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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Grief turns to anger over Beirut blast + Tech giants tackle Trump false claims + Japan marks 75 years since Hiroshima + Europe tightens coronavirus measures + Dinosaurs got cancer too: scientists Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Beirut two days after a massive explosion devastated the capital as public grief turns to anger over the negligence that caused the deadly disaster. 750 words 1000 GMT by Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Health-virus-US-politics-IT-Trump-Facebook-Twitter,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook and Twitter take aim at US President Donald Trump and his campaign over a video post in which he contended that children are "almost immune" to the coronavirus, a claim they say amounts to "misinformation." 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman. File picture Japan-US-Hiroshima-history-nuclear-WWII,WRAP HIROSHIMA, Japan Japan marks 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of ceremonies to remember the victims. 700 words moved by Philip Fong. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Japan-US-Hiroshima-history-nuclear-WWII,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Europe tightens virus restrictions to face the threat of a second wave of COVID-19 as the global death toll tops 700,000, while US President Donald Trump finds himself in the crosshairs of Facebook and Twitter because of a video in which he claims children are "almost immune" to the new coronavirus. 850 words moved by Caitlin Wilson and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Canada-science-palaeontology-cancer OTTAWA Dinosaurs loom in the imagination as forces of nature, but a new study that identifies the first known case of cancer in the creatures shows they suffered from the debilitating disease too. 500 words moved by Michel Comte -- LEBANON BLAST -- 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? 700 words 0930 GMT 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. 650 words moved by Dylan Collins and Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-Brexit-EU-Germany-politics-economy,INTERVIEW BERLIN Britain needs to be more "realistic and pragmatic" in Brexit negotiations with the European Union, Germany's European affairs minister tells AFP in an interview. 500 words 0930 GMT by Isabelle Le Page. Picture Germany-crime-automobile-fraud-Audi,WRAP BERLIN German prosecutors say they have filed fraud charges against three former board members at Audi and a retired senior employee from the automobile company over the "dieselgate" scam. 500 words 0930 GMT by Femke Colborne -- ASIA -- 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. 500 words 1000 GMT Health-virus-Australia MELBOURNE Australia's second-largest city Melbourne enters the country's toughest lockdown for six weeks, sparking a fresh wave of anxiety and confusion over ever-tougher regulations. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON The US election plunges deeper into unprecedented territory when challenger Joe Biden announces he will accept his nomination virtually and President Donald Trump suggests breaking tradition by holding his own ceremony at the White House. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture US-vote-diplomacy-Russia,WRAP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offers a $10-million reward aimed at preventing foreign interference in the November election, as the State Department accuses Russia of waging an increasingly sophisticated disinformation campaign. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-trial,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON A physician overseeing a clinical trial in Washington for Moderna's coronavirus vaccine has warned it will be impossible to tell how well it works without recruiting enough elderly and ethnic minority volunteers. 500 words moved by Isam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil,FOCUS SAO PAULO Five months after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil is fast approaching the bleak milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, a tragedy experts blame on the country's lack of coherent response. 650 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Brazil-toll,INTERVIEW Health-virus-Brazil-social,PROFILE Health-virus-Mexico-children,FOCUS TEXCOCO, Mexico At an orphanage in pandemic-stricken Mexico, the nuns water down milk and eke out food for the children -- victims of violence, poverty, and now the economic fallout from the coronavirus. 600 words moved by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias. Video -- ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND TECH -- US-IT-China-politics-internet WASHINGTON A tie-up of TikTok with Microsoft could extend American dominance of the online and social media world. But it may have some unintended, negative consequences too for US firms and the open internet. 700 words moved by Rob Lever US-China-internet-computers-lifestyle-Instagram-TikTok,lead SAN FRANCISCO Instagram adds a new short-form video feature to the image-focused platform in a direct challenge to TikTok, which is in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump. 450 words moved by Glenn Chapman Also moved: US-China-internet-Bytedance Argentina-economy-debt,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES Argentina President Alberto Fernandez has reached a deal with creditors to restructure a $66-billion debt following months of wrangling, but analysts say that won't be enough to solve the crisis-wracked country's economic woes. 650 words moved by Sonia Avalos. Graphic -- ENVIRONMENT -- Brazil-politics-environment,INTERVIEW BRASILIA Fending off accusations of using his post to dismantle protections of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's environment minister promises in an interview to deliver results on slowing deforestation by the end of the year. 500 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- US-China-politics-film-censorship WASHINGTON Hollywood is bowing to Chinese pressure to censor its films of content Beijing finds offensive, risking the US film industry's independence for the big buck of the Chinese market, a new study says. 550 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture afp
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