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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Top general sorry for role in Trump protests photo op + Trump ramps up fight with 'kangaroo' war crimes court + Europe to reopen borders but world virus toll mounts + Turkey jails US consul worker for aiding 'terror group' + Double-lung transplant on COVID-19 patient offers hope US-military-politics-unrest-Milley,3rdlead WASHINGTON America's top general says he was wrong to appear with President Donald Trump in a photo op near the White House last week, staged after the area was forcefully cleared of anti-racism protesters. 600 words 2030 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture US-Afghanistan-politics-warcrimes-ICC,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump authorizes sanctions against any official at the International Criminal Court who investigates US troops, ramping up pressure to stop its case into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. 750 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS Brussels set out plans to reopen the EU's internal borders, even as the global coronavirus outbreak hit worrying new landmarks in the United States, Latin America and Russia. 700 words 2000 GMT by Dave Clark with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Turkey-US-trial,WRAP ISTANBUL A local US consulate employee is sentenced to nearly nine years in prison in Turkey for "aiding an armed terror group" that Ankara blames for a failed 2016 coup, in a decision denounced by its NATO ally Washington 500 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture Health-virus-US-lung-transplant,lead WASHINGTON A young Hispanic woman in her twenties has become the first person in the United States to receive a double-lung transplant for COVID-19, offering hope for other critically-ill coronavirus patients, her doctor said Thursday. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video -- US PROTESTS -- US-politics-racism-Trump,WRAP DALLAS, Texas US President Donald Trump will address searing anger over racism and police brutality during a trip to Texas but his main focus is rapidly shifting to a more personal problem -- his troubled reelection campaign. 650 words 2000 GMT by Nicholas Kamm with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. File picture US-politics-unrest-racism-police,Q&A WASHINGTON The Black Lives Matter protests that erupted across the United States after the police killing of African-American George Floyd have begun to wane, with some accomplishments. 750 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley and Charlotte Plantive. File picture Also moved: US-racism-unrest-minorities,FOCUS US-politics-racism-unrest-retail-consumers-litigation,WRAP US-politics-racism-protest-Britain,2ndlead LONDON A statue to worldwide scout movement founder Robert Baden-Powell is the latest historical monument to face removal as Britain's colonial past confronted a wave of anti-racism protests. 700 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-Germany-missing-crime-Maddie-Belgium,WRAP BRUSSELS Belgium reopens an investigation into the 1996 murder of a German teenager because of a possible link with the man suspected of murdering British girl Madeleine McCann. 500 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. File Photo Slovenia-tourism-zoology-dragon POSTOJNA, Slovenia Slithering through their subterranean aquarium, three "baby dragons" go on display in a Slovenian cave, where they hatched in 2016 in a rare successful breeding. 300 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Burundi-politics-president,WRAP BUJUMBURA Burundi convenes an extraordinary cabinet meeting to discuss a way forward after the sudden death of long-serving ruler Pierre Nkurunziza left many anxious over the future of the troubled country. 600 words moved. Picture ICoast-unrest,WRAP KORHOGO, Ivory Coast Dozens of suspected jihadists attack a frontier post on Ivory Coast's border with Burkina Faso before dawn, killing around 10 soldiers in the first Islamist militant assault in the country in four years. 550 words moved by Aly Ouattara with Patrick Fort in Abidjan Djibouti-army-unrest-rights,FOCUS DJIBOUTI The regime of Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh is facing a wave of protests triggered by the detention of a soldier who had denounced corruption in the tiny Horn of Africa nation. 700 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-graves,WRAP TRIPOLI The United Nations voices "horror" after reports of the discovery of eight mass graves in an area recently seized by the unity government after forces loyal to eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar withdrew. 400 words 2000 GMT Europe-migrants-Tunisia,WRAP TUNIS More than 50 people, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, died when a boat carrying migrants bound for Italy sank off Tunisia, a health official says in an updated toll. 400 words 2000 GMT. Graphic Syria-politics-economy,WRAP DAMASCUS Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sacks his prime minister of four years, Imad Khamis, as the country grapples with a stinging economic crisis and renewed protests. 500 words moved. Picture. File Video Egypt-rights-internet,FOCUS CAIRO Young Egyptian women with thousands of followers each on the popular TikTok app have become the latest target of state authorities who accuse them of spreading "immorality" in society. 700 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-hospital,FOCUS NEW DELHI Doctors in one of India's top private hospitals shuffle through the intensive care unit wearing full protective suits. Every bed is occupied by coronavirus patients, and fear is building that the worst is still to come. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video China-virus-health-economy-unemployment,FOCUS BEIJING Snacks, underwear, jewellery and even rabbits -- Chinese hard-hit by this year's economic turmoil are selling their wares on the street after a top leader offered support to hawkers despite long-standing curbs on the practice. 750 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON Layoffs caused by the coronavrius pandemic reach 44.2 million in the United States even as businesses try to reopen, with analysts warning of continuing damage to the world's largest economy as COVID-19 shows few signs of abating. 700 words 2100 GMT by Chris Stein -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ESP-Liga MADRID Sevilla and Real Betis is the game in Spain most defined by its fans and on Thursday it will be a first glimpse of La Liga without them as the season resumes behind closed doors after three months away due to the coronavirus. 600 words 2200 GMT by Tom Allnutt. Picture -- SCIENCE -- Science-animal-otter-Canada,FOCUS WASHINGTON Crustacean devouring sea Otters have been the bane of fishermens' existence ever since they were reintroduced to Canada's Pacific coast in the 1970s -- but a new study indicates they bring more economic benefit than harm. 650 words 2100 GMT by Ivan Couronne -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-racism-Lee,FOCUS LOS ANGELES With protests against racism sweeping the United States, two new films from Spike Lee place contemporary violence against African-Americans in its modern historical context, going as far back as the Vietnam War. 500 words 1930 GMT by Andrew Marszal afp
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