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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + 'Black Panther' star Boseman dies of cancer + Berlin police halt protest over virus curbs + Race to replace Japan's premier opens + Banksy-funded rescue ship in Med requests help + Delayed Tour de France starts under virus shadow Entertainment-US-film-Boseman,OBIT LOS ANGELES Chadwick Boseman, the star of the ground-breaking superhero movie "Black Panther," has died from colon cancer at the age of 43. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN German police halt a march by thousands of coronavirus sceptics in Berlin as smaller protests are held in other European cities against virus curbs and masks requirements. 800 words 1600 GMT by Isabelle Le Page. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-politics-Abe,WRAP TOKYO The race to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicks off informally with several contenders announcing their plans to stand, a day after Japan's longest-serving leader announced his resignation. 650 words moved by Shingo Ito and Sara Hussein. Picture Europe-migrants-Britain-Italy-Spain-art,WRAP ROME Two humanitarian ships set off to assist a rescue vessel in the Mediterranean funded by British street artist Banksy, which sent out a distress signal with more than 200 migrants onboard. 600 words moved by Jan Hennop and Herve Bar. Picture Cycling-FRA-Tour-2020 NICE, France The Tour de France sets off from the French Riviera, two months later than planned and under the shadow of a coronavirus pandemic which could still shatter hopes of the world's greatest bike race making it to the Paris finish line in three weeks' time. 600 words at 1630 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest-mass-media MINSK Belarusian authorities withdraw the accreditation of several foreign media journalists, including AFP, ahead of the latest demonstration challenging the results of the presidential election. 450 words moved Sweden-Denmark-Islam-racism-demonstration,2ndlead STOCKHOLM At least 10 people have been arrested, and several police officers injured, in violence which broke out in southern Sweden after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Koran-burning rally. 400 words moved. Pictures -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast-heritage,FOCUS BEIRUT Ever since a monster blast ravaged the arches and high ceiling of his family home in Lebanon's capital, Bassam Bassila says a real estate developer has been hounding him to sell. 800 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Video. Picture -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Mali military rulers postpone their first meeting over the transfer of powers due to "organisational reasons" nearly two weeks after ousting the president in a coup. 450 words 1600 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-politics-march,WRAP WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of protesters demanding an end to racial injustice and police brutality throng the US capital, signaling a renewed groundswell of anger gripping the nation following a white officer's shooting of African-American Jacob Blake. 800 words moved by Charlotte Plantive and Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, New Hampshire US President Donald Trump insults his Democratic challenger Joe Biden as "low-IQ" and barely conscious in a New Hampshire speech reinforcing his strategy of painting himself as the defender of the country against socialist mayhem. 750 words moved by Saul Loeb with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture -- ASIA -- Bhutan-health-virus-tobacco,FOCUS THIMPHU The remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, known for embracing gross national happiness and outlawing television until 1999, has now made the unusual decision to reverse a ban on the sale of tobacco, blaming coronavirus. 400 words moved. Picture Thailand-politics-royals-protest-Rung,FOCUS PATHUM THANI, Thailand When university student Rung calmly read out 10 demands to reform Thailand's monarchy before thousands of protesters at a pro-democracy rally this month, she defied the country's biggest political taboo. 700 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-health-virus-drugs-opium,FOCUS JALALABAD, Afghanistan Afghans pushed out of work by the coronavirus pandemic after businesses and schools were shuttered have turned to opium cultivation for cash during this year's poppy harvest. 550 words moved by Noorullah Shirzada with Rasheed Durrani in Kandahar. Picture. Video TORAJA, Indonesia Indonesia-culture-death,PHOTOESSAY Families in a mountainous community on Indonesia's Sulawesi island dig up their mummified relatives every three years, clean them and dress them in their favourite clothes to honour their spirits. 250 words moved. Picture afp
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