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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + 'Keep fighting', rights leader tells Floyd service + Brazil virus toll surges to third-highest in world + Lancet retracts study on hydroxychloroquine safety + Trump voices optimism following Iran prisoner swap + Madagascar minister axed over COVID candy comments US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Hundreds of mourners join in an emotional memorial service for George Floyd, the African-American man killed by police last week, as civil rights leader Al Sharpton vows mass protests will continue until "we change the whole system of justice" in the United States. 850 words 0200 GMT by Joy Powell with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses Italy's to become the third highest in the world as Europe ramps up measures to help its coronavirus-hit economies. 800 words 0200 GMT by Joshua Berger and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-hydroxychloroquine-retraction,WRAP WASHINGTON The Lancet retracts a study that raised safety fears over the use of a drug favored by President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19, after the paper's authors said they could no longer vouch for its underlying data. 750 words 0130 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture US-Iran-prisoners-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump voices hope for progress with arch-rival Iran after the clerical regime releases a US Navy veteran and the United States frees two Iranians. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture Madagascar-politics-health-virus ANTANANARIVO Madagascar's education minister is sacked after announcing a plan to buy sweets for students to take the edge off the "bitter taste" of a herbal tea the president says is a coronavirus remedy. 150 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-race-disinformation,FOCUS WASHINGTON George Floyd's death was staged. Authorities cut communications in the US capital. People can be paid to be a "professional anarchist." False information and conspiracy theories such as these are spreading online as the United States grapples with widespread anger over police violence against African Americans. 700 words 0130 GMT by WG Dunlop US-politics-race-unrest-Sharpton,PROFILE NEW YORK Reverend Al Sharpton, who made an impassioned plea for racial justice at a memorial service for George Floyd, is a flamboyant but polarizing long-time black civil rights activist who once dreamed of occupying the White House. 700 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture US-politics-race-unrest-justice-Ellison WASHINGTON When Keith Ellison left Congress to serve as Minnesota's attorney general last year, he swapped his national platform for a lower profile. But prosecuting a horrific killing by police has thrust him back into the national spotlight. 500 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture US-politics-race-unrest-nurses,FOCUS NEW YORK New York nurses and doctors, hailed as heroes for fighting the coronavirus outbreak, are denouncing racial segregation in the public health system by joining the George Floyd protests. 500 words 0130 GMT by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video US-politics-unrest-race-military,FOCUS WASHINGTON Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's rebuff of President Donald Trump over deploying troops to quell protests and sharp blasts from previous Pentagon leaders including Jim Mattis have left Trump's relations with the US military dangerously frayed. 750 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON Even as the world's largest economy begins to reopen, the scale of the job losses in May will be devastating, and economists fear it will take many months to recover. 500 words 0130 GMT US-politics-race-unrest-economy-discrimination-health-virus WASHINGTON Downtown Washington gleams with wealth, but as he stands in a crowd protesting at the White House, Justin Monroe, who is African American, doubts he will ever share in that prosperity. 750 words 0130 GMT by Chris Stein. Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-unrest-refugee-Canada-Taiwan,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong protester Crystal has yet to tell her parents she has fled overseas to seek asylum in Canada, one of a growing number of residents choosing self-imposed exile as Beijing tightens control. 850 words 0330 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao with Sean Chang in Taipei. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran announces 3,574 new coronavirus infections, the most in one day since the pandemic started, as authorities increase health warnings following a resurgence in recorded cases. 650 words moved by Marc Jourdier Also moved: Health-virus-Lebanon,FOCUS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,FOCUS OTNIEL, Palestinian Territories As the Israeli government mulls annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, some settlers fear being forgotten and more isolated than ever, engulfed by a new Palestinian state. 770 words 0300 GMT by Alexandra Vardi. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Lebanon-literature,INTERVIEW NICOSIA Lebanese novelist Jabbour Douaihy says the coronavirus pandemic, like past epidemics and wars, will feed the imagination of novelists. 630 words 0230 GMT by Laure Al-Khoury. Picture. Video. Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's UN-recognised government says it was back in full control of Tripoli and its suburbs, capping a string of victories against eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar and vowing to take the whole country. 800 words moved by Rim Taher. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Libya-conflict,CHRONO -- EUROPE -- Sweden-China-diplomacy-rights-trial STOCKHOLM Sweden's former ambassador to Beijing goes on trial in Stockholm accused of overstepping her mandate by trying to negotiate the release of a Chinese-Swedish dissident held in China. 500 words 0230 GMT by Johannes Ledel Britain-Germany-police-missing-McCann,WRAP LONDON German prosecutors appeal for information about a sex offender they suspect killed missing British girl Madeleine McCann, in what her parents called a potentially significant development in solving a mystery that has captured public attention for over a decade. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture Also moved: Britain-Germany-missing-McCann,CHRONO Germany-Britain-police-missing-McCann,PROFILE -- AFRICA -- Burundi-vote-court,WRAP BUJUMBURA, Burundi Burundi's constitutional court rejects an opposition bid to overturn the results of last month's contested election, declaring the ruling party's presidential candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye the victor. 700 words moved. Video. Picture Also moved: Burundi-vote-unrest,PROFILE -- SPORTS -- Cricket-PAK-fixing-anniversary,FOCUS KARACHI, Pakistan When Mohammad Amir bowled a no-ball against England on the opening day of the 2010 Test at Lord's, no one could have imagined his long stride past the crease marked the first step in a historic fixing scandal. 650 words 0200 GMT by Shahid Hashmi. File picture afp
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