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| - Duty Editor: Anita Beattie Contact: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Spain to reopen to tourists as South America named virus hotspot + Afghan Taliban announce three-day Eid ceasefire + Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash + UK defends top adviser over lockdown 'breach' + Pakistan goes wild for Muslim 'Game of Thrones' Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Spain says it will let in foreign tourists and restart top league football in the coming weeks, accelerating Europe's exit from strict virus lockdown, as South America is labelled "a new epicentre" by the World Health Organization. 950 words 2130 GMT by Emmanuelle Michel with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics Afghanistan-conflict-ceasefire,WRAP KABUL The Taliban announce a three-day ceasefire during the Eid al-Fitr holiday starting Sunday in a surprise move following months of bloody fighting with Afghan forces after the group signed a landmark agreement with the US. 550 words 2030 GMT by Emal Haidary Pakistan-accident-aviation,WRAP KARACHI One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people describes jumping from the burning wreckage of the aircraft after it hurtled into a residential neighbourhood. 750 words 1930 GMT by Ashraf Khan. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Britain,3rdlead LONDON The British government rejects calls to sack top adviser Dominic Cummings over allegations he broke coronavirus lockdown rules by travelling across the country while displaying symptoms of the disease. 650 words 2000 GMT by James Pheby. Picture. Video Pakistan-Turkey-entertainment-diplomacy,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Dubbed the Muslim "Game of Thrones", a drama about the makings of the Ottoman Empire has sent Pakistan wild this Ramadan, smashing television records but exposing the country's lack of original content. 700 words moved by Zain Zaman Janjua. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-politics-video,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO On April 22, Brazil was fast becoming a new coronavirus flashpoint, but President Jair Bolsonaro and his cabinet barely mentioned the pandemic in a video-taped meeting that has triggered outrage and fueled a potentially explosive investigation. 700 words 2300 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture. Video Health-virus-US-space-politics WASHINGTON President Donald Trump kicks off the start of the American summer season with his first visit to a golf course in two months, underlining his push for a return to normal life in the US. 500 words 2030 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics,INTERVIEW SAO PAULO Isolated in his office at city hall, Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas is waging a war on two fronts: the cancer survivor is also leading the fight against coronavirus at its epicenter in Latin America. 700 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Gaza-Palestinians,lead GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories Authorities in Gaza report the Palestinian enclave's first novel coronavirus fatality, after a sharp rise in confirmed infections in recent days. 300 words moved Health-virus-Cyprus-beach,VIDEOESSAY LARNACA, Cyprus A new form of beach life, spaced apart, emerges on the Mediterranean holiday island of Cyprus after more than two months of coronavirus-imposed curbs were lifted on freedom of movement. 400 words moved. Video. Picture Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-Christianity,lead JERUSALEM Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre will reopen Sunday after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Christian authorities in the holy city announce. 350 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain-Croatia-Portugal-tourism,FOCUS BARCELONA In Barcelona, Laia and her daughter stroll peacefully in Park Guell. At the same time, Mladen savours the silence of the marble alleys of Dubrovnik while Fabiana soaks up the calm of old Lisbon. 700 words moved by Daniel Bosque in Barcelona, Dnis Lobrovic in Dubrovnik and Thomas Cabral in Lisbon. -- ASIA -- China-politics-HongKong,INTERVIEW BEIJING Mainland Chinese authorities could join Hong Kong police to investigate criminal suspects under a planned security law, a city politician says, in comments likely to further enrage campaigners fearing the end of the financial hub's treasured autonomy. 600 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng India-Bangladesh-weather-cyclone KOLKATA, India Thousands take to the streets of the Indian city of Kolkata to protest against what they say was the slow government response to power cuts and flooding after a devastating "super cyclone". 400 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Indonesia-religion,FOCUS JAKARTA Indonesians are turning to smugglers and bogus travel documents to get around bans on an annual end-of-Ramadan exodus that could send virus cases skyrocketing in the world's biggest Muslim majority nation. 650 words moved by Haeril Halim. Picture India-cycling-health-migration NEW DELHI A teenage girl who pedalled her injured migrant-worker father more than a thousand kilometres across India after a coronavirus lockdown left them destitute has been invited to try out for the national cycling team. 300 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-Canada-Hertz-bankruptcy-economy WASHINGTON Global car rental company Hertz becomes the latest economic casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, filing for bankruptcy in the US and Canada after more than a century in business. 450 words moved. Graphic. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-health-virus-pandemic BERLIN Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich resist a second-half fightback by Eintracht Frankfurt to claim a 5-2 win behind closed doors as health restrictions due to coronavirus see a game in Moenchengladbach 'watched' by 13,000 cardboard cut-outs of fans. 600 words by Ryland James 2000GMT Picture Fbl-ESP-Liga-health-virus-pandemic MADRID Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces that La Liga can resume from its coronavirus lockdown on the week of June 8 with league officials reminding clubs they "cannot lower their guard" in the fight against the disease. 600 words by Tom Allnutt moved afp
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