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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Beijing areas locked down over new virus cluster + Conte urges 'courageous plan' to rescue Italy + Minneapolis council agrees to replace police + UK pulls Fawlty Towers episode 'The Germans' Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING Lockdowns are imposed in parts of Beijing to try and prevent the spread of a new coronavirus cluster, highlighting the challenges that lie ahead even for places where outbreaks are under control. 700 words 1700 GMT by Laurie Chen and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Italy-economy ROME Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calls for a "courageous plan" in virtual talks with EU and IMF leaders to rescue Italy's economy and society from the "unprecedented shock" triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Catherine Marciano. Video. File picture US-politics-racism-police-Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Minneapolis leaders vote unanimously to disband the US city's police force and replace it with a "community" safety department, a reaction to transformational changes demanded in mass protests against racial injustice. 400 words moved. Picture Britain-politics-racism-protests-television LONDON One of classic comedy Fawlty Towers' most famous episodes -- "The Germans" -- has been taken off UK screens because of "racial slurs", as anti-racism protests gather pace. 450 words moved -- EUROPE -- Britain-protest-police-racism-politics LONDON Far-right protesters clash with police in central London after rallying to counter planned anti-racism demonstrations, despite officials urging people not to turn out due to coronavirus restrictions. 550 words 1430 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture.Video Health-virus-Spain-toll,FOCUS MADRID For days now, Spain's daily coronavirus death toll has been on hold, generating widespread uncertainty about the real state of the epidemic that has claimed more than 27,000 lives. 600 words moved by Diego Urdaneta Health-virus-EU-borders,FACTS VIENNA As European countries emerge from their coronavirus lockdowns and lift travel restrictions to revive their tourist industries, the EU has been aiming to coordinate the border reopening among its 27 members. 500 words moved Health-virus-Poland-mining-politics,FOCUS JASTRZEBIE ZDROJ, Poland A spike in reported coronavirus cases in Poland's coal mines has put the country on edge but residents are worried about jobs are playing down the health crisis. 550 words moved by Damien Simonart and Dario Thuburn in Warsaw. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-literature,INTERVIEW DAMASCUS The novel coronavirus pandemic briefly gave Syrians a sense of belonging to the rest of the world after years of isolating war, Syrian author Khaled Khalifa says. 700 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-hospital-conflict-virus,FOCUS MOPTI, Mali After a busy day juggling paperwork and meetings, Brehima Traore, deputy director of a hospital in war-torn Mali, may have hoped for some rest. Then his phone rang: he was needed in the operating room. 650 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-military-Trump,WRAP WEST POINT, New York President Donald Trump plans to address the graduating class of the West Point military academy as relations with the Pentagon fray over accusations that he has politicized the US military. 600 words 1530 GMT by Nicholas Kamm. Picture US-politics-racism-history,FOCUS WASHINGTON Confederate monuments are coming down and statues of Christopher Columbus are being toppled as Americans grapple with the ghosts of the country's racial history in the wake of George Floyd's death. 750 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture US-politics-unrest-racism-Canada,PHOTOESSAY TORONTO Dozens of street artists have painted over parts of Toronto's "Graffiti Alley" in shades of black and gray in a message of solidarity with anti-racism protesters following the death in US police custody of George Floyd. 400 words moved by Olivier Monnier. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-television-racism-Takei,INTERVIEW LOS ANGELES George Takei, the pioneering Asian-American "Star Trek" actor and LGBTQ icon, says massive anti-racism protests this month show the country is "making progress" on diversity, but warns the pandemic could renew deep-rooted prejudices. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-China,3rdlead BEIJING Dozens of people test positive for the coronavirus in Beijing as parts of the city are locked down after the emergence of a new cluster linked to a food market. 700 words moved. Picture. Video China-Australia-diplomacy-drugs-sentence,3rdlead BEIJING An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking, in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra. 400 words moved -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-Japan-politics-Oly-2020-JPN-Koike,INTERVIEW TOKYO Next year's Olympics will be safe despite the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike says, pledging a "120-percent effort" to ensure the first-ever postponed Games can go ahead. 600 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Sara Hussein. Picture. Video afp
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