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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + China hackers targeted vaccine data: US + All hostages freed after Ukraine bus siege + EU leaders hail landmark virus rescue plan + Sudan starts trial of ousted leader Bashir + Depp libel case: ex-wife denies affairs US-China-health-virus-crime-hacking WASHINGTON Two Chinese nationals have been indicted for seeking to steal COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the United States and abroad, the US Justice Department says. 600 words 2000 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture Ukraine-crime-hostage,WRAP KIEV Ukrainian police free all hostages from a besieged bus and arrest an armed man who held them for over 12 hours and claimed he could detonate a device in the western city of Lutsk. 650 words 2000 GMT by Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-EU-summit BRUSSELS EU leaders emerge from a marathon four-day and four-night summit to celebrate what they boast is a historic rescue plan for economies left shattered by the coronavirus epidemic. 700 words 2030 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Also moved: EU-summit-law-budget-Hungary-Poland,FOCUS EU-summit,ANALYSIS Health-virus-EU-summit,ANALYSIS Sudan-court-Bashir,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudan's former strongman president Omar al-Bashir, ousted amid a pro-democracy uprising last year, goes on trial over the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago. 650 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Also moved: Sudan-politics-Bashir,PROFILE Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Amber Heard denies having an affair with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, as she gives evidence in ex-husband Johnny Depp's high-profile London libel action. 500 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON President Donald Trump resumes regular televised coronavirus briefings in a possibly fraught bid to restore his standing with US voters who accuse him of badly fumbling the pandemic response. 650 words 2230 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video US-politics-unrest-Trump,FOCUS NEW YORK New York would go to court to stop Donald Trump sending federal troops to the city, its mayor says, as the US president puts law and order at the forefront of his re-election bid. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison with Sebastian Smith in Washington US-politics-immigration-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump orders the US national census to exclude illegal immigrants in its population count for determining representation in Congress, a move aimed at boosting long-term Republican strength. 550 words 2100 GMT by Paul Handley US-China-conflict-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON US Defense Secretary Mark Esper plans to visit China for talks on how to improve two-way communications in a crisis as geopolitical tensions between the superpowers rise and concerns mount over a potential South China Sea flashpoint. 650 words 2030 GMT by Sylvie Lanteaume. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Russia-parliament,WRAP LONDON British lawmakers slam the government for failing to look into possible Russian meddling in UK politics, particularly the divisive 2016 Brexit referendum, as they release a long-awaited report into the issue. 700 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. Video. File picture Britain-US-China-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges "the entire world" to stand up to China but denies forcing Britain's hand in its decision to ban the communist superpower's private telecoms giant Huawei. 650 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Health-virus-Sweden-Nobel,2ndlead STOCKHOLM The Nobel Foundation, which manages the Nobel Prizes, cancels its traditional December banquet because of the coronavirus pandemic and says the award ceremonies will be held in "new forms". 400 words moved by Johannes Ledel. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-Iraq-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader tells Iraq's visiting premier that Tehran will not interfere in Baghdad's relations with Washington, but warns that the US presence next door to the Islamic republic is a cause of insecurity. 660 words by Amir Havasi. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-vote,lead BEIRUT Syria's ruling Baath party and its allies win a majority in parliamentary elections held across government-held areas of the war-torn country. 400 words 1930 GMT -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Sudan-Egypt-water-diplomacy,2ndlead ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia says that its first-year target has been reached for filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile River that has stoked tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. 500 words 2000 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture DRCongo-history-independence-Lumumba KINSHASA The daughter of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba calls for Belgium to return her father's "relics," in an apparent reference to teeth taken from his body after his 1961 assassination. 450 words moved Health-virus-Madagascar-hospital,lead ANTANANARIVO Hospital officials in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo say they are struggling to cope with a rush of coronavirus patients, despite the distribution of a herbal drink touted as a remedy by the president. 500 words moved. Picture -- ASIA -- Australia-economy-recession-health-virus,lead SYDNEY Australia will extend record stimulus spending into next year, the government says, outlining multibillion-dollar measures to shield the labour market from the ravages of the rolling coronavirus crisis. 500 words moved by Andrew Beatty. Picture -- HEALTH & SCIENCE -- Health-US-mental-illness,FOCUS WASHINGTON US rapper and possible presidential candidate Kanye West has been open about his struggles with bipolar disorder. What is the mental illness and why do many creative people seem to have it? 700 words 2100 GMT by Issam Ahmed Health-cancer-test PARIS A blood test has been shown to detect five types of cancer years before the diseases could be spotted using conventional diagnostic methods, according to a new study. 400 words moved Science-space-Moon-meteors PARIS A giant meteor shower bombarded Earth and the Moon 800 million years ago with more than 30 times the force of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs, new research shows. 400 words moved -- SPORTS -- Tennis-USA-Open-ATP-health-virus WASHINGTON US Open organisers say the cancellation of next month's tournament in Washington DC "in no way impacts" the behind-closed-doors Grand Slam scheduled for the end of August. 450 words moved Cricket-health-virus-IND-IPL-UAE,2ndlead NEW DELHI The Indian Premier League seizes upon the postponement of the Twenty20 World Cup to propose holding its cash bonanza tournament in the United Arab Emirates from September. 550 words moved by Faisal Kamal. 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