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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Twitter hit by hack of high-profile users + Lockdowns bite as virus infections surge again + Under-fire Trump replaces campaign manager + Top EU court invalidates EU-US data deal + Carbon 'food-print' of meat-loving states exposed US-internet-hack-Twitter,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Twitter is investigating a massive hack in which high-profile users from Elon Musk to Joe Biden had their accounts hijacked by scammers who the social network believes targeted its employees to gain access to internal systems. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture Health-virus,WRAP PATNA, India More than 100 million people in a badly hit Indian state go into a new coronavirus lockdown and international dignitaries gather in Spain to honour victims as cases surge across the globe. 650 words 1200 GMT by Mohammad Imran Khan with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump fires his campaign manager just four months ahead of November's election, in a bid to transform a campaign that has seen his popularity sink over his management of the surging coronavirus. 800 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video EU-US-court-privacy BRUSSELS A crucial online data arrangement between Europe and the US is invalidated, as a top EU court decision over Facebook throws trans-Atlantic big tech into legal limbo. 600 words 1100 GMT by Alex Pigman Climate-environment-health-agriculture-food PARIS If everyone alive ate steaks and dairy the way Brazilians and Americans do, we would need an extra five planets to feed the world, according to the first report to compare the carbon emissions from food consumption in G20 nations. 550 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict,WRAP YEREVAN New clashes erupt between Azerbaijan and Armenia following day-long lull along their shared border, dashing hopes of a rapid end to a flare-up in fighting. 650 words 1000 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan with Karen Minasyan in Tavush and Isgandar Ganbarvo in Tovuz. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict,BACKGROUND Health-virus-Spain,lead MADRID Badly hit by the pandemic and carefully watching the latest outbreaks, Spain pauses to honour its tens of thousands of victims at a state ceremony joined by top EU and World Health Organization figures. 550 words 1030 GMT by Diego Urdanteta. Picture. Video Serbia-Kosovo-EU-diplomacy,WRAP BELGRADE Former war foes Serbia and Kosovo are set to restart talks to normalise their strained relationship after a long stalemate, though the road is paved with stumbling blocks. 700 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj with Ismet Hajdari in Pristina. Graphic Also moved: Kosovo-Serbia-politics-diplomacy,FACTS NMacedonia-vote,WRAP SKOPJE North Macedonia's Social Democrats eke out a razor-thin lead over rival nationalists, highlighting deep fault lines in a country preparing to start EU membership talks. 700 words 0930 GMT by Darko Duridanski. Picture. Video Britain-racism-slavery LONDON A statue of an anti-racism protester in Britain which had replaced one of a slave trader has been removed, local authorities say, in an ongoing battle over the symbolic empty plinth. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Jordan-politics-court,WRAP AMMAN Jordan's top court dissolves the country's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Islamist movement under pressure in much of the Middle East, citing its failure to "rectify its legal status". 400 words 1100 GMT Syria-conflict-Assad-vote,ADVANCER DAMASCUS Syria prepares for parliamentary polls Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad marks a second decade in power mired by war, international sanctions, and economic woes. 750 words 1100 GMT by Maher al-Mounes. Picture Yemen-conflict-racism,FOCUS DUBAI At a time when the Black Lives Matter movement is reshaping societies, black Yemenis have scant hope for an end to centuries of discrimination that has only worsened during the civil war. 770 words moved by Shatha Yaish with correspondents in Yemen. Picture. Video Egypt-sex-crime-internet,FOCUS CAIRO Egypt has seen a strong resurgence of the #MeToo movement after dozens of women made shocking claims of sexual abuse and assault by a member of the country's wealthy elite. 720 words moved by Menna Zaki and Hager Harabech. Picture Syria-conflict-agriculture-pistachio,FOCUS MAAN, Syria Pruning scissors in hand, Syrian pistachio farmer Fadi al-Mahmoud inspects his orchard, hoping for his first harvest after years of war, as nearby army de-miners sweep the ground for buried explosives. 550 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica,FOCUS PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa South African ambulance services battle to dispatch suspected coronavirus patients to hospitals crippled by staff shortages and a lack of beds in the southern hotspot. 650 words 1200 GMT by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video Health-virus-Nigeria-Islam-education,FOCUS KANO, Nigeria Two dozen boys read verses of the Koran aloud at an informal Islamic school in northern Nigeria's Kano -- one of thousands of controversial institutions now facing closure due to the coronavirus. 750 words 1000 GMT by Aminu Abubakar. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-internet-hack-Twitter-politics,FACTS LONDON The hack at Twitter raises serious questions about in-house security at Donald Trump's favourite social media platform but, experts say, also threatens malign consequences for the integrity of November's presidential election. 500 words 1200 GMT by Jitendra Joshi US-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States clears the way for sanctions on employees of telecom giant Huawei, expanding its pressure campaign on China, which summons the US ambassador. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture US-justice-execution,lead WASHINGTON The execution of a murderer whose lawyers claim he is suffering from dementia can go ahead, the US Supreme Court rules, overturning a lower court's stay on the process. 500 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- India-US-immigration,FOCUS MUMBAI Every night in Bangalore, Parvez Shaikh's 18-month-old son wakes up in tears, calling for his mother who is in the United States -- one among hundreds of families staring at an uncertain future after President Donald Trump froze most immigrant visas. 750 words moved by Vishal Manve, with Vijay Grover in Bangalore. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY -- ECB-EU-eurozone-banking-inflation-rate, WRAP FRANKFURT European Central Bank governors are expected to refrain from doling out fresh stimulus medicine at their policy meeting, hoping EU leaders will do their bit this week to shore up the crisis-hit region with a huge coronavirus recovery plan. 700 words 1200 GMT by Tom Barfield. File Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-US-economy-manufacturing WASHINGTON The US economy showed signs of life nationwide last month, but has not returned to its pre-pandemic level and the outlook remains "highly uncertain," the Federal Reserve says. 650 words moved by Heather Scott HongKong-China-politics-economy-US,FOCUS HONG KONG Beijing's tough new security law and President Donald Trump's order to rescind special trading privileges have blunted Hong Kong's competitive edge and risk turning the finance hub into just another Chinese city, analysts warn. 800 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. Picture Also moved: China-economy-growth,WRAP -- SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-Siberia-heatwave-attribution PARIS A recent heatwave in Siberia that shattered temperature records as the region sweltered in 38 degree Celsius highs was "almost impossible" without the influence of manmade climate change, leading scientists say. 600 words moved by Patrick Galey Antarctica-science-climate PARIS Humanity's accelerating impact on the vast wilderness of Antarctica extends well beyond scientific stations and eco-tourism along its fringes, both in scope and intensity, scientists warn. 500 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- SPORTS -- Cricket-ENG-WIS-Archer-health-virus,2ndlead MANCHESTER England's pace spearhead Jofra Archer is ruled out of the second Test against the West Indies after breaking "bio-secure protocols" aimed at stopping coronavirus infections, giving the home side a headache as they seek to level the series. 550 words 1000 GMT by Julian Guyer afp
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