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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Contact: Ben.Sheppard@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US hospitals overwhelmed, India virus cases hit record + 34 dead after torrential rain in Japan + Taj Mahal to stay shut + Rockets target US facilities, despite arrests + Formula 1 roars back in dramatic, incident-strewn race Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Officials at the epicenter of the worsening coronavirus crisis in the United States warn their hospitals are being overwhelmed by the upsurge as India registers a record number of new cases. 700 words 2100 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Britain Japan-weather-rain,WRAP TOKYO, Japan About 34 people are either confirmed or feared dead -- including 14 at a nursing home -- after torrential rain in Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides, authorities say. 600 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video India-health-virus NEW DELHI, India India's top tourist attraction the Taj Mahal will remain shut, officials say, as the vast nation registers a record daily number of coronavirus cases and opened a sprawling treatment centre in the capital to fight the pandemic. 350 words moved. Picture Iraq-conflict-US-Iran-rockets,WRAP BAGHDAD Two rocket attacks target American diplomatic and military installations, Iraq's security forces say, a little over a week after unprecedented arrests prevented a similar incident. 600 words moved. Auto-Prix-AUT,WRAP SPIELBERG, Austria Valtteri Bottas stays calm in a stormy race to claim a measured victory for Mercedes as Formula One returns with a bang in a belated, dramatic and incident-strewn 2020 season-opening Austrian Grand Prix. 650 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics WASHINGTON US Sunbelt mayors warn that their cities are at risk of being overwhelmed by a surge of coronavirus cases as they push back against US President Donald Trump's attempt to minimize the gravity of the spreading virus. 700 words by Brian Knowlton. Picture Dominican-vote-health-virus,WRAP SANTO DOMINGO Wearing masks and observing social distance, voters in the Dominican Republic brave a roaring coronavirus epidemic To cast their ballots for a new president and legislature of the Caribbean country. 650 words 1930 GMT. File picture US-politics-racism-history,FOCUS WASHINGTON A national park populated with statues of "American heroes"? The surprise idea, proposed by President Donald Trump over the July 4 holiday weekend, hardly seems likely to calm partisan passions in the deeply divided country. And it raises questions about what exactly such a park might look like -- and how it will be paid for. 650 words 2200 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. -- EUROPE -- Croatia-politics-vote,WRAP ZAGREB Croatia's conservatives are poised for re-election victory, putting them in a strong position for talks to build a government that will face the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 1930 GMT by Lajla Veselica. Picture. Video Austria-Russia-Chechnya-murder,2ndLead VIENNA Austrian police have arrested two Russians from Chechnya over the fatal shooting of a Chechen dissident, officials say, as concerns grow over the security of Chechen government critics living in exile. 500 words 2000 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Greece-prostitution ATHENS A central Athens brothel is buzzing with clients on a recent hot July afternoon, and its Venezuelan workers are relieved to have the business. 700 words moved. Picture France-China-espionage-trial PARIS In a case that could be from a spy thriller, two former French intelligence agents go on trial Monday accused of having passed on secrets to a foreign power. 500 words moved by Didier Lauras and Caroline Taix -- MIDDLE EAST -- Algeria-France-history-diplomacy,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria buries the remains of 24 resistance fighters returned from Paris after more than a century and a half as it marks the 58th anniversary of its independence from France. 600 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-music-festival,LEAD BEIRUT A philharmonic orchestra performs to spectator-free Roman ruins in east Lebanon, after a top summer festival downsized to a single concert in a year of economic meltdown and pandemic. 370 words by 2000 GMT. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- Malawi-politics-vote,FOCUS BLANTYRE The opposition triumph in Malawi's recent landmark election re-run after last year's fraudulent polls were overturned could spur similar democratic change across the continent. 700 words moved by Jack McBrams. File Picture -- ASIA -- Japan-politics-vote-Tokyo Oly,WRAP TOKYO, Japan Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike declares victory in the vote to elect the leader of one of the world's most populous cities and immediately vows to step up the fight against a recent coronavirus resurgence. 600 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video Also moved: Japan-politics-vote-Tokyo-Koike,PROFILE Myanmar-mining-accident-economy-jade-China,SCENE HPAKANT, Myanmar Five so-called Yay Ma Hsay -- or the "unwashed" as the jade miners of northern Myanmar are known -- arrived early Thursday at the Hpakant pit to scrape out a living on a scraggy hillside, tantalised by the prospect of finding a stone large enough to transform their lives. But only three would return. 700 words moved by Ye Aung Thu and Lapyae Ko. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics HONG KONG Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the city's libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the finance hub. 500 words moved Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-unrest,FOCUS -- ENVIRONMENT -- India-weather-lightning-climate PATNA, India Lightning strikes killed 147 people in the north Indian state of Bihar over the last 10 days, officials say, warning of more extreme weather conditions to come, driven by climate change. 300 words moved. File Picture afp
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