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| - Duty Editor: Abhik Chanda Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Spain to let in tourists, restart top league football + UK defends top adviser over lockdown 'breach' + Biden apologises for comments on black voters + Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash + Teen migrant invited to join India's national cycling team Health,virus,WRAP MADRID Spain says it will let in foreign tourists and restart top league football, accelerating Europe's exit of strict virus lockdown, as South America is labelled "a new epicentre". 900 words 1430 GMT by Emmanuelle Michel. Graphic. Video. Picture Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON The British government rejects calls to sack top adviser Dominic Cummings over allegations he broke coronavirus lockdown rules by travelling across the country while displaying symptoms of the disease. 600 words 1600 GMT by James Pheby. Picture. Video US-politics-Democrats-Biden-racism,WRAP WASHINGTON White House hopeful Joe Biden apologizes for telling a black radio host that African-Americans "ain't black" if they are unsure who to support in November's election, sparking accusations of racism. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. File picture Pakistan-aviation-accident,WRAP KARACHI One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people describes jumping from the burning wreckage of the aircraft after it hurtled into a residential neighbourhood. 750 words 1500 GMT by Ashraf Khan. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Pakistan-accident-plane,SCENE India-cycling-health-migration NEW DELHI A teenage girl who pedalled her injured migrant-worker father more than a thousand kilometres across India after a coronavirus lockdown left them destitute has been invited to try out for the national cycling team. 300 words 1000 GMT. Picture -- ASIA -- China-politics-HongKong,INTERVIEW BEIJING Mainland Chinese authorities could join Hong Kong police to investigate criminal suspects under a planned security law, a city politician says, in comments likely to further enrage campaigners fearing the end of the financial hub's treasured autonomy. 600 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng India-Bangladesh-weather-cyclone KOLKATA, India Thousands take to the streets of the Indian city of Kolkata to protest against what they say was the slow government response to power cuts and flooding after a devastating "super cyclone". 400 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Indonesia-religion,FOCUS JAKARTA Indonesians are turning to smugglers and bogus travel documents to get around bans on an annual end-of-Ramadan exodus that could send virus cases skyrocketing in the world's biggest Muslim majority nation. 650 words moved by Haeril Halim. Picture Pakistan-Turkey-entertainment-diplomacy,FOCUS ISLAMABAD Dubbed the Muslim "Game of Thrones", a drama about the makings of the Ottoman Empire has sent Pakistan wild this Ramadan, smashing television records but exposing the country's lack of original content. 700 words moved by Zain Zaman Janjua. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-politics-investigation,lead BRASILIA Brazilians get a shocking look at an expletive-laced meeting between President Jair Bolsonaro and his cabinet when a Supreme Court judge releases a video at the center of an investigation targeting the far-right leader. 750 words moved by Valeria Pacheco. Video. File Picture Argentina-economy-debt,WRAP BUENOS AIRES Argentina defaults for the second time in less than 20 years after failing to pay $500 million of interest on its bond debt, but it continues to negotiate a restructure with creditors, Finance Minister Martin Guzman says. 700 words moved by Nina Negron and Maria Lorente. Graphic Health-virus-Brazil-politics,INTERVIEW SAO PAULO Isolated in his office at city hall, Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas is waging a war on two fronts: the cancer survivor is also leading the fight against coronavirus at its epicenter in Latin America. 650 words 1800 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video US-nuclear-test WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's administration has discussed holding the first US nuclear test since 1992 as a potential warning to Russia and China, the Washington Post reports. 550 words moved US-aerospace-NASA-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON NASA gives the green light to next week's launch of two astronauts aboard a SpaceX vessel -- the first crewed space flight from US soil in nine years and a crucial step towards ending American dependence on Russian rockets. 600 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain-Croatia-Portugal-tourism,FOCUS BARCELONA In Barcelona, Laia and her daughter stroll peacefully in Park Guell. At the same time, Mladen savours the silence of the marble alleys of Dubrovnik while Fabiana soaks up the calm of old Lisbon. 700 words moved by Daniel Bosque in Barcelona, Dnis Lobrovic in Dubrovnik and Thomas Cabral in Lisbon. -- NORTH AFRICA & MIDEAST -- Health-virus-Cyprus-beach,VIDEOESSAY LARNACA, Cyprus Beachlife returns to residents of Mediterranean holiday island of Cyprus after the lifting of coronavirus-imposed curbs on freedom of movement. 400 words 1500 GMT. Video Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-Christianity JERUSALEM Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre will reopen Sunday after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Christian authorities in the holy city announce. 350 words moved. Health-virus-Tunisia-philosopy,Q&A TUNIS Under confinement in the capital, Tunisian philosopher and anthropologist Youssef Seddik has been spending time dissecting the meaning of words, and with them, the world. 550 words moved by Salsabil Chellali. Video. -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-Canada-Hertz-bankruptcy-economy WASHINGTON Global car rental company Hertz becomes the latest economic casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, filing for bankruptcy in the US and Canada after more than a century in business. 450 words moved. Graphic. File picture. -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-US-pharmaceutical-drugs WASHINGTON Anti-viral drug remdesivir cuts recovery times in coronavirus patients, according to the full results of a trial. 300 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-US-education-volunteer,PHOTOESSAY -- SPORTS -- fbl-ESP-Liga-resume-health-virus-pandemic MADRID Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces La Liga can resume from its coronavirus lockdown on the week of June 8 more than two months after the COVID-19 pandemic halted the Spanish season. 300 words 1400 GMT by Thomas Allnutt -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-book-LordOfTheFlies LOS ANGELES The remarkable story of six boys stranded on a remote island that has been dubbed the "Real Lord of the Flies" is to become a Hollywood movie, it is announced. 400 words moved afp
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