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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 (0)6 4016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + NKorea reports first suspected virus case as global numbers soar + First hurricane of 2020 batters south Texas + UK to unveil plan to fight mass obesity + 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-weather-hurricane-Hanna-Texas,WRAP HOUSTON The first Atlantic hurricane of 2020 was downgraded to a tropical storm as it swept into coronavirus-hit Texas, bringing heavy rain, storm surges and potentially life-threatening flash flooding. 550 words 1100 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture 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 presciptions for cycling, following his own brush with death that he partly blamed on his weight. 250 words moved. File picture Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON The Premier League's longest season is set for a dramatic finish as Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester compete for Champions League places, with a desperate scrap to avoid relegation at the other end of the table. 600 words 1030 GMT by Steven Griffiths -- AMERICAS -- US-unrest-protest,WRAP SEATTLE US police used flashbang grenades, pepper spray and tear gas as protestors marched in cities across the country amid a wave of public anger over Donald Trump's planned "surge" of federal agents into major metropolises. 650 words moved by Jason Redmond. 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 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 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 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 -- 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 moved 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 moved 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 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, Ukraine Coronavirus restrictions have threatened to devastate a budding industry in Ukraine: snail farming. 650 words by Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video -- 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. 650 words 1300 GMT 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 -- ASIA -- 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 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 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 -- 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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