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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Macron pledges support on Beirut visit + Social media giants take aim at Trump + Huge chunk of Alpine glacier at risk + Cyclist in coma after Poland tour crash Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron visits shell-shocked Beirut, pledging support and urging change after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury. 850 words 1500 GMT by Jean-Marc Mojon and Valerie Leroux. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-politics-IT-Trump-Facebook-Twitter,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook and Twitter take aim at US President Donald Trump and his campaign over a video post in which he contended that children are "almost immune" to the coronavirus, a claim they say amounts to "misinformation." 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman. File picture Italy-glacier-environment-evacuation,WRAP COURMAYEUR,Italy Several dozen people are evacuated in northeastern Italy as a huge chunk of a glacier in the Mont Blanc massif threatens to break off due to high temperatures. 400 words 1500 GMT by Marco Bertorello with Alexandria Sage in Rome. Picture Cycling-POL,WRAP WARSAW Cyclist Dylan Groenewegen apologises after causing a crash in the opening stage of the Tour of Poland which left fellow Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen in a coma. 600 words 1430 GMT by Dario Thuburn. Picture. -- BEIRUT BLAST -- Lebanon-blast-politics,POINTS BEIRUT With anger mounting over the epic destruction caused by the Beirut port blast and a country already mired in its worst ever economic crisis, what impact will the tragedy have on Lebanese politics? 750 words moved by Acil Tabbara. Picture. Graphic. Video Lebanon-blast-solidarity,SCENE BEIRUT In Beirut's beloved bar districts, hundreds of young Lebanese ditch beers for brooms to sweep debris in the absence of a state-sponsored cleanup operation following the deadly blast. 650 words moved by Dylan Collins and Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-Macron,SCENE BEIRUT White shirt sleeves rolled up, Emmanuel Macron walks through the devastated streets of Beirut, skillfully working a manic crowd urging him to help remove their reviled Lebanese leadership. 500 words 1430 GMT by Valerie Leroux. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-aid-diaspora,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Lebanon's diaspora, estimated at three times the size of the tiny country's population of five million, has stepped up to provide assistance following the massive explosion that laid waste to much of the country's capital Beirut. 650 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-children,FACTS WASHINGTON We know for sure children are less likely to fall ill from the coronavirus, and emerging evidence suggests they're less likely to be infected too. What's less clear is how much they spread the virus once infected. 600 words 1800 GMT Health-virus-Australia MELBOURNE Australia's second-largest city Melbourne enters the country's toughest lockdown for six weeks, sparking a fresh wave of anxiety and confusion over ever-tougher regulations. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS SAO PAULO Five months after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil is fast approaching the bleak milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, a tragedy experts blame on the country's lack of coherent response. 650 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Brazil-social,FOCUS Health-virus-Brazil-toll,INTERVIEW -- EUROPE -- Italy-art-history ROME Art sleuths have created a 3D reconstruction of Italian painter Raphael's face, which they claim solves an age-old mystery over his final resting place. 500 words 1600 GMT by Ella Ide. Picture Italy-Spain-assault-Domingo ROME Famed Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo, accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, denies the allegations in an interview on getting over coronavirus. 350 words moved -- AFRICA -- Guinea-politics-vote,WRAP CONAKRY Guinea's ruling party urges President Alpha Conde to seek a third term in elections due this year, a scenario that has sparked clashes in the West African state. 550 words moved by Mouctar Bar. File picture. Graphic -- ASIA -- China-Canada-crime-court,WRAP BEIJING A Chinese court sentences a Canadian national to death in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada. 450 words moved. Video US-China-internet-Bytedance,FOCUS BEIJING The Chinese billionaire behind teen phenomenon TikTok is a 37-year-old tech guru whose eye for youth trends has blasted the app to global success -- but his inventiveness may not be enough to save the company's lucrative US market. 700 words moved by Beiyi Seow. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON New unemployment claims resume their decline after two weeks of increases, in a surprise sign of improvement for the battered US job market, but economists warn the recovery remains painfully slow. 500 words 1500 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture Turkey-economy-currency,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey's lira sets a new record low against the US dollar as investors worried about the government's economic policies and dollar reserves appeared to be running low. 500 words 1500 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video afp
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