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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + European cities protest against Covid curbs + Italian coastguard helps Banksy boat rescue + Kristoff wins chaotic Tour de France opener + Europe still mired in division on migration Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN German police halt a Berlin march by thousands of people opposed to coronavirus restrictions in the biggest of several European protests against anti-virus curbs and masks to halt the pandemic. 750 words moved by Isabelle Le Page. Picture. Video. Graphic Europe-migrants-Britain-Italy-Spain-art,WRAP ROME An Italian coastguard vessel rushes to a rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy, which sent out a call for help with more than 200 migrants on board, and takes in 49 of the most vulnerable people. 700 words moved by Jan Hennop and Herve Bar. Picture Cycling-FRA-Tour NICE, France After a late pile-up on Nice's iconic Promenade des Anglais, Alexander Kristoff of UAE Emirates wins a crash-marred and rain-lashed opening stage of the Tour de France. 650 words moved by Damian McCall. Picture. Video Also moved: Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020,REAX Europe-migrants-politics,FOCUS PARIS Since taking in more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in 2015, Europe has stepped up border controls but still falls short on common migration and asylum policies. 700 words 0330 GMT by Romain Fonsegrives -- PLEASE SEE SPECIAL ADVISORY 'MIGRANT CRISIS, FIVE YEARS ON' MOVING AT 0300 GMT -- -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-toll,lead RIO DE JANEIRO Just over six months after registering its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil crosses the grim threshold of 120,000 people killed by Covid-19, with no end in sight to the crisis. 650 words 0130 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture. File video US-science-cancer-colon-youth-health,FOCUS WASHINGTON Actor Chadwick Boseman's death from colon cancer at the age of 43 has highlighted the growing rate of this disease among younger adults, who are often diagnosed at later stages. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture US-politics-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden, striving to win over still-undecided voters who could swing the election against Donald Trump, is sparing no effort to broadcast one of his most potent weapons: endorsements from many of his former Republican opponents. 750 words 0130 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. File picture. Graphic US-racism-police-crime,PROFILE WASHINGTON When angry protesters shout the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor or Jacob Blake -- Ben Crump is listening. He is the seemingly omnipresent black attorney representing the families of all those emblematic victims of US police violence, and others too. 650 words 0130 GMT by Camille Camdessus. File picture Health-virus-US-education-pods,FOCUS LOS ANGELES As parents across the United States come to terms with remote learning this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, many who can afford it are opting for so-called "learning pods" to help their kids -- and themselves -- get through the school year. 700 words 0130 GMT by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video US-museum-virus-tourism,SCENE NEW YORK With visitors raising their arms in a sign of victory, clapping and lining up eagerly at ticket windows, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens its doors to the public in a festive atmosphere -- a sign for many that the largest US metropolis is returning to normality after a nearly six-month closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 0130 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Montenegro-vote-politics-Serbia-religion,WRAP PODGORICA Montenegro votes in an election testing the 30-year domination of a pro-West ruling party that has faced a year of protests and high tension with supporters of the influential Orthodox church. 600 words 0200 GMT by Olivera Nikolic. Picture. Video. Also moving: Montenegro-vote,FACTS Turkey-Greece-diplomacy-energy,WRAP ISTANBUL, Turkey Turkey launches new military drills in the eastern Mediterranean and Greece accuses Turkish jets of an incursion as tensions mount in a maritime standoff between the NATO members. 600 words moved by Gokan Gunes. Picture. Graphic Belarus-politics-unrest-mass-media,WRAP MINSK Belarusian authorities withdraw the accreditation of journalists working for several foreign media, including AFP, ahead of the latest demonstration challenging the results of the presidential election. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem-housing,FOCUS JERUSALEM Palestinian Alaa Borqan preferred to tear down his own house in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was constructed illegally and must be demolished. 700 words 0300 GMT by Hiba Aslan. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-coup,2ndlead BAMAKO Mali's military junta postpones the first meeting on the transfer of power after rising tensions with the group that sparked the August 18 coup. 500 words moved by Kassim Traore and Serge Daniel Mauritius-environment-pollution-demonstration,WRAP PORT LOUIS Tens of thousands of Mauritians protest in the capital Saint-Louis over the government's handling of a giant oil spill off its pristine Indian Ocean coast. 350 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-dance-communities-tradition-tech,FOCUS JODHPUR, India As a blackout plunges her desert dwelling into darkness, Suwa Devi, a dancer belonging to India's Kalbeliya gypsy community, asks her neighbour to turn on his jeep's headlights so she can continue teaching her Zoom class, outside. 800 words 0330 GMT by Sunil Verma with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture. Video Taiwan-Czech-diplomacy-China,WRAP TAIPEI A Czech delegation will arrive in Taipei Sunday for the second high-profile foreign visit to Taiwan this month, thwarting authoritarian China's campaign to keep the democratic island isolated from the rest of the world. 600 words 0400 GMT by Amber Wang -- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-Venice,ADVANCER ROME What if you threw a film festival and nobody came? That, in essence, is the challenge facing organisers of this year's Venice Film Festival. 750 words 0230 GMT by Alexandria Sage. File picture. Video Also moving: Entertainment-film-Venice,FACTS -- SPORT -- fbl-C1-EUR-PSG-BRA-Neymar-Nike,2ndlead RIO DE JANEIRO Nike says it has parted ways with Neymar, ending one of its most high-profile sponsorship deals a decade and a half after signing the star striker as a 13-year-old prodigy. 350 words 0130 GMT. File picture Tennis-Open-USA,PREVIEW NEW YORK The US Open becomes the first Grand Slam of the COVID-19 era when it gets underway Monday in a spectator-less bubble at Flushing Meadows following a troubled build-up that saw several top stars withdraw over coronavirus fears. 750 words 0130 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture afp
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