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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + US virus cases soar to near daily record + Three charged over black jogger's murder + Russia votes on constitutional reforms + Stairs the only option as Eiffel Tower opens + Liverpool hope for title glory after 30 years Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON More than 78,000 people are diagnosed with COVID-19 in the US and in Brazil, as the IMF lays out the unprecedented economic devastation caused by the global pandemic. 750 words 1130 GMT by Heather Scott with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-democracy-rights US-racism-Arbery-murder,lead WASHINGTON The three men arrested after the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black jogger in the southern United States, are formally indicted on murder charges. 350 words moved Russia-vote-constitution,WRAP MOSCOW Russians go to the polls in a nationwide ballot on constitutional reforms that could see President Vladimir Putin remain in power until 2036. 650 words 0930 GMT by Antoine Lambroschini. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-tourism PARIS Tourists and Parisians ready for a workout gather at the Eiffel Tower as the landmark reopened after its longest closure since World War II, a highly symbolic move as France emerges from its coronavirus lockdown. 500 words 1000 GMT by Eleonore Hughes and Maria Elena Bucheli. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool will be crowned champions of England for the first time in 30 years without kicking a ball if Manchester City fail to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. 650 words 1100 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture -- BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY -- Health-virus-Australia-aviation,lead SYDNEY Australia's Qantas is cutting 6,000 staff and grounding 100 planes for up to a year in a US$10 billion cost-cutting blitz in response to the COVID crisis, the airline announces. 500 words moved Germany-finance-fraud-Wirecard-bankruptcy,WRAP BERLIN Stricken payments-provider Wirecard says it is filing for insolvency, in a new dramatic twist days after it admitted that 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) were missing from its accounts. 500 words 1000 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture Health-virus-Germany-aviation-aid-Lufthansa-EU,WRAP FRANKFURT Lufthansa clears two key hurdles for its nine billion-euro government rescue package, with its biggest shareholder voicing backing for the deal at a crucial vote and the European Union approving the bailout that would save one of the biggest airlines in the world from bankruptcy. 650 words 0930 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture Italy-technology-wireless-5G,FOCUS ROME Italy's 5G project, launched to great fanfare in October 2018 with frequencies going for top dollar at auction, has since fallen victim to sky-high costs and red tape. 550 words moved by Ljubomir Milasin and Celine Cornu -- EUROPE -- Kosovo-Serbia-court-war-crimes,WRAP PRISTINA As President Hashim Thaci rushes home to face accusations of war crimes from the 1990s conflict with Serbia, Kosovars defend the "just war" that paved the way to independence. 550 words 1000 GMT by Ismet Hajdari. File picture. Video -- ASIA -- SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary,WRAP SEOUL North and South Korea separately mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, a conflict that killed millions of people and separated millions of families. 650 words 1100 GMT by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video SKorea-NKorea-China-US-war-anniversary-diplomacy,FOCUS SHANGHAI Chinese army veteran Yu Jihua faced the United States on the battlefield in the Korean War and the 87-year-old has no wish to see a repeat as tensions rise again between the nuclear-armed superpowers. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings and Ludovic Ehret. Picture. Video Also moved: SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary-social,PHOTOESSAY -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-education-economy,FOCUS BEIRUT Deprived of a crucial student loan because of Lebanon's economic collapse, Ali is struggling to save his seat at the American University Beirut, but the historic university too is reeling from the crisis. 750 words 1030 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. 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Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jordan,FOCUS AMMAN Israeli plans to annex swathes of the West Bank would violate its peace treaty with Jordan, heaping pressure on Amman to review its ties with the Jewish state, analysts say. 850 words moved by Mussa Hattar Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,FOCUS Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-Arabs-conflict-history,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-JordanValley,FACTS Algeria-Tunisia-migrants-politics,FOCUS ALGIERS "Here, I don't exist -- I die little by little," said Hamid, a young Algerian, his gaze fixed on Mediterranean waters he sees as his route to a better future. 750 words moved by Amal Belalloufi with Aymen Jamli in Tunis -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-conflict,Q&A BAMAKO Four reasons why Mali's government is facing a rising wave of protests -- a development which is alarming the international community keen to prevent the fragile West African state from sliding into chaos. 700 words moved by Amaury Hauchard with Laurent Lozano in Dakar Health-virus-Sudan-drugs-economy,FOCUS KHARTOUM As it battles mounting cases of coronavirus, Sudan is grappling with acute medicine shortages at a time of economic woes largely blamed on ousted president Omar al-Bashir's policies. 650 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-progressives,FOCUS NEW YORK Two years after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stunned the US political establishment by winning a seat in Congress and becoming one of its best-known members, another upstart New Yorker is gaining attention. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson and Thomas Urbain. File picture Health-virus-Cuba-economy-internet,FOCUS HAVANA Cuba's catch-up with the world of e-commerce, encouraged by its communist rulers during the coronavirus lockdown, has left many users angry. 700 words moved by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE -- Science-space-waves-object PARIS A mysterious object roughly 800 million light years from Earth detected using gravitational wave sensors is either one of the smallest black holes or one of the largest neutron stars so far discovered, scientists say. 400 words moved. Video -- SPORTS -- Britain-fbl-Eng-PR-Liverpool-30years,FOCUS LONDON When Liverpool were last crowned English champions, in April 1990, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister and the Premier League was two years away from its glitzy launch. 700 words moved by John Weaver Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool-fans,FOCUS LONDON Liverpool podcast host John Gibbons saw his side win the English title on his first trip to Anfield as an eight-year-old. A generation later he is getting ready to celebrate the team's return to the top. 600 words moved by John Weaver. Picture Athletics-marathon-USA-NewYork-GER-Berlin-health-virus NEW YORK Marathons in New York -- the world's largest -- and Berlin are cancelled due to concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic. 400 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-India-film-Bollywood,lead MUMBAI Bollywood is to resume film shoots, but strict virus rules banning "elaborate or extravagant" scenes threaten to strip the world's biggest movie-making machine of its trademark dazzle. 450 words 1230 GMT. File picture Entertainment-US-television-Hamilton-racism,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Broadway smash "Hamilton" is bringing its groundbreaking blend of hip-hop musical numbers, color-blind casting and political revolution to Disney+ at a poignant moment in US racial history, its creator and original cast says. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal afp
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