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| - Duty Editor: Jenny Vaughan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump to address racism, police brutality + Europe to reopen borders but world virus toll mounts + Turkey jails US consul worker for aiding 'terror' + Belgium reopens cold case linked to Maddie murder + UK slave trader statue fished out of harbour US-politics-racism-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump is set to address searing anger over racism and police brutality during a trip to Texas but his main focus is rapidly shifting to a more personal problem -- his troubled reelection campaign. 600 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS Brussels set out plans to reopen the EU's internal borders, even as the global coronavirus outbreak hit worrying new landmarks in the United States, Latin America and Russia. 700 words moved by Dave Clark with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Turkey-US-trial,WRAP ISTANBUL A local US consulate employee is sentenced to nearly nine years in prison in Turkey for "aiding an armed terror group" that Ankara blames for a failed 2016 coup, in a decision denounced by its NATO ally Washington 500 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture Britain-Germany-missing-crime-Maddie-Belgium,WRAP BRUSSELS Belgium reopens an investigation into the 1996 murder of a German teenager because of a possible link with the man suspected of murdering British girl Madeleine McCann. 450 words 1430 GMT by Matthieu Demeestere. File Photo US-politics-racism-protest-Britain-history,2ndlead LONDON More statues to Britain's controversial colonial past face removal, heightening debate and tensions against a backdrop of anti-racism protests, as one toppled monument is retrieved from a harbour. 650 words 1500 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-racism-unrest-statue,WRAP -- US PROTESTS -- US-politics-unrest-racism-police,Q&A WASHINGTON Will the nationwide protests over police mistreatment of African Americans lead to change? Some is already happening at the local level but much could depend on elections in November. 750 words 1600 GMT by Paul Handley and Charlotte Plantive. File picture US-politics-racism-unrest-retail-consumers-litigation,WRAP NEW YORK Statements by US retailers decrying racism in the wake of the George Floyd killing have been met with incredulity by some non-white customers, who complain that racial profiling is still a big problem for the industry. 800 words 1500 GMT by John Biers US-racism-unrest-minorities,FOCUS WASHINGTON The posters began appearing at protests rocking the United States -- Arabs, Latino and South Asians for "Black Lives Matter." George Floyd's shocking death has prompted minority communities across the country to reflect on their role in combating systemic racism. 650 words moved by Ines Bel Aiba. Picture US-politics-racism-military-Trump,lead WASHINGTON US military bases honoring Civil War Confederate leaders will not be renamed, President Donald Trump says, pushing back on pressure to rid public places of monuments glorifying the once pro-slavery South. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Burundi-politics-president,WRAP BUJUMBURA Burundi convenes an extraordinary cabinet meeting to discuss a way forward after the sudden death of long-serving ruler Pierre Nkurunziza left many anxious over the future of the troubled country. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture ICoast-unrest,WRAP KORHOGO, Ivory Coast Dozens of suspected jihadists attack a frontier post on Ivory Coast's border with Burkina Faso before dawn, killing around 10 soldiers in the first Islamist militant assault in the country in four years. 550 words moved by Aly Ouattara with Patrick Fort in Abidjan Djibouti-army-unrest-rights,FOCUS DJIBOUTI The regime of Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh is facing a wave of protests triggered by the detention of a soldier who had denounced corruption in the tiny Horn of Africa nation. 700 words 1500 GMT ICoast-politics-vote,INTERVIEW ABIDJAN Former Ivorian prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan says he will make a run for the presidency in upcoming elections, in a move highlighting fractures within the opposition FPI party. 650 words moved by Patrick Fort and Christopher Koffi. Video Cameroon-unrest-massacre,WRAP YAOUNDE, Cameroon Three soldiers have been charged with murder over a massacre in western Cameroon, where security forces are fighting anglophone separatists in a growing insurgency since 2017. 650 words moved. Graphic France-Mali-Algeria-military,FOCUS PARIS In a desert wilderness in Mali close to the Algerian border. French special forces and combat helicopters begin an operation. At its climax, they claim the killing of the head of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb. 500 words 1600 GMT by Didier Lauras -- EUROPE -- Slovakia-school-stabbing,2ndlead BRATISLAVA A teacher died in a rare stabbing attack in an elementary school in Slovakia, with police who responded to the incident killing the assailant. 