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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US scrambles to stem unrest as Trump faces anger + Hard-hit Italy reopens borders after virus lockdown + China warns UK over 'interfering' in Hong Kong + Powerful cyclone slams Indian coast + Zoom earnings soar as video meetings become norm US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON Protesters defy curfews across the United States as leaders scramble to stem anger over police racism while President Donald Trump rejects criticism over his use of force to break up a peaceful rally. 950 words 1000 GMT by Shuan Tandon with Julia Benarrous in Houston. Video. Picture. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP ROME Italy emerges from its darkest days of the pandemic to reopen its borders in time for the European summer, while Brazil surpasses 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as the disease rips through Latin America. 850 words 1130 GMT by Ella Ide with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic China-HongKong-Britain-politics-unrest-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China warns Britain that interfering in Hong Kong will backfire, after London vowed to give sanctuary to locals who may flee the city if a controversial security law is passed. 500 words 1000 GMT India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,2ndlead MUMBAI Cyclone Nisarga rips roofs off homes in a coastal town near Mumbai after officials ordered offices and factories to shut and told people to stay home, reversing a move to ease a coronavirus lockdown in the Indian megacity. 550 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-IT-earnings-Zoom,lead SAN FRANCISCO Zoom reports its earnings soared as its video-meeting service became a popular way to work or socialize while hunkered down due to the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved -- US CIVIL UNREST -- US-politics-race-unrest-LosAngeles,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Protests across Los Angeles have stirred up painful memories of the city's notorious Rodney King and Watts race riots, when African-American anger over police brutality resulted in deadly clashes. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-unrest-Biden,FOCUS WASHINGTON The nationwide US protests for racial justice are giving presidential contender Joe Biden, sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic, the opportunity to reclaim the spotlight. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow and Elodie Cuzin US-race-police-army-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump wants the US military to take the lead in stopping violent race protests, making the Pentagon increasingly vulnerable to accusations of being a tool for his political goals. 700 words moved by Sylvie Lantaume US-politics-race-unrest-solidarity,FOCUS WASHINGTON They are images that surprised and moved Americans: police officers taking a knee alongside protesters in the most widespread civil unrest to rock the nation in decades. 600 words moved by Daniel Woolls. Picture. Video Health-virus-police-racism,FOCUS WASHINGTON Thousands protesting at close quarters, shouting demands and coughing violently when hit by tear gas: experts fear demonstrations roiling the US could reignite the spread of coronavirus. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Also moved: US-politics-race-media,FOCUS US-politics-race-unrest-business-health,FOCUS US-politics-race-unrest-protesters,PROFILE MINNEAPOLIS Tens of thousands of people, from all ethnic and demographic groups, have taken to streets in cities across the United States to demand an end to police brutality. AFP profiles some of them. 800 words moved by Charlotte Plantive, with Paul Handley in Washington, Laura Bonilla in New York and Leila Macor in Miami. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-tourism,UPDATE ROME Italy reopens to travellers from Europe, three months after the country went into coronavirus lockdown, with all hopes pinned on reviving the key tourism industry as the summer season begins. 700 words 1100 GMT by Ella Ide. Live Video. Video. Picture Hungary-history-politics,FOCUS SZEGED, Hungary For Hungary's nationalist leader Viktor Orban it marks the country's darkest day: "June 4, 1920," a date carved into a triangular column marking the spot where the Hungarian, Romanian, and Serbian borders meet. 800 words moved by Peter Murphy. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Cyprus,FOCUS KOKKINOTRIMITHIA, Cyprus Amid the coronavirus lockdown in Cyprus -- the island-nation with Europe's highest per capita rate of asylum seekers -- authorities gave a group of migrants a stark choice: move to an overcrowded camp or go home. 800 words moved by Paul Raymond. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Russia-Idlib,WRAP BEIRUT Russian air strikes have hit Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib for the first time since a March ceasefire came into force, a war monitoring group says. 400 words 1000 GMT Iran-US-prisoner,WRAP TEHRAN Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari has arrived back in Iran and is reunited with his family after being freed from prison by its arch-foe the United States in a return delayed by the coronavirus. 550 words moved -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Senegal-Fulani,FOCUS IN THE DESERT AROUND DAHRA, Senegal Semi-nomadic Fulani pastoralists in northern Senegal have become collateral victims of the global coronavirus pandemic -- shifting seasons and restrictions on movement have left them stranded in the desert, forcing them to spend their meagre savings on food for their animals. 800 words 1000 GMT by Emmet Livingstone 0930 GMT. Picture. Video Sudan-politics-justice,FOCUS KHARTOUM A year after his son died in a bloody crackdown on Sudanese pro-democracy protesters, Kisha Abdulsalam is still holding out hope that the killers be brought to justice by the post-revolution authorities. 550 words 1200 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture Health-virus-DRCongo,FOCUS KINSHASA "Corona is a reality. Protect yourself and protect others," Mamie Batata, a worker with the Catholic charity Caritas, booms out through a megaphone as she proceeds through Kimbanseke, a rundown part of Kinshasa. 700 words moved by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-politics-IT-lifestyle,FOCUS WASHINGTON The 2020 US presidential race is becoming a digital-first campaign as the coronavirus pandemic cuts candidates off from traditional organizing and in-person events. 850 words moved by Rob Lever -- ECONOMY/BUSINESS -- US-economy-entertainment-music-stocks-IPO NEW YORK Warner Music Group, one of the globe's "big three" recording companies, is set to proceed with its initial public offering valuing the company up to $13.3 billion. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-vaccines-diplomacy,ADVANCER PARIS The head of the global vaccine alliance has warned "nobody is safe unless everybody is safe" from the new coronavirus, urging international solidarity ahead of a fundraising summit as the pandemic threatens a resurgence of preventable diseases. 650 words 1100 GMT by Kelly Macnamara -- LIFESTYLE -- Health-virus-France-fashion,INTERVIEW PARIS French fashion designer Agnes b. says optimism leads her to believe that a better world, driven by young people, will emerge from the coronavirus crisis. 500 words moved by Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere. 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