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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Japan's Abe to resign for health reasons + Europe tightens virus measures as cases surge + Anti-racism protesters flood US capital + Trump intensifies anti-Biden onslaught + Polar bear kills man in Norwegian Arctic Japan-politics-Abe,WRAP TOKYO Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces he will resign over health problems, in a bombshell development that kicks off a leadership race in the world's third-largest economy. 650 words moved by Miwa Suzuki and Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Japan-politics-Abe,PROFILE Japan-politics-Abe,FACTS Japan-politics-economy-Abe,POINTS Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Europe tightens restrictions as it battles a surge in coronavirus cases, with masks becoming obligatory all over Paris and Hungary shutting its borders once again. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic US-racism-politics-march,WRAP WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of protesters demanding racial equality and an end to police brutality flooded the US capital on Friday, sign of a renewed groundswell of anger gripping the nation following a white police officer's shooting of African American Jacob Blake. 700 words 2030 GMT by Charlotte Plantive and Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump follows his all-out assault on Joe Biden at the Republican convention by flying to a rally in New Hampshire, as the Democratic challenger plots his own return to the live campaign trail after months under coronavirus lockdown. 600 words 2130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Moved: US-politics-vote-Republicans,POINTS Norway-animal-climate-environment,lead OSLO A polar bear kills a man on Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, the sixth fatal attack in almost 50 years in the region. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-politics-corruption-health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's High Court of Justice removes Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel from office, as police raid his official residence in a probe into accusations he stole emergency funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 2000 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest-EU-Russia,WRAP BERLIN The EU urges Russia not to intervene in Belarus after President Vladimir Putin vows military support for the country's embattled leader. 750 words moved by Damon Wake. File picture Turkey-politics-right,WRAP ISTANBUL Istanbul police fire teargas and chase away hundreds of mourners during the burial of a lawyer who died on the 238th day of a hunger strike she staged to protest her jailing on terror charges. 700 words moved by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Britain-Italy-Spain-art,WRAP ROME British street artist Banksy has funded a pink-and-white charity vessel rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, a news report and the ship's operators say. 650 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-coup,WRAP NIAMEY Mali must return to civilian rule immediately and hold elections within 12 months, West African countries demand as they consider sanctions over a military coup that toppled the country's president. 650 words moved by Boureima Hama. File picture CAfrica-unrest-Mali-coup,FOCUS BANGUI In the Central African Republic, a country with a history of coups since independence from France 60 years ago, the ouster of Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has brought back dark memories. 750 words moved by Vianney Ingasso with Camille Laffont in Paris. File picture. Graphic -- MIDEAST -- Israel-UAE-US-arms,FOCUS JERUSALEM Amidst all the diplomatic back-slapping, the Israel-UAE accord faces its first hiccup: the possible sale of American F-35 fighter jets to Abu Dhabi that could challenge the Israeli technological edge in the Middle East. 600 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. File Picture Israel-crime-rape-politics,FOCUS JERUSALEM Allegations of a horrific hotel gang-rape in Israel where 30 men reportedly waited in line to assault a teenage girl triggers an outraged campaign echoing the global #MeToo movement. 700 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture -- ASIA -- Australia-NZealand-attacks-mosque SYDNEY, Australia Canberra is open to the idea of New Zealand sending the Australian-born gunman behind the Christchurch mosque massacre back home to serve his life sentence, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says. 450 words moved -- ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-layoffs-consumer WASHINGTON US consumers continued to spend in July but the gains were much slower than the prior two months amid a surge in coronavirus cases, and confidence remained in a "depressed range," and more layoffs were announced. 600 words moved by Heather Scott. File picture Health-virus-Canada-economy-growth,WRAP OTTAWA Canada's economy shrank at a record pace in the second quarter but by the end of the period showed signs of a rapid recovery from the pandemic trauma that forced businesses to close and put millions out of work. 650 words 1930 GMT by Michel Comte -- SPORTS -- Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020,PREVIEW NICE, France There are always sunshine and smiles on the French Riviera but the 2020 Tour de France will roll out of Nice on Saturday under a cloud of Covid-19 gloom, with doubts the 21-day jaunt across the peaks and plains will end with its usual dash up the Champs Elysees in Paris. 600 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-France-theatre-Britain,lead PARIS One of the French capital's most important theatres has fired its British artistic director Ruth Mackenzie due to managerial and financial concerns, the theatre and sources say. 400 words moved. Picture afp
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