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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Contact: daniel.lawler@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Troops deployed as US protesters torch police station + Twitter hides Trump tweet for 'glorifying violence' + Virus tolls surge in Russia and the Americas + US, UK defy China by taking HK security law to UN + Aussie burglar cleared over sex fantasy gone wrong US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, United States Hundreds of troops are deployed to the streets of the northern US cities of Minneapolis and St Paul after a third night of violent protests over police brutality against African Americans left hundreds of shops damaged and a police station on fire. 700 words 1600 GMT by Gilles Clarenne and Joy Powell. Picture. Video US-politics-Trump-Twitter,WRAP WASHINGTON The White House thumbs its nose at Twitter by reposting a President Donald Trump tweet that the social media giant took the unprecedented step of hiding, because it violated the platform's rules. 700 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic spikes again in Russia and the Americas, even as Europe's experiment with reopening from lockdown grows bolder by the day. 800 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-unrest-UN-US-diplomacy,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The United States and Britain defy China by raising its controversial new security law on Hong Kong at the United Nations Security Council, as President Donald Trump teases new measures against Beijing. 650 words 1700 GMT by Philippe Rater with Shaun Tandon in Washington Australia-court-sex-offbeat SYDNEY A knife-toting Australian hired to break into another man's home, tie him up and stroke him with a broom has been cleared of intimidation after accidentally entering the wrong house. 300 words moved -- EUROPE -- Britain-US-China-technology-5G,lead LONDON Britain says it wants the United States to form a club of 10 nations that can develop its own 5G technology and reduce dependence on China's controversial technology giant Huawei. 450 words 1530 GMT by Dmitry Zaks Health-virus-Britain-tourism,FOCUS MARGATE, United Kingdom It may seem like a strange message from a summer resort but businesses on the southern coast of England are urging people to stay away to avoid a second wave of the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Veronique Dupont. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-science-media,FOCUS BERLIN Berlin's star virologist Christian Drosten has become a hate figure for conspiracy theorists and the anti-lockdown movement in Germany, leading to an ugly spat with the country's top-selling newspaper and exposing a growing societal rift over the role of scientists in fighting the pandemic. 700 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colborne. File picture Health-virus-Spain-bullfighting,VIDEOESSAY OLVERA, Spain Cape and sword in hand, bullfighter Javier Conde is back in training despite the ongoing closure of Spain's bullrings over the epidemic and with no opening date in sight. 550 words 1430 GMT. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-society-racism-police-technology-internet,FOCUS NEW YORK From the death of a black man in Minneapolis to a racist incident in Central Park, camera phones are increasingly being used as a weapon against racism even when justice doesn't always follow. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain US-IT-politics-Twitter,FACTS WASHINGTON As a battle intensifies between President Donald Trump and Twitter, the online platform has a range of options on dealing with what it considers inappropriate content, but enforcing its rules could be politically perilous. 500 words 1630 GMT by Rob Lever Health-virus-US-California-economy,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Millions unemployed, world-famous tourist attractions closed, movie sets shuttered and a huge deficit looming: California has been among the states hardest hit by the pandemic economically. 650 words 1530 GMT by Javier Tovar Health-virus-Navajo-water,SPECIALREPORT THOREAU, New Mexico Amanda Larson pulls up at a water station a few miles from her home in the Navajo Nation and her three children get to work filling up large bottles lying on the bed of her pickup truck. The 66 gallons will be used for drinking, washing clothes and bathing -- before the next trip in two or three days to repeat the back-breaking task. 1,350 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-northeast,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's northeast, a harsh place of arid land, cyclical drought and crushing poverty, is emerging as the next crisis zone in the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 1500 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture Health-virus-US-justice-prison,FOCUS WASHINGTON Even in normal times, 55-year-old Dennis Adams would have been facing a monumental challenge -- adjusting to freedom after spending most of his adult life behind bars, including the last 10 years. But these are not normal times. 