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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + India virus cases surge to world's third highest + Oscar winning composer Morricone dead at 91 + France's new PM unveils cabinet lineup + Japan hunts for survivors after deadly floods + Louvre reopens after 16-week virus shutdown Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India emerges with the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world, as officials warn that hospitals in the United States are in danger of being overwhelmed by a surge in infections. 700 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Italy-music-Morricone,WRAP ROME Ennio Morricone, one of the world's best-known and most prolific film composers, dies in Rome at the age of 91. 600 words 1630 GMT by Ljubomir Milasin. File picture. Also moved: Italy-music-Morricone,OBIT Also moving: Italy-music-Morricone-world,REAX France-politics,WRAP PARIS France's new Prime Minister Jean Castex unveils a new cast of government ministers in a bid to inject fresh momentum into Emmanuel Macron's presidency in the face of the worst economic crisis since World War II. 600 words 1600 GMT by Laurence Benhamou and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Japan-weather-rain-flood,WRAP TOKYO Torrential rain hampers rescue efforts in southwestern Japan as tens of thousands search for survivors from deadly floods and landslides, with more downpours forecast. 700 words moved by Charly Triballeau. Picture. Video. Graphic France-museum-Louvre-health-virus,2ndLead PARIS The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, reopens after nearly four months of coronavirus closure, with a restricted number of visitors enjoying a rare chance to view the "Mona Lisa" without the usual throngs. 600 words 1500 GMT by Aurelie Mayembo and Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-court-WWII-Holocaust,WRAP HAMBURG, Germany German prosecutors demands three years in jail for a 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard who they say was "without a doubt" complicit in the murder of more than 5,000 people during World War II. 600 words moved by Sebastian Bronst. Picture. Video Russia-trial-politics-media,WRAP PSKOV, Russia A Russian journalist is found guilty and handed a hefty fine for "justifying terrorism" in a case that sparked an outcry among her allies at home and rights groups abroad. 650 words moved by Maria Koreneva. Picture. Video -- AFRICA - Ethiopia-demonstration-politics,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Five senior members of an opposition party representing Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, are detained in a wave of political arrests following protests last week which left at least 166 dead. 650 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet Health-virus-Kenya NAIROBI Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announces a "phased reopening" of the country, with the resumption of international flights from August 1 as well as the lifting of internal travel restrictions. 500 words moved by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Morocco-rights-media RABAT Morocco arrests a journalist at the centre of a spat between Rabat and rights group Amnesty International for "public drunkenness and violence", days after opening a probe into his alleged links to foreign intelligence. 500 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-IT-lifestyle-transport-Uber-Postmates,WRAP WASHINGTON Uber agrees to buy delivery startup Postmates for $2.65 billion in stock, in a move shaking up the sector which has seen surging growth during the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 1530 GMT by Rob Lever Dominican-vote-health-virus,WRAP SANTO DOMINGO Opposition candidate Luis Abinader wins the presidential election in the Dominican Republic, ending 16 years of unbroken rule by the Caribbean nation's center-left Dominican Liberation Party, after voters braved a worsening coronavirus outbreak to cast their ballots. 550 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia,lead MELBOURNE, Australia Australia will effectively seal off the state of Victoria from the rest of the country, authorities say, announcing unprecedented measures to tackle a worrying surge in coronavirus cases. 500 words moved HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG The world must stand in solidarity with Hong Kongers after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the semi-autonomous city, activist Joshua Wong says, vowing to continue campaigning for democracy. 550 words moved. File Picture. Video Health-virus-China-politics-arrest-rights,WRAP BEIJING Chinese authorities detain a law professor who published essays criticising President Xi Jinping over the coronavirus pandemic and his efforts to consolidate power, according to friends of the man. 550 words moved Myanmar-crime-heritage-health-tourism BAGAN, Myanmar A squad of gun-toting police patrol Myanmar's sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers snatching relics from temples forsaken by tourists due to coronavirus restrictions. 550 words moved by Su Myat Mon. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-UN-AIDS PARIS COVID-19 could cause an additional half a million AIDS deaths if treatment is disrupted long term, the United Nations says in a warning that the pandemic is jeopardising years of progress against HIV. 500 words 1600 GMT by Patrick Galey Health-virus-asnomia,FOCUS PARIS For some survivors of coronavirus, their brush with the virus costs them their sense of smell, which one sufferer describes as a kind of torture. 650 words moved by Laurence Coustal. File picture -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-France-fashion-virtual,WRAP PARIS The first ever online Paris fashion week clicks off with the world of glitzy runway shows thrown into an existential crisis by the coronavirus. 600 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video Also moved: Lifestyle-France-fashion-hautecouture,INTERVIEW afp
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