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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: jenny.vaughan@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US virus deaths top 100,000 + China MPs back HK security law + Trump targets social media giants + US protests after policeman kills black man + 'Protective bubbles' enable care home visits Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The US coronavirus death toll passed 100,000, as some countries reimpose social distancing rules after a resurgence of cases while the world grapples with reopening without sparking a dreaded second wave. 1,000 words 1430 GMT by Michael Mathes with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Videographic HongKong-China-US-politics-unrest,WRAP BEIJING China's parliament approved plans to impose a security law on Hong Kong that has ratcheted up tensions with the US and sparked new protests over fears the city is losing its special freedoms. 750 words moved by Laurie Chen. Live video. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-unrest-US,FACTS Also moving: HongKong-China-US-politics-unrest-law,Q&A US-politics-media-Trump-Twitter,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump is set to target social media giants like Twitter, which he accuses of being biased against him, with an executive order. 500 words 1500 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-politics-police-justice-race,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, United States One person is dead and multiple buildings on fire in the midwestern US city of Minneapolis after a second night of angry protests over the police killing of a handcuffed African American man. 700 words 1500 GMT by Joy Powell. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-elderly,SCENE BOURBOURG, Northern France Nathalie Szczepaniak caresses the hand of her husband, a care home resident, after two months without visits amid France's coronavirus lockdown. But this is no ordinary reunion -- the couple meet in a "bubble" separated by a clear plastic sheet. 700 words 1430 GMT moved by Elia Vaissiere. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France,lead PARIS The French government unveils new measures to ease the coronavirus lockdown, potentially allowing restaurants in areas where the outbreak remains contained to open as soon as next week. 600 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-politics-Cummings LONDON UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sticks by his top aide Dominic Cummings after police find that the Brexit campaign mastermind committed only a "minor" coronavirus lockdown breach and close the politically explosive case. 600 words 1600 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Germany-Russia-politics-hacking-diplomacy,WRAP BERLIN Germany's foreign ministry calls in the Russian ambassador to discuss possible sanctions over a 2015 hacking attack on the German parliament, in an escalating diplomatic row. 500 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture Health-virus-Switzerland-Geneva-airport GENEVA Geneva Airport says it will restart regular passenger services on June 15, although with a much-reduced schedule and new measures in place to protect against COVID-19. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-Spain-Algeria-Tunisia,FOCUS MARSEILLE, France Hugging and shaking hands is considered part of the essence of Mediterranean identity, but the coronavirus pandemic has put an abrupt end to such rituals with no indication over when it will be safe to resume them. 700 words 1700 GMT by Isabelle Ligner and Isabelle Wesselingh with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-Bulgaria-science-vaccine,FOCUS SOFIA As labs test if the traditional BCG anti-tuberculosis vaccine offers any protection against coronavirus, Bulgaria is holding out hope of new markets for the millions of BCG doses it makes every year. 700 words moved by Vessela Sergueva. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-crime,WRAP KANO, Nigeria Gunmen on motorcycles kill dozens of civilians in a string of attacks on villages in the restive northwest of Nigeria, as authorities struggle to curb violence. 600 words 1600 GMT by Aminu Abubakar Health-virus-SAfrica-animal, FOCUS As tourism has come to a standstill and the demand for food donations rises, a South African supermarket owner has started processing culled wild animals in his butchery and distributing venison to those in need. 900 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Video Ethiopia-telecom-investment,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA For delivery man Sisay Alebachew, the difference between a good and bad day depends on Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia's monopoly telecoms provider. 850 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's new parliament elects former Tehran mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf as its speaker in a boost for conservatives ahead of next year's presidential election. 650 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Also moved: Iran-politics-nuclear-US Libya-conflict,Q&A TRIPOLI After backing different sides in the Libya war, Russia and Turkey appear to have agreed to avoid direct confrontation and carve up the oil-rich country into spheres of influence, analysts say. 700 words moved by Rim Taher. File picture Health-virus-Israel JERUSALEM Israel has launched a campaign to take antibody test of 100,000 people as the country prepares for a possible "second wave" of coronavirus cases, a top official says. 450 words moved Health-virus-Iraq-economy,FOCUS BASRA, Iraq In Iraq, a national lockdown to halt the coronavirus pandemic has found some unexpected fans: local businesses who no longer have to compete with Turkish, Iranian or Chinese imports. 800 words moved by Dawood Salman. Picture. Video Health-virus-Tunisia-politics,INTERVIEW TUNIS During Tunisia's coronavirus lockdown, feminist activist and former lawmaker Bochra Belhaj Hmida has been worrying about family violence, rethinking gender roles -- and crocheting. 700 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. File Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan conflict,WRAP KABUL Seven members of the Afghan security forces are killed in an attack officials blamed on the Taliban, the first deadly assault since a three-day ceasefire ended. 500 words moved. Graphic Bangladesh-India-weather-cyclone-environment,SCENE KHULNA, Bangladesh Rezaul Islam wades through waist-high water, a sack of rice on his head pulled from his home, homeless a week after a cyclone savaged Bangladesh and eastern India. 600 words moved by Sam Jahan and Kazi Santo. Picture. Video HongKong-China-US-politics-unrest-courts,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong's courts are clogged with a backlog of protester trials nearly a year after an explosion of huge pro-democracy rallies, with hundreds of mostly young demonstrators facing the prospect of lengthy jail terms. 700 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture Health-virus-India-water-weather-climate,FOCUS NEW DELHI Bollywood stars and political leaders have urged Indians to wash their hands to protect against coronavirus but that's a pipe dream for slum-dwellers like Bala Devi, now sweltering through a summer heatwave. 650 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Japan-automobile-Nissan-earnings,WRAP TOKYO Crisis-hit Japanese automaker Nissan reports a huge $6.2-billion annual net loss, announcing it will shut its Barcelona plant and slash production, as it reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture Also moved: Spain-Japan-automobile-layoffs,3rdlead Health-virus-Britain-aviation-EasyJet,2ndlead LONDON British no-frills airline EasyJet says it will axe up to 4,500 jobs, or almost one third of its staff, as the coronavirus ravages demand for air travel and triggers bankruptcies and bailouts for rival carriers worldwide. 550 words moved by Roland Jackson Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-manufacturing WASHINGTON Jobless claims since the coronavirus arrived in the United States pass 40 million and manufactured goods sales plunge even as signs emerge of the economy's reopening. 600 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Science-health-genetics TOKYO Imagine the body's instruction manual, the genome: here words are genes, letters are DNA, and the equivalent of typos can have disastrous consequences. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein -- SPORT -- RugbyL-health-virus-AUS-NRL BRISBANE, Australia Canned cheers and cardboard spectators greet the return of professional sport to Australia with the Parramatta Eels beating the Brisbane Broncos as the National Rugby League resumed after a lengthy coronavirus break. 500 words moved. 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