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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus deaths top 500,000 as US struggles + Six dead in Pakistan stock exchange attack + Macron under pressure after local vote rout + Mississippi votes to remove Confederate symbol from flag + Starbucks latest to suspend social media ads Health-virus,WRAP PARIS More than half a million people have died and 10 million have been infected in the coronavirus pandemic, as rates surge in the United States and Latin America. 750 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Pakistan-exchange-attack,WRAP KARACHI At least six people are killed when gunmen attack the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi, with a policeman among the dead. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture France-politics-vote,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron faces pressure to tack left after his centrist party suffers a humiliating rejection in municipal elections that saw Green candidates take control of several key cities amid record abstention rates. 600 words 1100 GMT by Joseph Schmid and Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video US-history-politics-racism,WRAP JACKSON, Mississippi Lawmakers in Mississippi vote to remove the Confederate battle standard from the state flag, after nationwide protests drew renewed attention to symbols of the United States' racist past. 700 words moved by Rory Doyle with Tori Otten in Washington. File Picture. Video US-racism-advertising-Starbucks WASHINGTON Starbucks says that it will pause its advertising on social media while it studies ways to "stop the spread of hate speech" as part of a growing corporate movement. 350 words moved. File Picture Also moved: Basket-NBA-jerseys-race -- CORONAVIRUS -- Media-diplomacy-China-Russia-Turkey-Iran-France-Germany-LatAm-US LONDON Coronavirus misinformation spread on social media by Russian and Chinese journalists is finding a bigger audience in France and Germany than content from some of the European nations' own premier news outlets, according to new research. 650 words 1100 GMT by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-India-women,FOCUS MEERUT, India Unprotected and poorly paid, an all-women army of health workers goes door to door in search of coronavirus sufferers in India's poor communities as the country struggles to contain the epidemic. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ireland-pubs,lead DUBLIN Irish pubs unlock their doors and begin pouring pints, ending a 15-week dry spell forced by the nation's coronavirus lockdown. 550 words 1300 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Britain-economy,lead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the coronavirus crisis needs the type of massive economic response US president Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilised to deal with the Great Depression. 600 words 1030 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-charity-retail,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU and Britain begin an intense five weeks of negotiations to revive stalled efforts to strike a deal to define their post-Brexit relations. 600 words 1100 GMT by Alex Pigman Poland-vote,FOCUS WARSAW Two Polands at odds will battle it out in the presidential run-off next month, pitting the conservative incumbent against Warsaw's liberal mayor. 650 words 1100 GMT by Anna Maria Jakubek. Picture. Video. Graphic France-politics-fraud-trial,WRAP PARIS Former French premier Francis Fillon faces a ruling on charges he set up a fake parliamentary assistant job for his wife that saw her paid over one million euros in public funds, a scandal that demolished his 2017 presidential bid. 600 words 1300 GMT by Juliette Montesse and Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video EU-Germany-France-politics-economy,WRAP BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts French President Emmanuel Macron for talks, just days before Germany takes on the rotating presidency of the European Union with an economy mired in the worst crisis since World War II. 650 words 1100 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture Russia-vote-constitution-opposition,FOCUS MOSCOW Russia's opposition is denouncing this week's vote on President Vladimir Putin's constitutional reforms as a joke, pointing out that copies of the amended basic law are already on sale in Moscow bookshops. Among other changes, the reforms could potentially allow Putin to remain in power until 2036. 700 words moved by Anna Smolchenko -- ASIA -- China-HongKong-US-politics-protest,WRAP BEIJING China says it will impose visa restrictions on US citizens who "behaved egregiously" over Hong Kong, ahead of expected approval from Beijing lawmakers for a controversial national security law in the city. 500 words moved by Laurie Chen. File picture. China-gender-sexuality-rights,FOCUS BEIJING Engaged for over three years, Guo and Zhu are fed up waiting for Chinese lawmakers to approve same-sex marriage. Instead, they have turned online to gain recognition for their relationship. 750 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara and Danni Zhu. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-stocks-economy,WRAP HARARE Zimbabwe's stock exchange suspends trading following a weekend government order that the bourse and mobile money transfer agents temporarily halt business to allow for investigations into illegal forex dealing. 450 words 1200 GMT by Fanuel Jongwe Senegal-environment-construction,FOCUS DAKAR It took one morning in late May to cut a large chunk from the side of a seaside volcanic hill in Senegal's capital Dakar to make way for a hotel. Exploitable land is limited in the rapidly expanding West African metropolis of some three million people. 650 words moved by Emmet Livingstone. Picture. Video DRCongo-Belgium-independence-anniversary,FOCUS KINSHASA When the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates 60 years of independence from Belgium on Tuesday, it will also remember Patrice Lumumba, one of its enduring national heroes and icon of those who demand that former colonial powers face up to their history. 850 words moved by Samir Tounsi with Matthieu Demeestere in Brussels. File Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS JERUSALEM If Israel presses ahead with annexations in the occupied West Bank, it risks undermining improved ties with key Arab states and alienating European powers, but the real diplomatic costs could be limited, experts say. 650 words 1130 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee Israel-Palestinians-conflict-protest,FOCUS RAMALLAH With loud speakers mounted, Palestinian flags unfurled and civil servants allowed off work, everything appeared set for a large protest in Ramallah against Israel's annexation plans in the occupied West Bank. But only 200 people turned up. 700 words moved by Claire Gounon. File Picture -- BUSINESS -- US-aviation-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing's 737 MAX could take its first test flight from Monday, a crucial step for the survival of the company's star model that has been grounded for 14 months. 650 words moved by Christophe Vogt afp
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