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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Twitter hack raises fears over US vote + India locks down 125 mln, Spain mourns + UK: Russia is targeting virus research + Scientists get closest-ever Sun images + British author finds 'James Bond home' US-internet-hack-Twitter,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Twitter probes a massive hack of high-profile users from Elon Musk to Joe Biden that has raised questions about the platform's security as it serves as a megaphone for politicians ahead of November's election. 650 words 2000 GMT by Glenn Chapman. Picture Also moved: US-internet-hack-Twitter,FACTS US-internet-hack-Twitter,CHRONO Health-virus,WRAP PATNA, India More than 125 million people in India are put under a new lockdown, as international dignitaries gather in Spain to honour coronavirus victims while infections surge across the world. 700 words moved by Mohammed Imran Khan with Diego Urdaneta in Madrid and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Britain-Russia-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON Britain risks worsening fraught diplomatic ties with Russia by accusing Moscow-linked hackers of targeting labs conducting coronavirus vaccine research. 700 words moved by Phil Hazlewood and Alice Ritchie. Picture. File video Science-space-EU-Sun PARIS Scientists have obtained the closest ever images taken of the Sun as part of a pan-European mission to study solar winds and flares that could have far-reaching impacts back on Earth 500 words moved by Patrick Galey. Picture Britain-books-Bond-home LONDON British author William Boyd believes he has discovered the London home of James Bond, after researching the character's creator Ian Fleming and his famous books for clues. 500 words moved by Joe Jackson -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON Florida is the new epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in the United States and is shaping up as a key battleground in a partisan tinged fight playing out nationally over reopening schools in the fall. 600 words 2000 GMT by Chris Lefkow. File picture Health-virus-Fauci,FOCUS WASHINGTON Anthony Fauci, the United States' top infectious disease specialist, likes to talk about science -- but his honest takes on the country's failures to get to grips with COVID-19 have brought him into direct conflict with President Donald Trump. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain,lead MADRID Badly hit by the pandemic and carefully watching the latest outbreaks, Spain honours its tens of thousands of victims at a state ceremony joined by top EU and World Health Organization figures. 550 words moved by Diego Urdanteta. Picture. Video Health-virus-rights-UN GENEVA The UN's top rights body adopts a resolution highlighting states' responsibilities in addressing pandemics, despite criticism the text, backed by China and Russia among others, shied away from addressing civil and political rights. 400 words moved. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Germany-travel,3rdlead Health-virus-France,3rdlead Vatican-religion-pope-abuse-minors,WRAP VATICAN CITY The Vatican releases guidelines on how to deal with clerical child sex abuse claims, clarifying rules on tackling a decades-old scandal plaguing the church. 650 words moved by Ella Ide. Video. File picture Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Johnny Depp's head of security admits submitting the wrong photo to show how the Hollywood star's ex-wife Amber Heard abused her husband and not the other way around. 550 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture -- AFRICA -- Gabon-politics LIBREVILLE The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, appoints the country's first woman prime minister, Rose Christiane. 350 words moved -- MIDEAST -- Syria-conflict-Assad-vote,ADVANCER DAMASCUS Syria prepares for parliamentary polls Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad marks a second decade in power mired by war, international sanctions and economic woes. 800 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-economy-US,FOCUS HONG KONG Beijing's tough new security law and President Donald Trump's order to rescind special trading privileges have blunted Hong Kong's competitive edge and risk turning the finance hub into just another Chinese city, analysts warn. 800 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. Picture. Health-virus-Malaysia-US-sanction-gloves,lead KUALA LUMPUR The US has banned the import of surgical gloves from two subsidiaries of Malaysia's Top Glove -- the world's biggest manufacturer of the product -- over forced labour concerns, despite soaring demand during the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words moved -- SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-environment-health-agriculture-food,WRAP PARIS If everyone alive ate steaks and dairy the way Brazilians and Americans do, we would need an extra five planets to feed the world, according to the first report to compare the carbon emissions from food consumption in G20 nations. 750 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- EU-US-court-privacy,WRAP BRUSSELS A crucial online data arrangement between Europe and the US is invalidated, as a top EU court decision over Facebook throws trans-Atlantic big tech into legal limbo. 700 words moved by Alex Pigman ECB-EU-eurozone-banking-inflation-rate,WRAP FRANKFURT ECB chief Christine Lagarde urges EU leaders to do their bit and "quickly" agree on a huge recovery plan, as governors of the central bank hold back from topping up their vast pandemic stimulus to the eurozone economy. 700 words moved by Tom Barfield. File picture. Live video. Video Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment-retail WASHINGTON Retail sales rose in the United States in June but weekly data indicates a steady flow of layoffs, and with the coronavirus outbreak worsening, analysts fear further deterioration in the economy's health. 650 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein and Heather Scott -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Spain-literature-US-Germany-Judaism-Netflix-Feldman,INTERVIEW MADRID Deborah Feldman was 23 when she fled her ultra-Orthodox home in New York with her son, sparking outrage in the closed Jewish community, her dramatic story inspiring the Netflix hit "Unorthodox". 700 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. File picture afp
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