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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Top court orders Trump to hand over tax records + Bolivian latest leader to test positive for virus + Seoul mayor found dead after '#MeToo' complaint + US sanctions China officials over Uighur + MMA fighters do battle on Abu Dhabi island US-politics-justice-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court rules that President Donald Trump must hand over his tax returns to New York prosecutors but temporarily blocks Congress from accessing his financial records. 700 words moved by Chris Lefkow and Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-justice-homosexuality-immigration-abortion,POINTS Health-virus,WRAP LA PAZ Bolivia's interim president becomes the latest Latin American leader to test positive for the coronavirus, as the United States notches yet another record-breaking surge of cases while global infections and fatalities continue their relentless rise. 800 words moved by Raul Burgoa with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic SKorea-politics-social,WRAP SEOUL The mayor of Seoul, a contender to be South Korea's next president and a former human rights lawyer, took his own life a day after he was accused of sexual harassment, authorities say. 750 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video Also moved: SKorea-politics-social-gender,FOCUS China-US-diplomacy-rights,WRAP BEIJING China says it will impose tit-for-tat measures after the United States slapped sanctions on Chinese officials for their involvement in a crackdown on Muslim minorities, raising tensions between the superpowers. 700 words 1000 GMT by Beiyi Seow with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Video. File Picture Also moving: China-US-rights-diplomacy-Uighur-Chen,PROFILE Health-virus-UAE-MMA-UFC,PREVIEW ABU DHABI Eyebrows were raised when mixed martial arts supremo Dana White first floated his "Fight Island" concept, with its echoes of the Bruce Lee blockbuster "Enter the Dragon" where martial artists were drawn into combat at a private getaway -- but this weekend his vision becomes reality in Abu Dhabi. 700 words 1000 GMT -- EUROPE -- Serbia-Kosovo-conflict-diplomacy-France-Germany,WRAP PARIS Serbia and Kosovo hold their first talks in 18 months on resolving one of Europe's most intractable territorial disputes, which has held up their bids to join the European Union. 600 words 1200 GMT by Stuart Williams and Valerie Leroux Germany-finance-fraud-espionage-Wirecard,FOCUS BERLIN The plot thickens in the spectacular collapse of payment provider Wirecard: the Austrian man at large over Germany's worst financial fraud scandals may also have had links to secret services. 600 words 1130 GMT by Femke Colborne. File picture Bosnia-Srebrenica-anniversary,ADVANCER SREBRENICA, Bosnia "It's not easy to live here next to those people who 25 years on deny that a genocide was committed" -- Hamdija Fejzic, deputy mayor of Srebrenica, sums up the feelings of Bosnian Muslims towards Serbs who consider the wartime massacre a "myth". 700 words 1200 GMT by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture Video Poland-vote,ADVANCER GODZISZOW, Poland A farmer and father of five, Grzegorz Myszak is crystal clear about his reasons for backing Poland's right-wing President Andrzej Duda on Sunday in a knife-edge run-off against liberal Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski. 700 words 1000 GMT by Mary Sibierski Picture. Video. graphic Also moved: Poland-vote-Duda,PROFILE Poland-vote-Trzaskowski,PROFILE Poland-vote-culture-economy-religion,FACTS Netherlands-politics-racism,FOCUS HOORN, Netherlands The statue of a Dutch 17th century colonialist has become a flashpoint for the debate in the Netherlands on its past of slavery and colonisation in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. 700 words moved by Charlotte van Ouwerkek. Picture. File Video Health-virus-Italy-US-tourism,FOCUS POSITANO, Italy With its white and multicoloured houses perched on the mountainside above the crystalline waters of the Mediterranean, Italy's Amalfi coast is an ideal holiday location but it is suffering. 700 words 1100 GMT by Celine Cornu. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics-economy-aid,FOCUS BEIRUT Talks between crisis-hit Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund are deadlocked, and leaders reluctant to enact reforms. Without a vital multi-billion-dollar bailout, is Lebanon haded for "hell"? 800 words moved by Layal Abu Rahal. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Yemen-conflict-energy,FOCUS SANAA A fuel shortage is blighting life in the swathes of Yemen controlled by Huthi rebels, cutting electricity supplies, halting water pumps and stranding people in need of medical care as warring sides trade blame. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Iraq-Mosul-reconstruction-displaced,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq Ahmed Hamed has dreamt of rebuilding his pulverised home in Iraq's Mosul from the moment government forces recaptured the city from jihadists in 2017. But three years on, it remains a pile of rubble. 