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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Four ex officers in court over George Floyd death + US top court rejects key challenge to abortion rights + Virus deaths top 500,000 as US struggles + Four dead in Pakistan stock exchange attack + French ex-premier sentenced in 'fake job' scandal US-politics-racism-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS The former police officer charged with killing George Floyd and three others accused of abetting the African American's murder appear in court, in a case that has touched off a global reckoning over racial inequality. 500 words 1530 GMT by Joy Powell and Charlotte Plantive US-politics-court-abortion,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court strikes down a restrictive Louisiana law that could have left the state with a single abortion clinic, in a key victory for abortion rights activists. 500 words 1530 GMT by Charlotte Plantive Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passes half a million as surging cases in Latin America and the United States prompt some authorities to reconsider lifting lockdown measures. 650 words 1700 GMT by Daniel Lawler and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Pakistan-exchange-attack,WRAP KARACHI Baloch separatists open fire and hurl a grenade at the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi, killing four people including a policeman. 600 words moved. Picture France-politics-fraud-trial,WRAP PARIS A Paris court sentences former French prime minister Francois Fillon to five years in prison, with three suspended, after finding him guilty of orchestrating a fake job for his wife, a scandal that cost him his shot at the presidency in 2017. 700 words 1430 GMT by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. Also moving: France-politics-justice,FACTS -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US HOUSTON Political divisions between US Democrats and Republicans intensify over new coronavirus restrictions including the need to wear masks, as outbreaks flare and lead to long lines at testing sites in states like Texas and Florida. 600 words 1600 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-India-women,FOCUS MEERUT, India Unprotected and poorly paid, an all-women army of health workers goes door to door in search of coronavirus sufferers in India's poor communities as the country struggles to contain the epidemic. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video Health-virus-Ireland-pubs,lead DUBLIN Irish pubs unlock their doors and begin pouring pints, ending a 15-week dry spell forced by the nation's coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Britain-economy,lead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the coronavirus crisis needs the type of massive economic response US president Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilised to deal with the Great Depression. 600 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-charity-retail,FOCUS Health-virus-media-misinformation-Russia-China LONDON Coronavirus misinformation spread on social media by Russian and Chinese journalists is finding a bigger audience in France and Germany than content from some of the European nations' own premier news outlets, according to new research. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi -- EUROPE -- France-vote,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron pledges a raft of new commitments to the environment after his ruling party was routed in local elections marked by spectacular gains for the Greens. 700 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU and Britain begin an intense five weeks of negotiations to revive stalled efforts to strike a deal to define their post-Brexit relations. 600 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Germany-crime-children-abuse,WRAP BERLIN Germany is investigating 30,000 suspects as part of a probe into an online paedophile network, the latest in a series of child sex abuse scandals that have shocked the nation and led authorities to promise a crackdown. 550 words moved by Femke Colborne. File picture EU-Germany-France-politics-economy,WRAP MESEBERG, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts French President Emmanuel Macron for talks, days before Germany takes on the rotating presidency of the European Union with an economy mired in the worst crisis since World War II. 650 words 1730 GMT by Mathieu Foulkes. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy,FOCUS JERUSALEM If Israel presses ahead with annexations in the occupied West Bank, it risks undermining improved ties with key Arab states and alienating European powers, but the real diplomatic costs could be limited, experts say. 650 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee Israel-Palestinians-conflict-protest,FOCUS RAMALLAH With loud speakers mounted, Palestinian flags unfurled and civil servants allowed off work, everything appeared set for a large protest in Ramallah against Israel's annexation plans in the occupied West Bank. But only 200 people turned up. 700 words moved by Claire Gounon. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-stocks-economy,WRAP HARARE Zimbabwe's stock exchange suspends trading following a weekend government order that also forced mobile money transfer platforms to temporarily halt business as authorities tried to protect the country's currency. 600 words moved by Fanuel Jongwe. File Picture Malawi-politics LILONGWE Malawi's newly-elected President Lazarus Chakwera names a partial cabinet as he begins his first day in office following his landmark election victory. 300 words moved Ethiopia-Egypt-Sudan-dam-water-diplomacy-politics,FOCUS ADDIS ABABA Last week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's press secretary took a break from official statements to post something different to her Twitter feed: a 37-line poem defending her country's massive dam on the Blue Nile River. 900 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File Picture. File Video. Graphics. Also moved: Ethiopia-Egypt-Sudan-UN-diplomacy-water,FACTS Burundi-politics NAIROBI New Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye unveils a slimmed-down cabinet of only 15 ministers, dominated by regime hardliners such as the head of the feared intelligence service. 300 words moved DRCongo-Belgium-independence-anniversary,FOCUS KINSHASA When the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates 60 years of independence from Belgium on Tuesday, it will also remember Patrice Lumumba, one of its enduring national heroes and icon of those who demand that former colonial powers face up to their history. 850 words moved by Samir Tounsi with Matthieu Demeestere in Brussels. File Picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KANDAHAR Multiple explosions tear through a busy market in southern Afghanistan killing at least 23 civilians, with officials blaming the Taliban for the carnage. 400 words, 1500 GMT. China-HongKong-US-politics-protest,WRAP BEIJING China says it will impose visa restrictions on US citizens who "behaved egregiously" over Hong Kong, ahead of expected approval from Beijing lawmakers for a controversial national security law in the city. 500 words moved by Laurie Chen. File picture. China-gender-sexuality-rights,FOCUS BEIJING Engaged for over three years, Guo and Zhu are fed up waiting for Chinese lawmakers to approve same-sex marriage. Instead, they have turned online to gain recognition for their relationship. 750 words moved by Poornima Weerasekara and Danni Zhu. File Picture -- BUSINESS -- US-aviation-Boeing,WRAP SEATTLE Boeing's 737 MAX plane is poised for a key test flight, a crucial step for the survival of a top-selling model that has been grounded for more than a year following two fatal crashes. 650 words 1500 GMT by Jason Redmond. Picture. Video ECB-EU-eurozone-Germany-court-government,WRAP BERLIN The German government has backed a European Central Bank bond-buying stimulus programme in a row with the country's top court which demanded a demonstration of the scheme's "proportionality", according to a letter seen by AFP. 500 words 1500 GMT by Yacine Le Forestier with Tom Barfield in Frankfurt -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-auction,PHOTOESSAY NEW YORK The elusive "2001: A Space Odyssey" spacesuit believed to have been worn by Dr. David Bowman when he "killed" HAL in the groundbreaking 1968 film goes on the auction block next month. 450 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture afp
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