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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump: coronavirus vaccine could arrive in 2020 + Race to extinguish virus in giant Rohingya camp + US seeks to block chip supply to China's Huawei + Philippines typhoon forces thousands from homes + German football takes the spotlight on Saturday Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump voices hope a coronavirus vaccine will be available by late 2020, cushioning dire US economic news as parts of Europe open up despite fears of a second wave of the pandemic. 900 words 2100 GMT by Michael Mathes, with Jastinder Khera in Vienna and AFP bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video Health-virus-Bangladesh-Myanmar-refugee-Rohingya,3rdlead KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh Emergency teams race to prevent a coronavirus "nightmare" in the world's largest refugee settlement after the first reported cases in the giant shanties housing nearly one million Rohingya. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic US-IT-telecom-politics-Huawei,WRAP WASHINGTON US officials move to cut off Chinese tech giant Huawei from global chipmakers, ramping up sanctions on the company seen by Washington as a national security risk. 550 words moved by Rob Lever Health-virus-Philippines-typhoon,WRAP MANILA Tens of thousands of people are forced into cramped shelters by a powerful storm pounding the Philippines, making social distancing nearly impossible as the nation battles the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Germany-health-virus,WRAP BERLIN The German league will on Saturday become the first top European football competition to resume during the coronavirus pandemic, with one coach admitting it feels like "flying blind". 650 words moved by Ryland James. Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Afghanistan-conflict-US-military,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States is struggling to salvage a peace process in Afghanistan after shocking attacks, with its leverage narrowing as it moves full speed ahead with plans to end its longest war. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US-NewYork,FOCUS NEW YORK New York City extends a two-month lockdown, even as parts of its state begin to open up, leaving America's cultural and commercial capital wondering what its future holds. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich resigns after less than a month on the job over what an official calls "incompatibility" with far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's approach to fighting the country's spiralling coronavirus crisis. 600 words 2100 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. Picture. Video. Live video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-coronavirus-children,WRAP PARIS Europe and the United States have seen a sharp surge in recent weeks of a severe immune disorder in children linked to COVID-19, health authorities report. 650 words 2000 GMT by Marlowe Hood Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU and Britain end their latest round of post-Brexit trade talks in a state of deadlock, with both sides urging the other to fundamentally change its strategy. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,FOCUS Health-virus-Russia MOSCOW Russia pushes ahead with plans to ease coronavirus restrictions despite reporting more than 10,000 new cases, with its football league set to return next month and thousands being tested for antibodies. 600 words moved by Michael Mainville. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Lebanon-politics-economy,INTERVIEW BEIRUT Lebanon's finance minister says his crisis-hit country is ready to comply with an IMF request to float the struggling local currency after receiving foreign aid, in an exclusive interview with AFP. 650 words moved. Picture. File video Health-virus-UAE-Dubai-gold-tourism,FOCUS DUBAI Evening dresses made of gold mesh, gilded sunglasses and glittering crowns are sparkling again from the windows of Dubai's historic gold souk which was shuttered during the coronavirus lockdown. 750 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Malawi-politics,FOCUS BLANTYRE Officials and experts are sounding the alarm as Malawi shifts to top campaign gear with giant rallies for an unprecedented presidential re-run despite the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Jack McBrams. File picture Ethiopia-migration-rights-Mozambique ADDIS ABABA As the truck travelled south, Yosef Moliso and the other Ethiopian migrants trapped inside its sealed cargo container pounded on the walls for help while struggling to breathe. By the time border guards in Mozambique stopped the vehicle for inspection, Yosef had passed out. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Mali-Burkina-Niger-Sahel-conflict,FOCUS BAMAKO Al-Qaeda and the Islamic state group have turned their guns on each other in the Sahel, according to experts, fracturing a period of cooperation that has held for years. 700 moved by Amaury Hauchard. File picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-hospital-attack,SCENE KABUL As armed men rampaged through an Afghan hospital, shooting dead mothers and babies, a group of pregnant women hid in a room with one of them about to give birth. 350 words moved by Emal Haidary. File picture. File video Also moved: Afghanistan-hospital-attack-MSF,WRAP -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON Newly released economic data shows the US economy is in a terrible state and may not rebound quickly even when the devastating lockdowns imposed to stop the coronavirus pandemic are lifted. 750 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein Health-virus-Australia-bars,lead SYDNEY Sydney's bars and restaurants open their doors to customers as a weeks-long lockdown eases, with owners hoping a busy booking calendar will make up for restrictions on crowd numbers. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-HAI-Haiti-assault,FOCUS PORT AU PRINCE At a training facility outside the Haitian capital, where young female football players are living under a coronavirus lockdown, the atmosphere is heavy, following allegations that the head of the sport's national federation raped several teenage girls there. 750 words moved by Amelie Baron. Picture afp
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