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| - Duty Editor: Susan Stumme Email: Susan.Stumme@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Britain to impose new virus curbs, world sets weekly record + Trump says will name Supreme Court pick Saturday + Trump lashes China as UN warns against 'Cold War' + Global police sting against dark net drug sales nets 179 + Australia races to free 175 stranded whales Health-virus,WRAP LONDON The British government announces fresh steps to try to stop a coronavirus surge in England, as the World Health Organization warns that new cases worldwide soared to record levels last week. 700 words moved by James Pheby with Nina Larson in Geneva and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-court,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will announce his pick on Saturday for the crucial Supreme Court seat left open by the death of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as Republicans vow a quick vote to confirm the nominee. 650 words 1930 GMT by Sebastian Smith and Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Graphic. Video UN-summit,WRAP UNITED NATIONS US President Donald Trump angrily casts blame on China over the coronavirus pandemic in an address before the United Nations, whose chief warned against a new "Cold War" between the two powers. 700 words 2000 GMT by Philippe Rater with Shaun Tandon in Washington. Pictures. Video Europe-US-crime-internet,lead THE HAGUE A global police sting has netted 179 vendors involved in selling opioids, methamphetamine and other illegal goods on the internet underground, in what officials of Europol say put an end to the "golden age" of dark web markets. 550 words moved Australia-animal-environment,WRAP SYDNEY Rescuers race to save nearly 200 whales stuck in a remote Australian harbour, hoping to minimise the death toll of a mass stranding which had already killed 90. 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Australia-animal-environment-whale,FACTS -- UN SUMMIT -- UN-summit-China-climate,lead UNITED NATIONS Chinese President Xi Jinping vows that the world's largest emitter will go carbon neutral by 2060, in what environmentalists hail as a major step forward. 550 words 2030 GMT UN-summit-US-Iran-diplomacy,WRAP UNITED NATIONS Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vows that the next US leader must accept Tehran's demands, ruling out compromise as Donald Trump vies for reelection. 500 words moved Also moved: Iran-nuclear-politics-France-Britain-Germany-US -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The United States registers its 200,000th death from the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest grim milestone for the country just weeks before voters decide if President Donald Trump will stay in office. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video. Graphic. US-vote-court-Florida-Cuba,PROFILE MIAMI Barbara Lagoa's parents fled Fidel Castro's Communist government in Cuba, and she could soon sit on the United States Supreme Court -- a dizzying ascent for a conservative judge who has caught the eye of President Donald Trump. 650 words moved by Leila Macor. File picture. Also moved: US-politics-vote-court-swingstates,FOCUS US-energy-computers-science-automobile-transport-Tesla,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Tesla chief Elon Musk promises to reveal "insane" battery news at a streamed event after the company's annual shareholders' meeting. 650 words 2300 GMT -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain LONDON Britain tightens restrictions to stem a rising tide of coronavirus cases, ordering pubs to shut early and limits on social mixing to prevent a second damaging lockdown. 650 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-Italy-Germany Britain-sports-ENG-fans-health-virus,2ndlead Britain-leisure-layoffs-health-virus-Whitbread,2ndlead Greece-EU-politics-energy,WRAP ANKARA Turkey and Greece have agreed to talks over disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean, both sides say, after diplomatic efforts led by Germany to defuse a crisis that has raised fears of conflict. 650 words 2000 GMT by Raziye Akkoc Austria-EU-migration-Kurz,INTERVIEW VIENNA Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz tells AFP in an exclusive interview that the EU is "more than just Germany and France" and that the distribution of asylum-seekers within the block "will not work". 600 words 2200 GMT by Blaise Gauquelin. Picture. Video Britain-US-court-Assange-extradition LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange complained of hearing imaginary voices and music while detained in a high-security British prison, a psychiatrist who has interviewed him tells his extradition hearing. 400 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast-Hezbollah,2ndlead AIN QANA, Lebanon An explosion rocks a Hezbollah site in a village in southern Lebanon, with a source close to the militant Shiite movement saying it was an accident. 330 words moved. Picture. File Video Health-virus-religion-Israel-Ukraine,FOCUS TEL AVIV, Israel Ultra-Orthodox Jews who were blocked for days trying to reach Ukraine for an annual pilgrimage flew home to Israel this week, many accusing their government of abandoning them. 450 words moved by Michael Blum. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-politics-arrest-rights,WRAP BEIJING A Chinese property tycoon who called President Xi Jinping a clown and criticised his handling of the coronavirus outbreak is jailed for 18 years on graft charges. 600 words moved by Laurie Chen and Beiyi Seow. File picture Also moved: China-politics-graft,FACTS -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-coup,WRAP BAMAKO The head of Mali's military junta has demanded an end to economic sanctions imposed by West African states in response to last month's coup. 550 words moved by Serge Daniel. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- FIFA-corruption-trial-media,WRAP LAUSANNE Swiss prosecutors call for Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke to face prison for alleged corruption in the allocation of World Cup TV rights. 650 words moved afp
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