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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: jenny.vaughan@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Minnesota protesters torch police station + Twitter flags Trump tweet again + Virus tolls surge in Americas as Europe reopens + China under pressure over HK security law + Aussie sex burglar cleared after fantasy gone wrong US-politics-police-justice-race,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, United States Flames ripped through a Minnesota police station and seven protesters were shot in Kentucky as unrest spread across the United States over the deaths of black people during police encounters. 700 words moved by Gilles Clarenne. Video. Picture US-politics-Trump-Twitter WASHINGTON Twitter has concealed one of Donald Trump's tweets for "glorifying violence," ramping up a dispute with the US president who says social media companies censor conservative voices like his. 850 words 1000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File Picture. Picture Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The death toll from the coronavirus spikes again in the United States and Latin America's pandemic crisis deepens, as Europe's reopening from lockdown grows bolder by the day. 800 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Hongkong-China-US-politics-unrest,WRAP BEIJING China faces growing international pressure over its push to impose a security law on Hong Kong, with the US warning the city's autonomy is under threat and placing the issue before the United Nations Security Council. 700 words 1030 GMT by Helen Roxburgh Australia-court-sex-offbeat SYDNEY A knife-toting Australian hired to break into another man's home, tie him up and stroke him with a broom has been cleared of intimidation after accidentally entering the wrong house. 300 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany-science-media,FOCUS BERLIN Berlin's star virologist Christian Drosten has become a hate figure for conspiracy theorists and the anti-lockdown movement in Germany, leading to an ugly spat with the country's top-selling newspaper and exposing a growing rift over the role of scientists in fighting the pandemic. 700 words 1000 GMT by Femke Colborne. File picture Health-virus-Italy-gondola-pandemic,FOCUS VENICE Already under threat, Venice's traditional gondola shipyards now lie silent apart from the gentle sound of canal water lapping at their doorsteps. 650 words moved by Francesco Gilioli with Franck Iovene in Rome. Picture. Video Health-virus-Denmark-social,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Denmark has loosened restrictions to let couples separated by virus lockdowns finally see each other again -- but the easing applies just to partners from a few nearby countries, deepening uncertainty for many. 650 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-rights-politics ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian soldiers and police officers allegedly carried out dozens of extrajudicial executions last year in a crackdown on a rebel group active in the country's restive Oromia region, Amnesty International says. 480 words moved Health-virus-aviation-Senegal,FOCUS DAKAR Launching an airline in Africa is a notorious challenge -- and coronavirus has added to the checklist of problems for plucky entrants, as a small Senegalese airline can attest. 700 words 0530 GMT by Anne-Sophie Faivre Le Cadre -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Navajo-water,SPECIALREPORT THOREAU, New Mexico Amanda Larson pulls up at a water station a few miles from her home in the Navajo Nation and her three children get to work filling up large bottles lying on the bed of her pickup truck. The 66 gallons will be used for drinking, washing clothes and bathing -- before the next trip in two or three days to repeat the back-breaking task. 1,350 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video US-society-racism-police-technology-internet,FOCUS NEW YORK From the death of a black man in Minneapolis to a racist incident in Central Park, camera phones are increasingly being used as a weapon against racism even when justice doesn't always follow. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain Health-virus-US-France-entertainment-music-Guetta,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Pandemic confinement has electronic dance music titan David Guetta looking inward, and saying he's emerging "extremely inspired" ahead of a New York benefit set for this weekend. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture. Video Health-virus-US-marriage,SCENE VIRGINIA, United States "You can take off your mask and kiss the bride," the priest says, as a septuagenarian US couple who spent the pandemic lockdown together after a single date marry. 500 words moved by Charlotte Plantive -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-students,FOCUS MELBOURNE, Australia Australia wooed hundreds of thousands of international students to its shores with the promise of a first-class education and fun-kissed adventure, but the coronavirus crisis has left some jobless and depending on food handouts. 650 words moved by Tania Lee. Picture. Video India-health-virus-accident-chemicals,FOCUS BHOPAL, India Victims of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, who have long suffered the debilitating fallout of the 1984 gas leak, are now dying from coronavirus due to official incompetence, relatives and activists say. 750 words moved by Sanjay Sharma with Vishal Manve in Mumbai. Picture Japan-Netflix-suicide-bullying-internet,FOCUS TOKYO The death of a young Japanese reality TV star targeted by online abuse has sparked an outpouring of grief in the country, and calls for stronger measures to tackle cyberbullying. 700 words moved by Natsuko Fukue -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-culture-Syria,INTERVIEW DAMASCUS The coronavirus pandemic could create a new world order in which everyone is a loser and new alliances are born to overcome disaster, Syrian thinker Imad Fawzi Shueibi says. 600 words 1200 GMT by Maher al Mounes. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- France-automobile-Renault,WRAP PARIS French automaker Renault confirms it will cut nearly 15,000 jobs and may close several factories as it tries to recover from slumping sales and months of management turbulence that have jeopardised its prospects as the industry shifts toward electric vehicles. 600 words 1100 GMT by Daniel Aronssohn. Picture. Video China-Germany-automobile-VW,WRAP BEIJING Volkswagen announces it will invest around two billion euros ($2.2 billion) in two Chinese companies in the electric vehicle sector, calling it "the world's biggest market". 500 words moved -- HEALTH & SCIENCE -- Health-smoking-WHO-tobacco-children-addiction GENEVA Tobacco companies are deliberately using "deadly" tactics to target children and get them hooked on smoking, says the World Health Organization. 550 words moved by Robin Millard Climate-energy-UN-COP26,lead PARIS Critical UN climate negotiations at which nations were expected to ramp up plans to combat global warming have been pushed back a full year to November 2021. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- CORONAVIRUS MISINFORMATION -- Health-virus-internet-misinformation-Asia,FOCUS HONG KONG A deluge of online misinformation and hoaxes during the coronavirus crisis is stoking fear and confusion across Asia, with some violators of lockdown rules facing jail and hefty fines. 800 words moved by Rachel Blundy and Spencer Feingold afp
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