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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Contact: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + India tops four million virus cases + British climate protesters target newspapers + Facebook forbids livestreamed death + US Open controversy as top doubles team pulled over virus fears + Roguish British comedy 'The Duke' wows Venice film festival Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India has become the third country to pass four million coronavirus infections, setting a new record daily surge in cases as the pandemic shows no sign of peaking. 650 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Britain-protest-climate-newspaper,WRAP LONDON Climate change protesters in Britain blockade two printing presses, disrupting the distribution of numerous national newspapers, as they step up 10 days of protests demanding action on environmental issues. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video France-death-rights,WRAP DIJON, France Facebook says it will block the livestream of a Frenchman suffering from an incurable condition who wanted to broadcast his death on the social media platform. 600 words moved by Loic Vennin. File picture. File video Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK The US Open is plunged into controversy after New York health officials order the women's top doubles pairing be withdrawn from the tournament due to possible exposure to coronavirus. 500 words 1930 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Graphic Entertainment-Italy-Britain-film-Venice-TheDuke VENICE The retro British comedy "The Duke" charms the Venice film festival, with critics heaping praise on its stars Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent. 600 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-media,FOCUS WASHINGTON A message saying you "won't be safe" in Joe Biden's America. The former vice president shown "sleeping" during a television interview. Biden "hiding" -- alone -- in his basement. All three videos featured in social media of President Donald Trump and his team. Each has been labeled as false or manipulated content. 750 words moved by Ian Timberlake and Arthur MacMillan. Picture US-vote-offbeat WASHINGTON With less than two months until the US elections, the race for the White House -- long pushed to the margins by the coronavirus pandemic -- has finally taken off: a good time for AFP to make a weekly list of offbeat moments on the campaign trail. 600 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran-education,FOCUS TEHRAN The school year in Iran begins after a near six-month shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, with parents voicing concerns despite authorities pledging to enforce health protocols. 600 words moved by Amir Havasi -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-politics-Berlusconi ROME Italy's flamboyant former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is "stable" after being hospitalised with coronavirus, his doctor says. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- SriLanka-India-tanker-accident-energy,WRAP COLOMBO A burning oil tanker is towed away from Sri Lanka's coast and into deeper waters, rescuers say, after successfully containing the blaze during a 36-hour operation. 500 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Japan-Philippines-shipping-weather,2ndlead KAGOSHIMA An extremely powerful typhoon barrells towards southwestern Japan as authorities issue evacuation advisories to thousands of residents, warning of unprecedented violent winds, heavy rain and high waves. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-army-coup-politics,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's military junta begins talks with opposition groups on its promise to hand power back to civilians, after mounting pressure from neighbouring countries in the weeks since it overthrew the nation's leader. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-Messi,WRAP MADRID Lionel Messi's former Barcelona coach Luis Enrique, now the boss of Spain, suggests the club should have allowed the Argentina forward to leave rather than stay on as a reluctant superstar. 650 words 2200 GMT by Tom Allnutt Auto-Prix-ITA,WRAP MONZA, Italy Lewis Hamilton takes pole position for the Italian Grand Prix with the fastest lap in Formula One ever recorded as Ferrari endure their worst qualifying session at Monza in 36 years. 600 words moved. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Italy-Britain-Hungary-film-VanessaKirby VENICE, Italy "The Crown" star Vanessa Kirby says her latest role as a woman who loses her child after a home birth goes wrong is her scariest yet. 550 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons and Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video afp
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