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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + 'Pandemic of racism' killed George Floyd, memorial hears + Hong Kong protesters defy ban to remember Tiananmen + Germany suspects 'sex predator' killed Maddie McCann + Authors pull study flagging hydroxychloroquine risks + NBA comeback in sight as board backs return-to-play plan US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota George Floyd was killed by a "pandemic of racism," his attorney tells a memorial service, vowing to find justice for the 46-year-old African-American whose harrowing videotaped death while being arrested has unleashed sweeping protests for racial justice. 900 words 2000 GMT by Joy Powell with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic China-HongKong-politics-unrest-Tiananmen,WRAP HONG KONG Tens of thousands of people across Hong Kong light candles and chant democracy slogans to commemorate China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethe over a planned new security law. 700 words moved by Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Britain-Germany-police-missing-McCann,WRAP LONDON German prosecutors appeal for information about a sex offender they suspect killed missing British girl Madeleine McCann, in what her parents called a potentially significant development in solving a mystery that has captured public attention for over a decade. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture Also moved: Britain-Germany-missing-McCann,CHRONO Germany-Britain-police-missing-McCann,PROFILE Health-virus-hydroxychloroquine-retraction WASHINGTON Three of the four authors behind a large-scale study in The Lancet that raised safety fears over the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 retract their paper, blaming a health care company that supplied the patient data. 500 words 2030 GMT by Issam Ahmed Basket-NBA-health-virus-return,2ndlead LOS ANGELES The NBA's board of governors approve a return-to-play plan, paving the way for the league to resume in Florida following a three-month coronavirus shutdown. 600 words 2030 GMT by Rob Woollard -- US PROTESTS -- US-politics-unrest-race-military,FOCUS WASHINGTON Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's rebuff of President Donald Trump over deploying troops to quell protests and sharp blasts from previous Pentagon leaders including Jim Mattis have left Trump's relations with the US military dangerously frayed. 650 words 2100 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture Also moved: US-politics-race-unrest-curfews,FOCUS US-politics-race-unrest-Sharpton,PROFILE NEW YORK Reverend Al Sharpton, who will lead a memorial service for George Floyd Thursday, is a flamboyant but polarizing long-time black civil rights activist who once dreamed of occupying the White House. 650 words 2100 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture Also moved: US-politics-race-unrest-justice-Ellison US-politics-race-unrest-Markle,lead LOS ANGELES Meghan Markle, the wife of Prince Harry, pays tribute to George Floyd as protests over his death in police custody sweep the nation, and expresses support for the Black Lives Matter movement. 500 words 2030 GMT. File picture Britain-US-politics-race-unrest-Trump-Twitter LONDON A top Twitter executive refuses to rule out suspending Donald Trump's account if the US president continued posting incendiary messages such as those about the George Floyd protests. 350 words moved Health-virus-US-protests-RedCross,INTERVIEW GENEVA The Red Cross calls on US authorities and those leading the demonstrations raging across the country to help ensure protesters can gather without fear of sparking fresh coronavirus outbreaks. 700 words moved by Nina Larson -- AMERICAS -- US-Iran-prisoners-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON A US Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years flies out of the country following US authorities' release of an Iranian scientist, although the arch-rival nations both deny it is a swap. 600 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US-Navajo-elders,FOCUS STEAMBOAT, Arizona Emerson Gorman knows what it's like to face the destruction of his culture: when he was five he was among thousands of Navajo children taken from their families and sent to Christian schools that tried to erase their belief systems. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. -- EUROPE -- Health-virus,WRAP FRANKFURT Europe ramps up efforts to help its coronavirus-hit economies as the UN chief calls at global talks for a "people's vaccine" to battle the pandemic. 800 words moved by Tom Barfield with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines-diplomacy Health-virus-Austria-borders,SCENE Health-virus-Slovenia-Italy-border,SCENE Russia-environment-Arctic-fuel-spill,lead MOSCOW Russia intensifies efforts to clean up a major fuel spill that environmentalists say is the worst such accident in the Arctic, as investigators make their first arrest. 600 words moved by Maria Antonova. Picture. Video Turkey-politics ANKARA The Turkish parliament strips three opposition lawmakers of their jobs, triggering furious charges that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government is seeking to further consolidate authoritarian rule. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- Burundi-vote-court,WRAP BUJUMBURA Burundi's constitutional court rejects an opposition bid to overturn the results of last month's contested election, declaring the ruling party's presidential candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye the victor. 700 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Already moved:Burundi-vote-unrest,PROFILE Health-virus-Senegal,3rdlead DAKAR Senegal says it will ease an anti-coronavirus curfew and lift restrictions on inter-city travel following two nights of protests marked by violence and more than 200 arrests. 700 words moved by Laurent Lozano and Malick Rokhy Ba Cameroon-unrest-media-rights,lead YAOUNDE A Cameroonian journalist arrested last August for criticising the government's handling of a separatist revolt died in detention, Reporters Without Borders says. 450 words 2000 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's UN-recognised government says it is back in full control of Tripoli and its suburbs, capping a string of victories against eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar as its chief vows to take the whole country. 600 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict,CHRONO Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran announces 3,574 new coronavirus infections, the most in one day since the pandemic started, as authorities increase health warnings following a resurgence in recorded cases. 650 words moved by Marc Jourdier Also moved: Health-virus-Lebanon,FOCUS -- ASIA -- India-animal-people-environment NEW DELHI India pledges to investigate the death of a pregnant elephant that ate explosives-filled fruit, as cricket and Bollywood stars join a chorus of outrage over the incident. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Philippines-UN-police-law,lead MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war has unleashed widespread and systematic killing with "near impunity" for offenders, a UN report says, calling for an independent probe into human rights abuses. 500 words moved Health-virus-Afghanistan-Taliban,FOCUS KUNDUZ The Taliban boasted of their readiness to fight the deadly coronavirus when it first reached Afghanistan, but now the insurgents are struggling to curb its spread in their strongholds. 700 words moved by Hakim Hasas with Rashid Durrani in Kandahar. Picture -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-trade,lead WASHINGTON In further signs of the crisis facing the world's largest economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, new data shows a record plunge in US exports as layoffs exceed 42 million. 650 words moved by Chris Stein and Heather Scott afp
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