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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + NKorea has first virus case as global infections top 16 mn + One dead as police and protesters clash across US + Hurricane downgraded to tropical storm as it hits Texas + Premier League set for dramatic final day Health-virus,WRAP SEOUL North Korea declares its first suspected coronavirus case, becoming one of the last countries to do so, as the number of people infected worldwide tops 16 million. 750 words moved by Sunghee Hwang and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-unrest-protest,WRAP SEATTLE Protesters take to the streets across the United States, sparking clashes with police and a fatal shooting, amid a wave of public anger over Donald Trump's planned "surge" of federal agents into major cities. 650 words 1530 GMT by Jason Redmond. Picture. Video US-weather-hurricane-Hanna-Texas,WRAP HOUSTON The first Atlantic hurricane of 2020 is downgraded to a tropical storm after it sweeps into coronavirus-hit Texas, bringing heavy rain, storm surges and flash flooding. 550 words 1500 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture Fbl-Eng-Pr,WRAP LONDON The Premier League is set for a dramatic finish as Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester battle for Champions League places and a clutch of teams fight for survival at the bottom. 650 words 1700 GMT by John Weaver. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-Spain LONDON The British government defends its decision to impose an immediate requirement for passengers arriving from Spain to self-isolate amid a resurgence of coronavirus in the popular holiday destination. 350 words moved Britain-politics-health LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to roll out a £10 million anti-obesity campaign, including junk food advert bans and doctor's prescriptions for cycling, following his own brush with death that he partly blames on his weight. 250 words moved. File picture France-fire-cathedral-investigation-Nantes,3rdlead RENNES, France A volunteer church assistant has confessed to setting the fire that severely damaged a Gothic cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, though his motives remain a mystery. 450 words moved. Picture Poland-Europe-women-rights STRASBOURG The Council of Europe says it is "alarmed" that Poland's right-wing government is moving to withdraw from a landmark international treaty combatting violence against women. 450 words moved Germany-coal-climate-protest,FOCUS KUCKUM, Germany Lost in the countryside of western Germany, the innocuously named L277 road has become a central battleground in a bitter fight over the country's plan to ditch coal. 650 words by Yann Schreiber. File picture. Video Ukraine-virus-snails-farms-economy,FOCUS VOYNIVKA, Ukrainemoved Coronavirus restrictions have threatened to devastate a budding industry in Ukraine: snail farming. 650 words moved by Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-100days,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump mounts a strident defense of his faltering re-election bid with 100 days to go in a campaign that has seen him cratering in the polls, leaning on the "silent majority" he says will bring him victory. 500 words 1600 GMT by Frankie Taggart 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 moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video 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 moved by Jordi Miro. File picture. File video -- ASIA -- US-China-politics-diplomacy,WRAP CHENGDU, China Taking selfies and waving Chinese flags, curious locals flock to the US consulate in Chengdu as officials prepare to remove its official plaque just days after Washington and Beijing ordered each other to close one of their diplomatic missions. 600 words 1530 GMT by Leo Ramirez and Noel Celis. Picture. Video Health-virus-NKorea SEOUL North Korean authorities impose a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they say is the country's first suspected coronavirus case, state media reports. 600 words moved Thailand-politics BANGKOK Sporting animal ears and stuffed hamster toys, hundreds of young protesters gather at Bangkok's Democracy Monument to call for the government's dissolution, the latest subversive show of creativity from the kingdom's nascent pro-democracy movement. 500 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen. Picture 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 moved by Sam Reeves. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Malaysia-politics-corruption-1MDB,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Israel-politics-protest,FOCUS JERUSALEM "We won't leave until Bibi leaves": Israel's struggle to contain the coronavirus has stirred deep-seated resentment towards longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and protests demanding his resignation are growing by the week. 700 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video 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 moved by Kaouther Larbi. Picture. Video Iraq-Kurds-love-art-social,PHOTOESSAY ARBIL, Iraq "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 moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- C.Africa-vote-unrest BANGUI Controversial former Central African Republic head of state Francois Bozize announces he is running in December's presidential election, a high-risk vote in a country ravaged by civil war since his ouster in 2013. 550 words moved. File picture. Video Virus-health-India-economy-labour,FOCUS MUMBAI Spurning free air tickets, accommodation and higher pay, millions of migrant workers who fled India's cities when coronavirus hit are too scared to return, with grim implications for the already crumbling economy. 600 words by Vishal Manve. Picture -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- 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 moved 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 moved by Chris Stein and Julie Chabanas -- MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT -- 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 moved afp
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