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| - Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Australian city under curfew as S. Africa cases spike + SpaceX Crew Dragon craft leaves ISS headed to Earth + Isaias set to strengthen as storm heads for Florida + Arsenal beat Chelsea for record 14th FA Cup victory Health-virus,WRAP MELBOURNE Australia's second largest city declares a state of disaster, imposing an overnight curfew to halt the spread of virus cases, as South Africa's infection count tops more than half a million. 650 words moved. Picture. Video US-space-NASA-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft undocks from the International Space Station, beginning its journey back to Earth with two US astronauts on board, pushing ahead with their return despite a storm threatening Florida. 400 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File picture US-Bahamas-weather-hurricane MIAMI Florida braced for hurricane conditions Sunday, with forecasters warning tropical storm Isaias could strengthen before slamming into the state, which is already struggling with the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video. Graphic fbl-ENG-Cup-Arsenal-Chelsea,2ndlead LONDON Mikel Arteta hopes Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will stay at Arsenal to lead the Gunners to more success after scoring twice to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the FA Cup final. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture Also moved: fbl-ENG-FACup-Arsenal-Chelsea-Lampard,REAX fbl-ENG-Cup-Arsenal-Chelsea-Aubameyang-Arteta,REAX fbl-ENG-FACup-Arsenal-Chelsea-Threethings -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain-tourism-Ibiza,FOCUS IBIZA, Balearic Islands, Spain On the largely-empty beach at Figueretas on Ibiza, social distancing isn't hard to do. Here, bar terraces are sparsely populated and the shutters of apartments overlooking them are mostly closed. 700 words moved by Thomas Perroteau. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-China-politics-internet-TikTok-merger,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Negotiations for Microsoft to buy the US operations of Chinese-owned TikTok are on hold after President Donald Trump threatened to bar the social media app and came out against the sale, the Wall Street Journal reports. 600 words moved by Julie Jammot US-politics-vote-Biden-VP WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has promised to soon reveal his running mate. And as the suspense builds over who Biden will choose to be on the ticket for November's election, this much is known -- it will be a woman. 800 words moved by Elodie Cuzin and Chris Lefkow. File picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-Biden-VP,Q&A US-politics-vote-Biden-VP-candidates,POINTS Health-virus-Canada-tourism,PHOTOESSAY MONTREAL Stripped of the crowds of visitors that usually flock to its sights, from the Grand Prix to its renowned festivals, Montreal is trying to reinvent itself during the coronavirus pandemic and salvage what is left of its summer. 550 words moved by Jacques Lemieux. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-restaurants,FOCUS LOS ANGELES For Gabriel Gordon and his wife Lena, the small restaurant they opened 14 years ago in the coastal California town of Seal Beach was a dream project and the cornerstone of their future success. 750 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-transport,FOCUS NEW YORK Long associated with narrow, cobbled streets in Europe and congested Asian megacities, scooters are now becoming a common sight in car-loving America as commuters shun public transport because of the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Thomas Urbain and Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia,lead MELBOURNE Australia imposes an overnight curfew on its second-biggest city and bans people from moving more than five kilometres from home in a bid to control a growing coronavirus outbreak that is infecting hundreds daily. 600 words moved. Picture China-economy-employment-health-virus,FOCUS ZHENGZHOU, China Biology student Ma Jingjing wanders the hall of a job fair in central China among other Chinese youngsters hoping to find work in an economy crushed by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Lebanon-conflict-army,FOCUS JERUSALEM Harsh public rhetoric from Israeli officials and the Lebanese group Hezbollah points to further conflict after border unrest this week, but both sides may actually be seeking to avoid escalation, experts say. 700 words 1300 GMT by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Egypt-internet-women,FOCUS CAIRO Egyptian social media has become a new and dangerous battleground for women's rights after young TikTok influencers were jailed while a resurgent #MeToo movement decries male sexual violence. 670 words 1300 GMT by Farid Farid. File picture Health-virus-Iraq-hospitals,FOCUS KUT, Iraq Iraqi midwife Umm Mariam used to help bring three babies into the world per day. But with mothers-to-be avoiding pandemic-hit hospitals, she now delivers twice that number in her makeshift home clinic. 700 words moved by Ali Allaq with Salam Faraj in Baghdad. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica,2ndlead JOHANNESBURG South Africa registers more than 500,000 cases of coronavirus, the health ministry announces, making it by far the hardest-hit country in Africa. 450 words moved. File picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-USA-Open-AUS-Kyrgios,lead SYDNEY An emotional Nick Kyrgios pulls out of the US Open for "the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have lost their lives", while pleading with players who attend to not be selfish and act responsibly. 550 words moved by Martin Parry afp
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