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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU leaders seek huge virus package + Coronavirus cases in India top one million + BA to retire 747 fleet as virus hits air travel + Amber Heard 'faked her injuries for blackmail' Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders meet face to face to try to rescue Europe's economy from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, as India became the third country to record one million cases and the US battles surging infections. 750 words 1600 GMT by Dave Clark with Abhaya Srivastava in New Delhi and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-India-million,lead NEW DELHI Coronavirus cases in India pass one million, official data shows, as authorities struggle to check the spread of the deadly pandemic across the world's second-most populous nation. 550 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Video. Live video. Picture Health-virus-Britain-aviation-IAG-Boeing LONDON British Airways retires all its Boeing 747 jumbo jets, hastening the withdrawal of its ageing aircraft after the coronavirus pandemic crushed demand for air travel and carriers started switching to greener jets. 500 words moved by Roland Jackson. File picture Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON A live-in friend who witnessed Johnny Depp's tumultuous marriage to Amber Heard tells the Hollywood star's libel trial the actress faked her injuries for blackmail. 550 words 1700 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The United States' COVID-19 epidemic is once more blowing up at an exponential rate, even as leaders of some of the worst-hit states resist mandatory mask measures to stem the spread. 550 words 1500 GMT by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead BARCELONA, Spain The Catalan regional government urges residents of Spain's second city Barcelona to stay at home unless absolutely necessary or else face a potential second lockdown after a rise in coronavirus cases. 450 words 1430 GMT by Daniel Bosque Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain could return to normality from the coronavirus outbreak by Christmas, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says, despite fears of a second wave of cases over winter. 500 words moved by David Harding. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-data,lead Health-virus-engineering,FOCUS WASHINGTON It's become a familiar mantra: masks, hand-washing and physical distancing can slow the spread of the coronavirus. But as tens of millions of people return to public transit, their workplaces and schools, are these interventions enough? 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-EU-economy-jobs,FACTS PARIS The coronavirus pandemic has battered whole sectors of Europe's economy, with plans to repair the damage central to a high-stakes summit of EU leaders starting Friday in Brussels. A look at the major casualties. 600 words moved Health-virus-world-lockdown,FACTS PARIS Fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus have led to renewed, more localised, lockdowns -- with Spain's second biggest city Barcelona becoming the latest place to urge its citizens to stay at home. 600 words 1530 GMT Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-vaccine,Q&A, PARIS Seven months after the emergence of the worst global health crisis in a century the race is on to find the medical equivalent of the Holy Grail -- a COVID-19 vaccine. 1,300 words moved by Paul Ricard -- EUROPE -- EU-summit-budget BRUSSELS European leaders warn that the future direction of their union is at stake as they embark on a difficult summit, playing down hopes for a agreement on a huge post-coronavirus rescue plan. 700 words 1500 GMT by Dave Clark and Celine le Prioux. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-vote-rights-gender,WRAP MINSK Three women team up to fight presidential polls in Belarus, pitting their "female solidarity" against strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who insists the country is not ready for a woman president. 650 words 1500 GMT by Tatyana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-politics,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's opposition calls for mosque prayers to commemorate protesters killed during days of civil unrest, as international mediators arrive in the fragile Sahel state to try to defuse tensions. 400 words moved by Serge Daniel. File picture Health-virus-SAfrica-alcohol,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa's move to reimpose an alcohol sales ban as its coronavirus epidemic surges has eased pressure on hospital staff but cast a bleak spotlight on the country's booze culture. 600 words 1430 GMT by Susan Njanji. File picture SAfrica-politics-Mandela-people JOHANNESBURG Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, is buried at a private funeral following her death aged 59 earlier this week. 500 words moved by Susan Njanji. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-opposition-France,WRAP PARIS With prominent supporters from Britain, France and the United States, a leading exiled Iranian opposition group holds its annual conference online to press for regime change in Tehran despite the coronavirus. 500 words 1600 GMT Health-virus-Israel-politics,FOCUS JERUSALEM His poll numbers are sinking, protests are growing and economically punishing restrictions have just been reimposed: surging coronavirus cases in Israel have left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encircled by trouble. 850 words moved by Ben Simon -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Mexico-culture,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Mexico City's famous "Los Angeles" dance hall was once frequented by Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky. But now its future has been left hanging in the balance by the pandemic. 650 words moved by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Virus-health-India-hospital,SCENE GREATER NOIDA, India In suffocating full protective gear inside an Indian intensive care unit with no air conditioning, doctor Showkat Nazir Wani risks his life battling brutal heat and treating coronavirus patients. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- India-economy-retail-ecommerce-Reliance-Ambani,FOCUS MUMBAI Backed by multi-billion-dollar investments from global tech giants, India's richest man is ready to rumble with Amazon and Walmart for the country's huge e-commerce market through his conglomerate Reliance. 700 words moved by Vishal Manve and Ammu Kannampilly. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-Eur-C1,FOCUS MADRID Barcelona made it all about the Champions League and, after surrendering La Liga to Real Madrid, now it is all they have left. 600 words moved by Tom Allnutt. Picture Also moved: Fbl-ESP-Liga-RealMadrid,WRAP fbl-ESP-Liga-RealMadrid-Zidane,FOCUS Oly-IOC-Bach,2ndlead LAUSANNE Thomas Bach, who is steering the Olympic movement through an unprecedented postponed Summer Games, says he will stand in 2021 for a second term as president of the International Olympic Committee. 450 words moved. File picture Tennis-AUS-Kyrgios-health-virus,FOCUS SYDNEY The coronavirus has turned sport on its head and nowhere more so than in tennis, where trouble-prone Aussie Nick Kyrgios has been dubbed "St. Nick" for his moral leadership during the pandemic. 650 words moved by Martin Parry. File picture RugbyU-Super-NZL-AUS-RSA-ARG,3rdlead WELLINGTON New Zealand Rugby reveals plans to drop South African teams and Argentina's Jaguares from Super Rugby next year, in what could herald a major shake-up for the struggling competition. 650 words moved by Neil Sands. File picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-politics-country-Chicks,FOCUS NEW YORK Nearly two decades after country music shunned them for famously repudiating George W Bush, the trio formerly known as The Dixie Chicks have soared back with a new album, new name and renewed fearlessness. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture France-celebrity-music PARIS French dancer and singer Zizi Jeanmaire, an iconic cabaret showgirl whose grace and glamour was celebrated on stage and in film the world over, dies in Switzerland aged 96, her family says. 400 words moved afp
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