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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US memorial service for George Floyd + Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen despite vigil ban + Ex-Pentagon boss accuses Trump of trying to divide US + Brazil, Mexico see deadliest days in virus fight + Trial sought over Kardashian heist US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Civil rights activist Al Sharpton will lead a memorial service for African American George Floyd after more than a week of nationwide protests over his death at the hands of a white police officer. 900 words 1000 GMT by Joy Powell with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-race-unrest-Minneapolis,FOCUS China-HongKong-politics-unrest-Tiananmen,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong marks China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, with candle-lit ceremonies planned across the city after authorities banned a mass vigil at a time of seething anger over a planned new security law. 700 words 1100 GMT by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-race-unrest-military-Mattis-Trump,3rdlead WASHINGTON Former Pentagon chief Jim Mattis issues a stinging rebuke of his former boss Donald Trump, accusing the president of trying to "divide" America and failing to provide "mature leadership" as the country reels from days of protests. 600 words moved Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil and Mexico report record daily coronavirus death tolls as governments in Latin America battle to fortify defenses against the accelerating pandemic with fresh lockdown orders and curfews. 700 words 1200 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic France-US-Kardashian-robbery,lead PARIS Four years after reality star Kim Kardashian was tied up at gunpoint in Paris and robbed of a small fortune in gems, prosecutors request a trial for 12 suspects. 550 words 1030 GMT by Benjamin Legendre -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-race-unrest-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON From the White House, President Donald Trump delivered blunt -- some say alarming -- instructions to local leaders confronting nationwide street protests against police brutality: "dominate." Trump has always had a thing about physical force -- and admiration for world leaders who aren't afraid to use it. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-politics-race-unrest-curfews,FOCUS NEW YORK Violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody led several US cities to impose curfews, but do they help maintain order or merely further antagonize demonstrators? 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe Mexico-health-virus-stigma-doctors-bicycles,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Daniela Chavez, a doctor, took up cycling to work after she felt discriminated against by a taxi driver. Her bicycle was a gift from activists who have been rounding up bicycles -- dubbed by one organization as "recycles" -- to donate to healthcare workers in Mexico City, in a bid to protect them from being stigmatized for looking after patients with COVID-19. 600 words moved by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-Germany-police-missing-McCann LONDON An international appeal for information about a suspect in the high-profile disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in 2007 raises hopes of a breakthrough in the long-running saga. 600 words 1030 GMT by Joe Jackson. File picture. Video Health-virus-vaccines-diplomacy,lead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls for a "new era of global health cooperation" as he prepares to host a vaccine fundraising summit under the shadow of coronavirus. 600 words moved by Alice Ritchie Health-virus-Slovenia-Italy-border,SCENE NOVA GORICA, Slovenia As Slovenia emerges from the novel coronavirus lockdown, residents in Nova Gorica, bordering Italy, are still contending with a very visible symbol of the pandemic -- a fence that cuts their town in two. 650 words 1230 GMT by Bojan Kavcic. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-unrest-offbeat HONG KONG Outnumbered and with the rule book written against them, Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers have embraced rotten plants, red bean cakes, bananas and a dizzying array of other weird objects for theatrical but effective stunts inside the rambunctious chamber. 700 words 1000 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. Picture Health-virus-China-US-diplomacy-aviation,3rdlead BEIJING China says foreign airlines blocked from operating in the country over virus fears would be allowed to resume limited flights, apparently de-escalating a row with Washington following US plans to ban Chinese carriers. 500 words 0930 GMT Philippines-UN-police-law MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war has unleashed widespread and systematic killing with "near impunity" for offenders, a UN report says, calling for an independent probe into human rights abuses. 450 words moved Health-virus-Afghanistan-Taliban,FOCUS KUNDUZ The Taliban boasted of their readiness to fight the deadly coronavirus when it first reached Afghanistan, but now the insurgents are struggling to curb its spread in their strongholds. 700 words moved by Hakim Hasas with Rashid Durrani in Kandahar. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Lebanon,FOCUS BEIRUT Even as it scrambles to avoid economic collapse, Lebanon has recorded some of the lowest infection and mortality rates in the Middle East since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1100 GMT by Jean-Marc Mojon and Alice Hackman Health-virus-Egypt-unrest-Bedouin,FOCUS CAIRO In El-Arish, the provincial capital of Egypt's North Sinai, a group of women sew colourful Bedouin designs on masks to combat coronavirus, as an insurgency simmers in their restive region. 600 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture Libya-conflict-France-Turkey-Russia,FOCUS PARIS France, which has been accused of discreetly taking sides in the Libya conflict, is seeking to retain its influence in the country as Paris warns of a "Syrianisation" of the war into a proxy fight between feuding regional powers. 700 words 1100 GMT by Didier Lauras -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Cameroon,FOCUS YAOUNDE Cameroon's government faces mounting accusations that delays and incompetence helped coronavirus gain a deadly foothold, causing the country to become one of the worst-hit in Africa. 650 words 1030 GMT by Reinnier Kaze Health-virus-Nigeria-cinema,FOCUS LAGOS As coronavirus closed businesses around the world and forced billions to stay home, Nigerian director Obi Emelonye came up with an innovative way to keep filming. 700 words moved by Celia Lebur -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS -- ECB-EU-eurozone-banking-inflation-rate,WRAP FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is expected to beef up its emergency bond-buying scheme with hundreds of billions of euros to weather the coronavirus pandemic, analysts say, providing governments with the breathing space to decide their own response. 700 words 1200 GMT by Tom Barfield. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany,FOCUS BERLIN Germany's 130-billion-euro stimulus package, billed as one to deliver the country out of the crisis "with a oomph", is larger than expected and should help not just Europe's biggest economy but also the bloc recover from a devastating slump triggered by the pandemic, analysts say. 600 words 1230 GMT by Hui Min Neo -- SPORT -- Sport-media-TV-health-virus,ANALYSIS LONDON Sport has been forced behind closed doors for the foreseeable future but experts are divided over whether broadcasters will suffer or prosper in the new landscape 650 words moved by Pirate Irwin afp
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