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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US logs record daily cases, UK eases quarantine + Trial over Khashoggi murder opens in Turkey + Prince Andrew 'bewildered' after Maxwell arrest + French PM out in Macron reshuffle + Elon Musk gloats as Tesla stocks soar Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain lifts quarantine rules for dozens of countries as the virus pandemic slows in Europe but the US posts a record 53,000 new coronavirus cases as the deadly pandemic accelerates across the Americas. 800 words 1230 GMT by Phil Hazlewood with Leila Macor in Miami and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Turkey-Saudi-Khashoggi-murder-trial,WRAP ISTANBUL Twenty Saudi suspects including two former aides to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman go on trial in absentia in Turkey accused of killing and dismembering journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. 500 words 0930 GMT by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video Britain-US-crime-justice-Epstein-Maxwell-Andrew,lead LONDON Prince Andrew is "bewildered" by claims he is not cooperating with the US investigation into the alleged sex trafficking of minors by British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, his legal team says. 450 words 1030 GMT France-politics,WRAP PARIS French prime minister Edouard Philippe is to leave his post in a government reshuffle as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a "new course" for the last two years of his term. 600 words 1000 GMT by Jerome Rivet and Laurence Benhamou. File picture US-IT-lifestyle-auto-Tesla-Musk SAN FRANCISCO Tesla founder Elon Musk mocks securities regulators and short-sellers in series of tweets as the tech entrepreneur celebrates his firm's rise as the world's most valuable carmaker. 350 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-France-history-diplomacy,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria prepares to receive the decapitated skulls of 24 resistance fighters killed during colonial France's conquest of the North African country that had been lying in storage for decades in the vaults of a Paris museum. 500 words 1300 GMT. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-economy-agriculture,FOCUS DAMASCUS Watching a combine harvester advance through his golden wheat, Syrian farmer Yahya Mahmoud is relieved the yield looks good this year, as a tanking economy leaves millions hungry across his war-torn country. 700 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-genocide-France-court-WRAP PARIS French appeals judges rule against an investigation into the 1994 assassination of Rwanda's president Juvenal Habyarimana, which sparked the genocide that killed 800,000 people. 450 words 0930 GMT by Benjamin Legendre. File picture. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Croatia-politics-vote,ADVANCER ZAGREB Croatia heads to the polls under the shadow of the coronavirus, with an uptick in cases raising pressure on ruling conservatives as they face centre-left rivals and a new nationalist party who could become kingmaker. 650 words moved by Lajla Veselica. Picture. Video Also moved: Croatia-politics-vote,FACTS Croatia-politics-vote,PROFILE Bosnia-rivers-electricity,FOCUS PARSOVICI, Bosnia In a country criss-crossed by hundreds of rivers and their tributaries, the hydro sector is booming in Bosnia but so is resistance against it: locals have declared war on the industry, leading to the abandonment of several projects. 750 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-rights,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kongers are scrubbing their social media accounts, deleting chat histories and mugging up on cyber privacy as China's newly imposed security law blankets the traditionally outspoken city in fear and self-censorship. 750 words moved by Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi China-politics-diplomacy,FOCUS BEIJING From remote Himalayan glaciers to small tropical islands and tense Western capitals, an increasingly assertive China is taking on conflicts around the world like never before as the United States retreats. 700 words 1000 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng HongKong-China-politics-Australia-Britian,FOCUS HONG KONG Western nations are moving to offer millions of Hong Kongers refuge after Beijing passed draconian security laws designed to choke the city's democracy movement -- but a mass exodus is unlikely. 750 words moved by Su Xinqi with Andrew Beatty in Sydney -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-history,FOCUS WASHINGTON Under fire for his silence in the face of America's spiralling coronavirus caseload, President Donald Trump heads to Mount Rushmore for a night of fireworks that he hopes will soothe a nation he has struggled to unite. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-youth,FOCUS WASHINGTON Accused of failing to uphold their civic duty, younger Americans are behind the current COVID-19 surge, with several states moving to close bars, beaches and other places that saw huge crowds when lockdowns were eased. 600 words moved by Ivan Couronne Venezuela-EU-diplomacy-parliament,WRAP CARACAS Venezuela reverses a decision to expel the EU's ambassador in a tense stand off with Brussels over sanctions, but Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza says Caracas expects action in return. 650 words moved. File picture Also moved: Britain-Venezuela-court-banking-politics-diplomacy,3rdlead -- NATURE/ENVIRONMENT -- Science-animal-bird-Canada,FOCUS WASHINGTON Members of a Canadian sparrow species famous for their jaunty signature song are changing their tune, a curious example of a "viral phenomenon" in the animal kingdom, a new study shows. 600 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture Senegal-turtle-environment,FOCUS JOAL-FADIOUTH,Senegal In a classic case of poacher turning gamekeeper, the fishermen of Senegal have joined forces to protect one of the ocean's most endangered species -- the sea turtle. 900 words moved by Philippe Siuberski. Picture. Video Health-virus-pollution-cities,FOCUS PARIS Samuel Challeat was riding his bike in the city of Toulouse in the hours before France's strict COVID-19 lockdown took hold when the thought came to him. What impact will confinement have on the urban sound environment, and how could it be measured, he wondered. 650 words moved by Phineas Rueckert. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- India-film-dance-Bollywood-Khan,lead MUMBAI Bollywood's first female choreographer Saroj Khan, whose sizzling dance routines breathed life into hundreds of films, dies aged 71, triggering further heartbreak in an industry already reeling from a string of recent deaths. 600 words 1000 GMT by Udita Jhunjhunwala. File picture India-health-virus-cinema-entertainment-Bollywood,FOCUS MUMBAI A Bollywood actor's face tattooed on his arm, Sandeep Bacche's devotion shocks few in India where stars enjoy semi-divine status. But even here the hallowed silver screen may be losing its shine to streaming services and pandemic fears. 650 words moved by Udita Jhunjhunwala and Vishal Manve. Picture. Video Lifestyle-France-fashion-revolt,FOCUS PARIS The fashion world is being rocked by a revolt by designers as Paris fashion week goes online for the first time in its history because of the coronavirus. 700 words 12000 GMT by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture afp
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