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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Clashes outside White House as US cities under curfew + US-China tensions mount over Hong Kong + US astronauts enter ISS after landmark journey + Europe eases lockdowns as virus surges in Latin America + Virus buffets largest Arctic expedition in history US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON Police fire tear gas outside the White House as anti-racism protestors again take to the streets to voice fury at police brutality, with other major US cities put under curfew to suppress rioting. 850 words 1000 GMT by Agnes Bun. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-race-unrest-church,SCENE US-politics-race-unrest-journalism,FOCUS HongKong-China-politics-US BEIJING Beijing warns Washington of retaliation as tensions between the two countries continue to mount, with President Donald Trump slapping restrictions on Chinese students in the US in protest over a new national security law in Hong Kong. 500 words 0930 GMT by Beiyi Seow and Jing Xuan Teng. Video US-space-SpaceX-NASA,WRAP WASHINGTON NASA astronauts enter the International Space Station after a landmark 19-hour journey on the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade, a triumph for SpaceX and private enterprise. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Health-virus,WRAP MOSCOW Rome's Colosseum, shops and parks in Russia and some schools in Britain reopen as Europe takes another step toward a semblance of normal life, while the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc in Latin America. 850 words 1130 GMT by Michael Mainville with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Health-virus-science-Germany-Arctic,FOCUS BERLIN The multinational team on the biggest Arctic research mission ever undertaken were prepared for problems from polar bear attacks to major snowstorms or even issues with building a runway on ice. But never did they imagine that a pandemic might sweep across the world, posing a threat to their mission. 700 words 0930 GMT by Yannick Pasquet. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-US-prisoners,WRAP TEHRAN Tehran says that scientist Sirous Asgari, one of more than a dozen Iranians behind bars in the United States, is set to return to the Islamic republic within days. 500 words 0930 GMT by Amir Havasi Health-virus-Palestinians-economy RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories Poverty in the occupied West Bank may double as Palestinians are hit by the coronavirus, the World Bank warns, as Israel plans to go ahead with plans to annex parts of the territory. 650 words 1000 GMT Saudi-politics-royals-rights,FOCUS LONDON A $2 million US lobbying effort and petitions from European lawmakers are piling pressure on Saudi Arabia to release a philanthropist prince jailed for two years without charge amid an intensifying royal crackdown. 900 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Russia MOSCOW Moscow residents venture out to exercise, stroll and shop as the city eases a strict nine-week lockdown, but millions remain largely confined to their homes as Russia records thousands more coronavirus cases. 650 words 1030 GMT by Michael Mainville. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON Britain partially reopens schools and allows the most vulnerable to venture outdoors despite warnings that the world's second worst-hit country is moving too quickly out of its coronavirus lockdown. 650 words 1000 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Bulgaria-US-art-Christo,4thlead SOFIA The artist known as Christo, who made his name transforming landmarks such as Germany's Reichstag by covering them with reams of cloth, dies aged 84. 500 words moved. File picture Also moved: US-Bulgaria-Christo-France-art,OBIT US-art-Christo-France,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- Canada-environment-whale-animal-offbeat TORONTO A young humpback whale that swam up one of Canada's major rivers and has been exploring the waters off Montreal since Saturday was likely led astray while on a hunting trip, authorities say. 300 words moved. Picture Weather-storm-ElSalvador-Guatemala,3rdlead SAN SALVADOR Tropical Storm Amanda triggers flash floods, landslides and power outages as it barrels through El Salvador and Guatemala, killing 14 people, authorities say, warning of further heavy rain to come. 400 words moved. Picture -- ECONOMY & BUSINESS -- Australia-media-Google-Facebook SYDNEY Google rejects demands it pay hundreds of millions of dollars per year in compensation to Australian news media under a government-imposed revenue sharing deal. 550 words moved ECB-EU-eurozone-banking-inflation-rate,ANALYSIS FRANKFURT The European Central Bank could announce Thursday hundreds of billions in new bond-buying to keep fighting the pandemic crisis, analysts predict, as EU governments launch a months-long wrangle over a joint response. 700 words moved by Tom Barfield. File picture. -- SCIENCE -- Health-virus-hydroxychloroquine,FACTS PARIS Banned in some countries, promoted in others -- the drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for the new coronavirus is dividing opinion worldwide. 620 words 1100 GMT by Jean-Philippe Chognot 1100 GMT. Graphic -- SPORTS -- Auto-Prix-Hamilton-US-politics-race-unrest LONDON World champion Lewis Hamilton criticised the "biggest of stars" in "white-dominated" Formula One for failing to speak out against racism as protests erupted around the United States. 300 words moved Sport-US-race-unrest-politics,4thlead LOS ANGELES NBA icon Michael Jordan decries "ingrained racism" in America as the sports world's reaction to the death of unarmed black man George Floyd leaps leagues and continents. 750 words moved. Picture afp
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