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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe reopening quickens, Fauci warns of danger + Taliban, Afghan forces poised for new battles + Pompeo in Israel for West Bank annexation talks + Supreme Court mulls demand for Trump tax data + Lion tamers livestream shows from Cairo living room Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS Europe's reopening gathers pace after weeks of coronavirus lockdown, while America's top infectious diseases official warns of uncontrollable new outbreaks if the process happens too quickly in the United States. 800 words 1030 GMT by Celine Le Prioux with Issam Ahmed in Washington and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Afghanistan-unrest-hospital,WRAP KABUL The Taliban warns it is ready to fight back after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani orders forces to resume strikes in response to a series of deadly attacks, further unravelling a tentative peace process. 400 words 1000 GMT by Usman Sharifi. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Afghanistan-police-Taliban,FOCUS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy-US,WRAP JERUSALEM US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Israel for talks on its plans to annex swathes of the occupied West Bank, as a Palestinian is killed in the territory by Israeli fire. 700 words 1000 GMT by Ben Simon with Saleh Hamad in Hebron. Picture. Video Also moving: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,CHRONO US-politics-justice-Trump-taxes,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's claim of a near absolute right to keep his finances secret rises to the Supreme Court, the culmination of a years-long showdown over the balance of power in the US government. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File picture Egypt-entertainment-lions,FOCUS CAIRO In his Cairo living room, Egyptian Ashraf al-Helw reprimanded his lioness Joumana for not obeying him after bringing her home for live streamed performances during the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain,lead LONDON People living in England get more freedom to leave their homes and to go to work if necessary in the first stage of an easing of the coronavirus lockdown. 550 words 1100 GMT by James Pheby. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-Scotland,FOCUS EDINBURGH First independence. Then Brexit. Now Scotland's handling of the coronavirus outbreak has stirred up fresh tensions with the UK government, despite an initial unified approach. 700 words 1130 GMT by Stuart Graham. File picture Health-virus-Germany-technology-3Dprinting,FOCUS DARMSTADT, Germany A German workshop is turned into a hub to assemble face shields that are sent to health workers across the country and even as far off as a refugee camp in Greece. 600 words moved by Tom Barfield. Picture. Video Health-virus-IT-elderly-Britain,FOCUS LONDON Before entering coronavirus lockdown with the rest of Britain in March, 73-year-old Pamela Cox had never shopped or banked online. Now she is one of many in her generation finding a new IT proficiency later in life. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Lesotho-politics,INTERVIEW JOHANNESBURG Lesotho's embattled prime minister says he is preparing to voluntarily step down two years before his elected term is due to end, drawing the curtain on a months-long political crisis dominated by his private life. 700 words 1030 GMT by Susan Njanji. File picture Health-virus-Nigeria,FOCUS KANO, Nigeria Surging death rates in communities in north Nigeria have sparked fears over the spread of coronavirus with experts warning the pandemic is exacerbating other diseases roiling the region. 600 words 1100 GMT by Aminu Abubakar Health-virus-Kenya-Uganda-Tanzania-DRCongo-SSudan,FOCUS NAIROBI Every day hundreds of trucks fan out from East Africa's main ports in Kenya and Tanzania carrying cargo to the landlocked hinterland, and fears are rising they are becoming a major vector for the coronavirus. 900 words moved by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video Health-virus-Senegal,FOCUS DAKAR Senegalese engineering students are throwing themselves at the West African state's growing coronavirus problem with inventions such as automatic sanitiser dispensers and medical robots. 600 words moved by Clement Di Roma. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iran-religion,SCENE TEHRAN In spite of their fears over the coronavirus, hundreds of pious Iranians take advantage of the temporary opening of mosques to pray at one of the holiest times of year. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- SriLanka-Indonesia-Facebook-rights-religion HONG KONG Facebook apologises for its role in the deadly communal unrest that shook Sri Lanka two years ago after an investigation finds that hate speech and rumours spread on the platform may have led to violence against Muslims. 600 words moved Health-virus-Australia-church-bleach SYDNEY A church in Australia is fined for unlawfully advertising a purported "miracle" coronavirus cure that contains a bleach product. 350 words moved Health-virus-China-IT,FOCUS BEIJING To enter many Chinese venues, people must now show an app based on their travel history. And while the idea of such technology has raised concerns in Europe, it has already spread widely in China. 750 words moved by Ludovic Ehret. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- Colombia-rights-justice-conflict,INVESTIGATION BOGOTA During Colombia's interminable battle against left-wing guerrillas, extrajudicial killings by the armed forces became the norm, according to former colonel Gabriel de Jesus Rincon. 900 words moved by Hector Velasco. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-Britain-economy,4thlead LONDON Britain's economy slumps two percent in the first quarter, rocked by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic according to official data, with analysts predicting even worse to come despite moves to ease the nation's lockdown. 600 words 1030 GMT by Roland Jackson Health-virus-US-IT-lifestyle-sharing,FOCUS WASHINGTON "Sharing economy" firms like Uber and Airbnb were seeing surging growth and predictions they would reshape several economic sectors. Then the pandemic hit. 750 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture Health-virus-EBRD-economy LONDON Europe's development bank warns that the coronavirus crisis will deal a massive economic blow this year to its investment zone, which is also reeling from collapsing commodity prices. 500 words moved US-stocks-unemployment-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK Last week's Labor Department report showing the United States lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April prompted a decisive response from Wall Street: Major indices surged nearly two percent. 700 words moved by Juliette Michel -- SPORT -- Golf-KOR-health-virus-SKorea,lead SEOUL Leading professional golfers will return to competitive action for the first time in months after the coronavirus shutdown when three of the world's top 10 women tee off in South Korea on Thursday. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Oly-2020-fencing-Japan-health-virus-Miyake-JPN,FOCUS TOKYO With the Olympics postponed due to the coronavirus, top Japanese fencer Ryo Miyake has swapped his metal mask and foil for a bike and backpack as a Tokyo UberEats deliveryman. 600 words moved by Jarumi Ozawa. Picture. Video afp
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