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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Email: Anita.Beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Prepare for long battle against coronavirus: WHO + TikTok says it's in US 'for the long run' + Hurricane Isaias churns towards Florida + Aubameyang leads Arsenal to FA Cup triumph + How police found a stolen Banksy in Italy Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The UN health agency warns that the coronavirus pandemic will be long-drawn, with its effects felt for decades, as India and the Philippines report a record rise in new cases. 800 words 1930 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video US-China-politics-internet-TikTok-merger,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO TikTok says it's "not planning on going anywhere" after President Donald Trump threatens to ban the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app from operating in the US. 500 words 1930 GMT by Julie Jammot US-Bahamas-weather-hurricane,WRAP MIAMI Hurricane Isaias dumps torrential rain on the Bahamas as it rumbles toward Florida -- the first big test for the storm-prone US state reeling from the coronavirus crisis. 550 words 2030 GMT by Leila Macor. Picture. Graphic. Video Fbl-ENG-FACup-Arsenal-Chelsea,WRAP LONDON Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang inspires Arsenal to a record 14th FA Cup as the Gunners captain strikes twice to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the final at an empty Wembley Stadium. 650 words 2000 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture. Video France-Italy-Banksy-theft-investigation,FOCUS PARIS A stolen cutter, CCTV footage, phone taps, loose-tongued suspects... this is how an artwork by famed street artist Banksy painted on the door of the Bataclan club in Paris was discovered in Italy 18 months after being stolen. 600 words moved by Katell Prigent. File picture. File video -- AMERICAS -- US-space-NASA-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON The first US astronauts to reach the International Space Station on an American spacecraft in nearly a decade prepare for their return home, which is on schedule despite the arrival of Hurricane Isaias off Florida. 500 words 2130 GMT. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-arrest-US-espionage,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has arrested the head of a US-based "terrorist group" accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing in the southern city of Shiraz and of other, abortive attacks. 650 words moved by Amir Havasi. UAE-nuclear-energy,WRAP ABU DHABI The oil-rich United Arab Emirates announces the startup of its Barakah nuclear power plant, scoring another first for the Arab world. 680 words moved. Picture. File picture. File video Also moved: UAE-nuclear-energy,Q&A -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-protest,lead KHABAROVSK, Russia Thousands of people brave the rain in the far-eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk to attend another huge protest march against the arrest of the region's popular governor. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-demonstration,lead BERLIN A Berlin protest against coronavirus restrictions draws thousands, from hard left and right to conspiracy theorists. 650 words moved by David Courbet. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain-EU-migrants,FOCUS LEPE, Spain Lamine Diakite has been on the street for two weeks since the Spanish shantytown he was staying in burnt down, one of hundreds of fruit pickers abandoned as virus cases soar. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-politics HONG KONG Hong Kong's arrest warrants for activists overseas show that exile and foreign nationality are no protection against the city's sweeping national security law, one of the targeted dissidents warns. 400 words moved Health-virus-SKorea-religion,lead SEOUL The elderly leader of a secretive South Korean sect at the centre of the country's early coronavirus outbreak is arrested for allegedly hindering the government's effort to contain the epidemic. 400 words moved. File picture Taiwan-fashion-offbeat,FOCUS TAICHUNG, Taiwan Taiwan's trendiest couple these days are neither young celebrities nor teen influencers -- they are an octogenarian duo who run a mom-and-pop laundry service and have become an online sensation by modelling abandoned clothes. 600 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-unrest-court-politics HARARE Zimbabwean top writer and Booker Prize nominee Tsitsi Dangarembga is freed on bail following her arrest during anti-government protests a day earlier. 500 words moved by Fanuel Jongwe. Video. afp
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