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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hurricane Isaias pummels US east coast + China accuses US of 'bullying' over TikTok + Spain's scandal-hit ex-king 'in Dominican Republic' + Philippines back into lockdown as virus cases soar + Red cards for deliberate coughing in football US-weather-hurricane,WRAP MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina Isaias slams into North Carolina, bringing life-threatening storm surges as the entire US eastern seaboard battens down for the hurricane. 700 words 1030 GMT by Logan Cyrus China-US-diplomacy-Internet-TikTok,WRAP BEIJING China accuses the United States of "outright bullying" over popular video app TikTok, after President Donald Trump ramped up pressure for its US operations to be sold to an American company. 700 words 1000 GMT. Video Also moved: US-China-internet-teenagers-politics-TikTok,FOCUS Spain-royals-politics-corruption,WRAP MADRID Spain's former king Juan Carlos, at the centre of an alleged $100 million corruption scandal, has reportedly fled to the Dominican Republic after his shock announcement he was going into exile. 600 words 1100 GMT by Marie Giffard. File picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP MANILA Millions of people in the Philippines go back into lockdown as global coronavirus infections keep soaring, with the World Health Organisation warning against relying on a vaccine "silver bullet" to end the pandemic. 650 words moved by Ron Lopez with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-cough-health-virus LONDON Footballers can be sent off if referees judge they have coughed deliberately at opponents or match officials in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, say the sport's rule-makers and England's Football Association. 200 words moved -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote,WRAP MINSK Authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko addresses the nation as early voting begins in upcoming presidential elections that have been marred by a mass crackdown on the opposition. 500 words 1100 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-vote,FOCUS MALADZECHNA, Belarus Belarus's political opposition led by an likely coalition of three women has drawn massive crowds to rallies throughout the country in the run-up to Sunday polls in which strongman Alexander Lukashenko will seek a sixth term. 700 words moved by Alexander Grebenkin. Picture. Video Also moved: Belarus-politics-Tikhanovskaya,PROFILE Greece-DRCongo-refugee-arts,INTERVIEW THESSALONIKI, Greece Surrounded by cans of paint and canvas in his small studio in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, Richard Lusakumunu feels he has completed his "metamorphosis" from refugee to artist. 550 words moved by Chantal Valery. Picture EU-US-computers-internet,FOCUS PARIS Europe is sitting on a wealth of data that is the 21st century equivalent of a precious metal mine during the gold rush. But instead of exploiting it themselves Europeans may be allowing American tech giants to gain control of all the excavation equipment. 600 words moved by Laurent Barthelemy. File picture -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-politics,WRAP HARARE Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa warns he will "flush out" political opponents as rights groups report dozens of activists have been arrested in a crackdown. 600 words 1300 GMT -- ASIA -- India-Pakistan-conflict-Kashmir-curfew SRINAGAR, India Thousands of Indian troops impose a curfew in Kashmir, with razor wire and steel barricades blocking main roads a day ahead of the one-year anniversary of the restive region being stripped of its autonomy. 550 words moved by Parvaiz Buhkari. Picture India-Kashmir-conflict-politics,FOCUS SRINAGAR, India The year-long clampdown in Indian-administered Kashmir imposed to tighten New Delhi's grip on the disputed region has shattered its economy and deepened the desperation of its people. 800 words moved by Parvaiz Bukhari. Picture. Video Also moved: India-Kashmir-conflict-politics-Pakistan,Q&A SriLanka-vote,ADVANCER COLOMBO Sri Lanka heads to the polls Wednesday with the ruling Rajapaksa brothers looking for a super-majority in parliament to change the constitution and unravel democratic safeguards. 650 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture China-HongKong-politics-books,FOCUS HONG KONG China's new security law in Hong Kong has sent a chill through the city's book industry, with authors and publishers revisiting catalogues and some looking to Taiwan to print potentially now subversive titles. 700 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video Japan-US-nuclear-history-diplomacy-WWII-Hiroshima-Nagasaki,FOCUS TOKYO As Japan marks 75 years since the devastating attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the last generation of nuclear bomb survivors are working to ensure their message lives on after them. 750 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Japan-US-nuclear-history-diplomacy-WWII-Hiroshima-Nagasaki,FACTS Japan-US-nuclear-history-diplomacy-WWII-Hiroshima-Nagasaki,CHRONO Micronesia-Australia-rescue-SOS SYDNEY Three Micronesian sailors stranded on a tiny island in the remote Western Pacific are rescued after Australian and US warplanes spotted a giant "SOS" they had scrawled on the beach, officials said. 150 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Palestinians-Gaza-poverty,PHOTOESSAY RAFAH, Palestinian Territories With skilled fingers, disabled Gazan couple Nihad and Zeinab Jarboa have supported themselves by sewing finely detailed dolls and costumes, but coronavirus has hit their already meagre income. 450 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Mexico-wrestling-MEX,FOCUS XOCHIMILCO, Mexico Driven from their spectator-filled stadiums by the coronavirus, Mexico's "lucha libre" wrestlers have taken their flamboyant costumes and acrobatic maneuvers to an unlikely new battleground immersed in nature. 600 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video - HEALTH - Health-virus-UN-conflict,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS The coronavirus pandemic is worsening the humanitarian situation in the world's deadliest conflicts and threatens to unleash economic devastation that will intensify violence, United Nations diplomats and experts warn. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison Health-virus-Philippines,SCENE MANILA Broke and jobless, Ruel Damaso is sleeping on cardboard and surviving on food handouts at Manila's domestic airport where dozens have been left stranded after a partial coronavirus lockdown is reimposed. 500 words 1000 GMT by Ron Lopez. Picture. Video Esports-Singapore-health,FOCUS SINGAPORE Growing concern over health standards in eSports has prompted a new federation to pledge to address the problem, as players fall victim to conditions ranging from wrist injuries to obesity, stress and diabetes. 650 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Britain-energy-oil-earnings-BP,WRAP LONDON BP plunges into a quarterly net loss of almost $16.85 billion as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged oil demand and prices, causing the British energy giant to cut its dividend for the time since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig disaster. 600 words 1100 GMT by Ben Perry afp
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