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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + India, China move to ease tensions after clashes + Floyd's brother tells UN 'black lives do not matter' + Bolton claims Trump sought China re-election help + US sanctions Syrians, vowing new pressure campaign + Players take knee as Premier League returns India-China-conflict,WRAP NEW DELHI India and China agree to ease tensions at their disputed Himalayan border, even as they trade blame for a brawl that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead. 800 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar with Parvaiz Bukhari in Srinagar and Jing Xuan Teng in Beijing. File Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: India-China-conflict,FOCUS US-racism-UN,WRAP GENEVA George Floyd's brother begs the United Nations to help African Americans because "black lives do not matter in the United States", as the UN's rights chief urges reparations for centuries of discrimination. 800 words moved by Robin Millard. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-racism-entertainment-media-sport-education,FACTS US-politics-diplomacy-books-Bolton,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump sought the help of Chinese leader Xi Jinping for his 2020 re-election bid, according to excerpts from a damning book by his former top aide John Bolton -- which the White House has sought to block. 500 words 2030 GMT by Michael Mathes Syria-conflict-US-sanctions,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States imposes sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife and dozens of others as it vows a vast pressure campaign under a new law that has already rattled the war-torn nation's economy. 650 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture Also moved: Syria-France-trial-fraud-Assad,WRAP Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON The Premier League resumes after a three-month hiatus, with Aston Villa and Sheffield United players taking a knee to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement before Manchester City hope to keep their slim title hopes alive. 650 words 2100 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-racism-police,WRAP ATLANTA George Justice officials decide on whether to charge a police officer who shot an African-American after he was detained for sleeping in his car at a fast food restaurant. 550 words 2000 GMT by Chandan Khanna and Paul Handley. Picture US-politics-unrest-homicide-boogaloo,FOCUS WASHINGTON The far-right Boogaloo movement has suddenly become one of the biggest worries of US law enforcement, after a follower killed two heavily armed California police officers. 750 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture US-politics-unrest-racism-economy-food-drink,WRAP WASHINGTON Amid nationwide protests against racism, major US food companies say said they will change the Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's brands, both of which feature African American mascots. 550 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture US-IT-politics-Facebook,WRAP WASHINGTON Facebook will allow US users to turn off all political ads in a move aimed at quelling criticism of the leading social network's hands-off approach to political misinformation. 600 words 2030 GMT by Rob Lever US-China-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a vociferous critic of China, meets quietly in Hawaii with a top official from Beijing in a bid to climb down from months of soaring tensions. 600 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon. File Picture Brazil-politics-military,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is facing a rampant coronavirus outbreak, investigations targeting his inner circle, and calls for his impeachment, leading him to turn more than ever to a favorite ally: the military. 650 words 2300 GMT by Pascale Trouillaud. File picture -- EUROPE -- Germany-Britain-police-missing-McCann,WRAP BERLIN German prosecutors say they have "concrete evidence" that missing British girl Madeleine McCann is dead, in a major development for a case that has gripped Britain for more than a decade. 550 words moved by Femke Colborne. File picture France-religion-children-abuse,2ndlead PARIS At least 3,000 children have fallen victim to sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a commission set up to examine claims estimates, adding that the actual number of victims is probably much higher. 500 words moved by Karine Perret Health-virus-Sweden,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Sweden passes the grim mark of 5,000 deaths from the new coronavirus, as cracks begin to emerge in the political consensus the government has until now enjoyed over its softer approach. Also moved: Health-virus-Sweden-facts Britain-politics-demonstration-car LONDON The car carrying British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is crashed into from behind in central London after taking evasive action when a pro-Kurdish demonstrator ran on to the road. 230 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-Turkey-conflict-Kurds,WRAP ANKARA Turkey launches an air and ground offensive in northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels, in a move likely to increase friction between Ankara and Baghdad. 430 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Iraq-unrest-Turkey-Kurds-diplomacy,Q&A Syria-conflict-US-sanctions,Q&A BEIRUT The United States has imposed new sanctions against the Syrian government over alleged crimes during the nine-year civil war just as Damascus hopes to launch post-conflict reconstruction. How will the sanctions impact Syria? 700 words moved by Rouba El Husseini. Picture. Video Also moved: Syria-conflict-currency,lead Syria-conflict,FACTS Syria-conflict,CHRONO -- ASIA -- Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China closes schools in Beijing and restricts air travel from the capital on Wednesday to halt an outbreak of coronavirus cases and dampen fears of a second wave, as India's death toll spiked and Sweden's went above 5,000. 800 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng and Laurie Chen, with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-China NKorea-SKorea-diplomacy-defence,WRAP SEOUL North Korea threatens to bolster its military presence in and around the Demilitarized Zone, a day after blowing up its liaison office with the South, prompting sharp criticism from Seoul. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: NKorea-SKorea-diplomacy-politics-nuclear,FOCUS -- AFRICA -- Malawi-politics-vote-opposition,INTERVIEW LILONGWE Opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera, who successfully overturned the results of Malawi's presidential elections in a landmark legal case, tells AFP he is confident that next week's re-run will be credible and set the southern African nation on a new democratic course. 650 words moved by Jack McBrams and Susan Njanji in Johannesburg. File picture. Video -- SCIENCE -- Science-Japan-agriculture-technology-bubbles-food WASHINGTON Flying robots equipped with bubble guns could one day help save our planet. That's according to a study by a Japanese scientist who successfully demonstrated that soap bubbles can be used to pollinate fruit-bearing plants -- seen as vital to keeping the world fed in the face of vanishing bee populations. 450 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture Science-animals-chimpanzees PARIS Do you speak chimp? They are among our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, and new research shows that humans can tell when a chimpanzee is happy, sad, angry or scared -- simply by listening to their cries. 300 words moved -- SPORTS -- Athletics-USA-doping-Coleman,WRAP LOS ANGELES Reigning world 100m champion Christian Coleman is provisionally suspended over a missed drugs test, putting him at risk of a two-year ban that would rule him out of next year's Tokyo Olympics 700 words moved by Rob Woollard. File picture afp
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