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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus cases top 4 mn in US, 3 mn in Europe + Britain, EU rule out quick Brexit trade deal + Ex-Nazi camp guard, 93, sentenced in Germany + Chinese researcher hiding in S.Francisco mission + Mike Tyson to make boxing comeback at 54 Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic reaches grim new milestones as cases top four million in the United States and three million in Europe, as fresh spikes from Belgium to Tokyo to Melbourne force new restrictions on citizens. 600 words 2030 GMT by Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Also moving: Health-virus-SAfrica-education,lead Also moved: Health-virus-Bolivia-politics-vote,lead Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain and the European Union break up their latest round of post-Brexit trade negotiations by ruling out a quick deal but voicing hope for agreement in the coming months. 650 words moved by Dmitry Zaks and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video Germany-court-WWII-Holocaust-genocide-history,WRAP HAMBURG, Germany A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard is handed a two year suspended sentence for complicity in World War II atrocities, possibly one of the last such cases against surviving SS guards. 650 words moved by Sebastian Bronst. Picture. Video US-China-politics-immigration-research-court,2ndlead WASHINGTON The US Justice Department charges four Chinese researchers with visa fraud for allegedly lying about ties to the People's Liberation Army; one has taken refuge in China's San Francisco consulate. 650 words 2100 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture Box-heavy-Tyson LOS ANGELES Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion who retired in 2005, says he will make a comeback at age 54, fighting Roy Jones Jr. on September 12 in Los Angeles. 500 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON New COVID-19 cases in the United States are starting to level off -- stabilizing or even falling in some hotspots -- but experts warn simply hitting a new plateau will continue to strain hospitals and cause preventable deaths. 650 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture Health-virus-WHO-US GENEVA The World Health Organization chief rejects as false an allegation by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that he owed his position to a deal with China. 500 words moved Health-virus-Iran,FOCUS TEHRAN Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's recent announcement that 25 million citizens may have been infected with the coronavirus, a figure drastically higher than the country's official tally, has left many perplexed and fearful. 850 words moved by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-China-politics-diplomacy-Pompeo,WRAP WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to strongly criticise China in a keynote speech on "Communist China and the Free World's Future" at the Nixon Library in California. 550 words 2100 GMT by Francesco Fontemaggi -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-Johnson-anniversary,FOCUS LONDON Electoral success, Brexit, a global health crisis that left him near death, divorce, engagement and even a new baby. Boris Johnson has had an eventful 12 months in anyone's book. 800 words 2300 GMT by James Pheby. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics-economy-France,WRAP BEIRUT France's top diplomat Jean-Yves Le Drian scolds Lebanon's leadership for failing to take the measures he says are necessary to save the country from collapse. 600 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO West African presidents meet in Mali in a fresh bid to defuse the country's political crisis. 650 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-space-Mars,WRAP WENCHANG, Hainan China launches a rover to Mars on a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the global powers take their rivalry into deep space. 650 words moved by Ludovic Ehret. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-space-Mars,FACTS Afghanistan-conflict-strike-Taliban,WRAP KABUL The Taliban are prepared to hold peace talks with the Afghan government next month straight after the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the insurgents say, provided an ongoing prisoner swap has been completed. 650 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi Afghanistan-conflict-woman-Taliban,FOCUS GHAZNI, Afghanistan An Afghan girl who shot dead two Taliban fighters after they gunned down her parents says she is ready to confront any other insurgents who might try to attack her. 600 words moved by Zakeria Hashemi with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY AND BUSINESS -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON Newly unemployed Americans file nearly 1.42 million claims for jobless benefits last week, reversing recent months of decline as the world's largest economy grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases. 650 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein US-IT-lifestyle-earnings-Twitter,WRAP WASHINGTON Twitter showed strong gains in its user base with more people turning to the short-message social network during the pandemic and civil unrest, according to a quarterly update Thursday that offered positive signs despite a big drop in ad revenues. 650 words moved by Rob Lever US-aviation-earnings-AmericanAirlines,WRAP NEW YORK American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both report quarterly losses as the industry reins in spending amid a shaky demand environment further weakened by the latest spike in US coronavirus cases. 700 words 2100 GMT by John Biers -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-US-court-media-Depp LONDON American actress Amber Heard testifies that she loved ex-husband Johnny Depp and was rooting for him to kick his drug habit before filing for divorce because of alleged domestic abuse. 400 words moved. Picture -- SCIENCE -- Science-genetics-slavery WASHINGTON A major DNA study reveals shocking new details about the history of economic and sexual exploitation of millions of people as a result of the transatlantic slave trade. 500 words 1930 GMT by Ivan Couronne. Graphic Science-palaeontology-crocodile-Libya-Americas PARIS The several species of crocodiles that ply brackish byways in the Americas from Florida to Mexico to Peru, along with others now extinct, came from Africa, according to new research. 500 words 2030 GMT by Marlowe Hood. Picture afp
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