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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 (0)6 4016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus surges spark new global curbs + Malaysia's Najib guilty over 1MDB scandal + Civil rights icon Lewis lies in state + Debutants dominate Booker long list Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Governments across the world impose new restrictions -- from beach closures to quarantines -- in a bid to cool coronavirus hotspots as Spain struggles to save tourist industry. 800 words 1300 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Malaysia-politics-corruption-1MDB,WRAP KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak is found guilty of corruption over the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal that cost him his government, and could face decades in jail. 650 words 1000 GMT by M. Jegathesan and Patrick Lee. Picture. Video Also moved: Malaysia-politics-corruption-1MDB,FACTS US-politics-Congress-rights-JohnLewis WASHINGTON The body of Congressman John Lewis lies in state at the US Capitol as Americans pay their final tributes to the civil rights icon. 600 words moved by Chris Lefkow. Picture Britain-award-literature-Booker LONDON Eight debut novelists face off against veterans Hilary Mantel and Tsitsi Dangarembga in a US-dominated longlist of finalists for Britain's revered Booker Prize. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-China-diplomacy-history,FOCUS WASHINGTON Nearly a half century after the United States began normalizing relations with China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has revived a controversial charge -- that the opening itself was a mistake. 800 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi Health-virus-US-Arizona-tourism,FOCUS BISBEE, Arizona A once flourishing Arizona mining town hit by the Spanish Flu 100 years ago and now visited by tourists and home to hippies and retirees is struggling to survive the new pandemic. 800 words moved by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video Health-virus-Chile-death,FOCUS SANTIAGO All over the world, people are dying alone as relatives are barred from visiting them in hospital for fear of catching and spreading the coronavirus. But not in Chile. 700 words moved by Paula Bustamante. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-politics-extradition-HongKong-Australia-Canada-Britain,lead BEIJING China announces the suspension of Hong Kong's extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and Britain, a tit-for-tat move following similar decisions by those countries over a controversial new security law. 450 words 1000 GMT by Jing Xuan Teng HongKong-China-politics-unrest,FOCUS HONG KONG Henry Tong and Elaine To were preparing to spend their first wedding anniversary in separate prison cells -- until their acquittal for rioting during Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests. 700 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video Health-virus-religion-Islam-livestock,PHOTOESSAY NEW DELHI Prancing in front of a camera with its blond mane blowing in the wind, "007" is one of thousands of goats being sold online as Muslims prepare for a key religious festival shaken this year by the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Johnny Depp's blockbuster libel lawsuit wraps up after three weeks of graphic testimony in which the star admitted to years of drug abuse but denied beating ex-wife Amber Heard. 650 words moved by Sylvain Peuchmaurd. Picture Britain-US-court-media-Depp-reputation,FOCUS LONDON Johnny Depp walked into the halls of London's High Court seeking to expunge the stain of being branded a "wife beater", but when the case wraps up he will have to clear his name in the court of public opinion. 650 words moved by Charlotte Durand and Martine Puawels. Picture Also moved: Britain-US-court-media-Depp,PROFILE Britain-US-court-media-Depp,POINTS Uzbekistan-police-internet-politics,FOCUS TASHKENT When comic Erkin Choliyev apologised for mocking the police, in a video posted by Uzbekistan's interior ministry, his loyal fans feared the worst. 700 words moved by Shukhrat Khurramov with Christopher Rickleton in Almaty. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Africa,FACTS JOHANNESBURG Africa is now heading towards a million diagnosed cases of coronavirus, but experts warn far worse lies ahead in a continent struggling with fragile health systems and slender economic resources. 850 words 1130 GMT by AFP bureaus in Africa. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-Israel-conflict-Hezbollah BEIRUT Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab condemns a "dangerous military escalation" by Israel after a security incident at the border led the Jewish state to fire artillery across the frontier. 400 words moved Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,WRAP MECCA Muslim pilgrims are placed in quarantine in the holy city of Mecca ahead of the dramatically downscaled hajj as Saudi authorities scramble to prevent a coronavirus outbreak during the five-day pilgrimage. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Sudan-conflict-Darfur,FOCUS KHARTOUM A new bout of deadly violence in Sudan's ravaged Darfur region is an attempt to sabotage the country's fragile transition since last year's ouster of strongman President Omar al-Bashir, analysts say. 650 words 1300 GMT Israel-Egypt-music-culture,FOCUS HAIFA, Israel She was one of the Arab world's most revered singers, praised by Bob Dylan and sampled by Beyonce: the late Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum seems worthy of having a street named in her honour. 620 words moved by Majeda El-Batsh. File picture Iraq-conflict-heritage,FEATURE MOSUL, Iraq Nearly a century ago, Iraqis and Westerners stood there with tickets to Berlin, Istanbul or Venice. Today, the rusting tracks and overturned carriages of Mosul's train station betray the city's isolation. 800 words moved by Raad al-Jammas. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Japan-automobile-Nissan-earnings TOKYO Crisis-hit Japanese automaker Nissan warns of a massive $6.4-billion net loss for the current fiscal year as it reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words 1000 GMT -- LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-Emmys,FOCUS LOS ANGELES The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations honoring the best and brightest in television will be announced early Tuesday, kicking off an unusual awards season clouded by the COVID-19 pandemic. 600 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit Health-virus-Switzerland-entertainment-festival-music,SCENE CHARMEY, Switzerland Honking horns and flashing headlights made for an original form of applause Sunday at a Swiss classical music festival staged before a drive-in audience in the heart of the Alps. 600 words moved by Linda Abi Assi. Picture Entertainment-US-film-politics-Fight,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Immigrant families separated, battles over abortion, voter suppression, and a transgender military ban: the era of the Trump administration has been a frantically busy period for US rights lawyers, a new documentary shows. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-health-virus-BRA,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI China's football squad will be limited to "three or four" Brazil-born players, a senior official tells AFP, as former Chelsea star Oscar expressed interest in joining the growing band of Brazilians representing the world's most populous country. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture afp
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