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| - Duty Editor: Jonny Jacobsen Tel: jonny.jacobsen@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + EU agrees huge aid plan, Trump backs face masks + Armed man takes 20 hostages in Ukraine + Pompeo in UK for talks on China + Sudan starts trial of ousted president Bashir + Depp libel case: ex-wife denies affairs Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS European leaders agree a massive aid package for their pandemic-ravaged economies, as US President Donald Trump finally comes out in favour of face masks as a tool against the coronavirus. 800 words moved by Damon Wake and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Health-virus-EU-summit,ANALYSIS Ukraine-crime-hostage,WRAP KIEV Ukrainian police are in tense negotiations with a former convict armed with explosives who took 20 people hostage in a bus in western Ukraine. 500 words 1500 GMT by Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-US-China-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON Visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a bid to pull Britain ever closer to Washington's diplomatic tug-of-war with China. 650 words 1600 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Sudan-court-Bashir,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's former strongman president Omar al-Bashir, ousted amid a pro-democracy uprising last year, goes on trial over the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago. 650 words 1600 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Also moved: Sudan-politics-Bashir,PROFILE Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Amber Heard denies having affairs with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and Hollywood actor James Franco during evidence to ex-husband Johnny Depp's high-profile London libel trial. 550 words 1700 GMT. Picture -- EUROPE -- Germany-attack-trial-farright-Jews,WRAP MAGDEBURG, Germany A German man accused of killing two people in one of the worst acts of anti-Semitic violence in post-war Germany sought to lay out his racist world view at the opening of his trial, prompting stern warnings from the judge. 650 words 1430 GMT by David Courbet. Picture. Video. Live video Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Russia-parliament,WRAP LONDON British lawmakers slam the government for failing to look into any Russian meddling in UK politics, particularly the divisive 2016 Brexit referendum, despite evidence of the country posing a credible threat. 700 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. File picture. Video Health-virus-France-migrants,FOCUS PARIS Pushed back onto the streets with the end of France's coronavirus lockdown, migrants are again scraping by in camps north of Paris, even though dire hygiene conditions expose them to much higher contagion risks. 650 words 1500 GMT by Fanny Lattach. Picture. Video Bulgaria-politics SOFIA Bulgaria's third-term Prime Minister Boyko Borisov survives a no-confidence motion in parliament as anti-corruption protesters pushing for his ouster have taken to the streets for almost two weeks. 350 moved Also moved: Bulgaria-politics-Borisov,PROFILE Turkey-US-politics-homosexuality-television ANKARA A row over Turkish censorship has deepened after a writer claimed that work on a new Netflix show was cancelled because it contained a gay character. 500 words moved by Raziye Akkoc -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Mideast-rumours,FOCUS BAGHDAD Browse through Arabic-language social media pages and you could walk away thinking COVID-19 is an American hoax, isn't deadly and can be swiftly cured with a garlic clove. 800 words moved by Maya Gebeily with Dylan Collins in Tripoli, Lebanon. Video Health-virus-UAE migration,FOCUS DUBAI Mustafa, a hipster Pakistani graphic artist, has a month to find a new job or he will be forced to leave Dubai among an exodus of expatriates whose futures have been upended by coronavirus. 650 words moved by Aziz El Massassi -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump resumes what he says will be regular televised coronavirus briefings in a risky bid to restore his standing with Americans who accuse him of badly fumbling the pandemic response. 500 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-China-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he plans to visit China this year for talks on "crisis communications," as tensions rise between the two superpowers. 5500 words 1600 GMT by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture US-vote-politics-Kanye-celebrity,FOCUS NEW YORK US rapper Kanye West's chaotic launch of his unlikely campaign to oust Donald Trump in November's presidential election has sparked anger, concern for his mental health and questions about whether he is seriously running. 700 words moved by Thomas Urbain Colombia-politics-conflict-drugs,FOCUS ITUANGO, Colombia Yerlis Ballesteros has been here before, fleeing for her life. The first time she was holding her mother's hand -- but this time she is fleeing the mountainous region where she used to be a fighter before opting for a life of peace with her two children. 750 words moved by Hector Velasco. Picture. Video Canada-gaming-Ubisoft-harassment-France,FOCUS MONTREAL When she arrived in 2009 at the Montreal offices of giant video game publisher Ubisoft, Stephanie Harvey says she suffered sexual harassment or sexism "from Day One." 650 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Australia-economy-recession-health-virus,lead SYDNEY Australia will extend record stimulus spending into next year, the government announces, outlining multibillion-dollar measures to shield the labour market from the ravages of the rolling coronavirus crisis. 550 words moved by Andrew Beatty -- SPORTS -- Cricket-health-virus-IND-IPL-UAE,2ndlead NEW DELHI The Indian Premier League seizes upon the postponement of the Twenty20 World Cup to propose holding its cash bonanza tournament in the United Arab Emirates from September. 500 words moved by Faisal Kamal. Picture afp
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