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| - Duty Editor: Anita Beattie Contact: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Protesters storm Lebanon ministries after deadly blast + Indian minister warns against 'speculating' on air disaster + Paris makes masks mandatory as virus toll crosses 722,000 + China-US ties plunge further over Hong Kong sanctions + Taiwan airlines offer 'flights to nowhere' during pandemic Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanese protesters storm several ministries in an apparently planned assault after a vast explosion blamed on government negligence devastated the city and ignited unprecedented popular rage. 800 words 1930 GMT by Layal Abou Rahal and Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic India-accident-air,WRAP Kozhikode, INDIA India's civil aviation minister warns against speculation over the cause of a disaster in which at least 18 people died after an Air India Express jet overshot a runway in a storm and plunged down a bank. 600 words moved by Arunchandra Bose and Aishwarya Kumar and Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi. Video. Picture. Graphic HongKong-China-US-diplomacy-politics,WRAP HONG KONG China slams the United States for imposing "barbarous" sanctions in response to its crackdown on Hong Kong's freedoms, capping a week of rapidly deteriorating relations between the world's two biggest economies. 700 words moved by Jerome Taylor with Shaun Tandon in Washington. File picture. File video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Paris makes face masks compulsory outdoors in crowded areas and tourist hotspots, as infections in and around the French capital rise and the global death toll creeps past 722,000. 700 words moved by AFP bureaus. Photo. Graphic. Video Virus-health-Taiwan-travel-offbeat TAOYUAN, Taiwan Faced with the coronavirus collapse in travellers, Taiwanese airlines have begun offering sight-seeing "flights to nowhere" on their passenger jets -- including flight attendant lessons for children. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- BEIRUT BLAST -- Lebanon-blast-protest-ministry,SCENE BEIRUT The explosion that ripped through Beirut this week hands a resurgent protest movement an unexpected trophy by almost literally breaking open the doors of the foreign ministry. 550 words 1930 GMT by Rouba el Husseini. Video. Picture Lebanon-blast-Israel,FOCUS JERUSALEM For some it's a gesture of goodwill, to others sheer hypocrisy: Israel's offer of humanitarian aid to Lebanon after the massive Beirut blast is unlikely to be taken up. 800 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee -- AMERICAS -- US-Taiwan-China-diplomacy,ADVANCER WASHINGTON Eager to find a foil for adversary China, US President Donald Trump's administration is stepping up support for Taiwan, although a high-level visit to the island shows it is still treading carefully on an especially explosive issue. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-Mexico,FOCUS MEXICO CITY As Mexico's coronavirus death toll soars past 50,000 -- the world's third-highest -- locals tell AFP how they have lost loved ones to the pandemic and had brushes with death themselves. 550 words moved Sofia Miselem. Picture Venezuela-US-justice-diplomacy,2ndlead CARACAS Two former US soldiers have been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Venezuela on charges including terrorism, after a failed bid to invade the Caribbean country last May, Attorney General Tarek William Saab says. 450 words moved -- EUROPE -- Europe-weather-health-virus,WRAP LONDON Sun-seekers flock to beaches as parts of western Europe bake in a heatwave, but authorities urge people to avoid crowded areas and keep wearing their masks over concerns at rising numbers of coronavirus cases. 550 words moved by Alice Ritchie with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Poland-LGBT-rights-protest,WRAP WARSAW Thousands of people protest across Poland waving rainbow flags, a day after a gay rights activist was taken into custody for two months of pre-trial detention. 600 words moved by Bernard Osser and Dario Thuburn. Picture Czech-fire-crime-arson,WRAP Czech police suspect arson and detain one person following a fire at a high-rise apartment block which killed 11 people, including three children and five other people who jumped to their deaths. 400 words 2030 GMT by Jan Flemr. Picture Italy-glacier-climate,2ndlead COURMAYEUR, Italy The threat that a massive chunk of glacier loosened by soaring temperatures could collapse near an alpine resort on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc mountain range has slightly eased, a local mayor says. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Mauritius-environmental-pollution-shipping,WRAP PORT LOUIS France dispatches a warship and military aircraft from Reunion to Mauritius where desperate efforts are underway to contain a worsening oil spill polluting the archipelago's iconic reefs and protected ecosytems. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Cricket-ENG-PAK,WRAP MANCHESTER Chris Woakes hits an unbeaten 84 as England come from behind to beat Pakistan by three wickets in a thrilling first Test at Old Trafford. 600 words 2000 GMT by Julian Guyer Fbl-ITA-SerieA-Juventus-Pirlo,WRAP MILAN Former Italy and Juventus star Andrea Pirlo is named as the Italian champions' new coach, just hours after Maurizio Sarri's sacking with the club promising a "new chapter in world football". 600 words 2000 GMT by Emmeline Moore afp
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