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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Hong Kong delays elections for year + Economic slumps reveal huge pandemic fallout + Court unseals emails in Epstein case + Pharma giants, US ink $2 billion vaccine deal + Nepal reopens Everest for trekkers HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong's democracy supporters are dealt a huge blow as authorities postpone local elections for a year because of the coronavirus, capping a devastating month of political disqualifications, arrests for social media posts and activists fleeing overseas. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: HongKong-China-politics,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Devastating economic figures pour in as nations count the cost of their efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, even as fresh spikes force many countries to put the brakes on a return to normality. 800 words 1530 GMT by Eric Randolph with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Britain-crime-Epstein-Maxwell,WRAP NEW YORK A New York court unseals emails revealing that disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein told his former partner, accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, that she had "done nothing wrong." 650 words 1530 GMT by Peter Hutchison. File picture Health-virus-vaccine-Sanofi-GSK-US-vaccines,2ndlead PARIS Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK will receive up to $2.1 billion from the US government for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine as the world continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus epidemic. 550 words 1530 GMT by Mariette Le Roux. Nepal-mountaineering-virus-Everest KATHMANDU Nepal reopens its mountains -- including Everest -- for the autumn trekking and climbing season in a bid to boost the struggling tourism sector, despite coronavirus uncertainty. 430 words moved. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain "puts the brakes on" easing lockdown measures and imposes new rules on millions of households in northern England, following concerns over a spike in coronavirus infections. 550 words 1600 GMT by David Harding. Picture. Video Health-virus-tourism-Britain-Spain, FOCUS LONDON The Lunt family from Bath, in western England, had planned to visit Spain this summer but like so many British holidaymakers have had their plans upended by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by David Harding Europe-weather,WRAP PARIS Swathes of Western Europe wilt under intense heat, with socially-distanced crowds seeking relief in fountains and pools as authorities warn of health as well as wildfire risks. 600 words 1430 GMT by Joseph Schmid with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,WRAP MINA, Saudi Arabia Muslim pilgrims cast sanitised pebbles as they "stoned the devil" in the last major ritual of the hajj, which the Saudi king acknowledged had been tough to organise during the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved. Picture. Live video. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj-virtual,FOCUS KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia Faridah Bakti Yahra travelled alone to Mecca when she won the lottery of a lifetime to join this year's hajj, the smallest in living memory, but her family is relishing the experience virtually. 700 words moved by Hussein al-Hmaydan with Sarah Stewart in Dubai. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Iraq-Eid BASRA, Iraq On the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, when Iraqis visit loved ones' tombs and take children to the funfair, the coronavirus pandemic has put both cemeteries and Ferris wheels off-limits. 400 words moved by Dawood Salmane with Salam Faraj in Baghdad. Picture. Video Health-virus-Libya-conflict-religion,FOCUS TAJOURA, Libya Worn down by conflict, poverty and the pandemic, many Libyans are gloomy this year on the eve of the holy Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, or Eid al-Adha, as they are unable to afford sacrificial animals. 600 words moved by Jihad Dorgham. Picture. Video. Sudan-coup-politics,FOCUS KHARTOUM After decades of searching for their loved ones' remains, the families of slain Sudanese officers who attempted a coup against strongman Omar al-Bashir are demanding the killers be held accountable. 650 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-politics-corruption-protest HARARE Police in Zimbabwe arrest internationally-acclaimed novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga as they enforce a ban on protests coinciding with the anniversary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's disputed election. 650 words 1630 GMT by Zinyange Auntony and Fanuel Jongwe. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Bahamas-weather-hurricane,WRAP MIAMI Hurricane Isaias lashes the southeastern Bahamas as it churns north toward Florida, bringing new dangers to a US state in the throes of an unrelenting coronavirus outbreak. 500 words 1500 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-economy-politics-aid WASHINGTON Jobless Americans are set to become poorer when extra unemployment payments expire, after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending them despite mounting signs of a severe economic downturn. 600 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein US-earnings-oil-ExxonMobil-Chevron,WRAP NEW YORK US oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron report deep losses and double down on cost cuts in expectation of a weak industry outlook amid the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 1530 GMT by John Biers US-justice-SupremeCourt-Ginsburg-health,FOCUS WASHINGTON Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a darling of the US left and increasingly frail octogenarian, is taking center stage ahead of this November's presidential election, with the Supreme Court's balance hanging on her seemingly faltering health. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive Health-virus-Brazil-favelas,FOCUS SAO PAULO When Priscila Tomas da Silva's husband lost his job loading trucks because of coronavirus shutdown measures in Sao Paulo, they faced a stark choice: pay the rent, or feed their six children. 700 words moved by Fernando Marron with Joshua Howat Berger in Rio de Janeiro. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-ceasefire-religion,WRAP KABUL Afghans flock to mosques to mark the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha as a three-day ceasefire between Taliban and government forces begins, with many hoping it will lead to peace talks and the end of nearly two decades of conflict. 650 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Video. Picture Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict,CHRONO Health-virus-Australia,lead MELBOURNE Hopes that Australia may have escaped the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic are fast fading as a growing outbreak in its second-largest city has officials eyeing draconian measures to curtail the spread. 650 words moved by Tania Lee. Picture. Video Australia-media-internet-Google-Facebook,3rdlead SYDNEY Australia unveils a draft law to force Google and Facebook to pay news media for their content in a "world-leading" initiative sure to prompt a confrontation with the digital giants. 750 words moved by David Millikin -- BUSINESS -- US-Britain-crime-Epstein-Maxwell,WRAP NEW YORK A New York court unseals emails revealing that disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein told his former partner, accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, that she had "done nothing wrong." 650 words 1530 GMT by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- SPORTS -- Basket-NBA,WRAP ORLANDO The NBA relaunches its coronavirus-hit season, with players taking a knee during the US national anthem in a show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement and LeBron James vowing no let-up in the fight for social justice. 700 words moved. Picture afp
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