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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + UK eases quarantine as cases surge in Americas + Turkey opens Khashoggi murder trial + Prince Andrew 'bewildered' after Maxwell arrest + French premier out in Macron reshuffle + Copenhagen's Mermaid tagged with strange message Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain exempts dozens of countries from its quarantine rules as the coronavirus outbreak slows in Europe, but excludes the United States as the pandemic accelerates across the Americas. 800 words 1630 GMT by David Harding with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Turkey-Saudi-Khashoggi-murder-trial,WRAP ISTANBUL The trial in absentia of 20 suspects begins in Istanbul including two former aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, accused of killing and dismembering journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. 600 words 1500 GMT by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video Britain-US-justice-Epstein-Maxwell-Andrew,2ndlead LONDON Prince Andrew is "bewildered" by claims he is stonewalling a US investigation into the alleged sex trafficking of minors by British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, his legal team says. 500 words 1500 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. File picture. Picture. Video Graphic Also moving: Britain-US-justice-Epstein-Maxwell-Andrew,PROFILE Britain-US-justice-Epstein-Maxwell-family,FOCUS France-politics,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron names a senior but low-profile bureaucrat as prime minister to replace Edouard Philippe, the first move in a widely expected cabinet reshuffle after dismal local election showings for the ruling party. 700 words 1530 by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moving: France-politics-Philippe,PROFILE France-politics-Castex,PROFILE Denmark-crime-vandalism COPENHAGEN The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, the city's most famous monument, has been vandalised but police and commentators are puzzled as to what the message really is about. 350 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-travel LONDON Travellers from more than 50 countries including France, Italy and Spain -- but not the United States -- can stop self-isolating on arrival in England from July 10, the UK government announces. 450 words moved France-politics-Macron,ANALYSIS PARIS In replacing his popular prime minister with a little-known bureaucrat, French President Emmanuel Macron revealed an intention to tighten the reins on government and push his own agenda ahead a bid for reelection, analysts say. 600 words 1530 GMT by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Turkey-rights-trial-politics,WRAP ISTANBUL An Istanbul court convicts two former Amnesty Turkey leaders on terror charges in a case condemned by the rights group. 500 words 1500 GMT. Video Russia-politics-media-rights,Lead MOSCOW Russian prosecutors demand six years in prison for a journalist for allegedly justifying terrorism in a case that has drawn outrage from supporters and rights groups. 500 words 1430 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-settlers,FOCUS GUSH ETZION, Palestinian Territories Some Israeli settlers agree with their Palestinian neighbours in the occupied West Bank that the Jewish state's plan to annex part of the territory would undermine their years-long reconciliation efforts. 600 words 1530 GMT by Michael Blum. Pictures. Video. Algeria-France-history-diplomacy,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria salutes the return after more than 150 years of the skulls of 24 resistance fighters decapitated during colonial France's conquest of the North African country that had been lying in storage in a Paris museum. 650 words 1530 GMT by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-economy-agriculture,FOCUS DAMASCUS Watching a combine harvester advance through his golden wheat, Syrian farmer Yahya Mahmoud is relieved the yield looks good this year, as a tanking economy leaves millions hungry across his war-torn country. 700 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-conflict,WRAP BAMAKO Armed men kill at least 30 villagers in Mali in simultaneous attacks on several villages in the conflict-riven centre of the country. 400 words moved by Serge Daniel and Kassim Traore. File picture Rwanda-genocide-France-court,WRAP PARIS French appeals judges reject a bid to reopen an investigation into the 1994 assassination of Rwanda's president which sparked a 100-day genocide that killed 800,000 people. 600 words moved by Benjamin Legendre. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-history,FOCUS WASHINGTON Under fire for his silence in the face of America's spiralling coronavirus caseload, President Donald Trump heads to Mount Rushmore for a night of fireworks that he hopes will soothe a nation he has struggled to unite. 650 words 1730 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-youth,FOCUS WASHINGTON Accused of failing to uphold their civic duty, younger Americans are behind the current COVID-19 surge, with several states moving to close bars, beaches and other places that saw huge crowds when lockdowns were eased. 600 words moved by Ivan Couronne Venezuela-EU-diplomacy-parliament,WRAP CARACAS Venezuela reverses a decision to expel the EU's ambassador in a tense stand off with Brussels over sanctions, but Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza says Caracas expects action in return. 650 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- Myanmar-mining-accident-economy-jade-China,WRAP HPAKANT Dozens of jade miners are buried in a mass grave after a landslide in northern Myanmar killed over 170, most of them migrant workers seeking their fortune in treacherous open-cast mines near the China border. 650 words 1430 GMT by Lapyae Ko and Ye Aung Thu. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-rights,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kongers are scrubbing their social media accounts, deleting chat histories and mugging up on cyber privacy as China's newly imposed security law blankets the traditionally outspoken city in fear and self-censorship. 750 words moved by Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi China-politics-diplomacy,FOCUS BEIJING From remote Himalayan valleys to small tropical islands and tense Western capitals, an increasingly assertive China is taking on conflicts around the world like never before as the United States retreats. 750 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng HongKong-China-politics-Australia-Britain,FOCUS HONG KONG Western nations are moving to offer millions of Hong Kongers refuge after Beijing passed draconian security laws designed to choke the city's democracy movement -- but a mass exodus is unlikely. 750 words moved by Su Xinqi with Andrew Beatty in Sydney Vietnam-economy-hotels-lifestyle HANOI For guests at the "Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake" coffee comes in a gold cup and bath time is taken in gilded splendour -- the world's first self-proclaimed gold-plated hotel is open for business, despite the coronavirus pandemic. 300 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Cricket-corruption-SRI-IND,3rdlead COLOMBO Sri Lankan police drop a criminal investigation into the 2011 cricket World Cup final, saying they found no evidence of match-fixing by players to let their Indian opponents win. 550 words 1500 GMT by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- India-film-dance-Bollywood-Khan,lead MUMBAI Bollywood's first female choreographer Saroj Khan, whose sizzling dance routines breathed life into hundreds of films, dies aged 71, triggering further heartbreak in an industry already reeling from a string of recent deaths. 600 words moved by Udita Jhunjhunwala. File picture India-health-virus-cinema-entertainment-Bollywood,FOCUS MUMBAI A Bollywood actor's face tattooed on his arm, Sandeep Bacche's devotion shocks few in India where stars enjoy semi-divine status. But even here the hallowed silver screen may be losing its shine to streaming services and pandemic fears. 650 words moved by Udita Jhunjhunwala and Vishal Manve. Picture. Video Lifestyle-France-fashion-revolt,FOCUS PARIS The fashion world is being rocked by a revolt by designers as Paris fashion week goes online for the first time in its history because of the coronavirus. 700 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture afp
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