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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + COVID-skeptic Brazil leader tests postive + China unveils plans to censor HK internet + Japan sends in military for flood rescues + Johnny Depp denies beating ex Amber Heard + 'Will you still need me?': Ringo turns 80 Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for the new coronavirus after consistently downplaying the risks of the disease, as pandemic epicenter the United States withdraws from the World Health Organization. 700 words 2030 GMT by Louis Genot and AFP bureaus. Video. Picture. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-technology,WRAP HONG KONG China unveils new powers to censor Hong Kong's internet and access user data using its feared national security law -- but US tech giants have put up some resistance citing rights concerns. 750 words moved by Karl Malakunas and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-law-censorship,SCENE HongKong-China-politics-technology,FACTS Japan-weather-rain-flood-climate,WRAP YATSUSHIRO, Japan Japan will deploy more troops to search for survivors of devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 52 people in the southwest of the country, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says. 650 words moved by Charly Triballeau. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Japan-weather-rain-flood-rafting Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp strenuously denies being violent to his ex-wife Amber Heard, as he launches a libel claim in a London court against a British tabloid newspaper that called him a "wife-beater". 700 words moved by Sylvain Peuchmaurd and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-Britain-Beatles-Starr LOS ANGELES With a little help from his friends, Ringo Starr is set to hold an online 80th birthday bash featuring fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, to benefit charities including Black Lives Matter. 450 words 1930 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-politics-Bolsonaro BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly dismissed the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic, says he's feeling "perfectly well" despite testing positive for the coronavirus after coming down with a fever. 700 words by Jordi Miro 2000 GMT. File Picture. Graphic Health-virus-celebrity,FACTS PARIS Brazil's far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro joins the list of world leaders, royals, sports stars and artists to have been infected by the coronavirus. 600 words 1930 GMT Moved: Health-virus-Brazil-vaccines,FOCUS Health-virus-US-UN-WHO-diplomacy,2ndlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization, making good on threats over the UN body's response to the coronavirus, a senator says. 500 words 2000 GMT by Shaun Tandon Mexico-US-diplomacy-trade,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador heads to Washington on Wednesday to talk trade with Donald Trump, against the backdrop of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the US leader's bid for re-election. 650 words moved by Jean Arce. Graphic. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- US-Iran-Iraq-UN-rights,lead GENEVA The US drone strike that killed Iran's top general Qasem Soleimani was "unlawful", the United Nations expert on extrajudicial killings concludes in a report to be put before the Human Rights Council. 550 words moved by Robin Millard Iran-nuclear-incident-Israel,Q&A TEHRAN Accident or Israeli sabotage? A mysterious incident in the early hours of July 2 badly damaged a building at Iran's Natanz nuclear complex and sparked speculation over the cause. Here is what we know. 650 words moved Also moved: Iran-blast,lead Health-virus-Iran TEHRAN Iran announces 200 more deaths from the coronavirus, the most in a single day since the Middle East's deadliest outbreak began in February. 450 words moved Health-virus-Dubai-tourism,FOCUS DUBAI With a "welcome" passport sticker and coronavirus tests on arrival, Dubai reopens its doors to international visitors with hopes of reviving its tourism industry after a nearly four-month closure. 700 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture Syria-conflict-UN-rights,lead GENEVA War crimes and possible crimes against humanity were committed during the battle for Syria's opposition-held Idlib province, says a UN investigation. 500 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard Syria-conflict-UN-aid-Russia,2ndlead UNITED NATIONS Germany and Belgium have asked the UN Security Council to vote to extend authorization for cross-border humanitarian aid in Syria despite a likely Russian veto, diplomatic sources say. 450 words moved. File picture Syria-conflict-heritage-Hama,FOCUS HAMA, Syria On a riverbank in Syria's Hama, Mohammed Sultan tinkers away on a giant water wheel, one of a dwindling number of artisans able to restore the city's ancient wooden landmarks. 600 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-WHO,2ndlead GENEVA The WHO points to "emerging evidence" the coronavirus might spread by air further than previously thought, and warns the pandemic is still accelerating. 500 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard. Video Russia-space-media-arrest,WRAP MOSCOW A respected defence Russian journalist who became an adviser to the head of the space agency is detained on charges of treason for allegedly divulging state secrets, the security service says. 650 words 1930 GMT by Anna Smolchenko and Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China-education,3rdlead BEIJING Nearly 11 million stressed-out Chinese students begin taking the country's gruelling annual college entrance exam following a month-long coronavirus delay, with inspectors this year checking both for cheaters and fever. 650 words moved by Leo Ramirez and Lillian Ding. Picture. Video Taiwan-China-HongKong-politics,FOCUS TAIPEI The imposition of a sweeping new national security law on Hong Kong has sent shivers through Taiwan, adding to fears that Beijing will focus next on seizing the democratic self-ruled island. 750 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- CLIMATE -- Climate-weather-Russia-Siberia,lead PARIS Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average in June across much of permafrost-laden Siberia, with last month in a dead heat for the warmest June on record globally, according to the European Union's climate monitoring network. 600 words 1930 GMT by Marlowe Hood. Graphic afp
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