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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump threatens to use military to end rioting + WHO warns of pressure on LatAm health services + Four dead in latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo + Pandemic increasing antibiotic resistance: WHO + Punk in a funk in virus-hit Chinese home Wuhan US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump vows a military crackdown on once-in-a generation violent unrest gripping the United States, sending thousands of troops onto the streets of the capital and threatening to deploy soldiers to states unable to regain control. 950 words 0130 GMT by Sarah Titterton. Pictures. Graphics. Video Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Health systems in Latin America are coming under increasing pressure from the coronavirus pandemic, the WHO says, while Europe takes bolder steps to ease lockdowns. 950 words 0130 GMT by Eugenia Logiuratto with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video. Videographic DRCongo-health-Ebola,WRAP KINSHASA DR Congo reports a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections. 700 words moved by Samir Tounsi and Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya. Video. Graphic Health-virus-WHO GENEVA Increased antibiotics use in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond, the World Health Organization says. 750 words moved by Robin Millard Health-virus-China-music-lifestyle,VIDEOESSAY WUHAN, China Wuhan is arguably China's punk capital, its historically feisty reputation reflected in the writhing mosh pits and live venues of a vibrant music scene. Or at least it was before coronavirus. 550 words 0330 GMT by Lan Lianchao. Video -- US CIVIL UNREST -- US-politics-race-unrest-business-restaurants,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS The Fehrenkamp brothers were excited to reopen their pub's outdoor seating when Minneapolis would begin easing coronavirus pandemic restrictions -- but then protesters set their restaurant ablaze. 650 words 0300 by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Sport-US-race-unrest-politics,5thlead LOS ANGELES NBA legend Michael Jordan decries "ingrained racism" in the United States as the sports world's reaction to the death of unarmed black man George Floyd leapt leagues and continents. 700 words moved. Picture. File picture US-politics-race-unrest,Q&A NEW YORK Six nights of demonstrations against police brutality and racism have rocked the United States. AFP answers the key questions surrounding America's worst civil unrest in years. 500 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-race-unrest,FACTS US-politics-race-unrest-refugees-Africa,SCENE US-politics-race-unrest-Antifa,Q&A WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump has blamed the protest violence on Antifa, saying the leftist activist network will be formally designated "terrorists" on the same level as al-Qaeda and Islamic State. But who are they and are they really involved? 600 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture US-politics-race-unrest-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON With US cities in flames over outrage about police brutality, nations that are usually on the receiving end of Washington's criticism on human rights are gleefully turning the tables. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-race-unrest-media-internet-Facebook,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO The clash between Twitter and Donald Trump has thrust rival Facebook into turmoil with employees rebelling against CEO Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to sanction false or inflammatory tweets by the US president. 750 words moved by Julie Jammot. File picture Health-virus-aviation-travel-ICAO,2ndlead MONTREAL Mask wearing, temperature controls, disinfection of aircraft: the International Civil Aviation Organization publishes a series of health recommendations for the pandemic-hit airline industry as it relaunches air travel. 600 words moved. Graphic Health-virus-Ecuador-media,FOCUS QUITO By the time the coronavirus pandemic spiraled out of control in Ecuador, misinformation was already spreading on the internet with reports of corpses being thrown into the sea, bodies washing up on beaches and miracle cures aplenty. 800 words 0230 GMT by Elodie Martinez. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Yemen-Saudi-aid,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Arabia seeks to raise $2.3 billion from an emergency donor conference to support war-battered Yemen as it faces a coronavirus catastrophe in the sixth year of the kingdom's military intervention. 750 words 0200 GMT by Anuj Chopra Also moving: Yemen-conflict,FACTS Qatar-diplomacy-Saudi-Gulf-health-virus,FOCUS DOHA A Qatari arms factory that makes rifles and grenade launchers has added a product that saves rather than takes lives -- ventilators, needed at home and abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic. 850 words 0300 GMT by Gregory Walton. Picture. Video Qatar-diplomacy-Saudi-Gulf-internet,FOCUS DOHA Pro-Saudi Twitter accounts have been systematically spreading rumours of unrest in Qatar in recent weeks. 750 words 0300 GMT by Gregory Walton. Video Also moving: Qatar-diplomacy-Saudi-Gulf,CHRONO -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade BRUSSELS Trade negotiators from Britain and the EU embark on a fourth round of post-Brexit negotiations but no-one in London or Brussels expects a breakthrough. 750 words 0230 GMT by Dave Clark and Francoise Michel Health-virus-Austria-music,PHOTOESSAY VIENNA Deserted by tourists, a hotel in Vienna gives itself a temporary one-night-only makeover, turning itself into an outdoor concert hall. 350 words 0130 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-restaurant PARIS French people head back to their beloved cafes and restaurants after weeks cooped up in coronavirus confinement, marking a further step towards normality. 500 words 0300 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Britain-retail,FOCUS LONDON Behind the colourful shop fronts on England's Lane, a picture-postcard street near north London's Primrose Hill, business owners are experiencing mixed fortunes as a result of the pandemic lockdown. 450 words 0300 GMT by Veronique Dupont Also moved: Health-virus-Britain,3rdlead Health-virus-Britain-market,SCENE -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-alcohol,SCENE SOWETO, South Africa Scores of people line up outside liquor stores in South Africa's township of Soweto, waiting to buy drinks for the first time in nine weeks after a ban on alcohol sales was lifted. 650 words moved by Michele Gumede. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Sports-world-health-virus-sponsors,ANALYSIS LONDON Global sport is facing the "mother of all wake-up calls" as it emerges from the coronavirus lockdown, with uncertainty over what the landscape for participants and sponsors will look like. 750 words 0130 GMT by Pirate Irwin. Picture afp
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