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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 (0)6 4016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + US sees new surge as virus cases rise across the globe + US consulate closing in Cold-War-style standoff with China + Anti-Kremlin rallies grip Russian Far East + Harry and Meghan book lifts lid on bitter split with family + Brazil's Neymar wins French Cup for PSG Health-virus, WRAP WASHINGTON Coronavirus cases continue to rise across the globe with the United States reporting another surge as a survey shows support fast slipping for the way governments have handled the pandemic. 600 words 0930 GMT by AFP bureaus. Video. Picture. Graphic US-China-politics-diplomacy CHENGDU, China Workers remove the US insignia from the consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu, a day after Beijing ordered its closure as relations deteriorate in a Cold War-style standoff. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Russia-protest-opposition-trial,WRAP KHABAROVSK Huge anti-government demonstrations erupt in Russia's Far East over the arrest of a popular governor who was replaced this week by a Kremlin appointee who never lived in the fraught region. 575 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Video Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan LONDON Prince Harry and wife Meghan blame "viper" courtiers' for widening their rift with Britain's royal family, according to extracts from a new book. 300 words moved. File picture Fbl-FRA-Cup,lead PARIS Neymar hits the winner as Paris Saint-Germain defeat 10-man Saint-Etienne 1-0 in the French Cup final, the first competitive fixture in the country since March 11 following the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Martyn Wood. Picture. Video Also moved: Fbl-FRA-Cup-PSG-Mbappe,3rdlead -- ASIA -- Australia-China-diplomacy-conflict-US SYDNEY Australia rejects Beijing's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the United Nations, aligning itself more closely with Washington in the escalating row. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-100days,WRAP WASHINGTON Cratering in the polls, canceling his showcase convention event, and struggling to land punches on his opponent, Donald Trump has only 100 days from Sunday to save his presidency -- and it's not going well. 850 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-100days-Biden,SCENE US-politics-vote-100days-Texas,FOCUS US-politics-vote-100days-Democrats-VP,FOCUS WASHINGTON With the White House campaign heading into its coronavirus-hobbled home stretch, Democratic nominee Joe Biden is preparing to announce his vice presidential running mate, a woman likely to play an outsize role in a new administration. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture. File video US-politics-society-racism-LGBTQ,FOCUS NEW YORK Energized by the US's massive anti-racism protests, history-making progressives from New York -- young, black, Latino and gay -- want to shake up Congress's status quo when they are likely elected in November. 750 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video US-politics-racism,FOCUS WASHINGTON Two months after African American George Floyd died when a white policeman kneeled on his neck, triggering a nationwide and global outcry for justice, the United States is being shaken by an anti-racism surge that, more and more, is dividing its political class. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive US-Russia-space-satellite,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States this week accused Russia of having tested an anti-satellite weapon in space, a charge Moscow has denied, saying the device was a "special instrument" for inspecting Russian equipment in space. Whatever it was, the incident marks for Washington a rare military escalation in space. 700 words moved by Ivan Couronne US-unrest-Portland-protest-Moms-Dads,FOCUS PORTLAND, Oregon Bev Barnum never imagined what she was setting in motion when she posted a message online last week after coming across a video of federal officers in Portland, Oregon, pulling a protester into an unmarked car. 650 words 0600 GMT by Emily Gillespie. Picture. Video Also moved: US-unrest-Portland-protest,SCENE UN-US-Portland-unrest-rights US-politics-racism-unrest-Chicago -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-conflict-army-Syrian,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli army helicopters strike military targets in southern Syrian in retaliation for earlier "munitions" fire towards Israel from inside Syria, escalating tensions between the bitter rivals. 450 words moved by Ben Simon -- EUROPE -- Chile-France-Japan-justice-expedition,WRAP BESANCON, France Chilean Nicolas Zepeda is charged with murder shortly after being extradited to France over the 2016 disappearance of his Japanese ex-girlfriend, prosecutors say. 500 words moved by Fanny Lattach with Miguel Sanchez in Santiago. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-politics-Kabila,FOCUS KINSHASA DR Congo's Joseph Kabila stepped down in January 2019 after 18 years at the helm, but nearly 18 months on he remains a powerful figure. 650 words moved by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya. File picture Health-virus-SAfrica-people,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Before coronavirus arrived, the Casa Serena retirement home in Johannesburg had 64 residents. Fourteen have since died, and the fear among survivors is palpable. 600 words moved by Alessandro Parodi. Picture. Video afp
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