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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: jenny.vaughan@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US protests defy curfews, Trump faces backlash + Italy leads Europe in reopening borders after virus + China warns Britain against interfering in HK + France calls for calm after race protests + Yoga no good for cooped-up Christians: Greek church US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON Unprecedented curfews remain in place in major US cities, but thousands remain on the streets late into the night, with the chaos of previous demonstrations largely giving way to peaceful protest against police violence. 800 words 1500 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Video. Picture. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP ROME Italy reopens its borders to European travellers as the continent slowly emerged from quarantines to restart battered economies even as the coronavirus pandemic carved its deadly path through Latin America. 730 words moved by Ella Ide with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic China-HongKong-Britain-politics-unrest-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China warns Britain that interfering in Hong Kong will backfire, after the former colonial power vowed to give sanctuary to locals who may flee the city if a controversial security law is passed. 800 words moved by Beiyi Seow France-unrest-police-US-racism PARIS The French government calls for calm after over a dozen were arrested in a tense rally over the death of a black man in police custody that echoed the raging protest movement sparked by the killing of George Floyd in the United States. 500 words 1530 GMT by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Greece-church ATHENS Greece's influential church strongly frowns upon the use of yoga to combat quarantine stress, calling it "absolutely incompatible" with Christian faith. 200 words moved -- US CIVIL UNREST -- US-politics-race-unrest-Minneapolis,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis is sometimes called the Mini-Apple because it has a happy, ethnically diverse, New York City kind of vibe. But the death of George Floyd while in police custody is forcing the city to take a painful look at its deep-seated racial inequality. 600 words 1530 GMT by Charlotte Plaintive US-politics-race-unrest-LosAngeles,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Protests across Los Angeles have stirred up painful memories of the city's notorious Rodney King and Watts race riots, when African-American anger over police brutality resulted in deadly clashes. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video US-politics-race-unrest-protesters,PROFILE MINNEAPOLIS Tens of thousands of people, from all ethnic and demographic groups, have taken to streets in cities across the United States to demand an end to police brutality. AFP profiles some of them. 800 words moved by Charlotte Plantive, with Paul Handley in Washington, Laura Bonilla in New York and Leila Macor in Miami. Picture. Video US-politics-race-unrest,REAX PARIS Sports stars, politicians and religious leaders have queued up to condemn the police killing of George Floyd in the US. 550 words by 1500 GMT -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy-tourism,UPDATE ROME Italy reopens to travellers from Europe after its coronavirus lockdown, but few arrivals dim hopes of reviving the key tourism industry as the summer season begins. 700 words 1500 GMT by Ella Ide. Live Video. Video. Picture US-politics-racism-pope VATICAN CITY Pope Francis says "we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism", in reaction to the killing of a black man by US police that has sparked nationwide protests. 150 words moved Health-virus-Sweden,lead STOCKHOLM Sweden's top epidemiologist says there was room for improvement in the country's controversial softer approach to curbing the spread of COVID-19, but maintains he still has faith in the strategy. 500 words moved by Johannes Ledel. Picture. Video US-politics-race-unrest-Britain,lead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemns the killing of George Floyd by police in the United States but declines to say whether he had spoken about the issue with key ally Donald Trump. 600 words 1500 GMT by Joe Jackson and Charlotte Durand. Picture. Video Kosovo-politics,WRAP PRISTINA Kosovo names a new government after months of political turmoil in the former Serbian province, casting out left-wing leader Albin Kurti and raising tensions with his supporters. 500 words moved by Ismet Hajdari. Picture. Video Also moved: Kosovo-politics,PROFILE Europe-migrants-Cyprus,FOCUS KOKKINOTRIMITHIA, Cyprus Amid the coronavirus lockdown in Cyprus -- the island-nation with Europe's highest per capita rate of asylum seekers -- authorities gave a group of migrants a stark choice: move to an overcrowded camp or go home. 800 words moved by Paul Raymond. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-politics-protest,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudanese protesters take to the streets of Khartoum, angrily demanding justice for scores of pro-democracy demonstrators killed a year ago in a bloody crackdown. 720 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Russia-Idlib,WRAP BEIRUT Russian air strikes have hit Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib for the first time since a March ceasefire came into force, a war monitoring group says. 400 words moved Iran-US-prisoner,WRAP TEHRAN Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari has arrived back in Iran after being freed from prison by its arch-foe the United States in a return delayed by the coronavirus. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-race-unrest-Iran Syria-conflict-US-sanctions DAMASCUS Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government condemns new financial restrictions the US is due to impose this month, arguing they will compound the woes of a population amid a grinding economic crisis. 400 words 1500 GMT -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-genocide-France-court,WRAP PARIS A Paris appeals court approves the transfer of Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, arrested in France after over 25 years on the run, to a United Nations body to be tried in Tanzania. 500 words 1530 GMT by Joseph Schmid. File picture. File video. Also moving: Rwanda-genocide-France-court-Kabuga,FOCUS Health-virus-Senegal-Fulani,FOCUS IN THE DESERT AROUND DAHRA, Senegal Semi-nomadic Fulani pastoralists in northern Senegal have become collateral victims of the global coronavirus pandemic -- shifting seasons and restrictions on movement have left them stranded in the desert, forcing them to spend their meagre savings on food for their animals. 800 words 1000 GMT by Emmet Livingstone 0930 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Senegal,lead DAKAR Protests tinged by violence have broken out in four Senegalese towns over a night-time anti-coronavirus curfew, prompting an appeal for calm by a major Muslim leader, sources say. 500 words 1500 GMT -- ASIA -- India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,3rdlead MUMBAI Coronavirus-hit Mumbai appears to escape the worst of Cyclone Nisarga as the first severe storm to threaten India's financial capital in more than 70 years left it largely unscathed after ripping roofs off buildings in nearby coastal towns. 600 words moved by Vishal Manve and Ammu Kannampilly. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS -- US-economy-entertainment-music-stocks-IPO,UPDATE NEW YORK Warner Music Group, one of the globe's "big three" recording companies, raises more than $1.9 billion in an initial public offering that underscores how streaming has reinvigorated the industry. 600 words 1430 GMT by Maggy Donaldson -- HEALTH & SCIENCE -- Health-virus-study-hydroxychloroquine-chloroquine,lead PARIS The Lancet has issued an "expression of concern" over a large-scale study of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine it published that led to the World Health Organization suspending clinical trials of the anti-viral drugs as a potential treatment for COVID-19. 650 words 1600 GMT by Paul Ricard and Kelly Macnamara Health-virus-vaccines-diplomacy,ADVANCER PARIS The head of the global vaccine alliance warns "nobody is safe unless everybody is safe" from the new coronavirus, urging international solidarity ahead of a fundraising summit as the pandemic threatens to trigger a resurgence of preventable diseases. 650 words moved by Kelly Macnamara afp
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