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| - Duty Editor: Anita Beattie Email: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Disney World reopens as WHO urges fresh virus warning + Turkey rebuffs criticism over Hagia Sofia decision + UN to vote again on Syria aid after vetoes + Bollywood' Bachchan hospitalized with COVID-19 Health-virus,WRAP ORLANDO, United States Florida's Walt Disney World theme park reopens in a state hard-hit by the coronavirus, as the World Health Organization issues a fresh warning that countries should step up pandemic restrictions. 650 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Turkey-religion-politics-HagiaSophia-heritage,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejects criticism over his decision to turn the Hagia Sophia, a Byzantine-era monument and UNESCO World Heritage site, back into a mosque, saying it represents Ankara's will to use its "sovereign rights". 750 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video UN-Syria-Russia-conflict-aid,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council is due to vote again on an extension of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria after Russia and China vetoed a previous measure to the chagrin of Western member states. 550 words moved by Philippe Rater. File picture Health-virus-film-people-India-Bollywood,2ndlead MUMBAI Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, 77, tests positive for COVID-19 and is admitted to hospital in his hometown of Mumbai, calling on Twitter for those close to him to also get tested. 450 words 2000 GMT. File picture -- EUROPE -- Bosnia-Srebrenica-genocide-war,WRAP SREBRENICA, Bosnia Bosnian Muslims mark the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II, with the memorial ceremony sharply reduced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video Serbia-unrest-health-virus,Q&A BELGRADE For many Serbs, it was the last straw: when the president announced the resumption of a weekend curfew to fight the coronavirus pandemic, thousands took to the streets in anger. 750 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video Russia-climate-forests-fire,lead MOSCOW Russia's forest service says there are nearly 300 wildfires blazing across the vast country's northern wilderness, as it attempts to contain them with methods including explosives and cloud seeding. 500 words moved by Maria Antonova. Picture. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Iran-economy,lead TEHRAN Iran says that it cannot afford to shut down its sanctions-hit economy, even as the Middle East's deadliest coronavirus outbreak worsens with record-high death tolls and rising infections. 400 words moved Syria-conflict-Idlib-UN-aid,FOCUS MAARET MISRIN, Syria After surviving months of bombardment, Nasr Sultan now fears his 10 children may starve or catch coronavirus as a divided UN holds up a renewal of cross-border humanitarian aid to rebel-held northwest Syria. 700 words moved by Omar Haj Kadour. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Burkina-politics-vote-unrest,UPDATE OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore's party backs him to run for re-election, despite struggling to crush a bloody jihadist insurgency. 650 words moved by Armel Baily. Graphic Mali-politics-unrest BAMAKO Mali's prime minister raises the death toll from major unrest to four as security forces arrest more opposition leaders as tensions rise in the vulnerable Sahel nation. 650 words 1930 GMT by Serge Daniel. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-politics-democracy,2ndlead HONG KONG Pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong hold primary polls to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections despite warnings from government officials that it may be in breach of a new security law imposed by China. 500 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Vietnam-Britain HANOI A British pilot who spent more than two months on life support in Vietnam after contracting COVID-19 is on his way home, astounding doctors who gave him just 10 percent chance of survival. 450 words moved. Video Mongolia-festival-tradition ULAANBAATAR Mongolia's annual Naadam sporting festival kicks off without a live audience for the first time in its 800-year history as COVID-19 fears grip the Central Asian country. 300 words moved by Khaliun Bayartsogt. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-Stone-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's commutation of the prison sentence of longtime ally Roger Stone was a case of "unprecedented, historic corruption," Senator Mitt Romney tweets, making his a rare Republican voice raised in criticism of the president. 700 words moved by Brian Knowlton. Picture Health-virus-US ORLANDO, Florida Disney World has long been called "The Most Magical Place on Earth" but as the Florida theme park reopens, it's counting on at least a bit of science -- masks, social distancing, hand sanitizer -- to stave off the coronavirus as US death tolls soar. 400 words 1930 GMT. Picture -- SPACE -- Mars-science-aerospace-astronomy-space,FOCUS PARIS Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth's nearest neighbour once harbour life? It's a question that has preoccupied scientists for centuries and fired up sci-fi imaginings. 900 words moved by Juliette Collen and Kelly Macnamara. File picture. Graphic -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-IRL-JackCharlton,WRAP LONDON Jack Charlton, a member of the England 1966 World Cup winning side who went on to become a cult hero as Republic of Ireland coach, dies at the age of 85. 650 words by Pirate Irwin moved Also moved: FBL-ENG-JackCharlton,OBIT Cricket-ENG-WIS,WRAP SOUTHAMPTON, England Alzarri Joseph strikes twice and West Indies captain Jason Holder removes England stand-in skipper Ben Stokes as the tourists regain the initiative in the first Test with a late flurry of wickets. 650 words 2000 GMT by Julian Guyer. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Chelsea suffer a setback in their bid to qualify for the Champions League after a 3-0 loss at Sheffield United while champions Liverpool's attempt to set a new Premier League points record are rocked by a 1-1 home draw against Burnley. 650 words 2000 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture afp
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