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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus surges as public lose faith in govts + N. Korea declares emergency over virus case + 2020's first hurricane roars ashore in Texas + Premier League season set for dramatic end Health-virus,WRAP PARIS A survey shows governments are fast losing support for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as health officials record a surge of more than 280,000 new cases globally two days in a row. 800 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-health-virus,WRAP SEOUL North Korean authorities impose a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they called the country's first suspected case of the novel coronavirus, state media says. 550 words 0300 GMT by Sunghee Hwang US-weather-hurricane-Hanna-Texas,WRAP HOUSTON Hanna, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2020, slams into the coast of coronavirus-hit Texas, bringing heavy rain, storm surge and potentially life-threatening flash flooding. 500 words 0230 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON The Premier League's longest season is set for a dramatic finish as Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester compete for Champions League places, while Aston Villa, Watford and Bournemouth fight to avoid relegation. 650 words moved by Steven Griffiths -- AMERICAS -- US-unrest-protest,WRAP SEATTLE Police in Seattle use flashbang grenades and pepper spray against protesters who set fire to construction trailers outside a youth jail, amid a wave of public anger over President Donald Trump's planned "surge" of federal agents into major cities. 600 words 0200 GMT by Jason Redmond. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics,FOCUS BRASILIA Brazil is being battered by the coronavirus crisis, but the damage is uneven across the sprawling South American country, where experts say chaotic policy-making has only made a complicated situation worse. 600 words 0130 GMT by Jordi Miro. File picture. File video US-unrest-Portland-history,FOCUS LOS ANGELES For Portland, social conflict and street clashes are nothing new. The Oregon city has a long history of pro-labor militancy coupled with an anti-fascist culture and defiance of authorities -- but also, further back, a dark segregationist history. 650 words 0130 GMT by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video US-politics-Congress-rights-JohnLewis,WRAP WASHINGTON Civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis is remembered as a fighter for "the least of us," as a memorial service in Alabama kicked off days of tributes that will culminate with the high honor of lying in state in the rotunda of the US Capitol. 550 words moved by Brian Knowlton. Picture US-economy-racism-restaurant-food-unrest-McDonalds,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Businesses have proclaimed support for the protests against racism towards African Americans happening across the United States, including perhaps the most iconic of them all: ubiquitous fast food chain McDonald's. 750 words 0330 GMT by Chris Stein. Picture. Video US-economy-bank-rate,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve meets next week amid mixed signals on the health of the US economy, with some sectors bouncing back from the coronavirus-caused downturn and others struggling. 600 words 0330 GMT by Chris Stein and Julie Chabanas -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-Spain-minister,lead LONDON Passengers arriving from Spain will have to self-isolate for two weeks, the UK government says, in a move that reportedly catches out its transport minister who is currently holidaying in the country. 300 words 0200 GMT Britain-Russia-crime-economy,FOCUS LONDON A long-awaited parliamentary report fails to confirm suspicions about Russian interference in British politics but lays out the extent to which wealthy Russians - some with close ties to President Vladimir Putin - have become an integral part of the highest ranks of British society. 800 words 0300 GMT by Veronique Dupont Britain-music-FleetwoodMac-Green,lead LONDON Blues legend Peter Green, the highly influential guitarist who co-founded British rock giants Fleetwood Mac, has died at the age of 73, his family's legal representatives announces. 400 words 0200 GMT Russia-protest-opposition-trial,WRAP KHABAROVSK, Russia Huge anti-government demonstrations erupt in Russia's Far East over the arrest of a popular governor who was replaced this week by a Kremlin appointee who never lived in the fraught region. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan LONDON Prince Harry and wife Meghan blame "viper" courtiers' for widening their rift with Britain's royal family, according to extracts from a new book. 300 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Tunisia-history-crafts,FEATURE TUNIS A Tunisian man has pieced together bits of a local secret linked to ancient emperors: how to make a prized purple dye using the guts of a sea snail. 650 words 0300 GMT by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video Iraq-Kurds-love-art-social,PHOTOESSAY "Nero set Rome on fire and Nermin set my heart on fire." Iraqi Kurds in Arbil are declaring their love on the city's walls, their only refuge in a conservative society. 300 words 0230 GMT. Picture -- ASIA -- Malaysia-politics-court-corruption-1MDB,ADVANCER KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian court on Tuesday will hand down its verdict in Najib Razak's first corruption trial, nearly 16 months after it began probing the former prime minister's role in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal. 600 words 0330 GMT by Sam Reeves. File picture Also moving: Malaysia-politics-corruption-1MDB,FACTS -- AFRICA -- C.Africa-vote-unrest BANGUI Controversial former Central African Republic head of state Francois Bozize announces he is running in the December presidential election, a high-risk vote in a country ravaged by civil war since his ouster in 2013. 550 words moved. File picture. Video. afp
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