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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: daniel.lawler@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + 'Major breakthrough': Steroid hailed as virus treatment + Indian and Chinese troops in deadly border clash + N.Korea blows up liaison office near southern border + Trump to address furore over police violence, racism + Footballer forces UK govt policy change Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Britain is to immediately start treating coronavirus patients with a steroid that has been hailed as a "major breakthrough" in the battle against the global epidemic. 700 words 1630 GMT by Patrick Galey. Picture. Video. Videographic India-China-conflict,WRAP NEW DELHI Three Indian soldiers have been killed in a "violent face-off" on the Chinese border, the Indian army says, following weeks of rising tensions and the deployment of thousands of extra troops from both sides. 600 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga with Parvaiz Bukhari in Srinagar and Jing Xuan Teng in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: India-China-conflict,CHRONO NKorea-SKorea-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korea blows up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border, after days of increasingly virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang. 650 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: NKorea-SKorea-diplomacy-office,FACTS NKorea-diplomacy-politics-people-KimYoJong,PROFILE SKorea-NKorea-politics-diplomacy,CHRONO US-politics-unrest-racism-police,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump will stake his place in the national debate over police violence and racism that has engulfed the country since the death of George Floyd with an executive order mandating reforms, although critics say he doesn't go far enough. 600 words 1500 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Health-virus-Britain-politics-fbl-ENG,2ndlead LONDON The British government bows to demands by Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford to change its policy on free school meals for the poorest children, amid growing concerns about the impact of the coronavirus lockdown on low-income families. 650 words 1600 GMT by Alice Ritchie. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-politics-fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd-Rashford,PROFILE -- CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT -- Health-virus-dexamethasone-treatment,UPDATE LONDON The steroid dexamethasone is shown to be the first drug to significantly reduce the risk of death among severe COVID-19 cases, in trial results hailed as a "major breakthrough" in the fight against the disease. 550 words 1500 GMT by Dmitry Zaks with Patrick Galey in Paris. Picture -- EUROPE -- US-Germany-NATO-military,WRAP WARSAW Germany and NATO on Tuesday underline the importance of US troops in Germany for security on both sides of the Atlantic, a day after President Donald Trump announced he would slash the number stationed there. 600 words moved by Bernard Osser and Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video Germany-politics-farright-homicide-trial,WRAP FRANKFURT A German neo-Nazi goes on trial for the murder of pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke, a killing that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism. 650 words 1530 GMT by Annalena Doerner. Picture. Video France-unrest-Russia-Chechnya,WRAP DIJON, France Political leaders in France express outrage after the usually placid eastern city of Dijon was hit by another night of unrest linked to score-settling by members of the Chechen community. 600 words 1530 GMT by Loic Venin. Picture. Health-virus-Hungary-politics BUDAPEST Hungarian MPs vote to revoke anti-coronavirus emergency powers that triggered international criticism amid fears of a power grab by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. 650 words moved by Peter Murphy. Picture Health-virus-conservation-Europe-environment-wildlife,FOCUS PARIS Four wolves chase a herd of red deer through the central Italian town of Scanno, passing across front lawns and shuttered restaurant terraces. Across Europe and around the world, stay-at-home orders have allowed some animals to recolonise -- or at least revisit -- urbanised spaces, in which their kind once roamed free. 1,200 words moved by Phineas Rueckert. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-security,FOCUS RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories Palestinian security services have been destroying secret documents, fearing possible Israeli raids on their offices as the Jewish state weighs annexing parts of the occupied West Bank. 550 words 1530 GMT File picture Health-Virus-Israel-technology,FOCUS ASHKELON, Israel An Israeli company is monitoring coronavirus traces in a coastal city's sewers, hoping to widely deploy its technology to provide early warning of new outbreaks of the respiratory disease. 750 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video Health-virus-Bahrain-Kuwait-Norway-technology LONDON Rights group Amnesty International warns that contact tracing apps to contain the coronavirus developed by Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway are "among the most dangerous for privacy". 550 words 1430 GMT Health-virus-Saudi-hajj,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year's hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, observers say, a perilous decision as coronavirus cases surge. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra with AFP bureaus. File picture. File video Libya-conflict-landmines,FOCUS TRIPOLI The smell of gunpowder still lingered in the battle-scarred south of Libya's capital when Hicham Suleiman, a teacher in his 50s, cautiously returned to his home, anxious about booby traps like the one that killed his neighbour. 750 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-justice-LGBT-rights-Gorsuch,PROFILE WASHINGTON US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, the unexpected author of a landmark ruling to protect LGBT workers, was appointed by President Donald Trump to be a reliably conservative voice on the nation's highest court. 600 words 1730 GMT by Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Tanzania-politics,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM Tanzanian President John Magufuli dissolves parliament to allow for elections in October, pledging a "free and fair" vote in a country where the opposition has decried a climate of fear and violence. 500 words 1500 GMT -- ASIA -- India-health-virus-monsoon-disease,FOCUS MUMBAI With hospitals already severely stretched, coronavirus-hit India is now bracing for the monsoon and its deadly annual onslaught of mosquito-borne illnesses, with an overwhelmed army of public health workers the only defence. 700 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly. Picture. Video Virus-health-Japan-computers-lifestyle-women-geisha,FOCUS HAKONE, Japan Japanese geisha "Chacha" sits on her knees with her fingertips neatly placed on the wooden floor, gracefully bowing to an audience sitting not metres but miles away, watching online. 700 words moved by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video Australia-indigenous-music-health-virus,FOCUS BRISBANE, Australia Aboriginal musicians used to performing for a few hundred people in Australia's remote far north have seen audiences swell by the tens-of-thousands as their online gigs go global during the pandemic. 600 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture -- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY -- Health-virus-US-economy-bank-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Significant uncertainty remains about the recovery of the US economy from the coronavirus pandemic, and unless consumers feel confident COVID-19 has been defeated, a full recovery is "unlikely," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warns. 600 words 1600 GMT by Heather Scott US-economy-retail-industry WASHINGTON US retail sales post a surprise spike of 17.7 percent in May in a sign that parts of the world's largest economy may be overcoming the coronavirus shutdowns. 500 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein EU-US-Apple-antitrust,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU's powerful competition authority opens a series of cases against Apple in a sign that Brussels was not backing down in its efforts to rein in US-based tech giants. 600 words moved by Alex Pigman -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-health-virus,PREVIEW LONDON The Premier League returns on Wednesday after 100 days in the deep freeze, with Liverpool on the brink of winning the title in a radically changed football universe. 700 words moved by Steven Griffiths. File picture Also moved: Fbl-ENG-Pr-fixtures Health-virus-fbl-ENG-Pr-HongKong,FOCUS -- ENTERTAINMENT -- France-Haiti-racism-police-Peck PARIS Oscar-nominated black film director Raoul Peck says France is in denial of its racism and its colonial past and that protesters are "right to rise up against it". 600 words 1500 GMT by Alain Jean-Robert and Fiachra Gibbons. File picture France-abuse-children-internet-gaming,FOCUS PARIS During France's coronavirus lockdown, a futuristic blue-winged avatar joined the wildly popular gaming world of Fortnite, but its goal was not to be the last person standing -- its job was to give young victims of abuse a chance to tell their stories. 600 words 1600 GMT by Arnaud Bouvier afp
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