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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump gears up for Republican convention + NZ mosque gunman 'wanted to shoot more' + US allows plasma treatment for virus + Kellyanne Conway walks away from Trump + Bayern take sixth Champions League title US-politics-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will draw on all his showman's instincts at the Republican convention for a performance he hopes will bulldoze opponents and wow supporters ahead of a bitter election that polls say he is about to lose. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith NZealand-Australia-attacks-mosque-court,3rdlead CHRISTCHURCH The white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in last year's New Zealand mosque shooting shows no emotion as distraught survivors confront him in court with harrowing accounts of the atrocity. 700 words moved by Chris Foley. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-plasma WASHINGTON American authorities announce an emergency authorization for doctors to use blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment against the disease that has killed over 176,000 people in the US. 400 words moved US-politics-Trump-Conway,lead WASHINGTON Kellyanne Conway, a long-serving advisor to President Donald Trump known for sparring with reporters, announces she will step down to focus on her family. 450 words moved. File picture Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-Bayern,WRAP LISBON Bayern Munich become kings of Europe for the sixth time as Kingsley Coman's goal gives them a 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final, completing a fantastic season for the German giants. 700 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Video Also moved: fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-Bayern-fans,WRAP fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-Bayern-Coman,FOCUS fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-Bayern-PSG-Flick,PROFILE -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealand extends the lockdown of its largest city to fight a persistent coronavirus outbreak, as nations around the world ramp up efforts against the pandemic. 650 words 1100 GMT by Neil Sands with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-US-UAE-diplomacy,WRAP JERUSALEM US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Jerusalem to start a five-day Middle East tour focused on Israel's normalising of ties with the United Arab Emirates and pushing other Arab states to follow suit. 700 words 1000 GMT by Stephen Weizman. Picture. Video. Live video Syria-conflict-blast,WRAP DAMASCUS War-torn Syria's government blames a "terrorist" attack on a gas pipeline explosion near Damascus that caused a nationwide blackout, in the latest alleged attack on its energy infrastructure. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Saudi-politics-rights-royals-UN,FOCUS RIYADH Two rights groups are lodging a complaint to the UN over the "arbitrary" detention of a philanthropist Saudi prince, according to a document seen by AFP, adding to international pressure for his release. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File Picture Lebanon-blast-rights-migration,FOCUS BEIRUT After struggling first through Lebanon's economic crisis and then the coronavirus pandemic, Ethiopian worker Tarik Kebeda said the deadly blast that ripped through her Beirut home was the final straw. 700 words moved by Oumeima Nechi. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Philippines-unrest,WRAP JOLO, Philippines At least 10 people are killed and dozens wounded -- including soldiers and police -- in a twin bombing involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants. 400 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-mining-indigenous SYDNEY Mining giant Rio Tinto strips its CEO of US$3.5 million after the company destroyed a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site to expand an iron ore mine in Australia. 400 words moved Japan-politics-Abe-health,WRAP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returns to hospital but declines to give details about his condition, a week after an initial visit fuelled speculation about his health. 600 words moved by Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Malaysia-France-Ireland-Britain-missing-court-inquest,WRAP SEREMBAN, Malaysia A Malaysian coroner opens an inquest into the death of a French-Irish teenager, a year after her unclothed body was found in the jungle after she disappeared while on holiday. 450 words moved by M. Jegathesan. Picture. Video Singapore-justice-rights-gender,FOCUS SINGAPORE Sexual harassment and assaults against women are not being taken seriously enough in Singapore, activists warn, after students at elite universities were given punishments criticised as too lenient for their crimes. 900 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-California-fires,WRAP LOS ANGELES Firefighters battle some of California's largest-ever fires that have forced tens of thousands from their homes and burned one million acres, with further lightning strikes and gusty winds forecast in the days ahead. 750 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video Health-virus-Peru-party-raid LIMA At least 13 young people suffocate in a crush during a raid on a nightclub in Peru's capital, where a party was being held in violation of a coronavirus ban on large gatherings, police say. 550 words moved. US-politics-Biden-Harris WASHINGTON Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he blames Donald Trump for "walking away" as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the country, in a televised interview with running mate Kamala Harris on the eve of the Republican National Convention. 450 words moved Haiti-US-weather,WRAP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Two hurricanes are expected to slam into the US Gulf Coast in the coming days, forecasters say, as Tropical Storm Laura struck Haiti and the Dominican Republic hard, killing at least 12 people. 550 words moved. Picture. Graphic Canada-politics-parties-Conservatives,WRAP OTTAWA Canadian Conservatives announce their new leader, former air force navigator Erin O'Toole, who will quickly have to get the party battle-ready to challenge liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in possible snap elections. 650 words moved by Michel Comte -- AFRICA -- Sudan-archaeology-crime,FOCUS JABAL MARAGHA, Sudan When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabal Maragha, they first thought they were lost. Gold-hunters had destroyed almost all signs of the two millenia-old site. 700 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Serbia-Bosnia-migration-refugee-children,FOCUS BELGRADE A group of boys sit in a park in downtown Belgrade, but they are not here for a picnic. They are unaccompanied minors joining a growing tide of migrants on the Balkan route, where myriad dangers await. 850 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-GER-PSG-Bayern-demonstration-arrests,2ndlead PARIS Almost 150 people are arrested as Paris Saint-Germain fans set cars ablaze, smash shop windows and clash with police in the French capital after the team's Champions League final defeat to Bayern Munich, police say. 550 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. afp
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