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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email; frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + 'Black Panther' star Boseman dies of cancer + European cities protest against Covid masks + Contest for next Japan PM after Abe resigns + Banksy-funded Med rescue ship calls for aid + Kristoff wins chaotic Tour de France opener Entertainment-US-film-Boseman,OBIT LOS ANGELES Chadwick Boseman, the star of the ground-breaking superhero movie "Black Panther," has died from colon cancer at the age of 43. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN German police halt a march by thousands of coronavirus sceptics in Berlin as smaller protests are held in other European cities against virus curbs and masks requirements. 750 words moved by Isabelle Le Page. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-politics-Abe,WRAP TOKYO The race to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicks off informally with several contenders announcing their plans to stand, a day after Japan's longest-serving leader announced his resignation. 650 words moved by Shingo Ito and Sara Hussein. Picture Europe-migrants-Britain-Italy-Spain-art,WRAP ROME Two humanitarian ships set off to assist a rescue vessel in the Mediterranean funded by British street artist Banksy, which sent out a distress signal with more than 200 migrants onboard. 600 words 1930 GMT 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 2000 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture -- CHADWICK BOSEMAN -- US-science-colorectal-cancer,FOCUS WASHINGTON Actor Chadwick Boseman's death from colon cancer at the age of 43 highlights the growing rate of this disease among younger adults, who often end up being diagnosed at later stages. 750 words 2200 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture Prix-BEL-Hamilton-Boseman SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium Lewis Hamilton pays an emotional tribute to Chadwick Boseman after claiming pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix, the world champion saying "this one's for him". 450 words moved. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Turkey-Greece-diplomacy-energy 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. 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. 600 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Sweden-Denmark-Islam-racism-demonstration,2ndlead STOCKHOLM At least 10 people have been arrested, and several police officers injured, in violence which broke out in southern Sweden after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Koran-burning rally. 400 words moved. Pictures -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Mali military rulers postpone their first meeting over the transfer of powers due to "organisational reasons" nearly two weeks after ousting the president in a coup. 500 words 2000 GMT Mauritius-environment-pollution-demonstration,WRAP PORT LOUIS Tens of thousands of Mauritians protested Saturday 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 -- Afghanistan-conflict-health-virus-drugs-opium,FOCUS JALALABAD, Afghanistan Afghans pushed out of work by the coronavirus pandemic after businesses and schools were shuttered have turned to opium cultivation for cash during this year's poppy harvest. 550 words moved by Noorullah Shirzada with Rasheed Durrani in Kandahar. Picture. Video TORAJA, Indonesia Indonesia-culture-death,PHOTOESSAY Families in a mountainous community on Indonesia's Sulawesi island dig up their mummified relatives every three years, clean them and dress them in their favourite clothes to honour their spirits. 250 words moved. Picture afp
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