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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Immigration ruling deals Trump new blow + China races to prevent virus second wave + Facebook cuts Trump ads over Nazi symbols + Last JFK sibling Jean Kennedy Smith dies + Art sleuth gets photos of stolen Van Gogh US-politics-diplomacy-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's presidency is in turmoil after top ex-aide John Bolton declares him unfit for office in a bombshell book and the Supreme Court blocks a key part of his reelection promise to deport undocumented migrants. 750 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China imposes travel restrictions on nearly half a million people near its capital to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak as deaths surge in other parts of the world. 800 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng with AFP bureaux. Graphic. Picture. Video US-IT-politics-Facebook-Trump,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook removes ads by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign that contained a symbol used in Nazi Germany for political prisoners, in the latest move in the battle over disputed content on social media. 600 words 2030 GMT by Glenn Chapman US-politics-death-Kennedy,OBIT NEW YORK John F. Kennedy's last surviving sibling, Jean Kennedy Smith -- who was instrumental in bringing peace to Northern Ireland -- dies aged 92. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture Netherlands-art-crime-VanGogh-health-virus,lead AMSTERDAM A Dutch art detective reveals he has received two "proof of life" photographs of a Vincent Van Gogh painting stolen from a museum during the coronavirus lockdown. 500 words moved by Jan Hennop. Picture -- RACISM DEBATE -- France-racism-police,lead PARIS Black and Arab citizens in France are consistently discriminated against by police and in society, two leading watchdogs say, as angry protests sweep across the country over alleged racism in the security forces and broader society. 600 words moved by Eleonore Hughes Also moved: Britain-racism-economy-slavery-GreeneKing-LloydsOfLondon US-politics-racism-UN-rights,WRAP RugbyU-ENG-racism LONDON The Rugby Football Union is looking into the singing of 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' by England fans amid suggestions many supporters are unaware of its origins as a song about American slavery. 500 words 2000 GMT by Julian Guyer -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-drugs-research,lead GENEVA The WHO hopes two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses can be produced by the end of next year and targeted at to those most vulnerable to the virus. 550 words moved by Robin Millard. Video Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON Layoffs caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the United States have passed 45.7 million, raising fears that despite some positive signs, the economy faces a halting recovery from the downturn. 600 words moved by Chris Stein Health-virus-Africa-stigma,FOCUS KINSHASA As coronavirus cases accelerate in Africa, those who recover from the virus find that their struggle is not over as denial of the disease and stigmatisation run deep across the continent. 800 words moved by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-Argentina-parties,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES Argentina's strict coronavirus lockdown has forced hundreds of party venues into bankruptcy since it came into force on March 20, but many owners are successfully remodelling their businesses to embrace the virtual realities of the pandemic's new normal. 800 words 1930 GMT by Sonia Avalos. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Brazil-economy,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-court-politics-immigration,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court deals President Donald Trump's efforts to choke off immigration a fresh blow, rejecting his cancellation of the DACA program protecting 700,000 "Dreamers," undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children. 650 words 2000 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video US-politics-diplomacy-Bolton,PROFILE WASHINGTON Donald Trump has chewed and spat out aides left and right but he has not had a match quite like John Bolton, a wily Washington veteran with his own sense of grievance. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File Picture Also moved: US-politics-diplomacy-Bolton-Trump,POINTS -- EUROPE -- Germany-Russia-Georgia-crime-homicide,WRAP BERLIN German prosecutors accuse Russia of ordering the murder of a Georgian man in a central Berlin park, as they charge a suspected contract killer over the crime that has frayed ties. 600 words moved by Hui Min Neo.File picture Belarus-politics,WRAP MINSK Belarusian authorities detain President Alexander Lukashenko's rival ahead of August's election, Viktor Babaryko, on suspicion of financial crimes as Minsk intensifies a crackdown on the opposition. 650 words by 1930 by Tatyana Kalinovskaya. File picture. Video UN-migrants-conflict-health-virus,2ndlead GENEVA More than one percent of the world's population -- a record 80 million people -- have now been forced to flee their homes due to violence and persecution, the UN says. 650 words moved by Nina Larson. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-France-politics-WWII-history,WRAP LONDON French President Emmanuel Macron commemorates the 80th anniversary of exiled wartime leader Charles De Gaulle's call for resistance from London, against a modern backdrop of Brexit and the coronavirus outbreak. 650 words moved by Phil Hazlewood and Stuart Williams. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Entertainment-Britain-music-WWII-Lynn,WRAP LONDON Tributes pour in for World War II "forces' sweetheart" Vera Lynn, whose resonant songs helped keep up national morale, after her death aged 103. 650 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture. File video Also moved: Entertainment-Britain-music-WWII-Lynn,OBIT -- AFRICA -- Burundi-politics,WRAP GITEGA Burundi's new president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, takes office during a colourful ceremony in which he vowed to "continue on the path" of his predecessor who died suddenly last week. 900 words moved. Video. Picture Mozambique-politics-crime-vote,WRAP MAPUTO A Mozambican court handed jail terms of up to 24 years to four elite police officers in an unprecedented case for the murder of a poll observer ahead of last year's national elections. Moved 550 words by Joaquim Nhamirre -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Israel-immigration,FOCUS JERUSALEM Like thousands of other French Jews, Dan Bocobza had for years been contemplating aliyah, or immigration to Israel, but when coronavirus hit France, he decided to make his move. 700 words moved by Michael Blum. File picture -- ASIA -- China-HongKong-politics-protest,WRAP BEIJING China moves closer to passing a controversial national security law for Hong Kong that has raised international concerns it will end the financial hub's limited freedoms. 600 words moved by Laurie Chen Also moved: HongKong-China-unrest-politics-Lai,INTERVIEW -- ECONOMY AND BUSINESS -- HongKong-China-ecommerce-JD.com-stocks,WRAP HONG KONG Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com soars nearly six percent on its Hong Kong debut after raising almost $4 billion in an initial public offering that was the world's second-biggest this year. 600 words moved by Jerome Taylor with Beiyi Seow in Beijing. Picture -- SPORTS -- Cricket-WC-2011-SRI-corruption-Aluthgamage,lead COLOMBO Sri Lanka "sold" the 2011 World Cup final to India, the country's former sports minister says, reviving one of cricket's most explosive match-fixing controversies. 500 words moved. File picture afp
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