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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Contact: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Beijing areas locked down over new virus cluster + Thousands march in support of Black Lives Matter + Pandemic gave Syrians a sense of belonging: author + Queen marks official birthday with Windsor parade Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING Lockdowns are imposed in parts of Beijing to try and prevent the spread of a new coronavirus cluster, highlighting the challenges that lie ahead even for places where outbreaks are under control. 700 words 2100 GMT by Laurie Chen and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic World-protests-police-racism PARIS Thousands march in cities around the world for a second week of rallies to support the US Black Lives Matter movement and highlight the issues in their country. 650 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video. We will also move: France-police-racism-protests Britain-protest-police-racism-politics Syria-conflict-literature,INTERVIEW DAMASCUS The novel coronavirus pandemic briefly gave Syrians a sense of belonging to the rest of the world after years of isolating war, Syrian author Khaled Khalifa says. 700 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video Britain-royals-birthday-health-virus LONDON Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her official birthday in subdued style, with a scaled down version of the traditional "Trooping the Colour" ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-military,WRAP WEST POINT, New York President Donald Trump sidesteps recent controversies over racial unrest and the military's role in putting it down as he addresses cadets graduating from West Point. 600 words moved by Nicholas Kamm. Picture. -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-economy ROME Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calls for a "courageous plan" in virtual talks with EU and IMF leaders to rescue Italy's economy and society from the "unprecedented shock" triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 2000 GMT by Catherine Marciano. Video. File picture Health-virus-Russia MOSCOW Russia more than doubles its official coronavirus death toll for April to 2,712 after changing how it classifies fatalities. 400 words moved Health-virus-Spain-toll,FOCUS MADRID For days now, Spain's daily coronavirus death toll has been on hold, generating widespread uncertainty about the real state of the epidemic that has claimed more than 27,000 lives. 600 words moved by Diego Urdaneta Also moved: Health-virus-EU-borders,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-demonstration-politics-economy,WRAP BEIRUT Hundreds of demonstrators angered by a deepening economic crisis rally across Lebanon for a third consecutive day, after violent overnight riots sparked condemnation from the political elite. 550 words moved by Bachir el Khoury with Jana Dheiby in Tripoli. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-Australia-diplomacy-drugs-sentence,3rdlead BEIJING An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking, in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra. 400 words moved -- SPORTS -- 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 says, pledging a "120-percent effort" to ensure the first-ever postponed Games can go ahead. 600 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video afp
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