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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + German football kicks off as Europe begins reopening + US Democrats probe Trump's sacking of govt watchdog + Tehran sentences French-Iranian academic to 5 years + France holds fugitive 'financier' of Rwanda genocide + Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr dies at age 81 Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Top flight German football kicks off, the French return to the beach and Italy announces a resumption of European tourism, providing much-needed relief against the relentless drumbeat of death and economic devastation wreaked by the pandemic. 950 words 2100 GMT by Ryland James with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic US-politics-diplomacy-Pompeo,WRAP WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats launch an investigation into President Donald Trump's "politically-motivated" dismissal of a government watchdog they say was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. 700 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon. File picture Iran-France-trial,WRAP TEHRAN Iran sentences French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to five years in prison on national security charges, her lawyer says, adding that she plans to appeal. 750 words moved. File picture Rwanda-France-genocide-investigation,WRAP PARIS France arrests Felicien Kabuga, one of the last key fugitives wanted over 1994 Rwandan genocide, leaving him facing a likely trial at an international tribunal after a quarter of a century on the run. 800 words 1930 GMT by Mehdi Cherifia and Stuart Williams. Picture. Graphic. File video Also moved: Rwanda-genocide-France-Kabuga,PROFILE Germany-Britain-music-photography-Kerchherr LONDON Tributes emerge for German photographer Astrid Kirchherr, whose striking images of The Beatles in the early 1960s helped turn them into cultural icons, following the announcement of her death this week aged 81 400 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture. -- EUROPE -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus-Dortmund,SCENE DORTMUND, Germany Nicole Bartelt has been a loyal fan at all but two of Borussia Dortmund's home matches since 2008, but when the Bundesliga restarts after a two-month hiatus because of the coronavirus, she will be forced to keep away from the stands. 400 words moved by David Courbet. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy,2ndlead ROME Italy will reopen to European tourists from early June and scrap a 14-day mandatory quarantine period, the government announces, as it quickens the exit from the coronavirus lockdown. 550 words by 1930 GMT. Picture. Health-virus-Ukraine-agriculture,FOCUS KIEV In an almost empty terminal at Boryspil airport in Kiev, Yuriy waits in a busy line of 200 seasonal workers to check in for a lone flight to Finland. 550 words moved by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Afghanistan-conflict-US-military,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States is struggling to salvage a peace process in Afghanistan after shocking attacks, with its leverage narrowing as it moves full speed ahead with plans to end its longest war. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-Argentina-education-indigenous,FOCUS MENDOZA, Argentina Argentina's coronavirus lockdown has closed schools nationwide and driven teaching online, but nowhere are the wasted weeks felt more keenly than in Huarpe indigenous communities in the far north, which have little access to the internet or distance education. 650 words moved by Andres Larrovere and Sonia Avalos. Picture. Video Health-virus-UN-China-US-EU-diplomacy,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS The clash between China and the United States over COVID-19 has caused a rift between European nations at the UN Security Council over a call for ceasefires in some conflict zones during the pandemic. 650 words moved by Philippe Rater. File picture -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-France-genocide-investigation-justice,FOCUS PARIS France backed Rwanda's Hutu regime until it committed genocide in 1994, and some are not surprised its alleged financier was able to hide there for more than two decades. 550 words 2100 GMT by Lucie Peytermann and Sofia Bouderbala. Picture. Video. Health-virus-SAfrica-healthcare,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG With more than 13,500 infections detected so far, South Africa's coronavirus outbreak is fast picking up pace and health experts are beginning to see the limits of the country's lauded mass community screening strategy. 750 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video. Burundi-vote-unrest-refugee,QUOTES NAIROBI Burundi plans to hold a presidential election Wednesday that will turn the page on the tumultuous tenure of Pierre Nkurunziza, but several exiles tell AFP they have little hope the vote will bring real change. 850 words moved by Francois Ausseill. Video. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-accident,2ndlead NEW DELHI At least 30 Indian migrant workers are killed in road accidents as they try to return to their home villages during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, officials say. 450 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture Health-virus-India-hospital,FOCUS MUMBAI Packed morgues, bodies in wards, patients forced to share beds and medical workers run ragged: Mumbai's war against coronavirus has pushed the Indian city's hospitals to breaking point. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly and Vishal Manve. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines-economy,SCENE MANILA Manila's malls set air conditioners to warm and switch off free wifi to stop people lingering as many of them cautiously reopen, after a two-month lockdown that brought the sprawling hubs of community life to a halt. 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-Britain-telework,FOCUS PARIS An explosion in remote working owing to the coronavirus pandemic could see companies slash office space, saving them money but not necessarily improving productivity among staff, according to experts. 600 words moved by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier - ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Germany-Britain-music-photography-Kerchherr LONDON Tributes emerge for German photographer Astrid Kirchherr, whose striking images of The Beatles in the early 1960s helped turn them into cultural icons, following the announcement of her death this week aged 81 400 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture. -- SPORTs -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus,3rdlead BERLIN Norwegian sensation Erling Braut Haaland steals the limelight as the German Bundesliga becomes the first major European football league to return since the coronavirus lockdown, with teams playing in empty, echoing stadiums. 700 words 1930 GMT by Ryland James. Picture. Video. 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