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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + EU wrangles over post-virus rescue + US civil rights 'titan' John Lewis dies + Twitter says hackers 'manipulated' employees in attack + Arson probe after French cathedral fire + Australian brand fined over 'anti-virus' leggings EU-summit-budget,UPDATE BRUSSELS EU leaders wrangle over the size and rules of their huge post-coronavirus economic recovery plan, seeking to overcome fierce resistance from the Netherlands and its "frugal" friends in a second day of intense debate. 700 words 1500 GMT by Dave Clark and Damon Wake. Picture. Video US-politics-Congress-rights-JohnLewis,Lead WASHINGTON John Lewis, the civil rights warrior who marched with Martin Luther King Jr and was nearly killed in police beatings before serving for decades as a US congressman, has died aged 80. 400 words moved. File Picture. Also moved: US-politics-Congress-rights-JohnLewis,OBIT US-internet-hacking-computers-Twitter,WRAP WASHINGTON Twitter says hackers "manipulated" some of its employees to access accounts in a high-profile attack, including those of Joe Biden and Elon Musk, and apologizes for the breach. 550 words moved. File Picture France-fire-cathedral,WRAP NANTES, France A fire ravages parts of the gothic cathedral of Nantes in western France before being brought under control, sparking an arson investigation and leaving Catholic officials lamenting the loss of priceless artefacts. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Australia-consumer SYDNEY A popular Australian activewear brand has been fined for implying its "anti-virus" leggings and tops are effective at protecting wearers against the coronavirus, health officials say. 300 words moved -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain-Barcelona,SCENE BARCELONA "This is a disaster," says Maria Quintana, looking at her empty terrace by the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, where residents have been told to stay home following a spike in virus cases. 650 words 1500 GMT by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video Russia-politics-crime-protest,WRAP KHABAROVSK, Russia Tens of thousands of people in Russia's Far East take to the streets in a rare show of defiance against the Kremlin as they protest against the arrest of a popular governor. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Italy-art-Raphael-death ROME A feverish Raphael suffering from "a coronavirus-like disease" died after failing to tell his doctors he had been secretly visiting lovers on freezing cold nights, leading them to wrongly prescribe bloodletting, a new study claims. 550 words moved by Ella Ide -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-G20-economy RIYADH G20 finance ministers and central bankers hold talks aimed at spurring global economic recovery from a coronavirus-triggered recession amid growing calls to widen debt relief for crisis-hit poor countries. 750 words 1700 GMT by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- Burkina-unrest-security-volunteers,FOCUS OUAGADOUGOU To some in Burkina Faso, they are doughty fighters who with meagre resources put their lives on the line. To others, they are an undisciplined band that has carried out summary justice and inflamed ethnic tensions. 850 words moved by Armel Baily Benin-media-press-internet,FOCUS COTONOU, Benin Online media in Benin are facing a complete wipeout after the authorities ordered them to shut down, in a move critics say is aimed at stifling journalists ahead of elections next year. 600 words moved by Josue Mehouenou -- AMERICAS -- US-justice-SupremeCourt-Ginsburg,WRAP WASHINGTON US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the 87-year-old anchor of its liberal wing, says she is undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer but will remain on the bench. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-China-diplomacy-war,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON Tensions are mounting by the day between the United States and China, leading to talk of a new Cold War. Experts see important historical differences -- but believe the two powers are entering dangerous territory. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics,lead BANGKOK Scuffles break out as thousands of mainly young and black-clad Thai protesters converge at Bangkok's Democracy Monument, in the city's rowdiest anti-government protest in years. 450 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Health virus India Bachchan-people MUMBAI, India Bollywood star and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been moved to a Mumbai hospital along with her eight-year-old daughter, nearly a week after they were revealed to have the coronavirus, media reports say. 350 words moved. File picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Brazil-politics-environment-forests,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Faced with investors demanding "results" in the fight against Amazon deforestation, Brazil's government seems to be performing something of an about-face, although it will have to work to convince skeptics. 800 words moved by Louis Genot. File picture afp
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