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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Contact: daniel.lawler@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus already in Italy in December: scientists + US marks end of slavery amid racism tensions + Trump bid to block bombshell book goes to court + China charges two Canadians with spying + 'Lord of the Rings' star Ian Holm dies Health-virus,WRAP BRUSSELS Scientists say coronavirus was already present in sewage in two large Italian cities as far back as December, as EU leaders debate a giant rescue plan for the disease-hit economy. 850 words 1600 GMT by Alex Pigman with Ella Ide in Rome and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video US-racism-politics-Juneteenth,WRAP WASHINGTON Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery are held around the United States with the holiday taking on added significance this year following sweeping nationwide protests for racial justice. 700 words 1530 GMT by Michael Mathes and Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video US-politics-Trump-book-court,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's last-ditch bid to stop former top aide John Bolton's book from publication goes to court even though much of the damning contents, painting the president as corrupt and incompetent, are already in the headlines. 500 words 1500 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture China-Canada-diplomacy-espionage,WRAP BEIJING China has formally charged two Canadians with spying, officials say, more than 18 months after they were arrested in a spat between Beijing and Ottawa. 650 words moved. File picture. File video. Also moved: China-Canada-diplomacy,CHRONO Britain-film-Holm,lead LONDON Oscar-nominated British actor Ian Holm, famed for his roles in Hollywood blockbusters "Lord of the Rings" and "Alien", has died aged 88, his agent says. 450 words 1430 GMT by David Harding. File Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-China-Europe,lead BEIJING China has launched a nationwide campaign to inspect food imports after a new coronavirus outbreak emerged at a wholesale market in Beijing, with experts suggesting it shares similarities to European strains. 600 words moved Health-virus-China-vaccines,FOCUS SHENYANG Inside one of the Chinese labs racing to create a coronavirus vaccine, researchers work weekends, lab monkeys are in short supply and plans are being made for human trials abroad. 600 words moved by Qian Ye and Matthew Knight. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-racism-UN-rights,lead GENEVA The UN top human rights body adopts a resolution condemning structural racism and police brutality, but only after the text is revised to remove specific mention of the United States. 650 words 1500 GMT by Nina Larson. Picture. Video US-politics-racism-history-Tulsa,FOCUS TULSA, Oklahoma A century after Tulsa, Oklahoma saw one of the worst racial massacres in US history, many here feel President Donald Trump is awakening old wounds by choosing the city for his first re-election rally since the coronavirus pandemic started. 600 words 1500 by Laurent Banguet. Picutre. Video Also moving: US-politics-racism-history-Tulsa,FACTS Also moved: US-racism-Confederacy-statues-protest,SCENE -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-EU-economy BRUSSELS EU leaders launch a diplomatic dash to bridge differences over how to raise and then distribute a major recovery fund to revive a European economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video France-religion-court-rights-terrorism,lead PARIS France's highest constitutional authority has scrapped a new offence that could see people jailed and fined heavily for downloading content that can be interpreted as an apology for terrorism. 600 words moved by Anne-Sophie Lasserre Britain-Pakistan-unrest-education LONDON Nobel Prize-winning activist Malala Yousafzai, who moved to Britain after being shot for campaigning for girls' education in Pakistan, describes her joy at graduating from Oxford University. 250 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- UN-Iran-nuclear,WRAP VIENNA The board of governors at the UN's nuclear watchdog passes a resolution critical of Iran, the first of its kind since 2012, as tension mounts over Tehran's nuclear programme. 650 words 1600 GMT by Jastinder Khera. File Picture Algeria-politics-protest-health-virus,FOCUS ALGIERS Algeria has intensified a crackdown on the "Hirak" protest movement, targeting social media users, in a bid to prevent a return to mass demonstrations once coronavirus curbs are lifted. 600 words 1430 GMT by Amal Belalloufi and Philippe Agret. File picture. Israel-Arab-women-surfing,VIDEO ESSAY JISR AL-ZARQA, Israel Standing barefoot on an Israeli beach, Hamama Jarban blows her whistle and watches her students race towards the water clutching their colourful surfboards. 600 words by Majeda el-Batsh -- ASIA -- Australia-security-politics-IT,4thlead SYDNEY Australia's prime minister says his country is under cyberattack from a "state-based actor" targeting public services, government and businesses, with suspicions falling on China. 700 words moved by Andrew Beatty India-China-conflict,lead NEW DELHI China has freed 10 Indian soldiers seized in a deadly high-altitude border clash in the Himalayas ahead of fresh talks to ease tensions between the world's two most populous nations, officials say. 450 words moved China-HongKong-politics-censorship HONG KONG Hong Kong's oldest political satire show airs its final episode against a backdrop of pro-democracy unrest and fears that an incoming anti-subversion law will help Beijing trammel local freedoms. 450 words moved. Picture NZealand-police-crime-shooting,2ndlead WELLINGTON An unarmed New Zealand policeman is shot and killed on an Auckland street, becoming the first officer to die on duty for more than a decade in the normally peaceful South Pacific nation. 400 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Kenya-Ethiopia-agriculture-locusts-environment,FOCUS NAIROBI East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts, with billions of the destructive insects about to hatch and threaten food supplies in a region already reeling from damaging rains and the coronavirus pandemic. 800 words moved by Marion Douet. File picture. File video -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- Germany-finance-Wirecard-fraud,WRAP FRANKFURT The founder and chief executive of scandal-hit Wirecard resigns after fresh fraud allegations leave the German payments provider struggling for survival. 600 words moved by Jean-Philippe Lacour. File picture Health-virus-aviation-environment,Q&A PARIS The aviation industry has long been under pressure to reduce pollution, and while airlines have taken a financial wallop from the coronavirus crisis it may not stop a greening of the skies. 850 words moved by Sonia Wolf and Mathieu Rabechault Health-virus-economy-environment,INTERVIEW PARIS Business as usual is not an option once the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, according to Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz, who wants new climate-laced metrics to measure growth beyond the blunt instrument of GDP. 650 words moved by Manon Billig -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-BobDylan,WRAP NEW YORK US folk and rock legend Bob Dylan releases his first album of original songs in eight years with the 10-track "Rough and Rowdy Ways." 600 words 1530 GMT by Peter Hutchison. File picture Spain-literature-Ruiz-Zafon,2ndlead BARCELONA Leading Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafon, who scored an international hit with his Barcelona-based mystery "The Shadow of the Wind", has died at the age of 55, his publishing house says. 400 words moved. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-FRA-Ligue1-PSG-BRA-Neymar-justice BARCELONA Neymar must pay 6.7 million euros to Barcelona, a Spanish court orders after the Paris Saint-Germain player's case against his former employer is dismissed. 550 words moved. File picture Tennis-WTA-CHN-health-virus-Wuhan,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI Staging the Wuhan Open later this year will send a powerful message about the city's recovery from coronavirus and have an impact that stretches beyond tennis, the tournament's co-director says. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture afp
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