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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Contact: jenny.vaughan@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Outrage soars in US over new police brutality footage + Brexit trade talks end with no breakthrough + Brazil virus toll surges to third-highest in world + Libya unity govt retakes key rival town + UK trial finds no hydroxychloroquine benefit US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP NEW YORK Outrage soars in America over new images of police brutality caught on camera as demonstrators seek to take mass protests over the killing of an unarmed black man into a second weekend. 600 words 1600 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade BRUSSELS Brussels and London pledge to step up the pace as they seek to strike a trade deal by the end of October, after the last round of post-Brexit talks end with no major breakthrough. 650 words 1530 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's death toll from the new coronavirus surpasses Italy's to become the third-highest in the world, as Europe slowly emerges from punishing lockdowns and the EU presses for a reopening of borders. 700 words 1600 GMT by Joshua Berger with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Libya-conflict,WRAP TARHUNA, Libya Libya's UN-recognised government announces another victory over strongman Khalifa Haftar, overrunning his last western stronghold and launchpad of an abortive 14-month assault on the capital. 500 words 1500 GMT by Mahmud Turkia with Rim Taher in Tripoli. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-study-hydroxychloroquine,2ndlead PARIS A major British trial of hydroxychloroquine has found it has "no benefit" for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, researchers say, announcing they had halted tests of the drug. 550 words 1530 GMT by Kelly Macnamara -- US CIVIL UNREST -- US-protests-race-unrest-monuments,FOCUS WASHINGTON As protests for racial justice sweep the United States, pressure is mounting for the removal of monuments to the pro-slavery Confederacy with several cities already taking down statues and others announcing plans to do so. 600 words 1730 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-politics-unrest-race-disinformation,FOCUS WASHINGTON George Floyd's death was staged. Authorities cut communications in the US capital. People can be paid to be a "professional anarchist." False information and conspiracy theories such as these are spreading online as the United States grapples with widespread anger over police violence against African Americans. 700 words moved by WG Dunlop US-politics-race-unrest-internet,FOCUS WASHINGTON Dinanda Pramesti, a 26-year-old communications worker, drops off bags of food and supplies for protesters at a demonstration in Washington, heeding an urgent call made through a social media group. 550 words moved by Camille Camdessus. Picture. Video US-politics-race-unrest-nurses,FOCUS NEW YORK New York nurses and doctors, hailed as heroes for fighting the coronavirus outbreak, are denouncing racial segregation in the public health system by joining the George Floyd protests. 500 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-racism-music-Kidjo,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Angelique Kidjo, the Beninese vocalist lauded worldwide for her activism and harmonized global sound, says COVID-19 exposes capitalism's failings, as anti-racism protests underscore that "silence is complacency." 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Video US-politics-unrest-race-military,FOCUS WASHINGTON Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's rebuff of President Donald Trump over deploying troops to quell protests and sharp blasts from previous Pentagon leaders including Jim Mattis have left Trump's relations with the US military dangerously frayed. 750 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture US-politics-race-unrest-economy-discrimination-health-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON Downtown Washington gleams with wealth, but as he stands in a crowd protesting at the White House, Justin Monroe, who is African American, doubts he will ever share in that prosperity. 750 words moved by Chris Stein. Picture -- EUROPE -- Sweden-China-diplomacy-trial,3rdlead STOCKHOLM Swedish prosecutors argue the country's ambassador to China overstepped her mandate and risked national security by trying to negotiate the release of a dissident, as the first day of her trial concludes. 600 words 1530 GMT by Johannes Ledel. Picture. Video Health-virus-France,2ndlead PARIS The COVID-19 pandemic is now "under control" in France, the head of the government's scientific advisory council says, as the country cautiously emerges from a lockdown imposed in March. 500 words moved Germany-Britain-police-missing-McCann,WRAP BERLIN German prosecutors are investigating if the man suspected of murdering British girl Madeleine McCann might also be linked to the disappearance of another child in Germany, national media report. 