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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Texas, Florida close bars as virus surges + Historic vote on Washington DC as 51st state + Russian director gets suspended fraud sentence + Life in jail for teen who threw boy off gallery + Facebook widens ban on 'hateful' ad content Health-virus,WRAP HOUSTON, Texas Texas and Florida close bars and impose other measures as a surge in coronavirus cases puts the brakes on reopening the economies of the second and third most populous states in the country. 800 words 2030 GMT by Julia Benarrous and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-US US-politics-Congress-Washington,WRAP WASHINGTON US House lawmakers make history by voting for Washington to become the nation's 51st state, but the move, a push for voting rights for the capital's residents, is doomed in the Senate. 600 words 1930 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Russia-court-theatre-fraud-politics,WRAP MOSCOW A Moscow court convicts acclaimed Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov of fraud, but hands him a suspended sentence after accusations his prosecution was politically motivated. 700 words 1930 GMT by Maria Panina. Picture. Video Britain-France-assault-museum,2ndlead LONDON A troubled British teenager who threw a six-year-old French boy from a viewing platform at London's Tate Modern art gallery is jailed for life. 600 words moved by Sylvain Pechmaurd and Phil Hazlewood. File picture. Video US-IT-politics-racism-Facebook,WRAP WASHINGTON Facebook will ban a "wider category of hateful conduct" in ads as the embattled social media giant moves to respond to widening protests over its handling of inflammatory posts. 600 words 2100 GMT by Rob Lever -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-vaccine,lead GENEVA The World Health Organization says a global initiative to speed up the development and production of COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments needs more than $30 billion over the next 12 months. 550 words moved by Nina Larson. Video Health-virus-Brazil-religion,PROFILE MANAUS, Brazil Brazilian pastor Izaias Nascimento is leading a double life: by day, he dons his protective suit to offer funeral services for poor families who have lost loved ones to COVID-19; by night, he gives Evangelical sermons in church members' homes, trying to help them get through the pandemic. 600 words moved by Michael Dantas, with Valeria Pacheco in Brasilia. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- HongKong-China-politics-US-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's administration says it is restricting US visas for a number of Chinese officials for infringing on the autonomy of Hong Kong, announcing action as Congress seeks tougher sanctions. 550 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- EUROPE -- Kosovo-politics-warcrimes,WRAP TIRANA Kosovo President Hashim Thaci accuses international justice of "rewriting history" after he was charged with war crimes linked to the 1990s conflict with Serbia by special prosecutors in The Hague. 610 words 1930 GMT by Briseida Mema with Ismet Hajdari in Pristina. Picture. Video Britain-Scotland-attack,WRAP GLASGOW Scottish police shoot dead the main suspect in a stabbing attack at a Glasgow hotel housing asylum seekers that seriously injured six people, including an officer. 650 words 2000 GMT by Stuart Graham. Picture. Video. Graphic Ireland-politics,2ndlead DUBLIN The fate of Ireland's government hangs in the balance as votes are counted to see if two historic rivals can join forces to shut out surging republicans Sinn Fein. 600 words 2100 GMT by Joe Stenson Britain-history-fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool,FOCUS LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom Liverpool are champions, Britain is fretting about Europe, and a bouffant-haired premier is under political pressure. Welcome to the United Kingdom in 1990, proof that, often, the more things change, the more they stay the same. 650 words moved by David Harding. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AFRICA -- Burundi-politics-Nkurunziza-funeral,WRAP GITEGA Thousands of Burundians clad in white gather to say a final goodbye to former president Pierre Nkurunziza at a state funeral after his sudden death earlier this month. 650 words moved. Picture. Graphic. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-Iran-US-rockets-raid,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces interrogate pro-Iran fighters detained for planning a rocket attack in the first such raid in a country caught in the tug-of-war between Tehran and Washington. 800 words moved by Ammar Karim Yemen-conflict-health-virus-aid DUBAI Millions of children in war-torn Yemen could be pushed to "the brink of starvation" due to a lack of funding amid the coronavirus pandemic, the UN children's agency says. 450 words moved -- ASIA -- Pakistan-aviation-licences-FOCUS ISLAMABAD Pakistan's national airline is taking heavy flak after it emerged that nearly a third of its pilots were holding fake or dubious licences, with some observers wondering if the struggling national carrier can survive. 700 words 2000 GMT by Zain Zaman Janjua Health-virus-ASEAN-summit-Vietnam,WRAP HANOI Southeast Asian leaders warn the virus pandemic has swept away years of economic gains and is hindering negotiations over the flashpoint South China Sea as they meet online for a delayed summit. 600 words moved by Tran Thi Minh Ha, with Martin Abbugao in Singapore. Picture. Video Health-virus-Australia-Melbourne,2ndlead MELBOURNE Supermarkets impose purchase limits on toilet paper across Australia following panic buying by people rattled over a surge in coronavirus cases in the country's second-biggest city. 450 words moved. Picture. -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- US-IT-lifestyle-auto-Amazon-Zoox,WRAP WASHINGTON Amazon says it is buying the self-driving car tech startup Zoox, in an effort to rev up the drive for autonomous ride-hailing and compete against rivals like former Google car unit Waymo. 500 words moved by Rob Lever -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool,FOCUS LIVERPOOL Liverpool's romp to a first league title in 30 years with a record seven games of the season remaining could herald a golden new era for the Reds with Jurgen Klopp at the helm. 650 words moved Picture afp
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