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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Lebanon leaders face rage over blasts + Irate China warns US over Taiwan visit + New York seeks to shut scandal-hit NRA + Huge chunk of Alpine glacier threatened + Cricket: England collapse vs. Pakistan Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's embattled leadership, under fire after a massive explosion laid waste to large parts of Beirut, faces public fury and stern calls for reform from the visiting French president and the IMF. 850 words moved by Jean-Marc Mojon and Valerie Leroux. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video US-China-Taiwan-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON China's defense minister warns his Pentagon counterpart against escalating tensions over Taiwan as Washington plans to send the US health secretary to Taipei in the highest level visit by a US official in years. 600 words 2030 GMT by Paul Handley with Ludovic Ehret in Beijing. File picture US-politics-crime-weapons-lobbying-NRA,WRAP NEW YORK New York's attorney general says she is seeking to shut down the powerful NRA gun lobby as she announces a lawsuit alleging massive financial fraud by its longtime head. 650 words 2100 GMT by Paul handley. File picture. Italy-glacier-environment-evacuation,WRAP COURMAYEUR,Italy An alpine resort in Italy is on high alert and dozens of people are evacuated over fears a huge chunk of a mountain glacier could break away because of sudden high temperatures. 400 words moved by Marco Bertorello with Alexandria Sage in Rome. Picture Cricket-ENG-PAK,WRAP MANCHESTER England suffer a dramatic top-order collapse to stand at 92-4 in their first innings of the opening Test against Pakistan whose 326 was built around opening batsman Shan Masood's brilliant century. 650 words 2000 GMT by Julian Guyer. Picture -- BEIRUT BLAST -- Lebanon-blast-Macron,SCENE BEIRUT White shirt sleeves rolled up, Emmanuel Macron waded through cheering crowds in the devastated streets of Beirut Thursday where disaster survivors pleaded with him to help get rid of their reviled ruling elite. 550 words moved by Valerie Leroux. Picture. Video Also moved: Lebanon-blast-aid-diaspora,FOCUS Lebanon-blast-politics,POINTS BEIRUT With anger mounting over the epic destruction caused by the Beirut port blast and a country already mired in its worst ever economic crisis, what impact will the tragedy have on Lebanese politics? 750 words moved by Acil Tabbara. Picture. Graphic. Video Lebanon-blast-solidarity,SCENE BEIRUT In Beirut's beloved bar districts, hundreds of young Lebanese ditch beers for brooms to sweep debris in the absence of a state-sponsored cleanup operation following the deadly blast. 670 words moved by Dylan Collins and Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-ammonium-nitrate,FACTS STOCKHOLM The storage of ammonium nitrate, the substance behind the deadly explosion in the port of Beirut on Tuesday, has come under increased regulation in recent years to avoid involvement of the ubiquitous product in accidents which, although rare, can be devastating. 600 words moved by Marc Preel and Manon Billing in Paris -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN More countries across Europe impose new travel restrictions and containment measures with fears growing over a second wave of coronavirus infections as global deaths from the pandemic climbed over 700,000. 700 words 1930 GMT by Kit Holden with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-WHO-vaccine,lead GENEVA The World Health Organization warns against "vaccine nationalism", saying vaccine-hogging richer countries would not be safe coronavirus havens if poor nations remained exposed. 500 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard Health-virus-children,FACTS WASHINGTON We know for sure children are less likely to fall ill from the coronavirus, and emerging evidence suggests they're less likely to be infected too. What's less clear is how much they spread the virus once infected. 600 words moved Health-virus-Canada-entertainment-music,FOCUS MONTREAL Music lovers jam into an airport parking lot to listen -- while socially distancing -- to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra play Beethoven, Ravel and Mozart in between flights taking off. 600 words 2100 GMT by Eric Thomas. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS Health-virus-Brazil-social,FOCUS Health-virus-Brazil-toll,INTERVIEW -- AMERICAS -- US-Iran-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The envoy leading President Donald Trump's hardline push on Iran quits, three months before an election that could reorient US policy. 550 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon. File picture -- EUROPE -- Italy-art-history-Raphael ROME Art sleuths have created a 3D reconstruction of Italian painter Raphael's face, which they claim solves an age-old mystery over his final resting place. 480 words moved by Ella Ide. Picture Italy-Spain-assault-Domingo ROME Famed Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo, accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, denies the allegations in an interview on getting over coronavirus. 350 words moved -- ASIA -- SriLanka-parliament-vote,WRAP COLOMBO The party of Sri Lanka's ruling Rajpaksa brothers heads for a landslide win in a parliamentary election set to strengthen their grip on power. 600 words 2030 GMT by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture China-Canada-crime-court,WRAP BEIJING A Chinese court sentences a Canadian national to death in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada. 450 words moved. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- US-IT-politics-media,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Social media platforms Facebook and Twitter announce fresh moves with an eye to safeguarding the US elections against manipulation and disinformation campaigns, including from Russian- and Chinese-backed state media. 600 words 2030 GMT US-China-internet-Bytedance,FOCUS BEIJING The Chinese billionaire behind teen phenomenon TikTok is a 37-year-old tech guru whose eye for youth trends has blasted the app to global success -- but his inventiveness may not be enough to save the company's lucrative US market. 700 words moved by Beiyi Seow. File picture Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON New applicationsf for jobless benefits returned to a downward path last week, hitting a new pandemic low, but economists warn the job market recovery remains painfully slow. 600 words 1930 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture -- SPORT -- Cycling-POL,WRAP WARSAW Cyclist Dylan Groenewegen apologises after causing a crash in the opening stage of the Tour of Poland which left fellow Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen in a coma. 650 words 2000 GMT by Dario Thuburn. Picture afp
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