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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Record US infections overshadow July 4 weekend + Suicide attempts reported on SOS migrant boat + Fears of 'total chaos' as English pubs reopen + Redskins to review name after sponsor threat + Little Mermaid statue labelled 'Racist Fish' Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Another record number of coronavirus cases overshadows the start of the American Independence Day weekend, with the surge in infections prompting Britain to blacklist US travelers. 950 words moved. Graphic. Picture. Video Italy-migration-politics,2ndlead ABOARD THE OCEAN VIKING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee launches an alert that its rescue boat carrying 180 migrants is in crisis and needs to disembark immediately due to deteriorating conditions and violence on board. 650 words moved by Shahzad Abdul with Alexandria Sage in Rome. Picture Health-virus-Britain-pubs LONDON Pubs in England reopen for the first time since late March, bringing cheer to drinkers and the industry but fears of public disorder and fresh coronavirus cases. 650 words 0230 GMT by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. File picture. Video Amfoot-NFL-Redskins-name-race,WRAP WASHINGTON The Washington Redskins have launched a "thorough review" of the team's name, the NFL franchise says, as sponsors step up pressure to scrap the moniker long criticized as racist. 650 words moved by Gilles Clarenne. File picture. Video Denmark-crime-vandalism COPENHAGEN The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, the city's most famous monument, is daubed with the slogan "Racist Fish" but police and commentators are puzzled as to who might have done it and why. 350 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-politics-history KEYSTONE, South Dakota Under fire for his response to America's spiraling coronavirus caseload, President Donald Trump headlines a night of holiday fireworks at Mount Rushmore that he hopes will provide a much-needed distraction. 650 words 0300 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video Health-virus-US,FOCUS HOUSTON Despite its claim to host the world's largest concentration of hospitals and research labs, the city of Houston is dangerously close to being overwhelmed by the explosion of coronavirus cases sweeping across Texas. 600 words 0130 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-politics,FOCUS SAO PAULO As the number of dead from coronavirus shot up in Brazil, the popularity of far right President Jair Bolosonaro has remained unchanged. 650 words 0130 GMT by Florence Goisnard. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-US-justice-Epstein-Maxwell-Andrew,2ndlead LONDON Prince Andrew is "bewildered" by claims he is stonewalling a US investigation into the alleged sex trafficking of minors by British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, his legal team says. 500 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. File picture. Picture. Video Graphic Also moved: Britain-US-justice-Epstein-Maxwell-Andrew,PROFILE Britain-US-justice-Epstein-Maxwell-family,FOCUS France-politics,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron names a senior but low-profile bureaucrat as prime minister to replace Edouard Philippe, the first move in a widely expected cabinet reshuffle after dismal local election showings for the ruling party. 700 words moved by Joseph Schmid and Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: France-politics-Philippe,PROFILE France-politics-Castex,PROFILE France-politics-Macron,ANALYSIS -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics,FACTS HONG KONG Beijing's new national security law for Hong Kong is the most radical shift in how the semi-autonomous city is run since it was handed back to China by Britain in 1997. 750 words 0300 GMT China-health-organs BEIJING China is planning changes to its organ donation rules to encourage volunteers amid a dearth of donors and punish illicit harvesting years after it stopped taking them from executed prisoners five years ago. 500 words 0300 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST -- Turkey-Saudi-Khashoggi-murder-trial,WRAP ISTANBUL Twenty Saudi suspects including two former aides to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman go on trial in absentia in Turkey, accused of killing and dismembering journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. 700 words moved by Ezzedine Said. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-conflict,WRAP BAMAKO Unidentified armed men massacre 31 civilians in simultaneous attacks on several Mali villages, then kill nine soldiers responding to the assault as violence surges in the country's conflict-wracked centre. 500 words moved by Serge Daniel and Kassim Traore. File picture afp
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