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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Eamil: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + India surges in cases as virus slams US hospitals + Oscar winning composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91 + Downpours hamper rescue of Japan floods survivors + French interior minister axed in Macron reshuffle + Louvre reopens to applause after COVID19 shutdown Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India emerges with the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world, as officials warn that hospitals in the United States are in danger of being overwhelmed by a surge in infections. 700 words 2100 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Italy-music-Morricone,WRAP ROME Ennio Morricone, one of the world's best-known and most prolific film composers, dies in Rome at the age of 91. 600 words moved by Ljubomir Milasin. File picture. Also moved: Italy-music-Morricone,OBIT Moving: Italy-music-Morricone-world,REAX Japan-weather-rain-flood,WRAP KUMAMOTO Torrential rain hampers the efforts of tens of thousands of rescue workers in southwestern Japan as they hunt for survivors from deadly floods and landslides, with more downpours forecast. 750 words 1930 GMT by Charly Triballeau. Picture. Video. Graphic France-politics,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron replaces his embattled interior minister in a cabinet reshuffle days after changing his prime minister, as he seeks to stake out a "new path" for France through its worst economic crisis since World War II. 700 words 2030 GMT by Mariette Le Roux and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video France-museum-Louvre-health-virus,2ndLead PARIS The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, reopens after nearly four months of coronavirus closure, with a restricted number of visitors enjoying a rare chance to view the "Mona Lisa" without the usual throngs. 600 words moved by Aurelie Mayembo and Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-airborne,lead WASHINGTON As countries around the world ease their lockdowns, authorities need to recognize the coronavirus can spread through the air far beyond the two meters (six feet) urged in social distancing guidelines, according to an international group of 239 scientists. 550 words 1930 GMT by Issam Ahmed US-IT-lifestyle-transport-Uber-Postmates,WRAP WASHINGTON Uber agrees to buy delivery startup Postmates for $2.65 billion in stock, in a move shaking up the sector which has seen surging growth during the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Rob Lever Dominican-vote-health-virus,WRAP SANTO DOMINGO Opposition candidate Luis Abinader sweeps to victory in the Dominican Republic's presidential election, early results show, ending 16 years of unbroken rule by the Caribbean nation's center-left PLD party after voters braved a worsening coronavirus outbreak to cast their ballots. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-rights-sanctions,WRAP LONDON Britain identifies 49 "notorious" individuals and organisations to be sanctioned for alleged human rights violators, Russians and Saudis forming the bulk, prompting immediate anger from Moscow. 600 words moved by David Harding. File Picture -- AFRICA - Ethiopia-demonstration-politics,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Five senior members of an opposition party representing Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, are detained in a wave of political arrests following protests last week which left at least 166 dead. 650 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet Health-virus-Kenya NAIROBI Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announces a "phased reopening" of the country, with the resumption of international flights from August 1 as well as the lifting of internal travel restrictions. 500 words moved by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Morocco-rights-media,lead RABAT Moroccan authorities release a journalist detained for drinking in public but still intend to prosecute him, his lawyer says, after a probe was opened into his alleged links to foreign intelligence. 550 words moved Iraq-unrest-jihadists,2ndlead BAGHDAD Jihadism expert Hisham al-Hashemi is shot outside his home in Baghdad and dies shortly thereafter at a local hospital, an official from the Iraqi interior ministry tells AFP. 450 words 1930 GMT. File video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Top Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong calls on the international community to "stand with" the restless city, as authorities order schools to remove books for review under a sweeping new security law imposed by Beijing. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. Picture. Video -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-France-fashion-digital,WRAP PARIS The first ever digital Paris fashion week starts to mixed reviews from fashionistas. 600 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video Also moved: Lifestyle-France-fashion-hautecouture,INTERVIEW -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-economics-Nobel-Nordhaus-Stiglitz,ANALYSIS PARIS One of the impediments to climate action, leading scientists and economists say, is the profoundly influential work of 2018 Nobel economics laureate William J. Nordhaus. 2000 words moved by Marlowe Hood. File picture afp
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