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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US to charge all four cops in Floyd killing + WHO to resume trials on disputed COVID drug + New suspect emerges in McCann disappearance + Hong Kong to lead worldwide Tiananmen vigils + Snapchat: Trump inciting 'racial violence' US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Authorities are expected to charge three policemen over the death of an African American that ignited days of violent protest nationwide and up the charges against the officer primarily responsible. 800 words 2100 GMT by Joy Powell and Chris Lefkow. Photo. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization says it will resume using a controversial drug in coronavirus trials, while Italy led European nations reopening borders even as the pandemic carved its deadly path through Latin America. 700 words 2200 GMT by Robin Millard with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Moved: Health-virus-Italy-tourism Germany-Britain-police-missing-McCann,WRAP BERLIN German police reveal they have identified a new suspect in the mysterious disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in 2007, saying that the 43-year-old man may have killed her. 600 words 2000 GMT by Hui Min Neo and Joe Jackson in London. Video China-HongKong-politics-unrest-Tiananmen HONG KONG Hong Kong will lead global remembrance of China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, with people lighting candles in neighbourhoods across the restless city after authorities banned a mass vigil because of the coronavirus. 600 words 2100 GMT by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Graphic US-politics-race-IT-Snapchat,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Snapchat becomes the latest social network seeking to curb the reach of inflammatory comments by US President Donald Trump, claiming the president has been inciting "racial violence." 600 words 2000 GMT by Glenn Chapman -- US CIVIL UNREST -- US-politics-race-unrest-Minneapolis,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis is sometimes called the Mini-Apple because it has a happy, ethnically diverse, New York City kind of vibe. But the death of George Floyd while in police custody is forcing the city to take a painful look at its deep-seated racial inequality. 600 words moved by Charlotte Plaintive US-politics-race-unrest-LosAngeles,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Protests across Los Angeles have stirred up painful memories of the city's notorious Rodney King and Watts race riots, when African-American anger over police brutality resulted in deadly clashes. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video US-politics-race-unrest-protesters,PROFILE MINNEAPOLIS Tens of thousands of people, from all ethnic and demographic groups, have taken to streets in cities across the United States to demand an end to police brutality. AFP profiles some of them. 800 words moved by Charlotte Plantive, with Paul Handley in Washington, Laura Bonilla in New York and Leila Macor in Miami. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-China-diplomacy-aviation WASHINGTON The United States ordered the suspension of all flights by Chinese airlines into and out of the country after Beijing failed to allow American carriers to resume service to China. 500 words 2030 GMT File picture. -- EUROPE -- France-unrest-police-US-racism PARIS The French government vows to punish any police racism and urges calm after thousands took to the streets in a tense rally remembering the death of a black man in police custody that echoed anger over the killing of George Floyd in the US. 550 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video US-politics-race-unrest-Britain,lead LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemns the killing of George Floyd by police in the US but declines to say whether he had spoken about the issue with key ally Donald Trump. 600 words moved by Joe Jackson and Charlotte Durand. Picture. Video Spain-crime-arrest-ritual MADRID A porn star has been arrested on manslaughter charges following a man's death during a mystic ritual in which he inhaled psychedelic toad venom, Spanish police say. 250 words moved -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's unity government reseizes the capital Tripoli's international airport, held since 2019 by rival forces backing Khalifa Haftar, the latest in a string of defeats for the eastern-based military commander. 500 words 2000 GMT Sudan-politics-protest,WRAP KHARTOUM Sudanese protesters take to the streets of Khartoum, angrily demanding justice for scores of pro-democracy demonstrators killed a year ago in a bloody crackdown. 720 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict,lead JERUSALEM Most Israelis think their government's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank will spark a Palestinian uprising but around half favour going ahead anyway, a poll shows. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-genocide-France-court,WRAP PARIS A Paris appeals court rules that Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, arrested in France after evading police in several countries for 25 years, should be handed over to a UN tribunal in Tanzania to stand trial. 650 words moved by Benjamin Legendre. File picture. File video. Sketch Also moved: Rwanda-genocide-France-court-Kabuga,FOCUS Health-virus-Senegal,2ndlead DAKAR Protests tinged by violence have broken out in four Senegalese towns over a night-time anti-coronavirus curfew, prompting an appeal for calm by a major Muslim leader. 500 words 2100 GMT -- ASIA -- China-HongKong-Britain-politics-unrest-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING China warns Britain that interfering in Hong Kong will backfire, after the former colonial power vowed to give sanctuary to locals who may flee the city if a controversial security law is passed. 800 words moved by Beiyi Seow India-weather-cyclone-health-virus,4thlead MUMBAI Two people are reported dead as coronavirus-hit Mumbai appears to escape the worst of Cyclone Nisarga, the first severe storm to threaten India's financial capital in more than 70 years. 650 words moved by Vishal Manve and Ammu Kannampilly. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS -- US-economy-entertainment-music-stocks-IPO,WRAP NEW YORK Warner Music Group, one of the globe's "big three" recording companies, raises more than $1.9 billion in an initial public offering that underscores how streaming has reinvigorated the industry. 600 words moved by Maggy Donaldson -- HEALTH & SCIENCE -- Health-virus-study-hydroxychloroquine-chloroquine,lead PARIS The WHO announces the resumption of its hydroxychloroquine trials after The Lancet cast doubt over a large-scale study it published last month that led to a temporary suspension of testing of the drug. 750 words moved by Paul Ricard and Kelly Macnamara afp
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