800 words moved by Raad al-Jammas. Picture. Video Health-virus-UAE-Dubai-tourism,INTERVIEW DUBAI After a painful four-month tourism shutdown that ended this week, Dubai is betting pent-up demand will see the industry quickly bounce back, billing itself as a safe destination with the resources to ward off coronavirus. 550 words moved by Sarah Stewart. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-crisis BAMAKO Mali's main protest group said that fresh anti-government demonstrations would take place Friday, rejecting the president's latest attempts to appease the resurgent opposition in the fragile West African state. 500 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Biden-economy,2ndlead DUNMORE, Pennsylvania Joe Biden unveils a $700 billion plan to create millions of jobs and invest in new technologies in an aggressive challenge to President Donald Trump on economic policy, a critical campaign issue ahead of November's election. 650 words moved by Timothy Clary with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-Amazon-indigenous,FOCUS AMAJARI, Brazil In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, the advance of COVID-19 presents indigenous people with a cruel cultural dilemma -- remain in their villages with little medical help, or seek safety in the city and risk being deprived of their ancestral funeral rites. 700 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video UN-Syria-Russia-conflict-aid,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The UN is to announce the results of a vote on a resolution to prolong cross-border humanitarian aid to war-torn Syria, the same day authorization expires. 550 words moved by Philippe Rater. File picture -- ASIA -- Singapore-election-vote,WRAP SINGAPORE Wearing masks and gloves and being careful to observe social distancing, Singaporeans vote in a general election as the city-state struggles to recover from a coronavirus outbreak. 700 words 1300 GMT by Martin Abbugao, Catherine Lai. Picture. Video Malaysia-Australia-media-AlJazeera,2ndlead KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police question five Australian journalists from Al Jazeera over a documentary about the plight of migrants which authorities have denounced as inaccurate, as the broadcaster expresses shock at the probe. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Australia-travel-aviation,lead SYDNEY Australia will slash the number of returning citizens allowed into the country by half as it struggles to contain an outbreak of coronavirus in its second-largest city, officials announce. 500 words moved NKorea-SKorea-politics-summit-nuclear SEOUL The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says there is "no need" for another summit with the United States unless Washington offers a "decisive change" in approach. 400 words moved HongKong-China-politics-police,FOCUS HONG KONG Nine months ago he was burned by corrosive liquid hurled during anti-government protests, but Hong Kong police officer Ling says he has no regrets and remains devoted to being a law enforcer. 800 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video India-Asia-lifestyle-health-racism-gender,FOCUS NEW DELHI When Chandana Hiran was a child, strangers would urge her to lighten her skin. Today the Indian student is leading a campaign against whitening creams as global anti-racism protests highlight the obsession with fair complexions for many in Asia. 750 words moved by Glenda Kwek with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai and Archana Thiyagarajan in Delhi. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE -- Science-animal-dogs-aging WASHINGTON A well-known "rule of paw" holds that you can tell how old your pooch is in human terms by multiplying its age in years by seven but the real ratio changes over time, scientists say. 500 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-health-virus-draw,WRAP PARIS Four months on from the last match in this season's Champions League, the draw for the Final Eight is to be held but it is surroundeed in uncertainty about how safe it will be to play the condensed competition in Lisbon in August. 500 words 1100 GMT Baseball-Fbl-Japan-virus-health MAKUHARI, Japan Japan begins allowing fans back into baseball and football stadiums, as the nation gradually gets back to normal despite a fresh record of new coronavirus cases in Tokyo. 500 words 1000 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video Fbl-Asia-CHN-VanBronckhorst-NED,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI Giovanni van Bronckhorst won the Champions League and captained his country to a World Cup final, but the Dutchman tells AFP he's still learning -- and never more so than during his coronavirus-hit start to life as a coach in China. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-France-fashion-digital,FOCUS PARIS The queens of the catwalk can breathe easy -- digital fashion has a long way to go to replace the runway say critics of the first ever online Paris fashion week. 700 words 1130 GMT by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video afp
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