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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Contact: ben.sheppard@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US clampdown after violent protests + Astronauts reach space station on SpaceX capsule + Virus cases top six million worldwide + India expels Pakistan 'spies' + Australia rugby league gathers steam US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Thousands of National Guard troops patrol major US cities after five consecutive nights of protests over racism and police brutality that boiled over into arson and looting, sending shock waves through the country. 900 words 2100 GMT by Joy Powell and Laurent Banguet in Los Angeles. Picture,Video US-space-SpaceX-NASA,WRAP WASHINGTON NASA astronauts enter the International Space Station after a landmark 19-hour journey on the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade, a triumph for SpaceX and private enterprise. 650 words 1930 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Photo. Video. Health-virus,WRAP BRASILIA The number of coronavirus cases worldwide tops six million as the disease spreads rapidly across Latin America, while divisions deepen over how to deal with the pandemic. 850 words 2200 GMT by Valeria Pacheco with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic India-Pakistan-diplomacy-expulsion,WRAP NEW DELHI Two officials at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi are ordered expelled for "indulging in espionage activities", allegations that its nuclear-armed rival called "baseless". 500 words 2030 GMT by Glenda Kwek RugbyL-Australia-virus PERTH, Australia Youngster Bradman Best leads a thrilling comeback by the Newcastle Knights to snatch a draw against the Penrith Panthers as Australia's National Rugby League's comeback gathers steam, in the English-speaking world's first pro-league resumption after a coronavirus shutdown. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-race-unrest-church,SCENE MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota A pastor releases two doves into the sky of Minneapolis as his African-American congregation gather to seek comfort in troubled times. 450 words 2130 GMT by Charlotte Plantive US-politics-race-unrest-journalism,FOCUS NEW YORK Journalists covering nationwide protests over the death of a black man at police hands in Minneapolis have found themselves under attack, by police and at times by protesters. 450 words moved by Thomas Urbain -- EUROPE -- Sports-US-politics-race-unrest BERLIN French star Marcus Thuram takes a knee and England international Jadon Sancho sports a "Justice for George Floyd" T-shirt as footballers in the German Bundesliga join protests over racism and police brutality in the United States. 600 words 2000 GMT Picture US-politics-race-unrest-Britain protest,lead LONDON Hundreds of Londoners defy coronavirus restrictions to outside the US embassy in solidarity with protests raging across the United States over the death of an unarmed black man during an arrest. 250 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video. US-space-Russia MOSCOW Moscow space officials say they are puzzled by "hysteria" around the successful SpaceX flight, as Elon Musk taunts Russia and US President Donald Trump vows to beat it to Mars. 650 words moved by Anna Smolchenko We have also moved: Russia-US-space-science,FOCUS Health-virus-Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Barnier,lead LONDON The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator tells Britain that the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus crisis makes it especially important the sides reach a new trade deal. 550 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. File picture. -- AFRICA -- Burkina-unrest,3rdlead OUAGADOUGOU Gunmen killed at least 25 people in an attack on a market in eastern Burkina Faso, the local governor says, a day after an attack in the north claimed 15 lives. 400 words 2000 GMT Health-virus-SAfrica-politics-poverty,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Admired by some but berated by others for imposing a tight lockdown, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a fresh leadership test over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Michelle Gumede. File picture Zimbabwe-land-politics-economy,FEATURE HARARE Eighty-year-old Isobel Simons calmly narrates how she and her late husband lost their 728-hectare Zimbabwe farm two decades ago to Robert Mugabe's controversial land reforms. Then she breaks down and sobs. 1,200 words moved by Ish Mafundikwa. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-Islam JERUSALEM Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, reopens after a more than two-month-long coronavirus lockdown, but tensions mar the event which comes after a deadly police shooting. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Iran-US-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's new parliament speaker says any negotiations with Washington would be "futile" and denounces the death of a black American that has sparked violent protests across the US. 600 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Sudan-politics-corruption,FOCUS KHARTOUM Sudanese authorities have begun to recover billions of dollars of real estate illegally amassed by deposed dictator Omar al-Bashir's regime, but other assets will be difficult to seize, experts say. 550 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali Health-virus-Saudi-religion,SCENE RIYADH Mask-clad worshippers flock to Saudi mosques reopening nationwide -- except in the holy city of Mecca -- over two months after congregational prayers were halted under a coronavirus lockdown. 500 words moved by Rania Sanjar. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- US-politics-race-unrest-China,lead BEIJING Chinese state media take aim at the US government over the weekend as many American cities are gripped by raging protests and clashes, comparing the unrest with the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. 600 words moved Health-virus-Thailand-economy-poverty BANGKOK Shuffling around their tiny slum home which is too small to stand up in, Thanapat and Papassorn Noidee share donated noodles with their sons and worry about how they will pay the bills, as the coronavirus pushes Thailand's poor deeper into penury. 400 words moved by Romeo Gacad and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video Health-virus-Indonesia SURABAYA, Indonesia A 100-year-old Indonesian woman has recovered from coronavirus, making her the country's oldest survivor of the deadly respiratory illness. 250 words moved. Picture Bangladesh-virus-health DHAKA Bangladesh lifts its coronavirus lockdown, with millions heading back to work in densely populated cities and towns even as the country logs a record spike in deaths and new infections. 400 words moved by Sam Jahan. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Indicator-economy-China,lead BEIJING Factory activity in China expanded at a slower pace in May as the country attempts to get back on track after the coronavirus, official data shows, with the global economic slump making the sector's recovery difficult. 550 words moved afp
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