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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Outcry as China passes HK security law + Belgium voices regret for DRCongo colonial suffering + EU mulls 'safe list' for travel over virus + TikTok denies giving China data on users in India + Cirque de Soleil files for bankruptcy HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG China passes a sweeping national security law for Hong Kong, a historic move that critics and many Western governments fear will smother the finance hub's freedoms and hollow out its autonomy. 750 words 1030 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao. Picture Also moved: China-HongKong-US-politics-protest,WRAP Belgium-DRCongo-politics-history,WRAP BRUSSELS Belgium's King Philippe expresses "deepest regrets" for the harm done during Belgian colonial rule in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a first for his country. 600 words 1000 GMT by Matthieu Demeestere and Alex Pigman. Picture Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Union weighs a list of "safe countries" from where travellers will be free to enter the bloc as the WHO warns the pandemic is still accelerating globally with more than 500,000 deaths worldwide. 800 words 1200 GMT by Alex Pigman with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic India-China-conflict-diplomacy-IT-TikTok,WRAP NEW DELHI TikTok denies sharing user data with the Chinese government after India bans the wildly popular app as ties with Beijing deteriorate sharply following a deadly border clash. 500 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture Canada-entertainment-circus-Cirque-health-virus,2ndlead MONTREAL Cirque du Soleil announces it is filing for bankruptcy protection and cutting thousands of jobs as the world's most famous circus troupe seeks to survive the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-Broadway -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-virus-health-animal,lead WASHINGTON Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published in a US science journal. 400 words moved Health-virus-Britain-politics-economy DUDLEY, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson promises a multi-billion-pound "new deal" for infrastructure projects to help repair the devastating economic damage of the coronavirus outbreak. 600 words 1200 GMT Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-Leicester LEICESTER, United Kingdom Britain's first local lockdown comes into force in the central English city of Leicester, after a worrying spike in coronavirus cases, just days before a lifting of restrictions. 600 words 1200 GMT by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Iraq-doctors,FOCUS BAGHDAD Unpaid salaries. Mask shortages. Threats from patients' families. Doctors across Iraq are cracking under those conditions just as they face a long-feared spike in novel coronavirus cases. 800 words moved. Maya Gebeily with Shwan Muhammad in Sulaimaniyah. Picture Health-virus-US-Texas,SCENE HOUSTON, Texas Armed with blankets and pillows, Texans wait in their cars for hours outside a testing center in Houston, one of the new COVID-19 epicenters in the US. 450 words moved by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video Health-virus-Peru-Venezuela-family,FOCUS LIMA The 14 members of the Hernandez family arrived in Peru from Venezuela two years ago with hopes high for a better life, but the coronavirus pandemic has cruelly shattered the dream: the grandfather died and now the entire family is struggling with the disease. 650 words moved by Jesus Olarte and Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-religion-tourism,SCENE HARIDWAR, India Life is slowly returning to normal among the hallowed temples of Haridwar, one of Hinduism's holiest places, but the Indian pilgrimage town still has a forlorn air as the country emerges from its coronavirus lockdown. 600 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-France-court,WRAP TEHRAN Iran sentences to death an opposition figure who had lived in exile in France before his arrest last year and separately upholds a five-year sentence for a French-Iranian academic. 500 words 0930 GMT Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel's deputy premier says West Bank annexations must wait, allies and regional powers have condemned the project, but a day before his government can move forward, the prime minister's plans remain unknown. 550 words 1130 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-inflation-currency,FOCUS BEIRUT An evening dress for milk formula. Children's clothes for food. As they watch prices soar in crisis-hit Lebanon, parents are increasingly bartering to feed their families. 750 words 1100 GMT by Rouba El-Husseini. Picture. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Africa-economy-trade,FOCUS ABIDJAN A historic deal to smash down tariff barriers within Africa is being braked by the coronavirus pandemic and a thicket of negotiating problems. 800 words 1000 GMT by David Esnault with Robbie Corey-Boulet in Addis Ababa and AFP bureaus in Africa Sahel-France-unrest-summit NOUAKCHOTT Leaders from five West African countries and their ally France confer over their troubled efforts to stem a jihadist offensive unfolding in the Sahel. 500 words moved -- EUROPE -- Russia-vote-constitution-polling,SCENE SAINT PETERSBURG The rickety plastic table beneath a row of apartment blocks in Saint Petersburg does not look much like a polling booth. But as Russians cast votes on constitutional reforms that could extend President Vladimir Putin's rule until 2036, the picnic furniture has taken on official status. 560 words 1000 GMT by Marina Koreneva. Picture. Video Romania-environment-conservation-tourism,FOCUS SFANTU-GHEORGHE, Romania As the "last rower" left in one of the villages dotting Romania's Danube Delta, Iosif Acsente is all too aware of how the traditions and vistas of the region are slowly disappearing -- an issue brought into sharper relief by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Mihaela Rodina and Ionut Iordachescu. Picture. Video. Britain-immigration-racism,FOCUS LONDON Ijeoma Moore came to Britain from Nigeria as a toddler and is now 25. "I have lived here since I was two. I feel very much British," she says. 700 words moved by Pauline Froissart. File picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-unrest,FOCUS HONG KONG Jailed without trial when Hong Kong was a British colony, former underground communist Lau Man-shing says he fears a new generation of dissidents could suffer a similar fate once Beijing imposes its new national security law. 650 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Russia-Taliban-Afghanistan-espionage-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump received a written briefing about alleged Russian bounties offered to Afghan militants to kill American troops as early as February, The New York Times says in a new report undercutting the US president's assertion that he was not told of the threat. 750 words moved -- BUSINESS/TECH/ECONOMY -- US-IT-politics-advertising-Facebook,FOCUS WASHINGTON The advertiser boycott of Facebook has morphed into a global digital activist campaign aimed at curbing hateful and toxic content on the social media giant. But its impact remains unclear. 700 words moved by Rob Lever Japan-economy-unemployment TOKYO Japan's unemployment rate rose to 2.9 percent in May, official data shows, the third consecutive monthly rise as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll on the world's number-three economy. 300 words moved -- SPORT -- Yachting-NZL-AmCup,lead WELLINGTON Team New Zealand says it has fired a number of employees for leaking confidential information as spying claims rock preparations for next year's prestigious America's Cup yachting regatta. 550 words moved. File picture Rugby-Sevens-health-virus HONG KONG The remainder of this year's World Rugby Sevens Series has been cancelled over the coronavirus, the sport's governing body said, with the flagship Hong Kong tournament among five events called off. 500 words 0930 GMT. File picture Also moved: Baseball-virus-SKorea-KOR-fans Football-AFL-AUS-Australia-racism,FOCUS SYDNEY Australian Rules teams came together to take a knee in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement, but ongoing racist attacks show there's still work to do. 750 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture afp
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