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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Florida posts new daily virus case record + Gay Pride events for fiftieth anniversary + W.House denies Russia bounty intel briefs + Iceland president wins landslide election + France holds six over stolen Banksy piece Health-virus,WRAP MIAMI The United States surpasses 2.5 million coronavirus cases, as efforts to reopen the world's economic powerhouse are dramatically set back by a surge of new infections in states such as Florida. 700 words moved by Leila Macor with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic World-Gay-Pride PARIS Fifty years on from the first Gay Pride march, the LGBT community and their supporters take many of their events online, responding to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words 0600 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. US-Russia-Taliban-Afghanistan-espionage-bounty,3rdlead WASHINGTON The White House denies that President Donald Trump had been briefed on intelligence that reportedly showed Russia offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants if they killed US soldiers in Afghanistan. 600 words 0630 GMT Iceland-vote,WRAP REYKJAVIK Iceland's President Gudni Johannesson wins a landslide election, according to partial results, after the European country became the second to hold polls since coronavirus lockdowns were lifted. 600 words moved by Jeremie Richard. Picture. Video France-painting-theft-Banksy,2ndlead PARIS Six people have been arrested in France over the theft of an artwork by street artist Banksy commemorating the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks that was stolen from the Bataclan concert hall. 450 words moved by Sylvie Maligorne. File picture. -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-Florida,FOCUS MIAMI They are itching for a good time after months of lockdown, coronavirus be damned: young adults in Florida are fueling a dangerous rise in COVID-19 infections. 800 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture Health-virus-Canada-homelessness-drugs-aid,FOCUS OTTAWA A homeless Canadian with a drug addiction, Luc Laplante has lost three friends -- Dave, Emily and Pat -- to opioid overdoses in the last three months of the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture Health-virus-Canada-cannabis,FOCUS TORONTO Canadian cannabis sales soared at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but not enough to bolster a sector in the throes of reorganization only two years after the drug was legalized. 600 words moved by Olivier Monnier Health-virus-Colombia-infants,FOCUS CALI Diana Angola was fighting for her own life when she gave birth to son Jefferson. The 36-year-old had been put into a coma having contracted the novel coronavirus, which left her lungs barely able cope. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Brazil-politics-media,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO As even Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro himself admits, communications has not exactly been his administration's strong suit lately. That has exacerbated the trio of crises he is facing: public health, economic and political. Enter his newly created communications ministry. 700 words moved by Louis Genot. File picture -- ASIA -- Indonesia-Myanmar-Bangladesh-migration-Rohingya-virus,FOCUS LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia A group of Rohingya asylum seekers say they were beaten by traffickers and drank their own urine to stay alive on a perilous four-month journey at sea until their dramatic rescue near the Indonesian coast this week. 750 words moved by Sarina. Picture. Video Vietnam-rights-LGBT,PHOTOESSAY HO CHI MINH CITY Each night that Nha Vy steps proudly onto the stage in her traditional Vietnamese ao dai, or on occasion a mini dress and heels, memories grow fainter of the taunts she endured as a transgender woman in her rural village. 700 words 0600 GMT by Tran Thi Minh Ha with Alice Philipson in Hong Kong. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-vote PARIS France's ruling party is expected to be handed a stinging rebuke by voters in the final round of local elections, the first big political test for President Emmanuel Macron since the coronavirus crisis began to ease. 650 words 0400 GMT by Dominique Chabrol and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video France-nuclear-environment-energy,ADVANCER FESSENHEIM, France France's oldest nuclear power plant will shut down on Tuesday after four decades in operation, to the delight of environmental activists who have long warned of contamination risks, but stoking worry for the local economy. 700 words moved by Beatrice Roman-Amat. File video. File picture Poland-vote,wrap WARSAW Concerns over democratic standards and bread and butter issues top the agenda as Poles vote in round one of a tight presidential race that had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Mary Sibierski. File video. File picture. Graphic. Video. Also moved: Poland-vote-Trzaskowski,PROFILE Poland-vote-culture-economy-religion,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Saudi-religion-economy,FOCUS RIYADH Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels. A stunning emptiness -- and fears of economic ruin -- haunt the usually bustling city of Mecca after Saudi authorities curtailed the hajj pilgrimage over coronavirus. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra with AFP reporter in Mecca. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-settlers,FOCUS Givat Arnon outpost, Palestinian Territories The 450,000 Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are a diverse group, ranging from ultra-Orthodox to secular moderates, who hold varying views on Israel's impending decision on annexation. 750 words moved by Jonah Mandel with Michael Blum in Efrat. Video. Picture. Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Hamas,ANALYSIS Gaza City, Palestinian territories Hamas has warned that Israeli annexation in the occupied West Bank would be a "declaration of war", but the Islamist group must weigh the cost of a new fight, analysts said. 650 words moved by Adel Zaanoun -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-politics-judiciary,WRAP KINSHASA DR Congo's justice minister is arrested at his Kinshasa home in the latest twist in a crisis over proposed judicial reforms that have divided the coalition government and triggered violent street protests. 700 words moved by Samir Tounsi afp
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