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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Violent protests convulse United States + Europe further lifts COVID-19 lockdowns + DR Congo announces fresh Ebola outbreak + China warns US over student restriction + NBA icon Michael Jordan slams US racism US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON US cities tighten curfews as they brace for fresh violence amid a historic nationwide wave of protests against police racism, with a demonstration turning deadly in Louisville, Kentucky. 1,000 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Charlotte Plaintive and Joy Powell in Minneapolis. Pictures. Graphics. Video Health-virus,WRAP ROME Europe takes bolder steps to ease the coronavirus lockdowns, opening up schools, pools, pubs and tourist sites despite fears of a second wave of infections, while in Latin America new cases pile up past the one-million mark. 900 words 2000 GMT by Alexandria Sage, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video. Videographic DRCongo-health-Ebola KINSHASA DR Congo reports a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east, as well as measles and coronavirus outbreaks. 550 words 2000 GMT by Samir Tounsi and Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-US,WRAP BEIJING Beijing warns Washington of retaliation after President Donald Trump announced restrictions on Chinese students in the US in protest against a new national security law in Hong Kong. 500 words moved by Beiyi Seow and Jing Xuan Teng. Video Sport-US-race-unrest-politics,5thlead LOS ANGELES NBA legend Michael Jordan decries "ingrained racism" in America and world champion Lewis Hamilton slams Formula One's silence over the death of unarmed black man George Floyd as reaction from the world of sport leaps borders and leagues. 750 words moved. Picture. File picture -- US RACE PROTESTS -- US-politics-race-unrest,Q&A NEW YORK Six nights of violent demonstrations against police brutality and racism have rocked the United States. AFP answers the key questions surrounding America's worst civil unrest in years. 500 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-race-unrest-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Lurching from tough talk to empathy and back again, with one eye firmly on his voter base, Donald Trump seems unsure what tone to strike as America is convulsed from Minneapolis to Los Angeles by furious anti-racism protests. 600 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video US-politics-unrest-race-Antifa,Q&A WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump has blamed the protest violence in the United States on Antifa, saying the leftist activist network will be formally designated "terrorists" on the same level as al-Qaeda and Islamic State. But who are they and are they really involved? 600 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture US-politics-race-unrest-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON With US cities in flames over outrage about police brutality, nations that are usually on the receiving end of Washington's criticism on human rights are gleefully turning the tables. 650 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video US-politics-unrest-race-refugees,SCENE MINNEAPOLIS African refugees living in Minneapolis were already struggling with their "American dream" when George Floyd died in police custody. Now that dream is in tatters. 600 words 1930 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture US-politics-race-unrest-media-internet-Facebook,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO The clash between Twitter and Donald Trump has thrust rival Facebook into turmoil with employees rebelling against CEO Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to sanction false or inflammatory tweets by the US president. 750 words moved by Julie Jammot. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,2ndLead ROME Top scientists, health officials and the WHO rush to counter claims made by a leading Italian doctor that the new coronavirus "no longer exists" in the country. 500 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Russia MOSCOW Moscow residents venture out to exercise, stroll and shop as the city eases a strict nine-week lockdown, but millions remain largely confined to their homes as Russia records thousands more coronavirus cases. 650 words moved by Michael Mainville and Romain Colas. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain,3rdlead LONDON Younger kids go back to schools in England and the UK parliament prepares to return to normal work as the world's second-worst-hit country in terms of deaths takes a small step out of a lockdown that police warn is becoming difficult to enforce. 650 words moved by Charlotte Durand and Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy-tourism ROME Rome's famed Colosseum reopens after a three-month coronavirus lockdown but only a few hundred people are expected at Italy's top tourism site. 400 words moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video. Live video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Philippines-economy MANILA Manila emerges from one of the world's longest coronavirus lockdowns as the Philippines seeks to repair its badly damaged economy even as the number of new infections surges. 450 words moved. Video. Picture Japan-virus-health-fireworks TOKYO Dozens of fireworks displays erupt simultaneously across Japan to cheer up the public, urge the gods to end the coronavirus pandemic and provide practice for struggling pyrotechnic artisans. 500 words moved. Picture. Video. Japan-smartphones-lifestyle-offbeat TOKYO It is a scene repeated the world over: pedestrians glued to their phones while walking, causing collisions and sometimes accidents. No more, says one Japanese city. 250 words moved - AFRICA - Health-virus-SAfrica-alcohol,SCENE SOWETO, South Africa Scores of people line up outside liquor stores in South Africa's township of Soweto, waiting to buy drinks for the first time in nine weeks after a ban on alcohol sales was lifted. 600 words moved by Michele Gumede. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Australia-media-Google-Facebook SYDNEY Google rejects demands it pay hundreds of millions of dollars per year in compensation to Australian news media under a government-imposed revenue sharing deal. 550 words moved Health-virus-UAE-Emirates-aviation,LEAD DUBAI It could take up to four years for Emirates airline's operations to return "to some degree of normality", its president says a day after it announced job cuts over the coronavirus crisis. 400 words moved by Omar Hasan -- SPORTS -- Britain-health-virus-sport-racing,2ndlead LONDON Horse racing returns in England after an absence of more than two months but is beaten to the chase by pigeon racing as the first sport to restart following the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions. 600 words 1700 by Pirate Irwin. File picture afp
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