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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Anger as Hong Kong delays elections for year + Record economic slumps as coronavirus surges + Hurricane Isaias threatens virus-hit Florida + US, Sanofi, GSK ink $2bln COVID vaccine deal + Nepal reopens Mount Everest despite pandemic HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong's democracy supporters are dealt a huge blow as authorities postpone local elections for a year because of the coronavirus, capping a devastating month of political disqualifications, arrests for social media posts and activists fleeing overseas. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: HongKong-China-politics,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Devastating economic figures pour in as nations count the cost of their efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, even as fresh spikes force many countries to put the brakes on a return to normality. 800 words 2000 GMT by Eric Randolph with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Bahamas-weather-hurricane,WRAP MIAMI Hurricane Isaias lashes the Bahamas as it churns toward Florida, bringing new dangers to a US state suffering record deaths from an unrelenting coronavirus outbreak. 500 words 2300 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-vaccine-Sanofi-GSK-US-vaccines PARIS Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK will receive up to $2.1 billion from the US government for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine as the world continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus epidemic. 600 words 2030 GMT by Mariette Le Roux Nepal-mountaineering-virus-Everest KATHMANDU Nepal reopens its mountains -- including Everest -- for the autumn trekking and climbing season in a bid to boost the struggling tourism sector, despite coronavirus uncertainty. 450 words moved. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Britain-crime-Epstein-Maxwell,WRAP NEW YORK A New York court unseals emails revealing that disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein tried to reassure accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell by telling her she had "done nothing wrong." 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture Health-virus-US-economy-politics-aid WASHINGTON Jobless Americans are set to become poorer when extra unemployment payments expire, after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending them despite mounting signs of a severe economic downturn. 600 words moved by Chris Stein. File picture. Graphic US-China-rights-sanction-Xinjiang,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States imposes sanctions on a major paramilitary group with vast interests in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, accusing it of facilitating widespread abuses against Uighur Muslims. 550 words moved by Shaun Tandon US-justice-SupremeCourt-Ginsburg-health,FOCUS WASHINGTON Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a darling of the US left and increasingly frail octogenarian, is taking center stage ahead of this November's presidential election, with the Supreme Court's balance hanging on her seemingly faltering health. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive Health-virus-Brazil-favelas,FOCUS SAO PAULO When Priscila Tomas da Silva's husband lost his job loading trucks because of coronavirus shutdown measures in Sao Paulo, they faced a stark choice: pay the rent, or feed their six children. 700 words moved by Fernando Marron with Joshua Howat Berger in Rio de Janeiro. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain "puts the brakes on" easing lockdown measures and imposes new rules on millions of households in northern England, following concerns over a spike in coronavirus infections. 650 words moved by David Harding. Picture. Video Europe-weather,WRAP PARIS Swathes of Western Europe wilt under intense heat, with socially-distanced crowds seeking relief in fountains and pools as authorities warn of health as well as wildfire risks. 650 words moved by Joseph Schmid with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Iraq-politics-election,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraq will hold its next parliamentary elections nearly a year early, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi announces, as he seeks to make good on promises made when he came to power in May. 400 words moved Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,WRAP MINA, Saudi Arabia Muslim pilgrims cast sanitised pebbles as they "stoned the devil" in the last major ritual of the hajj, which the Saudi king acknowledged had been tough to organise amid the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved. Picture. Live video. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-politics-corruption-protest,WRAP HARARE Police in Zimbabwe arrest internationally-acclaimed novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga as they enforce a ban on protests coinciding with the anniversary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election. 700 words moved by Zinyange Auntony and Fanuel Jongwe. Picture. Video DRCongo-unrest-shooting,WRAP BUKAVU, DR Congo A drunken soldier in DR Congo's troubled east opens fire on passers-by, killing at least 13 people including a two-year-old girl and seven women. 400 words 2000 GMT -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-ceasefire-religion,WRAP KABUL A new ceasefire appears to be holding across Afghanistan as the Kabul government released more Taliban insurgents in a bid to accelerate the start of delayed peace talks. 650 words moved by Elise Blanchard with Jay Deshmukh in Mumbai. Video. Picture Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict,CHRONO Health-virus-Australia,lead MELBOURNE Hopes that Australia may have escaped the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic are fast fading as a growing outbreak in its second-largest city has officials eyeing draconian measures to curtail the spread. 650 words moved by Tania Lee. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-film-people-Parker,2ndlead LONDON Alan Parker, who bent genres and celebrated music with hits such as "Bugsy Malone", "The Commitments" and "Evita", has died at the age of 76. 300 words moved. File picture -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-earnings-oil-ExxonMobil, WRAP NEW YORK Exxon Mobil and Chevron report hefty losses as the weakened economic outlook due to the coronavirus pandemic pressures the industry to double down on cost cuts. 600 words 2100 GMT by John Biers Australia-media-internet-Google-Facebook,3rdlead SYDNEY Australia unveils a draft law to force Google and Facebook to pay news media for their content in a "world-leading" initiative sure to prompt a confrontation with the digital giants. 750 words moved by David Millikin afp
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