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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US Congress grills US experts over virus + China-US tensions rise over media curbs + Amazon pledges $2 billion for climate fight + Malawi votes again after election rigging + Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus Health-virus-US-politics-Congress WASHINGTON Members of Congress grill expert Anthony Fauci and other leaders of the US government's fight against the coronavirus as new outbreaks hit alarming levels across several states in the country hardest hit by the pandemic. 550 words 1600 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture US-China-media-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China threatens to retaliate to new US restrictions on Chinese state media, escalating tensions between the two superpowers as they crack down on news outlets from their respective countries. 500 words moved by Laurie Chen with Shaun Tandon in Washington US-climate-IT-Amazon,2ndlead WASHINGTON Amazon pledges $2 billion to fund projects aimed at combatting climate change, stepping up efforts to find new technologies to reduce global carbon emissions. 500 words 1500 GMT by Rob Lever Malawi-vote,WRAP LILONGWE Malawian voters defy the coronavirus pandemic to return to the polls for the second time in just over a year after President Peter Mutharika's re-election was annulled in a dramatic court ruling. 650 words 1430 GMT by Jack McBrams. Picture. Video. Graphic Tennis-Health-Virus-Djokovic BELGRADE World number one Novak Djokovic becomes the fourth player to test positive for coronavirus from his exhibition tennis tournament in the Balkans, raising questions about the wisdom of staging the event as well as the sport's planned return in August. 600 words 1600 GMT by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia says it will dramatically scale back the hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites next month because of the coronavirus, while Germany announces a new lockdown after an outbreak of infections at a slaughterhouse. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra with Femke Colborne in Berlin. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj RIYADH Saudi Arabia announces only around 1,000 pilgrims of various nationalities already in the kingdom will be allowed to perform a dramatically scaled-down hajj, as it battles a coronavirus surge. 800 words 1600 GMT by Anuj Chopra. File Picture. File video Also moving: Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,REAX Also moved: Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,FACTS Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,CHRONO Health-virus-Germany,3rdlead GUETERSLOH, Germany German authorities order a new lockdown for an entire district -- the first since easing coronavirus restrictions and a major setback for hopes of a swift return to normality. 650 words 1500 GMT by Ina Fassbender with Femke Colborne in Berlin. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-SAfrica-vaccines,lead JOHANNESBURG South Africa to roll out the continent's first coronavirus vaccine trial this week as the country grapples with the highest number of cases in Africa. 500 words moved by Sofia Christensen. File Picture Health-virus-Britain LONDON Pubs in England will reopen on July 4, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces, as he unveiled an easing of the coronavirus lockdown for hospitality, culture and tourism. 650 words 1500 GMT by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video Health-virus-Yemen-conflict,FOCUS TAEZ, Yemen As medicines run short and hospital wards overflow, Yemenis are resorting to traditional herbal remedies to protect themselves from coronavirus in a country broken by years of conflict. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Austria-tourism,FOCUS Health-virus-Turkey-economy-tourism,FOCUS Health-virus-Norway,FOCUS -- RACISM ISSUES -- France-rights-police,WRAP PARIS French police are under new pressure after the family of a delivery man who died after warning "I'm suffocating" during his arrest called on President Emmanuel Macron to take firm action against excessive force, including a ban on chokeholds. 600 words 1500 GMT by Eleonore Hughes and Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video US-racism-politics-history-statues,FOCUS WASHINGTON As the wave of anti-racism protests rocking the United States brings down monuments to figures linked to the country's history of slavery, the spotlight is shifting to historic characters long considered untouchable. 700 words 1500 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture Britain-business-racism,FOCUS LONDON Piers Linney has repeatedly been voted one of Britain's top 100 influential black businessmen, but was told at school he should consider becoming a plumber rather than an investment banker. 750 words 1100 GMT by Jean-Baptiste Oubrier. Picture -- EUROPE -- Kyrgyzstan-politics-trial,WRAP BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan's former president is sentenced to 11 years in jail over the illegal release of a crime boss in a case that caused a violent power struggle with his successor. 500 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. File picture. File video France-politics-vote-Macron,FOCUS PARIS Emmanuel Macron's party is staring at defeat in municipal elections Sunday, dealing a blow to the French president's bid to chart a fresh course for the remaining two years of his term in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. 750 words moved by Joseph Schmid -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-immigration-IT,FOCUS WASHINGTON The order by President Donald Trump extending the ban on visas used by many technology firms delivers a blow to the sector, and critics say the move could be detrimental to US innovation and leadership. 550 words 1700 GMT by Rob Lever US-Russia-China-nuclear-weaponry-diplomacy,WRAP VIENNA Crucial negotiations to replace a nuclear disarmament treaty between the US and Russia are overshadowed by a divide between Washington and Moscow over whether China should be involved. 550 words 1530 GMT by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-Egypt,Q&A CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has upped the ante in the chaotic conflict in Libya, warning Cairo could intervene militarily to halt a march eastwards by the Turkey-backed forces of the UN-recognised government. 900 words words moved by Menna Zaki Also moved: Libya-conflict-Sirte,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-health,FOCUS JERUSALEM Baby Omar Yaghi was eight months old when he died, unable to travel from Gaza to Israel for life-saving heart surgery after Palestinian officials cut coordination. 700 words moved by Hiba Aslan. Picture Israel-Lebanon-migration-Sudan,FOCUS BEIRUT Cowering in a pipe after fleeing Lebanon, a man desperate for work becomes the latest Sudanese to risk his life in a perilous trek across the Israeli border. 750 words moved by Bachir El Khoury with Rosie Scammell in Jerusalem -- ASIA -- China-animal-virus-health,FOCUS BEIJING At a Beijing dog shelter volunteers hand out treats to hundreds of excited canines rescued from the meat trade as the controversial Yulin dog meat festival gets under way in southern China. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Singapore-election-politics,WRAP SINGAPORE Singapore's leader calls a general election "like no other" as the prosperous city-state struggles to recover from a major coronavirus outbreak that swept through crowded migrant worker dormitories and raised questions about the treatment of foreign labour. 600 words moved by Martin Abbugao, Catherine Lai SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary-social,FOCUS SEOUL From a veteran wounded in combat to a conscripted grandson, three generations of a South Korean family illustrate changing views of the North and the Korean War, 70 years after it began. 750 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-warming-temperature-Arctic-Russia-UN GENEVA The United Nations says it is working to verify reports of a new Arctic record temperature of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in a Siberian town at the weekend. 550 words moved by Nina Larson Brazil-climate-environment-deforestation-divestment,lead PARIS Investment funds managing close to $4 trillion in assets call on Brazil to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions from the practice posed a "systemic risk" to their portfolios. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey -- TECHNOLOGY -- China-satellite-wireless,WRAP BEIJING China launches the final satellite in its homegrown geolocation system designed to rival the US GPS network, marking a major step in its race for market share in the lucrative sector. 600 words moved by Ludovic Ehret. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-women-WC-2023-AUS-NZL SYDNEY A decade ago Australia spent millions of taxpayer dollars on a disastrous quest to host the 2022 men's World Cup, but its football boss is quietly confident that crushing defeat will not be repeated this week. 650 words moved by Martin Parry. File picture afp
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