500 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colbourne with Thomas Cabral in Praia da Luz. Picture Russia-environment-Arctic-fuel-spill,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin says he expects metals giant Norilsk Nickel to fully restore the environment after an unprecedented Arctic fuel spill, as responders say they had managed to stop the slick from spreading further. 550 words moved by Maria Antonova. Picture. Video. Videographic Health-virus-tourism-heritage-Chambord,FOCUS CHAMBORD, France Chambord, the most imposing of the Loire Valley's Renaissance chateaus, reopens after 10 weeks under coronavirus lockdown in a slow-motion "rebirth" of France's heritage tourism with strict health safety precautions in place. 600 words 1530 GMT by Gina Doggett. File picture. Video Health-virus-Kyrgyzstan-cycling,FOCUS BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan's coronavirus restrictions may have been relaxed in recent weeks, but 73-year-old diabetes patient Lyudmila Kutenkova isn't yet ready to part ways with the man she calls "my guy". 600 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- France-Iran-rights,WRAP PARIS France urges Iran to release French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah as she marks one year in jail, with supporters charging she is being used a bargaining chip in a political game. 650 words 1530 GMT by Stuart Williams and Valerie Leroux. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,FOCUS OTNIEL, Palestinian Territories As the Israeli government mulls annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, some settlers fear being forgotten and more isolated than ever, engulfed by a new Palestinian state. 750 words moved by Alexandra Vardi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Lebanon-literature,INTERVIEW NICOSIA Lebanese novelist Jabbour Douaihy says the coronavirus pandemic, like past epidemics and wars, will feed the imagination of novelists. 600 words moved by Laure Al-Khoury. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest-rights-UN,2ndlead GENEVA About 1,300 civilians have died from conflict and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a matter of months and over half a million people have fled their homes, the UN says, adding that some attacks may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes. 550 words moved by Nina Larson. Video Ethiopia-environment-forests-politics,FOCUS BUEE, Ethiopia Braving a heavy downpour, hundreds of farmers spent a full day planting 20,000 acacia seedlings on a barren hillside outside the town of Buee in southern Ethiopia last year. 900 words moved by Robbie Courey-Boulet. Picture. Video Africa-banking-development-AfDB,PROFILE ABIDJAN The son of a poor farmer who rose to become a super-banker, Akinwumi Adesina is battling to save his job at the African Development Bank in the face of ethics accusations and staff anger. 600 words 1600 GMT by David Esnault -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-indigenous,INTERVIEW RIO DE JANEIRO The impact of the new coronavirus has spared no one in Brazil, including in the Amazon rainforest, where iconic indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire accuses President Jair Bolsonaro of using the pandemic to eradicate his people. 650 words 1430 GMT by Pascale Trouillaud. File picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-patient,VIDEOESSAY SAO PAULO Last month, as the coronavirus pandemic exploded in Brazil, Ricardo Garroux rode with his mother in the ambulance that rushed her to the emergency room with a severe case of COVID-19. Then he was admitted to the same hospital, with the same diagnosis. 400 words 1500 GMT by Florence Goisnard. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Australia-US-politics-race-virus-protest,lead SYDNEY An Australian court bans a Black Lives Matter protest planned in Sydney, backing government claims it could risk spreading the coronavirus. 450 words moved by Andrew Leeson -- ECONOMY/BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-economy-employment-unemployment WASHINGTON The US regained 2.5 million jobs in May and the unemployment rate dropped as pandemic shutdowns began to ease, raising hopes the world's largest economy could recover from the crisis sooner than expected. 550 words 1600 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture Markets-world,WRAP LONDON Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic power ahead, lifted by numbers showing that the US economy is generating jobs by the millions again, completely wrongfooting pessimistic analysts and raising hopes for a rapid post-virus recovery. 600 words 1600 GMT -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-volley-CHN-Zhu,FOCUS SHANGHAI Zhu Ting stands tall in China -- and not just because she is a towering 1.98 metres (6ft 6ins). The 25-year-old farmer's daughter has emerged from a poor village life to become a totem of the sporting ambitions of the world's most populous country. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture afp
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