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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Spain reopens as virus surges in Latin America + Trump counting cost of rally flop in Oklahoma + Britain opens terror probe into deadly stabbings + Serbia ruling party set to win post-virus poll + 'Ring of fire' eclipse on longest day of year Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Spain reopens its borders, getting rid of one of the most potent symbols of Europe's battle against the coronavirus, as infections in Latin America surge past two million. 800 words 2000 GMT by Thomas Perroteau and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-rally-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's reelection campaign scrambles to reset after fumbling its relaunch at a rally in Oklahoma marred by a litany of errors. 600 words 2000 GMT by Frankie Taggart. Picture. Video Britain-politics-police-stabbing,WRAP READING,United Kingdom British police say they are treating a stabbing spree in which a lone assailant killed three people in a leafy park filled with lounging families and friends in Reading as "terrorism". 600 words 1930 GMT by Ben Stansall. Picture. Video. Graphic Serbia-politics-vote,WRAP BELGRADE Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is poised to cement his centre-right party's grip on power in Europe's first national election since emerging from coronavirus lockdown, with a scattered opposition helping clear the path to victory. 700 words 2030 GMT by Sally Mairs and Katarina Busasic. Picture. Video Science-astronomy-Sun-eclipse,WRAP HONG KONG Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East witness a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse. 650 words moved. Graphic. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Barr,lead WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr assails the use of mail-in ballots in US elections, saying they could "open the floodgates of potential fraud." 500 words 1930 GMT by Brian Knowlton US-racism-unrest-Asian-minorities,FOCUS WASHINGTON As anti-racism protests broke out across the United States, Viet Hoai Tran knew exactly what he wanted to write on his poster -- "Yellow Peril Supports Black Power." 800 words moved by Tori Otten. Picture US-politics-economy-racism-restaurants,FOCUS WASHINGTON Outside the Southwest Soda Pop Shop in the US capital, a long line of customers waits, both to buy ice cream and to show solidarity with restaurants owned by African Americans, a community particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Daxia Rojas. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-unrest-police,WRAP STUTTGART, Germany German authorities voice shock at a violent rampage of an "unprecedented scale" overnight in the city centre of Stuttgart, where hundreds of party-goers ran riot, attacking police and plundering stores after smashing shop windows. 500 words moved by Thomas Kienzle. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain,lead LONDON London City Airport receives its first flight in nearly three months as Britain moves another step closer to fully emerging from its coronavirus lockdown on July 4. 600 words 1930 GMT by Dmitry Zaks -- MIDEAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,FOCUS GAZA CITY When Jacqueline Shahada was blinded in one eye during a Palestinian demonstration along the Gaza border, she never thought she would lose her husband and children too. 1,150 words moved by Joe Dyke and Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-south-Socotra,WRAP ADEN Yemen's southern separatists have seized control of the strategic island of Socotra, further undermining the government which is battling to defeat the Huthi rebels firmly entrenched in the north. 600 words moved. Graphic Libya-conflict-Egypt TRIPOLI Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord denounces Egypt's warning of military intervention in Libya, labelling it a "delaration of war". 450 words moved Fbl-IRQ-Iraq-health-virus-Radhi BAGHDAD Iraqi football legend Ahmed Radhi dies from complications linked to COVID-19, just hours before he was to be flown for treatment in Jordan. 450 words moved -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica,FOCUS WELLINGTON Wineries around Cape Town fear a nine-week alcohol sales ban will leave a bad hangover that outlasts the coronavirus pandemic as South African bottles lose their spots on international shelves and thousands of jobs are lost. 700 words moved by Tanya Steenkamp. Picture. Video Malawi-politics-vote,ADVANCER LILONGWE Malawi goes to the polls on Tuesday in a historic presidential re-run after a court overturned last year's elections and ordered a fresh vote. 700 words moved by Jack McBrams. File picture. File video Also moved: Malawi-politics-vote,CHRONO Malawi-politics-vote,COUNTRYFACTFILE Malawi-politics-vote,PROFILES -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China,lead BEIJING China bans imports from a top US poultry producer and orders a Beijing Pepsi factory to close in a clampdown on food production and distribution after a new coronavirus cluster breaks out in the capital. 450 words moved Myanmar-unrest-rights YANGON The world's longest internet shutdown in Myanmar's conflict-ridden northwest enters a second year with locals and rights groups appealing for an end to the blackout in the region gripped by coronavirus fears. 400 words moved Australia-Catholic-prison-books-Pell SYDNEY A 1,000-page journal written by Australian Cardinal George Pell during his time behind bars is set to be released by a US-based Catholic publisher that is appealing for donations to help fund the project. 400 words moved. File picture India-sports-yoga-virus-health NEW DELHI India marks International Yoga Day with low-key events during the coronavirus battle, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the crisis has made the ancient practice even more relevant. 250 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool can close to within one win of a first league title in 30 years when the English champions-elect return to action for the first time in three months against local rivals Everton. 650 words by Kieran Canning 2100 GMT Tennis-Dimitrov-Djokovic-health-virus,2ndlead PARIS Top 20 tennis star Grigor Dimitrov says he has tested positive for coronavirus after pulling out of an exhibition tournament in the Balkans which also featured world number one Novak Djokovic. 500 words 2000 GMT -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-entertainment-US-film,FOCUS LOS ANGELES After more than three months of coronavirus-mandated limbo, Hollywood is headed back to the big screen -- and hoping that Russell Crowe's road rage thriller "Unhinged" will jump-start the recovery. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Video afp
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