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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + HK makes arrests under new security law + Russians back reforms letting Putin extend rule + WHO warns virus accelerating as US struggles + Opposition grows to Israeli annexation plans + Tesla becomes world's richest auto group HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrest about 370 people -- including 10 under China's new national security law -- as thousands defy a ban on protests on the anniversary of the city's handover to China. 800 words 2000 GMT by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video. Also moved: HongKong-China-politics-rights,FOCUS China-HongKong-politics-Britain,2ndlead Russia-vote-constitution,WRAP MOSCOW Russians overwhelmingly approve a package of constitutional changes in a nationwide vote, partial results show, allowing President Vladimir Putin to potentially extend his two-decade rule until 2036. 700 words 2030 GMT by Michael Mainville. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-vote-constitution,SCENE Russia-vote-constitution-history-Putin,FACTS Russia-vote-constitution,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK The World Health Organization warns that the global coronavirus pandemic is accelerating as the worst-hit United States closes bars and beaches in the buildup to the Independence Day holiday. 800 words 2100 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Graphic Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP JERUSALEM Palestinians hold protests against Israel's West Bank annexation plans as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds off announcing the controversial project and international opposition stiffens. 730 words moved by Ben Simon. Picture. Video Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-settlers,SCENE Israel-Palestinians-conflict-WestBank,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-history,CHRONO US-automobile-computers-stocks-GM-Tesla-FCA,WRAP NEW YORK Tesla engineers its latest coup, becoming the world's richest car company while two of Detroit's old guard, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler, report sagging auto sales amid the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 2100 GMT by John Biers -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-US LOS ANGELES California suspends indoor dining in the latest rollback of moves to reopen the US economy, as a resurgent coronavirus casts a pall over coming US Independence Day celebrations. 650 words 2100 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-first-wave,FOCUS PARIS As Europe begins its cautious reopening after weathering the pandemic's first wave in lockdown, many developing and middle-income countries continue to be battered by skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases. 1,200 words moved by Patrick Galey with AFP bureaus Also moving: Heath-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-Mideast-WHO,lead Health-virus-US-research,FOCUS WASHINGTON Britain and Germany say they had sufficient stocks of remdesivir, the first drug to be shown to be relatively effective in treating COVID-19, and of which the United States has bought almost all supply. 600 words 2100 GMT by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-UN-tourism-economy GENEVA The coronavirus crisis could cost global tourism and related sectors from $1.2 to $3.3 trillion in lost revenue, the United Nations says. 500 words moved by Robin Millard. Health-virus-US-aviation WASHINGTON American Airlines resumes trying to fill planes to capacity, abandoning some coronavirus precautions and drawing criticism from public health officials as the pandemic runs wild in parts of America. 600 words 1930 GMT by Delphine Touitou Health-virus-Greece-tourism,SCENE CORFU When their plane finally lands at the emerald Greek isle of Corfu at the start of a long-awaited vacation on Wednesday, travellers breathe a deep sigh of relief. 600 words moved by Chantal Valery. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Russia-Taliban-Afghanistan-espionage,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's administration insists it has been firm with Russia over Afghanistan but kept open the door to inviting President Vladimir Putin for a summit. 550 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon US-politics-unrest-police-racism,lead SEATTLE Seattle law enforcement move in to clear out a self-governed autonomous zone created by protesters against police abuse three weeks ago. 500 words moved. Picture. Video US-politics-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON Rallies, canvassing, conventions. The coronavirus crisis is disrupting cherished American campaign traditions, forcing them online and prompting Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden to rethink strategy ahead of a presidential election whose results may take days. 650 words 2000 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-Turkey-diplomacy-Libya-conflict,WRAP PARIS France says it is suspending its participation in a NATO Mediterranean maritime security operation owing to the behaviour of Turkey, in a new escalation of a growing dispute between the two allies. 650 words moved by Didier Lauras. Health-virus-Britain-politics-EU-Germany,UPDATE FRANKFURT The European Union must prepare for the possibility that talks with Britain on their post-Brexit relationship could fail, Chancellor Angela Merkel warns as Germany takes the helm of the bloc's rotating presidency. 650 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video. Live video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-politics,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Two days of protests leave 81 dead in Ethiopia, after the murder of a popular singer from the country's largest ethnic group stoked tensions that threaten to derail the country's democratic transition. 700 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Russia-Iran-Turkey,WRAP TEHRAN The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey, which support opposing sides in Syria's war, hold talks to harmonise efforts to bring peace to the country whose conflict has entered its 10th year. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-US-media-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China orders four US news outlets to disclose details of their staff and financial operations in the country within seven days, as a media row escalates between Washington and Beijing. 450 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Video Australia-archaeology-indigenous-marine SYDNEY Archaeologists say they have for the first time found Aboriginal artefacts on the seabed off Australia, opening a door to the discovery of ancient settlements flooded since the last ice age. 350 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-UEFA-Portugal-health-virus,FOCUS LISBON Nearly four months after it was suspended, UEFA's plans to complete the Champions League in Portugal are once again under threat from the coronavirus, even if the organisers themselves insist there is "no Plan B". 600 words moved by Thomas Cabral with Eric Bernaudeau in Lausanne afp
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