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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: jenny.vaughan@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US memorial service for George Floyd + German 'sex predator' suspected in Maddie McCann murder + Thousand defy ban to hold Tiananmen HK vigils + Grim eurozone forecasts as UN calls for 'people's vaccine' + Beau-gel-ais: France to transform surplus wine into hand sanitiser US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota George Floyd is to be honored at a memorial service after more than a week of nationwide protests over the African American's death at the hands of a white police officer. 900 words 1700 GMT by Joy Powell with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-Germany-police-missing-McCann,WRAP LONDON German prosecutors appeal for information about a child "sexual predator" they suspect killed missing British girl Madeleine McCann, in a new development seen as a potential breakthrough in the 13-year high-profile mystery. 650 words 1600 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture China-HongKong-politics-unrest-Tiananmen,WRAP HONG KONG Tens of thousands of people across Hong Kong light candles and chanted democracy slogans to commemorate China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethed over a planned new security law. 700 words 1600 GMT by Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP FRANKFURT Europe ramps up efforts to help its coronavirus-hit economies as the UN chief calls at global talks for a "people's vaccine" to battle the pandemic. 800 words 1500 GMT by Tom Barfield with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-France-wine PARIS French winemakers will transform wine that went unsold during the country's two-month coronavirus lockdown into hand sanitiser and ethanol to make room for the next harvest, a farming agency said on Thursday. 300 words moved -- US CIVIL UNREST -- US-politics-race-unrest-Sharpton,PROFILE NEW YORK Al Sharpton, who will lead a memorial service for George Floyd, is a long-time American civil rights activist and baptist minister who ran to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 2004. 450 words 1600 GMT by Peter Hutchison. File picture. US-politics-race-unrest-military-Mattis-Trump,3rdlead WASHINGTON Former Pentagon chief Jim Mattis issues a stinging rebuke of his former boss Donald Trump, accusing the president of trying to "divide" America and failing to provide "mature leadership" as the country reels from days of protests. 600 words moved US-politics-race-unrest-curfews,FOCUS NEW YORK Violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody led several US cities to impose curfews, but do they help maintain order or merely further antagonize demonstrators? 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-vaccines-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says a new vaccine against the coronavirus had to be available to everyone across the world, as an international conference gets under way to raise funds for new life-saving treatments. 650 words 1700 GMT by Alice Ritchie and James Pheby. Picture. Video Russia-environment-Arctic-fuel-spill,lead MOSCOW Russia intensifies efforts to clean up a major fuel spill that environmentalists say is the worst such accident in the Arctic, as investigators make their first arrest. 600 words 1500 GMT by Maria Antonova. Picture. Video Health-virus-Austria-borders,SCENE BERG, Austria Empty border posts on one side, coronavirus-related police checks on the other: Austria's neighbours aren't reciprocating its reopening of frontier crossings, testing the patience of some motorists. 450 words 1600 GMT by Sophie Makris. Picture. Video Health-virus-Slovenia-Italy-border,SCENE NOVA GORICA, Slovenia As Slovenia emerges from the novel coronavirus lockdown, residents in Nova Gorica, bordering Italy, are still contending with a very visible symbol of the pandemic -- a fence that cuts their town in two. 650 words moved by Bojan Kavcic. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-Navajo-elders,FOCUS STEAMBOAT, Arizona Emerson Gorman knows what it's like to face the destruction of his culture: when he was five he was among thousands of Navajo children taken from their families and sent to Christian schools that tried to erase their belief systems. 800 words 1600 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Peru,FOCUS LIMA While the coronavirus-hit economy of Peru, Latin America's third worst-hit country, has stalled over the past three months, Lima coffin-maker Genaro Cabrera has seen his sales quadruple. 600 words 1530 GMT by Jesus Olarte and Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video Mexico-health-virus-stigma-doctors-bicycles,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Daniela Chavez, a doctor, took up cycling to work after she felt discriminated against by a taxi driver. Her bicycle was a gift from activists rounding them up to donate to COVID-19 workers facing stigma in Mexico City. 600 words moved by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Senegal,2ndlead DAKAR Senegal said Thursday it would ease an anti-coronavirus curfew and lift restrictions on inter-city travel following two nights of protests marked by violence and more than 200 arrests. 500 words moved Burundi-vote-court,WRAP BUJUMBURA Burundi's constitutional court is expected to rule on a request by the main opposition party for the results of a contested general election last month to be invalidated and fresh polls to be held. 500 words 1600 GMT. Video Health-virus-Cameroon,FOCUS YAOUNDE Cameroon's government faces mounting accusations that delays and incompetence helped coronavirus gain a deadly foothold, causing the country to become one of the worst-hit in Africa. 650 words moved by Reinnier Kaze -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran announces 3,574 new coronavirus infections, the most in one day since the pandemic started, as authorities increase health warnings following a resurgence in recorded cases. 650 words moved by Marc Jourdier Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's unity government says it is back in full control of Tripoli and its suburbs, capping a string of victories more than a year after eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on the capital. 600 words 1530 GMT by Rim Taher. Picture Health-virus-Lebanon,FOCUS BEIRUT Even as it scrambles to avoid economic collapse, Lebanon has recorded some of the lowest infection and mortality rates in the Middle East since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Jean-Marc Mojon and Alice Hackman Health-virus-Egypt-unrest-Bedouin,FOCUS CAIRO In El-Arish, the provincial capital of Egypt's North Sinai, a group of women sew colourful Bedouin designs on masks to combat coronavirus, as an insurgency simmers in their restive region. 600 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-unrest-offbeat HONG KONG Outnumbered and with the rule book written against them, Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers have embraced rotten plants, red bean cakes, bananas and a dizzying array of other weird objects for theatrical stunts inside the rambunctious chamber. 600 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. Picture Philippines-UN-police-law,lead MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war has unleashed widespread and systematic killing with "near impunity" for offenders, a UN report says, calling for an independent probe into human rights abuses. 500 words moved Health-virus-Afghanistan-Taliban,FOCUS KUNDUZ The Taliban boasted of their readiness to fight the deadly coronavirus when it first reached Afghanistan, but now the insurgents are struggling to curb its spread in their strongholds. 700 words moved by Hakim Hasas with Rashid Durrani in Kandahar. Picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-trade WASHINGTON Layoffs caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the United States exceed 42 million while exports and imports fall by a record amount in signs of the crisis facing the world's largest economy. 550 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein and Heather Scott -- SPORT -- Sport-media-TV-health-virus,ANALYSIS LONDON Sport has been forced behind closed doors for the foreseeable future but experts are divided over whether broadcasters will suffer or prosper in the new landscape 650 words moved by Pirate Irwin afp
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