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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Email: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Record economic slump in Europe as virus surges + Media scion James Murdoch quits News Corp board + Hurricane Isaias hits Bahamas on way to Florida + US teen charged as 'mastermind' in Twitter hack + Beyonce delights fans with album 'Black Is King' Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Devastating economic data pours in as nations count the cost of efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, even as fresh spikes force countries including Britain to put the brakes on a return to normality. 800 words moved by Eric Randolph with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-media-television-management,2ndlead NEW YORK Former 21st Century Fox chief executive James Murdoch, son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, resigns from News Corp's board, according to a document released by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. 350 words 0300 GMT US-Bahamas-weather-hurricane,WRAP MIAMI Hurricane Isaias lashes the Bahamas as it churns toward Florida, bringing new dangers to a US state suffering record deaths from an unrelenting coronavirus outbreak. 500 words 0230 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video. Graphic US-IT-crime-hacking-Twitter,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Criminal charges are filed against the suspected teenage mastermind of an epic Twitter hack and two others who allegedly helped hijack celebrity accounts to swindle people out of more than $100,000 in a cryptocurrency scheme. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman with Leila Macor in Miami Entertainment-US-music-video-Beyonce-Disney NEW YORK Pop royalty Beyonce releases her much-hyped visual album "Black Is King," an aesthetically ambitious video billed as a companion to her 2019 album of songs inspired by Disney's live-action remake of "The Lion King." 550 words moved. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Britain-crime-Epstein-Maxwell,WRAP NEW YORK A New York court unseals emails revealing that disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein tried to reassure accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell by telling her she had "done nothing wrong." 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture Health-virus-US-economy-politics-aid WASHINGTON Jobless Americans are set to become poorer when extra unemployment payments expire, after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending them despite mounting signs of a severe economic downturn. 600 words moved by Chris Stein. File picture. Graphic US-China-rights-sanction-Xinjiang,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States imposes sanctions on a major paramilitary group with vast interests in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, accusing it of facilitating widespread abuses against Uighur Muslims. 550 words moved by Shaun Tandon US-earnings-oil-ExxonMobil, WRAP NEW YORK Exxon Mobil and Chevron report hefty losses as the weakened economic outlook due to the coronavirus pandemic pressures the industry to double down on cost cuts. 600 words moved by John Biers -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain "puts the brakes on" easing lockdown measures and imposes new rules on millions of households in northern England, following concerns over a spike in coronavirus infections. 650 words moved by David Harding. Picture. Video Europe-weather,WRAP PARIS Swathes of Western Europe wilt under intense heat, with socially-distanced crowds seeking relief in fountains and pools as authorities warn of health as well as wildfire risks. 650 words moved by Joseph Schmid with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine-Sanofi-GSK-US-vaccines,3rdlead PARIS Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK will receive up to $2.1 billion from the US government for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine as the world scrambles for an answer to the pandemic. 700 words moved by Mariette Le Roux Russia-politics-rights-demonstration-investigation,FOCUS KHABAROVSK, Russia Locals say a struggle for democratic freedoms is unfolding in the far eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk, where the arrest of a popular governor has unleashed massive protests. 600 words 0200 GMT. Picture. Video Somalia-livestock-exports-religion-economy,FOCUS MOGADISHU The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca is a time for celebration, not least among Somalia's livestock herders and traders who export millions of livestock to feed pilgrims. 700 words 0300 GMT by Mustafa Haji Abdinur. Picture. Video Italy-migrants-politics-Tunisia-refugee,FOCUS LAMPEDUSA, Italy Out in the Mediterranean, under a baking sun, fisherman Ezio Billeci comes across a boat of vulnerable migrants and calls for help, but for hours the only response he gets from Italian authorities is to "stand by". 700 words 0200 GMT by Andrea Bernardi with Ella Ide and Alexandria Sage in Rome. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-politics-election,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraq will hold its next parliamentary elections nearly a year early, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi announces, as he seeks to make good on promises made when he came to power in May. 450 words moved Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,WRAP MINA, Saudi Arabia Muslim pilgrims cast sanitised pebbles as they "stoned the devil" in the last major ritual of the hajj, which the Saudi king acknowledged had been tough to organise amid the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,FOCUS MECCA, Saudi Arabia A smaller carbon footprint, less waste and more environmentally friendly -- this year's pilgrimage to Mecca, dramatically scaled down due to coronavirus, has opened up the prospect of a "green hajj". 700 words 0130 GMT. Picture. -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-politics-corruption-protest,WRAP HARARE Police in Zimbabwe arrest internationally-acclaimed novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga as they enforce a ban on protests coinciding with the anniversary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election. 700 words moved by Zinyange Auntony and Fanuel Jongwe. Picture. Video DRCongo-unrest-shooting,WRAP BUKAVU, DR Congo A drunken soldier in DR Congo's troubled east opens fire on passers-by, killing at least 13 people including a two-year-old girl and seven women. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-Britain-politics-police HONG KONG Hong Kong police order the arrest of six pro-democracy activists living in exile on suspicion of violating the national security law, Chinese state media report, but the city's force refuses to comment. 350 words moved Taiwan-fashion-offbeat,FOCUS TAICHUNG, Taiwan Taiwan's trendiest couple these days are neither young celebrities nor teen influencers -- they are an octogenarian duo who run a mom-and-pop laundry service and have become an online sensation by modelling abandoned clothes. 600 words 0330 GMT by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-film-people-Parker,2ndlead LONDON Alan Parker, who bent genres and celebrated music with hits such as "Bugsy Malone", "The Commitments" and "Evita", has died at the age of 76. 300 words moved. File picture -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-earnings-oil-ExxonMobil, WRAP NEW YORK Exxon Mobil and Chevron report hefty losses as the weakened economic outlook due to the coronavirus pandemic pressures the industry to double down on cost cuts. 600 words moved by John Biers afp
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