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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump rebuked for activists' forceful removal + France reopens cafes as virus surges in LatAm + Global economy facing huge losses: World Bank + Shelved F1 to resume July behind closed doors + High society: ancient Israelites were potheads US-politics-race-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON Violence and looting spread to more US cities as President Donald Trump faces heated criticism for using force outside the White House to dispel peaceful demonstrators against racial injustice. 1,000 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Pictures. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-race-media-Australia,2ndlead Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The French revel in a return to cafe life as Europe emerges from its darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic to face an economic crisis while Latin America remains in the deadly grip an infection surge. 900 words 2230 GMT by Marie Elena Bucheli with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video. Videographic Health-virus-economy-WorldBank WASHINGTON The global economy is facing "staggeringly large" losses and the recovery effort is hampered by a shortage of resources to make up for the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, World Bank President David Malpass says. 650 words moved by Heather Scott. File picture Auto-Prix-health-virus,WRAP PARIS The curtailed Formula One season will start with two races behind closed doors in Austria on July 5 and July 12 followed by six other grands prix in Europe, the organisers announce. 600 words moved. File picture Israel-archaeology-cannabis-religion JERUSALEM It's highly likely ancient Israelites got high on cannabis in religious rituals, say researchers who have found traces of the drug at a religious site in Israel. 250 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-race-police-army-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Accused of being used by Donald Trump for political purposes, the Pentagon distances itself from the the US president after the deployment of military reinforcements around the White House. 700 words 2200 GMT by Sylvie Lantaume US-politics-race-unrest-solidarity,FOCUS WASHINGTON They are images that surprised and moved Americans: police chiefs and cops taking a knee as they side with protesters staging the worst civil unrest in decades. 600 words 1930 GMT by Daniel Woolls. Picture. Video Health-virus-police-racism,FOCUS WASHINGTON Thousands protesting at close quarters, shouting demands and coughing violently when hit by tear gas: experts fear demonstrations roiling the US could reignite the spread of coronavirus. 700 words 2100 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture US-politics-race-media,FOCUS WASHINGTON A wave of attacks on journalists covering US protests over police misconduct is driving growing anxiety in the media, with some blaming President Donald Trump for creating an atmosphere that encourages violence. 550 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever US-politics-race-unrest-business-health,FOCUS NEW YORK As the US grapples with an escalating racial justice crisis on top of a public health emergency, Corporate America faces calls to go beyond reassuring PR touting diversity. 650 words moved by Luc Olinga US-politics-race-unrest-business-restaurants,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, United States The Fehrenkamp brothers were excited to reopen their pub's outdoor seating when Minneapolis would begin easing coronavirus pandemic restrictions -- but then protesters set their restaurant ablaze. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-unrest-police-US-racism,lead PARIS Thousands of people defy a ban to protest in Paris over the death of a young black man in French police custody in 2016, using slogans that echoed the protest movement raging in the US. 600 words 1930 GMT by Romain Fonsegrives. Picture. Video Health-virus-France,3rdlead PARIS French cafes and restaurants reopen their doors as the country takes its latest step out of coronavirus lockdown, with clients seizing the chance to bask on sunny terraces after 10 weeks of closures to fight the outbreak. 700 words moved by Maria Elena Bucheli. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-France-restaurants,SCENE Austria-Nazi-Hitler-history-police VIENNA Austrian officials unveil plans to "neutralise" Adolf Hitler's birth house by turning it into a police station, with the building receiving some cosmetic changes in the process. 400 words moved. Picture -- MIDEAST -- Health-virus-Yemen-Saudi-aid,WRAP RIYADH The UN raises only around half the required $2.41 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen, ravaged by war and coronavirus, at a donor conference hosted by Saudi Arabia in the sixth year of its military intervention. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra Also moved: Yemen-conflict,FACTS Israel-archaeology-Judaism-history JERUSALEM DNA research on the Dead Sea Scrolls has revealed not all of the ancient manuscripts came from the desert landscape where they were discovered. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Qatar-diplomacy-Saudi-Gulf-internet,FOCUS DOHA A Twitter video has spread quickly claiming to show a coup in Qatar, apparently boosted by automated zombie accounts ahead of Friday's third anniversary of a bitter feud between Doha and its Gulf neighbours. 900 words moved by Gregory Walton. Video Qatar-diplomacy-Saudi-Gulf,CHRONO Qatar-diplomacy-Saudi-Gulf-health-virus,FOCUS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-shooting,FOCUS JERUSALEM Iyad Hallak, a Palestininan with autism, passed Israeli police each day to reach his special needs school in Jerusalem's Old City. Last week an officer shot him dead, leaving his family searching for answers. 800 word moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Photo. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-housing,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Thanks to the pandemic, 70 families have been relocated from their makeshift tents on a hilly outskirt of Johannesburg to wooden cottages nearby -- free of charge. 900 words moved by Philippe Alfroy. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-blast,WRAP KABUL A well-known imam and a worshipper are killed in a prayer-time bombing at a popular mosque in Kabul's fortified Green Zone, officials say. 600 words moved by Emal Haidary. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-Bangladesh-refugee-Myanmar DHAKA A 71-year-old man has become the first Rohingya living in vast refugee camps in Bangladesh to die from the coronavirus, an official says. 700 words moved by Shafiqul Alam -- CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-environment-forests-livestock-Brazil-Indonesia-Australia,lead PARIS Vast tracts of pristine rainforest on three continents went up in smoke last year, with an area roughly the size of Switzerland cut down or burned to make way for cattle and commercial crops, researchers say. 700 words moved by Marlowe Hood. File picture. Graphic afp
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