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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + World braces for weekend race protests + Biden clinches Democratic nomination + Bolsonaro threatens to withdraw from WHO + Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb chief killed + Under fire, Facebook vows policy review US-politics-race-unrest-protests-world LONDON Taking a knee, chanting and ignoring social distancing measures, outraged protesters from Sydney to London kick off a weekend of global rallies against racism and police brutality. 600 words 1030 GMT by Dmitry Zaks with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Mali-unrest-jihadists-France,WRAP PARIS France announces that its forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Abdelmalek Droukdel, dealing a major blow to a jihadist group behind a string of attacks across the troubled Sahel region. 600 words 1130 GMT by Daphne Benoit. File picture. Graphic US-politics-vote-Democrats-Biden WASHINGTON Joe Biden says he has secured the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination and face Donald Trump in November's US presidential election. 500 words moved Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO President Jair Bolsonaro threatens to pull Brazil from the WHO over "ideological bias," as his counterpart Donald Trump says the US economy is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and Europe seeks to reopen its borders. 600 words 1230 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-race-unrest-Facebook SAN FRANCISCO Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg promises to review the social network's policies that led to its decision to not moderate controversial messages posted by US President Donald Trump. 400 words moved -- US PROTESTS -- US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP NEW YORK The United States braces for massive weekend protests against racism and police brutality, as outrage soars over the latest law enforcement abuses against demonstrators that were caught on camera. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-race-unrest-Washington,lead WASHINGTON Washington mayor Muriel Bowser renames an area near the White House that has become the epicenter of anti-racism protests over the past week "Black Lives Matter Plaza" -- unveiling a giant street mural. 600 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture Also moved: US-protests-race-unrest-monuments,FOCUS -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-politics-race-unrest-Iaw-demonstrations,FOCUS BAGHDAD Seventeen years after US troops invaded their country and eight months since protests engulfed their cities, Iraqis are sending solidarity, warnings and advice to demonstrators across America. 650 words moved by Hader Husseini. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Cyprus-tourism,INTERVIEW NICOSIA Cyprus is preparing to reopen for international tourism next week after an almost three-month shutdown, but "nobody here is expecting to make any money this year", Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios tells AFP. 600 words 1000 GMT by Lisa Golden. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-politics,FOCUS ROME Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's handling of the coronavirus crisis has allowed him to shed his reputation as a weak-willed puppet of other parties and even bolstered his country's image abroad, some experts say. 700 words moved by Celine Cornu and Ljubomir Milasin -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica,FOCUS CAPE TOWN As coronavirus cases spike in South Africa's Western Cape province, the epicentre of the country's outbreak, doctors voice concern about other diseases being neglected while priority is given to COVID-19 patients. 650 words 1200 GMT by Tanya Steenkamp. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-politics WASHINGTON President Donald Trump declares the US economy in "rocket" mode after data show a surprising recovery in the coronavirus-ravaged jobs market -- lifting his own sinking reelection chances in the process. 600 words moved by Heather Scott and Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,SCENE NEW DELHI Traditional funeral pyres have had to be called into action for the last rites of coronavirus victims in the Indian capital as crematorium furnaces cannot keep up with the toll. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video China-law-politics-economy,FOCUS BEIJING Farmers in China have faced forced evictions and illicit land grabs for decades -- sources of social unrest that the government is finally trying to address in a major shake-up of its property law. 750 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- OPEC-oil-health-virus VIENNA OPEC and its allies meet via video conference to assess a current deal to slash production as oil prices recover somewhat on easing coronavirus lockdowns. 400 words 1030 GMT by Julia Zappei with Benoit Pelegrin in London -- HEALTH -- Health-virus-research-Surgisphere,FOCUS WASHINGTON The first research scandal of the coronavirus pandemic has created unnecessary distraction around the politically divisive drug hydroxychloroquine, scientists say, as questions swirl around the tiny health care company at the center of the affair. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-oceanography-oceans-climate,Q&A LOS ANGELES It's not too late to save the oceans from destruction, says the grandson of famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. 650 words moved by Laurent Banguet afp
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