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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Contact: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + $1mn bail for US officer charged with Floyd murder + New York begins emerging from coronavirus lockdown + Pandemic sparked worst economic shock in 150 years + Prince Andrew denies stonewalling US Epstein probe + Britain criticizes toppling of slave trader statue US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Bail is set at $1 million for the white Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd as hundreds of mourners pay their respects in Houston to the African-American whose death has sparked sweeping protests for racial justice in the United States and beyond. 800 words 2000 GMT by Joy Powell, Diane Desobeau and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK New York City -- the epicenter of America's coronavirus outbreak -- begins partially reopening its shattered economy following almost three months of lockdown, as the World Health Organization warns the situation is "worsening" worldwide. 800 words 2130 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-WorldBank-economy-recession WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic inflicted a "swift and massive shock" that has caused the broadest collapse of the global economy since 1870 despite unprecedented government support, the World Bank said. 550 words 1830 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture Britain-US-justice-royals-Epstein-Andrew,lead LONDON Britain's Prince Andrew hits back at claims he failed to cooperate with US authorities investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 500 words moved US-politics-race-protest-Britain-history,3rdlead LONDON The British government denounces the toppling of a statue to a slave trader during anti-racism protests, urging campaigners to use democratic means for change rather than criminality. 650 words moved by Alice Ritchie. File picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-race-unrest-Floyd,FOCUS HOUSTON Mallory Jackson first met George Floyd in a high school English class in Houston's Third Ward. He remembers him as great at sports, funny and kind. Jackson has not eaten or slept much since watching images of his old friend dying under a policeman's knee. 600 words 2000 GMT by Julia Benarrous. Picture. Video US-politics-unrest-race-police,FOCUS WASHINGTON US police are now on trial for abuses, especially against African Americans, after years of impunity. 800 words 2130 GMT by Charlotte Plantice. Picture. Health-virus-Brazil-data-politics,FOCUS SAO PAULO Critics accuse President Jair Bolsonaro of trying to cover up the spiralling coronavirus death toll in Brazil, after his government first stopped reporting the total number of fatalities, then released contradictory figures. 600 words 2000 GMT by Paula Ramon. File picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-WHO GENEVA The World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic situation is worsening around the globe, as it warns against complacency. 550 words moved by Robin Millard. Video Health-virus-study-lockdown PARIS Lockdowns prevented around 3.1 million deaths in 11 European countries, according to a new modelling study, as most nations tiptoe out of the strict measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus. 550 words moved by Kelly Macnamara Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON Britain introduces a two-week quarantine for most people arriving from abroad to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus, sparking condemnation from the ailing aviation sector, which claims it could cost tens of thousands of jobs. 650 words 2000 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Already moved: Health-virus-Britain-quarantine,SCENE -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-education-schools,SCENE TEMBISA, South Africa Eleven weeks after they were closed to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, schools in South Africa partially reopen, taking in just final year primary and high school students. 650 words moved by Beatrice Debut. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-US-prisoners,WRAP TEHRAN An Iranian scientist returns home from an American jail after Tehran freed a US Navy veteran in what the Islamic republic says is a prisoner swap of the kind it hopes can be repeated between the arch-enemies. 680 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-health-pandemic,VIDEOESSAY DUBAI In a war-ravaged country now battling coronavirus, one Yemeni doctor is dispensing medical advice from his car, gathering a large social media following along the way. 400 words. Video. Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-unrest-anniversary HONG KONG Hong Kong on Tuesday marks a year since pro-democracy protests erupted, but a resumption of city-wide unrest is unlikely as activists reel from mass arrests, coronavirus bans on public gatherings and a looming national security law. 550 words 2100 GMT by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor Health-virus-India,lead NEW DELHI Malls and temples open across India after a 10-week lockdown, despite a record daily rise in new cases and predictions that the epidemic will worsen for weeks to come. 600 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Video. Picture -- ECONOMY AND BUSINESS -- Health-virus-Britain-energy-layoffs-BP,2ndlead LONDON British energy giant BP is to axe "close to 10,000" jobs, or almost 15 percent of its global workforce, after the coronavirus pandemic slashes demand for oil. 450 words moved by Ben Perry SKorea-economy-telecommunication-corruption-merger,WRAP SEOUL A South Korean court declines to issue an arrest warrant for the heir to South Korea's Samsung empire over a controversial merger of two business units seen as a key step to his succession, Yonhap news agency reports. 600 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Athletics-doping-corruption-Diack-trial,WRAP PARIS The former anti-doping chief of athletics' world governing body tells a French court that Lamine Diack urged him to bend the rules on Russian doping cases to avoid "a scandal" that would scare off sponsors. 600 words moved by Andrea Bambino. Picture. Video RugbyU-health-virus-Super-NZL,2ndlead WELLINGTON Fans will be allowed to fill stadiums when top-flight rugby resumes in New Zealand this weekend, organisers say, hailing the move as a world first after professional sport's coronavirus shutdown. 550 words moved -- LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-France-fashion-Chanel PARIS Chanel may bring down the curtain on its ultra-spectacular Paris fashion shows, hints designer Virginie Viard as she unveils its first collection since the coronavirus crisis. 550 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture Health-virus-Switzerland-art ZURICH Art Basel, the world's biggest contemporary art fair, cancels the 2020 edition in Switzerland due to the coronavirus pandemic, denting its parent company on the stock exchange. 350 words moved afp
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