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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Restrictions in Europe, Israel in lockdown as world cases hit 30m + Biden ramps up campaign with town hall event + Hasidic Jewish pilgrims start leaving Ukraine border + Study links Covid-19 with persistent fatigue + Osaka withdraws from French Open with injury Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Parts of Europe gear up for broad new restrictions to stop the coronavirus and Israel is set to be the first developed country to enforce a second nationwide shutdown as infections worldwide top the 30-million mark. 750 words 1300 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP SCRANTON, Pennsylvania Joe Biden lashes President Donald Trump over his "close to criminal" handling of the coronavirus as the Democrat fields questions from voters impacted by the pandemic in a state that is key to his election hopes. 700 words moved by Jim Watson, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-Latinos-Florida,FOCUS US-Britain-Brexit-EU-NIreland,FOCUS Health-virus-religion-Ukraine-Israel,WRAP KIEV Hundreds of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims, who had massed for several days along the Belarusian border hoping to enter Ukraine, begin to leave after Kiev upholds an entry ban for foreigners due to tighter coronavirus restrictions. 550 words 1100 GMT by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture Health-virus-symptoms-Ireland,lead LONDON More than half of patients and staff with Covid-19 monitored by an Irish hospital suffered persistent fatigue in the aftermath of the initial disease, according to a new study highlighting the "significant burden" of lingering symptoms. 600 words moved by Kelly Macnamara Tennis-FRA-Open-JPN-Osaka,WRAP LOS ANGELES Freshly crowned US Open champion Naomi Osaka pulls out of the French Open with a sore hamstring, in a fresh blow to the coronavirus-hit Grand Slam which is already missing world number one Ashleigh Barty. 650 words moved. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-UN-diplomacy,FOCUS GENEVA Meetings postponed and marble-clad hallways echoing empty: The coronavirus pandemic and a liquidity crunch have all but silenced the usual frenzied diplomatic wrangling at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. 900 words moved by Agnes Pedrero. Video. Picture Italy-vote,ADVANCER ROME Italians head to the polls this weekend despite a coronavirus resurgence in Europe, for a referendum and Tuscany-led regional elections which analysts say could change the face of the far-right. 700 words moved by Ella Ide. Picture -- ASIA -- China-military-Taiwan-US,lead BEIJING China says it is conducting military exercises near the Taiwan Strait, as a top US diplomat visits the self-ruled island in a move that has angered Beijing. 450 words moved Singapore-economy-investment-gold SINGAPORE Fancy owning your own gold bars that you can admire and take selfies with? With the coronavirus fuelling demand for safe-haven assets, a Singapore exchange is offering mom-and-pop investors what it says is an easier way to get their hands on the precious metal. 400 words moved by Martin Abbugao. Video. File picture Health-animals-China BEIJING Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant making animal vaccines last year. 300 words moved HongKong-homosexuality-equality-LGBT HONG KONG Hong Kong's high court rules that same-sex couples should receive equal treatment under inheritance law, in a step forward for LGBT rights in the finance hub. 300 words moved India-China-conflict-border,FOCUS ATAL ROHTANG TUNNEL, India A tunnel nearing completion in the Indian Himalayas will slash by hours the time it takes troops to reach the frontier, part of an infrastructure blitz that is gathering pace since a bloody border clash with China. 750 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-police-internet,FOCUS HONG KONG A sophisticated and shady website called HK Leaks has ramped up publishing the personal details of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures, targeting those it says have broken a sweeping new national security law. 650 words moved by Rachel Blundy with Esther Chan in Sydney. Picture China-US-politics-hacking,Q&A BEIJING The US Justice Department has charged seven people with leading a collective which hacked company servers for ransom across the globe, compromised government networks, and spied on Hong Kong activists. But what do we really know about "APT41"? 600 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng -- AMERICAS -- US-China-IT-politics-TikTok,FOCUS WASHINGTON Amid a looming deadline set by President Donald Trump, negotiators scramble to find a new ownership structure for the popular video app TikTok that would pass muster in both the United States and China. 700 words moved by Rob Lever US-virus-health-wedding,FEATURE MILLINOCKET, United States A wedding in rural Maine becomes a coronavirus "superspreader" event, leaving seven people dead and 177 infected, and renewing fear of the disease in the northeastern US state that had hoped the worst of the pandemic was behind it. 450 words moved by Joseph Prezioso. Picture. Video Peru-politics,ADVANCER LIMA President Martin Vizcarra faces an impeachment trial in congress after Peru's top court rejects his government's appeal to block the vote, though analysts said he would likely survive. 600 words moved. File picture Health-virus-media-US,FOCUS NEW YORK While institutions, governments, elected officials, companies, and sports federations are all having to adapt to new constraints under the coronavirus pandemic, experts say they are often using the health crisis as an excuse to restrict journalists' access. 700 words moved by Thomas Urbain with AFP bureaus Health-virus-Canada-religion,FOCUS OTTAWA As in-person religious services start resuming in Canada after a pandemic lockdown forced many churches to close, one Ottawa parish is offering its congregation a unique way to connect with their faith -- in a "God Pod." 500 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel is set to impose an unprecedented second nationwide lockdown to tackle one of the world's highest coronavirus infection rates. 500 words 0900 GMT. Picture. Video. Live video Yemen-conflict-donkeys-economy-social,FOCUS ADEN, Yemen Abu Mohammed fusses over the donkeys he's selling in war-torn Yemen, where the animal has become a must-have commodity at a time of biting fuel and currency crises. 500 words moved by Talib al-Mamari. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Somalia-vote-unrest MOGADISHU Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed appoints a new prime minister hours after brokering an agreement with regional leaders for elections next year that abandons a promised one-person, one-vote model. 450 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-Emmys,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES No red carpet, no star-studded audience and no "Game of Thrones" -- this year's Emmys honoring the best in television promise to be radically different as producers scramble to create Hollywood's first major pandemic-era awards show. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Graphic. Also moving: Entertainment-US-television-Emmys-nominees,FACTS afp
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