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| - Duty Editor: Susan Stumme Contact: Susan.Stumme@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US, Europe tackle fresh virus case surges + Hamas warns Israel over annexation plans + DRCongo says its deadliest Ebola outbreak over + Liverpool hope for Premier League glory after 30 years + Eiffel Tower opens after three-month closure Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic is back with a vengeance in the United States, striking hard at previously spared states including Texas, while Europe faces its own fresh surges. 800 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY Israel's planned annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank would be a "declaration of war", Gaza rulers Hamas says, as a UN envoy warns the move could fuel extremism. 500 words moved by Adel Zaanoun with Claire Gounon in Jerusalem. Picture DRCongo-health-Ebola,WRAP KINSHASA DR Congo officially declares an end to an Ebola epidemic that broke out in the east of the troubled country two years ago and went on to claim over 2,000 lives. 650 words moved by Samir Tounsi Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LIVERPOOL, England Liverpool will be crowned English champions for the first time since 1990 without kicking a ball if Manchester City fail to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. 600 words 2130 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture Also moved: Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool-fans,FOCUS Health-virus-France-tourism,2ndlead PARIS Tourists and Parisians pant their way up the stairs of the Eiffel Tower as the iron monument reopens after its longest closure since World War II due to the coronavirus -- but without the lifts. 650 words moved by Eleonore Hughes and Maria Elena Bucheli. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US,Q&A WASHINGTON Why is this US experiencing a coronavirus resurgence? Patchwork lockdowns, the politicization of masks and physical distancing, and the widespread onset of complacency are to blame. 700 words moved US-IT-media-Google,WRAP WASHINGTON Google announces plans to pay some news organizations for content in a departure from its past practice following pressure from governments and media groups around the world. 750 words moved by Rob Lever -- MIDDLE EAST -- 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 -- EUROPE -- Russia-vote-constitution,WRAP MOSCOW Russians begin casting early ballots in a nationwide vote on controversial constitutional reforms that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2036. 700 words 1930 GMT by Antoine Lambroschini. Photo. Video. UN-rights-technology-police,lead GENEVA The UN human rights chief calls for a "moratorium" on the use of facial recognition technology during peaceful protests, saying it could increase discrimination against people of African descent and other minorities. 550 words moved by Nina Larson Britain-France-court-assault-museum LONDON A troubled British teenager who threw a six-year-old French boy off a viewing platform at London's Tate Modern art gallery may never be released from custody, a court hears, as questions are raised about how he was allowed to carry out the attack 600 words moved by Sylvain Peuchmaurd and Phil Hazlewood. File picture. File 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 moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video Also moved: SKorea-NKorea-China-US-war-anniversary-diplomacy,FOCUS SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary-social,PHOTOESSAY Pakistan-aviation-accident,2ndlead ISLAMABAD Pakistan International Airlines says it has grounded almost a third of its pilots for holding fake or dubious licences, a day after a report blamed pilot error for a crash that killed 98 people. 400 words moved India-race-cosmetics,lead NEW DELHI The Indian arm of consumer giant Unilever says it will rename its locally marketed "Fair & Lovely" skin-lightening cream in the face of global anti-racism protests. 400 words moved -- AFRICA -- Sudan-aid-diplomacy-Germany,WRAP BERLIN The international community pledges $1.8 billion at a conference to drum up support for Sudan, in an effort to help the northeast African country battle economic woes after the ousting of long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir. 500 words moved by Femke Colborne -- ECONOMY AND BUSINESS -- Health-virus-Germany-aviation-aid-Lufthansa,WRAP FRANKFURT Lufthansa shareholders overwhelmingly back a nine billion euro ($10 billion) bailout by the German government, saving Europe's largest airline group from bankruptcy after the coronavirus crushed travel demand. 700 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. File picture. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Germany-aviation-aid-Lufthansa-Thiele,PROFILE Germany-finance-fraud-Wirecard-bankruptcy,WRAP BERLIN The dramatic collapse of payments provider Wirecard is an "unparallelled scandal", Germany's finance minister says, after the group files for insolvency as it admitted that 1.9 billion euros missing from its accounts likely did not exist. 650 words moved by Hui Min Neo. Picture. File video. Graphic Also moved: Germany-finance-fraud-Wirecard,CHRONO Germany-finance-securities-market-Wirecard,FACTS US-stocks-markets-technology-suicide,FOCUS NEW YORK The suicide of a young trader who thought he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on Robinhood has intensified scrutiny of the online platform popular with millennials new to investing. 750 words 1930 GMT by Daniel Hoffman -- 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 moved. File picture afp
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