350 words moved. Picture Health-virus-EU-Czech-CEurope,lead PRAGUE Masks and gloves will be the order of the day when the prime ministers of four ex-communist countries hold the first major face-to-face meeting of European leaders since the coronavirus crisis erupted. 450 words 1500 GMT by Jan Flemr. Picture. Video Italy-France-painting-Banksy L'AQUILA, Italy A French policeman who intervened during the 2015 terror attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris is overcome with emotion when he and his team find a stolen work in Italy by famed British street artist Banksy commemorating the victims. 500 words moved by Sonia Logre with Ella Ide in Rome. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Afghanistan-politics-warcrimes-ICC,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump authorizes sanctions against any official at the International Criminal Court who prosecutes US troops as the tribunal studies alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. 550 words 1530 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-politics-economy,WRAP DAMASCUS Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sacks his prime minister of four years, Imad Khamis, as the country grapples with a stinging economic crisis and renewed protests. 500 words 1500 GMT. File picture Libya-conflict-Russia-Turkey-France-diplomacy,FOCUS PARIS Russia and Turkey, who have formed a sometimes rocky alliance over the past four years, back opposing sides in Libya's wrenching war but may yet find a deal over the conflict that would leave the West as bystanders, analysts say. 700 words moved by Didier Lauras Egypt-rights-internet,FOCUS CAIRO Young Egyptian women with thousands of followers each on the popular TikTok app have become the latest target of state authorities who accuse them of spreading "immorality" in society. 700 words moved by Bassem Aboualabass -- ASIA -- US-China-rights-internet-Zoom,WRAP HONG KONG Several Zoom meetings involving Chinese users were "disrupted" the video messaging app acknowledges, after activists in the United States and Hong Kong revealed discussions on the platform of Beijing's deadly Tiananmen crackdown had been closed down. 650 words moved by Yan Zhao with Shaun Tandon in Washington Health-virus-India-hospital,FOCUS NEW DELHI Doctors in one of India's top private hospitals shuffle through the intensive care unit wearing full protective suits. Every bed is occupied by coronavirus patients, and fear is building that the worst is still to come. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video China-virus-health-economy-unemployment,FOCUS BEIJING Snacks, underwear, jewellery and even rabbits -- Chinese hard-hit by the year's economic turmoil are selling their wares on the street after a top leader offered support to hawkers despite long-standing curbs on the practice. 750 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON Layoffs caused by the coronavirus pass 44 million in the United States even as it tries to reopen, with analysts warning of dire economic damage. 550 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein Health-virus-Germany-aviation-layoffs-Lufthansa,2ndlead BERLIN German airline Lufthansa says it will have to slash 22,000 full-time jobs as it predicts a muted recovery in demand for travel following the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Femke Colborne. File picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-health-virus MADRID Top-flight football returns in Spain on Thursday as the Seville derby gives a first glimpse of La Liga without spectators as the season resumes behind closed doors after three months away due to the coronavirus. 600 words moved by Thomas Allnutt. Picture Tennis-SUI-Federer,FOCUS LONDON Roger Federer is talking optimistically about returning to his "highest level" after knee surgery, but does tennis have to start adjusting to a future without the 20-time Grand Slam winner who will turn 40 in 2021? 550 words moved by John Weaver. Picture -- SCIENCE -- Health-virus-US-lung-transplant,lead WASHINGTON Surgeons have performed a double-lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient in Chicago, the hospital that carried out the procedure says, in what is thought to be a first in the United States. 500 words 1800 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture Japan-science-research-children-biology TOKYO In this era of social distancing and depressing news, we could all do with a good hug. Now scientists have analysed what makes the perfect cuddle -- just don't squeeze too tight. 400 words moved by Richard Carter afp
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