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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + China censors Hong Kong internet + Australia locks down millions over virus + Race against time to rescue Japan flood stranded + Brazil's Bolsonaro takes virus test + Johnny Depp's UK libel case opens HongKong-China-politics-technology,WRAP HONG KONG China unveils new powers to censor Hong Kong's internet and access user data using its feared national security law -- but US tech giants have put up some resistance citing rights concerns. 750 words 1000 GMT by Karl Malakunas and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP MELBOURNE, Australia Australia orders millions of people locked down in its second-biggest city to combat a surge in coronavirus cases, as nations across the planet scramble to stop the rampaging pandemic. 600 words moved by AFP Bureaus. Video. Picture. Graphic Japan-weather-rain-flood-climate,WRAP YATSUSHIRO, Japan Emergency services in western Japan are 'racing against time' to rescue people stranded by devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 50 people, as the country braces for more torrential downpours. 650 words moved by Charly Triballeau. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Japan-weather-rain-flood-rafting Health-virus-Brazil-politics,2ndlead BRASILIA Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who has long minimized the risks posed by the coronavirus, says he has been tested after showing symptoms including a fever. 350 words moved. File Picture Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Actor Johnny Depp sues a British tabloid for libel over a claim he was violent towards his ex-wife, Amber Heard, in a case lifting the lid on the private lives of Hollywood stars. 500 words 1200 GMT by Sylvain Peuchmaurd. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-nuclear-incident-Israel,Q&A TEHRAN Accident or Israeli sabotage? A mysterious incident in the early hours of July 2 badly damaged a building at Iran's Natanz nuclear complex and sparked speculation over the cause. Here is what we know. 650 words 1100 GMT Health-virus-Dubai-tourism,FOCUS DUBAI With a "welcome" passport sticker and coronavirus tests on arrival, Dubai reopens its doors to international visitors with hopes of reviving its tourism industry after a nearly four-month closure. 700 words 1000 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi. Picture Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,PROFILE JERUSALEM A fervant supporter of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the US envoy in Jerusalem has emerged as a central figure in the uncertainty surrounding Israel's annexation plans in the Palestinian territory. 700 words moved by Ben Simon. File Picture Yemen-conflict-health-hunger,FOCUS SANAA Yemeni infant Masirah Saqer could barely open her eyes as she struggled to swallow the milk that her grandmother attempted to feed her with a syringe. 650 words moved by Abdel Karim al-Marani with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-heritage-Hama,FOCUS HAMA, Syria On a riverbank in Syria's Hama, Mohammed Sultan tinkers away on a giant water wheel, one of a dwindling number of artisans able to restore the city's ancient wooden landmarks. 600 words moved by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-politics,FOCUS PARIS With a new cabinet full of rightwing stalwarts, French President Emmanuel Macron is betting that his 2022 re-election hopes are best built on a conservative base that wants economic recovery the priority, analysts say. 500 words 1000 GMT by Joseph Schmid. Picture Health-virus-Greek-politics,ANALYSIS ATHENS Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis completes a year in office, riding high in opinion polls, his reputation further enhanced by his government's positive handling of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by John Hadoulis. File picture Health-virus-Finland-agriculture,FOCUS HOLLOLA, Finland Thousands of Finns have answered a desperate call from farmers to save the summer's berry harvest, as coronavirus restrictions have kept many of the usual foreign pickers away. 700 words moved by Sam Kingsley -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-ballet-children,PHOTOESSAY LAGOS A small group of Nigerian girls and boys wearing leotards and leggings limber up at a ballet academy in Lagos aiming to bring classical dance to the city's poor. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Taiwan-China-HongKong-politics,FOCUS TAIPEI The imposition of a sweeping new national security law on Hong Kong has sent shivers through Taiwan, adding to fears that Beijing will focus next on seizing the democratic self-ruled island. 750 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-education-visas,3rdlead WASHINGTON The United States says it will not allow foreign students to remain in the country if all of their classes are moved online in the fall because of the coronavirus crisis. 550 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File picture Dominican-vote-health-virus,WRAP SANTO DOMINGO Opposition candidate Luis Abinader sweeps to victory in the Dominican Republic's presidential election, early results show, ending 16 years of unbroken rule by the Caribbean nation's center-left PLD party after voters braved a worsening coronavirus outbreak to cast their ballots. 650 words moved by Suhelis Tejero. Picture. Video. Graphic Mexico-US-diplomacy,ADVANCER MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador heads to Washington on Wednesday to talk trade with Donald Trump, against the backdrop of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the US leader's bid for re-election. 650 words moved by Jean Arce -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-masks PARIS People who refuse to wear face masks during the coronavirus pandemic should be stigmatised the same as drink drivers, the head of the prestigious Royal Society science journal says. 450 words moved by Patrick Galey -- CLIMATE -- Climate-weather-Russia-Siberia PARIS Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average in June across much of permafrost-laden Siberia, with last month in a dead heat for the warmest June on record globally, the European Union's climate monitoring network says. 500 words moved by Marlowe Hood Climate-environment-gas-investments PARIS Global natural gas capacity under construction has doubled in a year according to new analysis that warns the investment boom in the world's fastest-growing fuel risks a "perfect storm" of climate chaos and stranded assets. 450 words moved by Patrick Galey -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-France-food-restaurant-EiffelTower,INTERVIEW PARIS Ebullient French chef Frederic Anton is having none of the talk of the world not being the same after the coronovirus: the high will continue in his spectacular Eiffel Tower restaurant. 650 words 1100 GMT by Olga Nedbaeva. File picture -- BUSINESS -- SKorea-Samsung-earnings-telecommunication,WRAP SEOUL Samsung Electronics forecasts a 23-percent rise in second-quarter operating profit, with strong demand for memory chips and displays overcoming the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on smartphone sales. 600 words moved. File picture afp
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