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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump praises police, rejects claims of racism + Top general says photo op with Trump was wrong + Brazil virus toll tops 40,000 as markets slide + Twitter erases Chinese 'state-linked' accounts + Spain's La Liga resumes after three months off US-politics-racism-Trump,WRAP DALLAS, Texas US President Donald Trump reboots his flagging reelection campaign with a speech starkly rejecting nationwide protesters' claims of police racism, saying only a "few bad apples" are to blame. 850 words moved by Nicholas Kamm with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. File picture US-military-politics-unrest-Milley,3rdlead WASHINGTON America's top general says he was wrong to appear with President Donald Trump in a photo op near the White House last week, staged after the area was forcefully cleared of anti-racism protesters. 600 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Health-virus,WRAP MONTEVIDEO More than 1.5 million COVID-19 cases have been identified in Latin America, a region now threatened by a food crisis, while global markets plunge anticipating a long road to economic recovery. 800 words moved by Barnaby Chesterman with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video US-China-Russia-Turkey-internet-Twitter HONG KONG Twitter says it has removed tens of thousands of "state-linked" accounts used by China, Russia and Turkey to push their own propaganda, sow misinformation or attack critics. 450 words moved Fbl-ESP-Liga MADRID Sevilla beat local rivals Real Betis 2-0 as La Liga returns after three months away, becoming the second of Europe's five major leagues to resume following the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Thomas Allnutt. Picture -- EUROPE -- Turkey-US-trial,WRAP ISTANBUL A local US consulate employee is sentenced to nearly nine years in prison in Turkey for "aiding an armed terror group" that Ankara blames for a failed 2016 coup, in a decision denounced by its NATO ally Washington 500 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. File picture -- ASIA -- NKorea-US-diplomacy-summit-anniversary,WRAP SEOUL North Korea issues a condemnation of the US on the second anniversary of the historic Singapore summit handshake between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, casting doubt over the future of their stalled talks process. 600 words 0300 GMT HongKong-China-politics-unrest-Britain,FOCUS HONG KONG Shortly before Hong Kong was handed back to China, Simon Ng applied for a British National (Overseas) passport, a document he never thought he'd need. Now he is considering whether to use it to emigrate. 700 words 0330 GMT by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-unrest-racism-police,Q&A WASHINGTON The Black Lives Matter protests that erupted across the United States after the killing in custody of African-American George Floyd have begun to wane, having chalked up some accomplishments in the fight against racism and police brutality. 750 words moved. File picture Also moved: US-racism-unrest-minorities,FOCUS US-politics-racism-unrest-retail-consumers-litigation,WRAP US-Afghanistan-politics-warcrimes-ICC,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump authorizes sanctions against any official at the International Criminal Court who investigates US troops, ramping up pressure to stop its case into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture Health-virus-Canada-students-circus,FOCUS MONTREAL Students soon to graduate from Montreal's National Circus School expect months of uncertainty but are trying, as best they can, to keep up their skills during a three-month pandemic lockdown. 550 words 0200 GMT by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video Health-virus-Cuba-economy-tourism,FOCUS HAVANA Cuba is planning to welcome tourists with COVID-19 tests and limit their contact with locals as part of a raft of measures designed to get its vital tourism industry back up and running. 650 words 0130 GMT by Katell Abiven. Picture Health-virus-US-lung-transplant,lead WASHINGTON A young woman in her twenties has become the first person in the United States to receive a double-lung transplant for COVID-19, offering hope for other critically-ill coronavirus patients, her doctor says. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment,WRAP WASHINGTON Layoffs caused by the coronavirus pandemic reach 44.2 million in the United States even as businesses try to reopen, with analysts warning of continuing damage to the world's largest economy. 700 words moved by Chris Stein -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-labour-children-ILO-UNICEF GENEVA Millions of children could be pushed into work by the coronavirus crisis, the UN says as it braces for the first rise in child labour in two decades. 450 words moved by Nina Larson Health-virus-Austria-music,VIDEOESSAY VIENNA The mirrors and red velvet are still there, but the act has changed at one Vienna peep show -- artists tired of performing music on the internet now sing to a live audience that pays for a few minutes' music at a time. 300 words 0300 GMT by Blaise Gauquelin. Picture. Video Britain-Germany-missing-crime-Maddie-Belgium,WRAP BRUSSELS Belgium reopens an investigation into the 1996 murder of a German teenager because of a possible link with the man suspected of murdering British girl Madeleine McCann. 500 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. File Photo Slovenia-tourism-zoology-dragon POSTOJNA, Slovenia Slithering through their subterranean aquarium, three "baby dragons" go on display in a Slovenian cave, where they hatched in 2016 in a rare successful breeding. 300 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-politics-economy,WRAP DAMASCUS Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sacks his prime minister of four years, Imad Khamis, as the country grapples with a stinging economic crisis and renewed protests. 500 words moved. Picture. File Video Saudi-health-virus-investment-economy,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has snapped up around $8 billion worth of stakes in global giants -- from Boeing to Facebook -- in a spree that belies deep and unpopular austerity measures at home. 880 words 0300 GMT by Anuj Chopra Health-virus-Kuwait-social,FOCUS KUWAIT CITY Warda is a 37-year-old teacher whose family only allow her to go to two places: work, and the beauty salon that was her only social outlet before coronavirus restrictions shut it down. 550 words 0300 GMT Sudan-Darfur-warcrimes-ICC,FOCUS NYALA, Sudan Sudanese civilians displaced during the devastating conflict in Darfur have welcomed news that a top militia leader accused of atrocities there has surrendered himself to the International Criminal Court. 730 words 0300 GMT. Picture Europe-migrants-Tunisia,WRAP TUNIS More than 50 people, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, died when a boat carrying migrants bound for Italy sank off Tunisia, a health official says in an updated toll. 350 words moved. Graphic -- AFRICA -- ICoast-unrest,WRAP KORHOGO, Ivory Coast Dozens of suspected jihadists attack a frontier post on Ivory Coast's border with Burkina Faso before dawn, killing around 10 soldiers in the first Islamist militant assault in the country in four years. 550 words moved by Aly Ouattara with Patrick Fort in Abidjan afp
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