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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe, Brazil pass grim virus milestones + Trump set for first election campaign rally + Top US prosecutor resists attempted ouster + DR Congo court sentences top aide in graft case + Western Germany gets first Lenin statue Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil confirms one million infections and Europe chalks up more than 2.5 million as the World Health Organization warned of a 'new and dangerous phase' of the pandemic. 800 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-rally-Trump,WRAP TULSA, Oklahoma US President Donald Trump is set to defy the risk of triggering a coronavirus outbreak at his first reelection rally in months, hoping the controversial Oklahoma event will instead reignite his misfiring campaign. 600 words 1600 GMT by Laurent Banguet. Picture US-politics-investigation-Trump,WRAP NEW YORK A US prosecutor who investigated allies of President Donald Trump says he has no intention of quitting after the attorney general issued a press release announcing his resignation. 500 words 1600 GMT DRCongo-politics-corruption-Kamerhe,WRAP KINSHASA A top DR Congo sentences Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to President Felix Tshisekedi and a key powerbroker, to 20 years hard labour for corruption in a test of the government's anti-graft campaign. 600 words 1600 GMT by Bienvenu-Marie Bakumanya and Samir Tounsi. File picture Germany-history-social-politics,WRAP FRANKFURT A divisive new monument to Soviet leader Lenin is unveiled in Germany as a global row rages over the controversial background of historical figures immortalised as statues. 600 words 1600 GMT by Tom Barfield. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-election-opposition,WRAP MINSK Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko says the country's sovereignty is under threat as police detain around 140 people during protests against his rule ahead of August 9 elections. 650 words moved by Tatyana Kalinovskaya. Picture Belgium-racism-politics-history,INTERVIEW BRUSSELS Belgium is due a reckoning with its colonial past, and things left unsaid must now be discussed, argues the Congolese-born 72-year-old who became the country's first black mayor. 550 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-music-film PARIS France will begin to shake off its coronavirus blues on Sunday with cinemas opening on the stroke of midnight and thousands of people taking to the streets for its midsummer music festival. 600 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Libya-conflict-Turkey-France,INTERVIEW ISTANBUL Turkey says Libyan eastern commander Khalifa Haftar's forces need to withdraw from the strategic city of Sirte for a lasting ceasefire and accused France of 'jeopardising' NATO security. 700 words 1430 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan and Ezzedine Said. Video. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-racism-history-Tulsa,FOCUS TULSA, Oklahoma A century after Tulsa, Oklahoma saw one of the worst racial massacres in US history, many here feel President Donald Trump is reawakening old wounds by choosing the city for his first re-election rally since the coronavirus pandemic started. 600 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-racism-history-Tulsa,FACTS US-racism-Confederacy-statues-protest,SCENE US-politics-vote-rally-Trump,WRAP US-Russia-China-nuclear-diplomacy-disarmament,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The United States and Russia on Monday open talks on their last major nuclear agreement but to some observers, it may simply be the beginning of the end. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Maria Panina in Moscow and Ludovic Ehret in Beijing Health-virus-Brazil-Mandetta,INTERVIEW SAO PAULO As Brazil's coronavirus outbreak started to turn ugly, then-health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta calmly but firmly hewed to science and international best practice, preparing the country for an inevitable lockdown. He soon found himself out of a job. 600 words moved by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-HongKong-politics-law-security,WRAP BEIJING China will set up a "national security agency" in Hong Kong to oversee a forthcoming new law aimed at cracking down on dissent in the city, state media say. 550 words moved India-China-combat-border,FOCUS NEW DELHI Dozens of hardy mountain soldiers die every year in India's high north, but the dangers -- until the June 15 deadly clash with China -- have been the treacherous terrain, avalanches, bitter cold and the occasional bear. 650 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar India-China-conflict,lead NEW DELHI India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country is "hurt and angry" after a border clash with China that left 20 troops dead, and warns that the army has been given free rein to respond to any new violence. 550 words moved -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Premier League strugglers Watford rescue a dramatic 1-1 draw against Leicester thanks to Craig Dawson's last-gasp overhead kick at the start of a weekend which could see Liverpool move to within one win of the title. 650 words 1630 GMT by Steven Griffiths. 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