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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Pandemic 'not even close' to finishing: WHO + US 'Golden State Killer' admits 13 murders + China preforming forced sterilisations: study + No intel consensus on Russia bounties scandal: US + Curtain down on Broadway shows until January Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The coronavirus pandemic is "not even close to being over", the WHO warns, as the global death toll passes half a million and cases surge in Latin America and the United States. 850 words moved by Robin Millard with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-crime-murder-California,WRAP LOS ANGELES A US former policeman dubbed the "Golden State Killer" pleads guilty to 13 murders, as well admitting to dozens of rapes, robberies and kidnappings, drawing a line under a sadistic crime spree that terrorized California for two decades. 650 words 2000 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture China-Xinjiang-diplomacy-rights,WRAP BEIJING Chinese authorities are carrying out forced sterilisations of women in an apparent campaign to curb the growth of ethnic minority populations, a study says, drawing swift international condemnation. 650 words 2000 GMT US-Russia-Taliban-Afghanistan-espionage-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was not briefed on reports that Russia offered bounties to Taliban-linked militias to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan, because there were "dissenting opinions" in the intelligence community over the accuracy of the reports, a White House spokeswoman says. 600 words 1930 GMT by James Hider Health-virus-US-Broadway NEW YORK New York's iconic Broadway theater district will stay closed through the end of the year, its trade association says, due to the unpredictability of the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words 2030 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Russia-Afghanistan-Taliban-espionage-diplomacy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Reports that Russian spies put bounties on US troops in Afghanistan are prompting fresh calls in Washington to act against Moscow -- and once more, President Donald Trump is on the sidelines, hoping for the best. 650 words 2130 GMT by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-US HOUSTON The Florida city where Republicans will hold their national convention declares face masks mandatory in a bid to stem coronavirus outbreaks, as alarming spikes in US cases prompt deep divisions over pandemic mitigation efforts. 750 words 1930 GMT by Julia Benarrous with Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic. Picture. Video US-racism-police-court,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS The four Minneapolis police officers accused in the killing of George Floyd setting off nationwide Black Lives matter protests appear in court together for the first time. 550 words 2000 GMT by Joy Powell with Charlotte Plantive in Washington US-politics-court-abortion,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court strikes down a Louisiana law that tightly restricted access to abortion, in the first constitutional test of abortion rights since President Donald Trump named two conservative justices. 500 words moved by Charlotte Plantive -- EUROPE -- France-politics-fraud-trial,WRAP PARIS A Paris court sentences former French prime minister Francois Fillon to five years in prison, with three suspended, after finding him guilty of orchestrating a fake job for his wife, a scandal that cost him his shot at the presidency in 2017. 700 words moved by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. Also moving: France-politics-justice,FACTS Health-virus-Ireland-pubs,lead DUBLIN Irish pubs unlock their doors and begin pouring pints, ending a 15-week dry spell forced by the nation's coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video. Live video Germany-crime-children-abuse,WRAP BERLIN Germany is investigating 30,000 suspects as part of a probe into an online paedophile network, the latest in a series of child sex abuse scandals that have shocked the nation and led authorities to promise a crackdown. 550 words moved by Ralf Isermann and Femke Colborne -- MIDEAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS JERUSALEM If Israel presses ahead with annexations in the occupied West Bank, it risks undermining improved ties with key Arab states and alienating European powers, but the real diplomatic costs could be limited, experts say. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-protest,FOCUS Iran-US-Soleimani-justice,lead TEHRAN Iran says it has called for Interpol to help arrest President Donald Trump and 35 other US officials for the January killing of its top general in an American drone strike. 400 moved -- ASIA -- Pakistan-exchange-attack,WRAP KARACHI Separatists from Pakistan's Balochistan province attack the national stock exchange in Karachi, killing four people in a brazen daylight assault the breakaway group says also targeted Chinese interests. 650 words 1930 GMT by Ashraf Khan. Video. Picture. Graphic Bangladesh-accident-boat,WRAP DHAKA At least 32 people die after a ferry capsizes and sinks in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka following a collision, say rescuers, who find one man alive in a "miracle" hours later. 550 words moved by Shafiqul Alam. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-aviation-Boeing,WRAP SEATTLE US regulators launch a test flight of the Boeing 737 MAX, a key step in recertifying a jet grounded for more than a year following two fatal crashes. 600 words 2030 GMT by Jason Redmond with Christophe Vogt Health-virus-media-misinformation-Russia-China LONDON Coronavirus misinformation spread on social media by Russian and Chinese journalists is finding a bigger audience in France and Germany than content from some of the European nations' own premier news outlets, according to new research. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi India-China-computers-media-diplomacy,WRAP NEW DELHI India bans 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns just weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours. 550 words 2030 GMT by Jalees Andrabi. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Canada-entertainment-circus-Cirque-health-virus,2ndlead MONTREAL Cirque du Soleil announces it is filing for bankruptcy protection and cutting thousands of jobs as the world's most famous circus troupe seeks to survive the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words 2000 GMT by Anne-Sophie Thill. File picture afp
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