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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: jenny.vaughan@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US officer charged in Floyd killing to appear in court + New York tentatively reopens after virus shutdown + Oil giant BP to cut 10,000 jobs on virus fallout + Iranian scientist home after US prisoner swap + UK denounces toppling of slave trader statue US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota The white police officer whose arrest of George Floyd ended in the African American's death, unleashing mass protests for racial justice, makes his first court appearance as Minneapolis' city council moves to disband and rebuild its police department. 650 words 1600 GMT by Joy Powell and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK New York City, the epicenter of America's coronavirus outbreak, starts to reopen its shattered economy as European countries experiment with further lifting restrictions, even as global cases top seven million and deaths mount in Latin America. 700 words 1600 GMT by Peter Hutchison with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Britain-energy-layoffs-BP,2ndlead LONDON British energy giant BP is to axe "close to 10,000" jobs, or almost 15 percent of its global workforce, after the coronavirus pandemic slashes demand for oil. 450 words moved by Ben Perry Iran-US-prisoners,WRAP TEHRAN An Iranian scientist returns home from an American jail after Tehran freed a US Navy veteran in what the Islamic republic says is a prisoner swap of the kind it hopes can be repeated between the arch enemies. 680 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video US-politics-race-protest-Britain-history,2ndlead LONDON The British government denounces the toppling of a statue to a slave trader during anti-racism protests, urging campaigners to use democratic means for change rather than criminality. 650 words moved by Alice Ritchie. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON Britain introduces a two-week quarantine for most people arriving from abroad to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus, sparking condemnation from the ailing aviation sector, which claims it could cost tens of thousands of jobs. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-Britain-quarantine,SCENE Health-virus-Russia-Moscow,UPDATE MOSCOW Russia announces it will lift a range of anti-coronavirus measures including a strict lockdown on Moscow starting Tuesday, despite still recording thousands of new infections every day. 650 words 1530 GMT by Jonathan Brown and Anna Malpas. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ireland DUBLIN Ireland's shops and workplaces lurch back to life as the nation presses ahead with its plan to lift coronavirus lockdown restrictions ahead of schedule. 450 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video Health-virus-study-lockdown PARIS Lockdowns prevented around 3.1 million deaths in 11 European countries, according to a new modelling study, as most nations tiptoe out of the strict measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus. 550 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-race-unrest-Floyd,FOCUS HOUSTON Mallory Jackson first met George Floyd in a high school English class in Houston's Third Ward. He remembers him as funny and kind, great at sports, good with the little kids. Jackson has not eaten or slept much since watching images of his old friend dying under a policeman's knee. 600 words 1600 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-data-politics,FOCUS SAO PAULO Critics accuse President Jair Bolsonaro of trying to cover up the spiralling coronavirus death toll in Brazil, after his government first stopped reporting the total number of fatalities, then released contradictory figures. 600 words 1700 GMT by Paula Ramon. File picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-education-schools,SCENE TEMBISA, South Africa Eleven weeks after they were closed to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, schools in South Africa partially reopen, taking in just final year primary and high school students. 650 words 1500 GMT by Beatrice Debut. Picture. Video Ethiopia-politics-health-vote,lead ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rules out forming a transitional government once his mandate expires in October, brushing aside accusations he is misusing the coronavirus epidemic and delayed polls to extend his mandate. 500 words moved DRCongo-war-history, FOCUS KISANGANI, Democratic Republic of Congo Twenty years ago, two East African countries came to blows in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, fighting a "Six-Day War" that the world has now forgotten but whose pain lingers. 700 words moved by Ernest Mukuli with Marthe Bosuandole in Kinshasa -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-Egypt,FOCUS CAIRO Rattled by a string of military defeats for ally Khalifa Haftar in neighbouring Libya, Egypt has pressed for a ceasefire -- and, despite doubts, is sticking with the strongman for now, analysts say. 850 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture Israel-Palestinians-conflict-technology,FOCUS JERUSALEM Palestinian business owners in occupied east Jerusalem fear they will be forced to shut up shop by Israeli authorities over plans to build a vast high-tech hub in their neighbourhood. 640 words moved by Hiba Aslan. Picture. Video Health-virus-Iran-photography,FOCUS NICOSIA Iranian photographer Gohar Dashti explores the relationship between nature, human migration and the effects of conflict and social upheaval. The coronavirus pandemic, she believes, reminds us of our mutual responsibility toward each other. 700 words moved by Susannah Walden. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,lead NEW DELHI Malls and temples open across India after a 10-week lockdown, despite a record daily rise in new cases and predictions that the epidemic will worsen for weeks to come. 600 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Video. Picture Vietnam-health-education-sex,FEATURE HANOI Huong has had two abortions in two years. No one had ever talked to her about sex: not her parents, not her teachers -- and her friends knew as little as she did. 800 words moved by Thi Minh Ha with Alice Philipson in Hong Kong. Photo. Video -- ECONOMY -- Health-virus-WorldBank-economy-recession WASHINGTON The World Bank releases its grim new outlook for the global economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words 1530 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture -- SPORTS -- Athletics-doping-corruption-trial-Diack,WRAP PARIS Lamine Diack, former head of athletics' world governing body, goes on trial in France facing a potential 10-year prison sentence on charges of accepting millions of dollars to cover up Russian doping tests. 650 words 1700 GMT by Andrea Bambino. Picture. Video RugbyU-health-virus-Super-NZL,2ndlead WELLINGTON Fans will be allowed to fill stadiums when top-flight rugby resumes in New Zealand this weekend, organisers say, hailing the move as a world first after professional sport's coronavirus shutdown. 550 words moved -- LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-France-fashion-Chanel PARIS Chanel may bring down the curtain on its ultra-spectacular Paris fashion shows, hints designer Virginie Viard as she unveils its first collection since the coronavirus crisis. 550 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture Health-virus-Switzerland-art ZURICH Art Basel, the world's biggest contemporary art fair, cancels the 2020 edition in Switzerland due to the coronavirus pandemic, denting its parent company on the stock exchange. 350 words moved afp
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