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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe edges out of lockdown, Asia cautious + China parliament backs Hong Kong security law + Trump targets social media giants, alleging bias + US protests flare over black man's death in custody + Plastic bubble brings back joy to nursing home Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Several European countries including France and Britain move to further lift crippling coronavirus lockdown measures, but in Asia, restrictions are reimposed after a spate of new infections -- signalling the crisis is far from over. 900 words 2100 GMT by Mariette Le Roux, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. HongKong-China-US-politics-unrest,WRAP BEIJING China's parliament approves plans to impose a security law on Hong Kong that has ratcheted up tensions with the US and sparked new protests over fears the city is losing its special freedoms. 750 words moved by Laurie Chen. Live video. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-unrest-US,FACTS HongKong-China-US-politics-unrest-law,Q&A US-politics-media-Trump-Twitter,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump is set to target social media giants like Twitter, which he accuses of bias against him, with an executive order opening them to new regulation. 700 words 1930 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moving: US-IT-politics-law,FACTS US-politics-police-justice-race,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, United States Minneapolis officials call for calm as they gird for fresh violence after a second night of demonstrations over the police killing of an African American left numerous stores ablaze and one person dead. 700 words 2000 GMT by Joy Powell. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-elderly,SCENE BOURBOURG, Northern France Nathalie Szczepaniak caresses the hand of her husband, a care home resident, after two months without visits amid France's coronavirus lockdown. But this is no ordinary reunion -- the couple meet in a "bubble" separated by a clear plastic sheet. 700 words moved by Elia Vaissiere. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-LatAm-slums,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO As the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe Latin America's slum dwellers waited defenseless in its path -- now with the region becoming the new epicenter of the crisis, the virus is unleashing destruction on its most vulnerable populations. 850 words 2000 GMT by Lucia Lacurcia with Paula Bustamente in Santiago. Picture. Video US-society-racism-police-technology,FOCUS NEW YORK From the death of a black man during an arrest in Minneapolis to an argument over a dog that turned racist in Central Park, smartphone videos are increasingly being used as a weapon against racism even when justice does not always follow. 650 words 2130 GMT by Thomas Urbain -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France PARIS France announces the long-awaited nationwide reopening of bars, restaurants and cafes from June 2, albeit with restrictions, and lifts limitations on domestic travel in time for the summer holidays. 750 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-politics LONDON UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says some English schools and shops will reopen from next week as he tries to end a scandal over what police said appeared to be a "minor" lockdown breach by his closest adviser. 650 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-Spain-cinema,FOCUS MADRID For many, it was a long-awaited chance to feel normal again, sitting in their cars belting out "Summer Nights" at Madrid's drive-in cinema on a rare night out after a 10-week lockdown. 600 words moved by Hazel Ward. Picture. Video Britain-people-record-death LONDON The world's oldest man, according to the Guinness World Records, has died from cancer in Britain at the age of 112, his family confirms. 250 words moved -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-crime KANO, Nigeria Gunmen on motorcycles kill dozens of people in a string of attacks on villages in the restive northwest of Nigeria, as the authorities struggle to curb the violence. 500 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-France-diplomacy,FOCUS ALGIERS Two documentaries about Algeria's protest movement broadcast on French public television have sparked outrage in Algiers and yet another diplomatic standoff between the North African nation and the former colonial power. 700 words 2000GMT by Amal Belalloufi Lebanon-politics-banking,2ndlead Lebanon's parliament adopts a law to lift banking secrecy for public officials including over corruption or funding "terrorism", after months of protests in the crisis-hit country. 550 words moved Libya-conflict,Q&A TRIPOLI After backing different sides in the Libya war, Russia and Turkey appear to have agreed to avoid direct confontation and carve up the oil-rich country into spheres of influence, analysts say. 700 words moved by Rim Taher. File picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KABUL Fourteen members of the Afghan security forces are killed in two separate attacks, the first deadly assaults officials have blamed on the Taliban since the end of a three-day ceasefire. 550 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Graphic Bangladesh-India-weather-cyclone-environment,SCENE KHULNA, Bangladesh Rezaul Islam wades through waist-high water, a sack of rice on his head pulled from his home, homeless a week after a cyclone savaged Bangladesh and eastern India. 600 words moved by Sam Jahan and Kazi Santo. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-manufacturing WASHINGTON The number of workers filing for jobless benefits since the coronavirus arrived in the United States passes 40 million while manufactured goods sales plunged even as signs emerged that people are returning to work. 700 words moved by Chris Stein France-economy-automobile-labour PARIS French auto giant Renault plans to cut around 15,000 jobs worldwide, including 4,600 in France, as part of a two billion euro cost-cutting plan over three years, sources say. 300 words moved -- SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-energy-UN-COP26 PARIS Critical UN climate talks at which nations were expected to ramp up plans to combat global warming are to be pushed back a full year to November 2021, observers to the negotiations tell AFP. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood. -- SPORT -- RugbyL-health-virus-AUS-NRL BRISBANE, Australia Canned cheers and cardboard spectators greet the return of professional sport to Australia with the Parramatta Eels beating the Brisbane Broncos as the National Rugby League resumed after a lengthy coronavirus break. 500 words moved. 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