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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Worldwide coronavirus cases pass 25 million + Trump to visit Kenosha in wake of unrest + German govt slams protesters' bid to storm Reichstag + Neymar, Nike part ways after 15 years Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI Global coronavirus infections soar past 25 million, as countries around the world further tighten restrictions to try to stop the rampaging pandemic. 700 words 1130 GMT by Glenda Kwek with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographics US-politics-racism-Blake-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump will travel next week to the Midwestern city where African American Jacob Blake was shot multiple times in the back by a white policeman, sparking a nationwide wave of protest. 400 words moved Health-virus-Germany-demonstration-politics BERLIN The German government slams the "unacceptable" behaviour of protesters during a mass rally against coronavirus restrictions in which hundreds were arrested and an attempt was made to storm the Reichstag parliament building. 600 words moved by Yacine le Forestier. Picture. Video fbl-C1-EUR-PSG-BRA-Neymar-Nike,3rdlead RIO DE JANEIRO Nike says it has parted ways with Neymar, ending one of its most high-profile sponsorship deals a decade and a half after signing the star striker as a 13-year-old prodigy. 400 words 0930 GMT. File picture -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-politics,FOCUS PARIS Since taking in more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in 2015, Europe has stepped up border controls but still falls short on common migration and asylum policies. 700 words moved by Romain Fonsegrives - PLEASE ALSO SEE SPECIAL ADVISORY 'MIGRANT CRISIS, FIVE YEARS ON' - Montenegro-vote-politics-Serbia-religion,WRAP PODGORICA Montenegro votes in an election testing the 30-year domination of a pro-West ruling party that has faced a year of protests and high tension with supporters of the influential Orthodox church. 600 words 0930 GMT by Olivera Nikolic. Picture. Video Also moved: Montenegro-vote,FACTS Europe-migrants-Britain-Italy-Spain-art,WRAP ROME All the migrants on board a rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy have been transferred to other vessels, the team behind the mission says after their ship carrying more than 200 passengers sends an urgent call for help. 700 words moved by Jan Hennop and Herve Bar. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-religion,WRAP KARBALA, Iraq Thousands of tearful Shiite pilgrims wearing gloves and face masks flood Iraq's holy city of Karbala to mark Ashura, one of the largest Muslim gatherings since the Covid-19 pandemic started. 750 words 0930 GMT by Salmane Ameen. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jerusalem-housing,FOCUS JERUSALEM Palestinian Alaa Borqan preferred to tear down his own house in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was constructed illegally and must be demolished. 700 words moved by Hiba Aslan. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-toll,lead RIO DE JANEIRO Just over six months after registering its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil crosses the grim threshold of 120,000 people killed by Covid-19, with no end in sight to the crisis. 650 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File picture. File video US-science-cancer-colon-youth-health,FOCUS WASHINGTON Actor Chadwick Boseman's death from colon cancer at the age of 43 has highlighted the growing rate of this disease among younger adults, who are often diagnosed at later stages. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture US-politics-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden, striving to win over still-undecided voters who could swing the election against Donald Trump, is sparing no effort to broadcast one of his most potent weapons: endorsements from many of his former Republican opponents. 750 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. File picture. Graphic US-racism-police-crime,PROFILE WASHINGTON When angry protesters shout the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor or Jacob Blake -- Ben Crump is listening. He is the seemingly omnipresent black attorney representing the families of all those emblematic victims of US police violence, and others too. 650 words moved by Camille Camdessus. File picture Health-virus-US-education-pods,FOCUS LOS ANGELES As parents across the United States come to terms with remote learning this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, many who can afford it are opting for so-called "learning pods" to help their kids -- and themselves -- get through the school year. 700 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video US-museum-virus-tourism,SCENE NEW YORK With visitors raising their arms in a sign of victory, clapping and lining up eagerly at ticket windows, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens its doors to the public in a festive atmosphere -- a sign for many that the largest US metropolis is returning to normality after a nearly six-month closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,WRAP NEW DELHI India sets a new coronavirus record as it reports 78,761 new infections in 24 hours -- the world's highest single-day rise -- even as it continues to open up the economy. 550 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. File video Health-virus-India-dance-communities-tradition-tech,FOCUS JODHPUR, India As a blackout plunges her desert dwelling into darkness, Suwa Devi, a dancer belonging to India's Kalbeliya gypsy community, asks her neighbour to turn on his jeep's headlights so she can continue teaching her Zoom class, outside. 900 words moved by Sunil Verma with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture. Video Taiwan-Czech-diplomacy-China,WRAP TAIPEI A Czech delegation arrives in Taipei for the second high-profile foreign visit to Taiwan this month, thwarting authoritarian China's campaign to keep the democratic island isolated from the rest of the world. 650 words moved by Amber Wang -- SPORTS -- Tennis-Open-USA,PREVIEW NEW YORK The US Open becomes the first Grand Slam of the Covid-19 era when it gets underway Monday in a spectator-less bubble at Flushing Meadows following a troubled build-up that saw several top stars withdraw over coronavirus fears. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-Venice,ADVANCER ROME What if you threw a film festival and nobody came? That, in essence, is the challenge facing organisers of this year's Venice Film Festival. 750 words moved by Alexandria Sage. File picture. Video Also moved: Entertainment-film-Venice,FACTS afp
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