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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trials raise vaccine hope, WHO warns on Africa + Trump declares wearing masks to be 'patriotic' + EU leaders close in on economic rescue package + Ex-SS guard apologises to victims of Holocaust + Heard tells court Depp 'threatened to kill me' Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Two studies offer new hope of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus, as the World Health Organization warns about a possible acceleration of the disease in Africa. 650 words 0400 GMT by James Pheby with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-US-politics-Trump-briefings,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump promises to resume televised coronavirus briefings and finally speaks out in favor of mask-wearing -- a marked change of tune as polls show him headed for election disaster. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Health-virus-EU-summit BRUSSELS EU leaders close in on a deal to build a huge coronavirus economic rescue package after more than four days of wrangling at a summit marked by rows between the "frugal" north and indebted south. 700 words 0300 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Germany-court-WWII-Holocaust-genocide-history,lead HAMBURG A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard apologises to Holocaust victims at a Hamburg court, ahead of the verdict in a high-profile trial over his complicity in World War II atrocities. 550 words moved by Sebastian Bronst. Picture Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Amber Heard claims that her ex-husband Johnny Depp threatened to kill her on a number of occasions, as she takes the stand in his high-profile London libel action. 650 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-politics-Kanye-celebrity,FOCUS NEW YORK US rapper Kanye West's chaotic launch of his unlikely campaign to oust Donald Trump in November's presidential election has sparked anger, concern for his mental health and questions about whether he is seriously running. 700 words moved by Thomas Urbain US-politics-unrest-Trump WASHINGTON President Donald Trump threatens to send more military-garbed law enforcement into US cities to quell anti-racism protests, a move he called necessary security action and critics labelled an election year political stunt. 550 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture US-politics-vote-intelligence,WRAP WASHINGTON Senior US Democrats demand an urgent intelligence briefing for lawmakers from the FBI over what they call a concerted foreign disinformation campaign to interfere in November's election. 500 words moved by Paul Handley US-health-unemployment-indicator-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON Unemployed American workers face a critical juncture on August 1 when supplemental jobless benefits are set to expire. 600 words moved by Julie Chabanas Colombia-politics-conflict-drugs,FOCUS ITUANGO, Colombia Yerlis Ballesteros has been here before, fleeing for her life. The first time she was holding her mother's hand -- but this time she is fleeing the mountainous region where she used to be a fighter before opting for a life of peace with her two children. 800 words 0230 GMT. Picture. Video Canada-gaming-Ubisoft-harassment-France,FOCUS MONTEAL When she arrived in 2009 at the Montreal offices of giant video game publisher Ubisoft, Stephanie Harvey says she suffered sexual harassment or sexism "from Day One." 650 words 0130 GMT by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-attack-Jews-trial MAGDEBURG, Germany A German man goes on trial for a deadly shooting targeting Jews in the eastern city of Halle last year, in one of the worst acts of anti-Semitic violence in Germany's postwar history. 500 words 0300 GMT by David Courbet Britain-EU-Brexit-politics LONDON Britain and the European Union resume talks, with the clock running down to a year-end deadline for a new post-Brexit deal to replace half a century of integration. 550 words 0300 GMT by Joe Jackson Britain-US-China-diplomacy LONDON US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets British Prime Minister Boris Johnson following London's diplomatically fraught severing of ties with China's Huawei and retaliation for Beijing's treatment of Hong Kong. 550 words 0330 GMT by Dmitry Zaks Already moved: Britain-China-HongKong-diplomacy-extradition Health-virus-Romania,FOCUS TIMISOARA, Romania After almost four months of treating new coronavirus patients in the western Romanian city of Timisoara, doctor Virgil Musta is not only facing a surge in daily cases, but also a string of conspiracy theories. 750 words 0400 GMT by Mihaela Rodina and Ionut Iordachescu. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Egypt-parliament-Libya-conflict,2ndlead CAIRO Egypt's parliament greenlights a possible deployment of troops beyond its borders, after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke of potential military operations in neighbouring Libya. 500 words moved. Picture Syria-Iraq-conflict-IS,PROFILE PARIS With monikers as divergent as the "Professor" and the "Destroyer," the Islamic State group's new head has a reputation for brutality, but otherwise remains largely an enigma. 800 words 0230 GMT by Didier Lauras. Picture Health-virus-UAE-migration,FOCUS DUBAI Mustafa, a hipster Pakistani graphic artist, has a month to find a new job or be forced to leave Dubai among an exodus of expatriates whose futures have been up-ended by coronavirus. 660 words 0300 GMT by Aziz El Massassi Health-virus-Mideast-rumours,FOCUS BAGHDAD Browse through Arabic-language social media pages and you could walk away thinking COVID-19 is an American hoax, isn't deadly and can be swiftly cured with a garlic clove -- but activists are stepping up to combat the "infodemic". 830 words 0330 GMT by Maya Gebeily with Dylan Collins in Tripoli, Lebanon. Video -- ARTS & CULTURE -- Germany-museum-culture-tourism,FOCUS BERLIN Berlin museums might house the iconic Nefertiti bust, the Ishtar gate of ancient Babylon or Rembrandt masterpieces, but they still trail global counterparts in popularity -- and the coronavirus is making things worse. 650 words 0400 GMT by Yannick Pasquet. File picture Entertainment-Finland-France-Norway-music-Makela,INTERVIEW PARIS He is the new wunderkind of classical music. At only 24, the young Finn Klaus Makela has been appointed musical director of the Orchestre de Paris. 650 words moved by Rana Moussaoui. Picture afp
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