after contracting COVID-19 is on his way home, astounding doctors who gave him just 10 percent chance of survival. 450 words moved. Video Mongolia-festival-tradition ULAANBAATAR Mongolia's annual Naadam sporting festival kicks off without a live audience for the first time in its 800-year history as COVID-19 fears grip the Central Asian country. 300 words 1500 GMT by Khaliun Bayartsogt. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-schools,FOCUS LOS ANGELES With the start of the US school year only weeks away, Marina Avalos still has no idea how or where her seven-year-old daughter will attend classes. 600 words moved by Javier Tovar. File picture Health-virus-Panama,FOCUS PANAMA CITY Hospitals in Panama are on the brink of collapse as coronavirus cases spike in the Central American country worst hit by the pandemic, where doctors are already exhausted. 500 words moved by Juan Jose Rodriguez. Picture. Video -- SPACE -- Mars-science-aerospace-astronomy-space,FOCUS PARIS Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth's nearest neighbour once harbour life? It's a question that has preoccupied scientists for centuries and fired up sci-fi imaginings. 900 words moved by Juliette Collen and Kelly Macnamara. File picture. Graphic afp
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