800 words 1430 GMT by Leo Mouren. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia-students,FOCUS MELBOURNE, Australia Australia wooed hundreds of thousands of international students to its shores with the promise of a first-class education as well as adventure, but the coronavirus crisis has left some jobless and depending on food handouts. 650 words moved by Tania Lee. Picture. Video India-health-virus-accident-chemicals,FOCUS BHOPAL, India Victims of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, who have long suffered the debilitating fallout of the 1984 gas leak, are now dying from coronavirus due to official incompetence, relatives and activists say. 750 words moved by Sanjay Sharma with Vishal Manve in Mumbai. Picture Japan-Netflix-suicide-bullying-internet,FOCUS TOKYO The death of a young Japanese reality TV star targeted by online abuse has sparked an outpouring of grief in the country, and calls for stronger measures to tackle cyberbullying. 700 words moved by Natsuko Fukue -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-AIDS,FOCUS CAPE TOWN After years spent fighting the spread of HIV in Cape Town's Khayelistha township in the early 2000s, Belgian doctor Eric Goemaere and his team have found themselves on the frontline of a new epidemic. 850 words 1500 GMT by Tanya Steenkamp and Sofia Christensen. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-culture-Syria,INTERVIEW DAMASCUS The coronavirus pandemic could create a new world order in which everyone is a loser and new alliances are born to overcome disaster, Syrian thinker Imad Fawzi Shueibi says. 600 words moved by Maher al Mounes. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-technology-rights,FOCUS PARIS As countries emerge from lockdowns imposed to blunt the coronavirus pandemic, dozens have rolled out phone apps to track a person's movements and who they come into contact with, potentially giving officials a vital tool for limiting contagion risks. 1,200 words 1500 GMT by Joseph Schmid with AFP bureaus Health-virus-hydroxychloroquine-chloroquine-study,lead PARIS Dozens of scientists raise concerns over a large-scale study of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine that led to the WHO suspending clinical trials of the anti-viral drugs as a potential coronavirus treatment. 650 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- CORONAVIRUS MISINFORMATION -- Health-virus-internet-misinformation-Asia,FOCUS HONG KONG A deluge of online misinformation and hoaxes during the coronavirus crisis is stoking fear and confusion across Asia, with some violators of lockdown rules facing jail and hefty fines. 800 words moved by Rachel Blundy and Spencer Feingold -- BUSINESS -- India-economy,WRAP MUMBAI India's economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two decades last quarter, government data shows, with warnings of far worse to come as it grapples with the fallout of the world's largest coronavirus lockdown. 600 words 1530 GMT by Vishal Manve France-automobile-Renault-health-virus,WRAP PARIS The automaker Renault will cut nearly 15,000 jobs, including 4,600 at its core French operations, as it seeks to steer out of a cash crunch exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis. 700 words 1500 GMT by Daneil Aronssohn. Picture. Video China-Germany-automobile-VW,WRAP BEIJING Volkswagen announces it will invest around two billion euros ($2.2 billion) in two Chinese companies in the electric vehicle sector, calling it "the world's biggest market". 600 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-US-France-entertainment-music-Guetta,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Pandemic confinement has electronic dance music titan David Guetta looking inward, and saying he's emerging "extremely inspired" ahead of a New York benefit set for this weekend. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture. Video Health-virus-Mexico-entertainment-Aparicio,INTERVIEW MEXICO CITY The coronavirus crisis has kept Oscar-nominated Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio from returning to work. But the "Roma" star is using the time away from her job to best advantage, pursuing her activism on behalf of indigenous peoples. 550 words 1500 GMT by Natalia Cano. File picture. Video -- SPORTS -- fbl-health-virus-ENG-Pr-police LONDON British police want at least six Premier League matches and any Liverpool title clincher to be played at neutral venues when the season resumes in a bid to avoid supporters gathering outside stadiums. 600 words moved afp
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