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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + New global record for daily virus infections + US-China ties deteriorate in Cold-War-style standoff + Anti-government protests grip Russia's Far East + Moms and dads rally behind Portland protesters + Elvis impersonator sings for record 50 hours straight Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The world has set a new record for the highest daily increase in coronavirus infections, as a survey shows governments are fast losing support for their handling of the pandemic. 750 words 1630 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-toll,FACTS US-China-politics-diplomacy CHENGDU, China Workers remove the US insignia from the consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu, a day after Beijing ordered its closure as relations deteriorate in a Cold War-style standoff. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Russia-protest-opposition-trial,WRAP KHABAROVSK, Russia Huge anti-government demonstrations erupt in Russia's Far East over the arrest of a popular governor who was replaced this week by a Kremlin appointee who never lived in the fraught region. 700 words moved. Picture. Video US-unrest-Portland-protest-Moms-Dads,FOCUS PORTLAND, Oregon Bev Barnum never imagined what she was setting in motion when she posted a message online last week after coming across a video of federal officers in Portland, Oregon, pulling a protester into an unmarked car. 650 words 0600 GMT by Emily Gillespie. Picture. Video Also moved: US-unrest-Portland-protest,SCENE UN-US-Portland-unrest-rights Also moving: US-unrest-Portland-protest Norway-US-entertainment-Elvis-offbeat OSLO A Norwegian Elvis Presley impersonator sets a world record by singing the legendary entertainer's songs for more than 50 hours straight in an online competition. 250 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan LONDON Prince Harry and wife Meghan blame "viper" courtiers' for widening their rift with Britain's royal family, according to extracts from a new book. 300 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- Australia-China-diplomacy-conflict-US SYDNEY Australia rejects Beijing's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the United Nations, aligning itself more closely with Washington in the escalating row. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-conflict-Darfur,WRAP KHARTOUM Gunmen kill at least 20 people, including children, who were visiting their farms in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region for the first time in years, a tribal chief says. 550 words 1430 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali Israel-conflict-army-Syria,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli army helicopters strike military targets in southern Syria in retaliation for earlier "munitions" fire towards Israel from inside Syria, escalating tensions between the bitter rivals. 450 words moved by Ben Simon Iran-Egypt-politics-history,FACTS PARIS On July 27, 1980, the former shah of Iran died of cancer while in exile in Cairo, 17 months after being driven out by his country's Islamic Revolution. Here is an account, based on AFP reports. 700 words moved by Benedicte Rey. File picture. -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-100days-Democrats-VP,FOCUS WASHINGTON With the White House campaign heading into its coronavirus-hobbled home stretch, Democratic nominee Joe Biden is preparing to announce his vice presidential running mate, a woman likely to play an outsize role in a new administration. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture. File video US-politics-society-racism-LGBTQ,FOCUS NEW YORK Energized by the US's massive anti-racism protests, history-making progressives from New York -- young, black, Latino and gay -- want to shake up Congress's status quo when they are likely elected in November. 750 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video US-politics-racism,FOCUS WASHINGTON Two months after African American George Floyd died when a white policeman kneeled on his neck, triggering a nationwide and global outcry for justice, the United States is being shaken by an anti-racism surge that, more and more, is dividing its political class. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive US-Russia-space-satellite,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States this week accused Russia of having tested an anti-satellite weapon in space, a charge Moscow denied, saying the device was a "special instrument" for inspecting Russian equipment in space. Whatever it was, the incident marks a rare military escalation in space. 700 words moved by Ivan Couronne -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-politics-diplomacy-protest-arrest HARARE Zimbabwe defends the arrests of an investigative journalist and an opposition leader, claiming the pair had been plotting to "overthrow the government" with the backing of the United States and other "foreign powers". 500 words moved DRCongo-politics-Kabila,FOCUS KINSHASA DR Congo's Joseph Kabila stepped down in January 2019 after 18 years at the helm, but nearly 18 months on he remains a powerful figure. 650 words moved by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-FRA-Cup,lead PARIS Neymar hits the winner as Paris Saint-Germain defeat 10-man Saint-Etienne 1-0 in the French Cup final, the first competitive fixture in the country since March 11 following the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Martyn Wood. Picture. Video Also moved: fbl-FRA-Eur-C1-PSG-Mbappe-injury,lead Fbl-Asia-CHN-health-virus,2ndlead SUZHOU, China The Chinese Super League holds a minute's silence before the season kicked off five months late because of the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words moved afp
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