Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Global record for daily virus infections + Anti-govt protests grip Russia's Far East + Hurricane bears down on virus-hit Texas + Clashes in US amid 'surge' of federal agents + Fleetwood Mac legend Peter Green dead at 73 Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The world sets a new record for the highest daily increase in coronavirus infections, as a survey shows governments are fast losing support for their handling of the pandemic. 800 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-toll,FACTS Russia-protest-opposition-trial,WRAP KHABAROVSK, Russia Huge anti-government demonstrations erupt in Russia's Far East over the arrest of a popular governor who was replaced this week by a Kremlin appointee who never lived in the fraught region. 750 words 2000 GMT. Picture. Video US-weather-hurricane-Hanna-Texas,WRAP HOUSTON Texas, already struggling with a surge in coronavirus cases, braces for the first Atlantic hurricane of 2020, with meteorologists warning of heavy rain, storm surge and potentially life-threatening flash flooding. 500 words 2200 GMT by Julia Bennarous. Picture Video US-unrest-Portland-protest,WRAP PORTLAND Police and federal agents fire tear gas and forcefully disperse protesters in the US city of Portland as President Donald Trump deploys federal agents to major cities in a heavily-criticized "surge." 500 words 2000 GMT by Angnes Bun. Picture. Video Britain-music-FleetwoodMac-Green,lead LONDON Blues legend Peter Green, the highly influential guitarist who co-founded British rock giants Fleetwood Mac, has died at the age of 73, his family's legal representatives announces. 350 words 2000 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Congress-rights-JohnLewis,WRAP WASHINGTON A memorial service in Alabama for John Lewis kicks off days of tributes to the revered civil rights leader and congressman, including the high honor of lying in state at the US Capitol. 500 words 2030 GMT by Brian Knowlton US-unrest-Portland-protest-Moms-Dads,FOCUS PORTLAND, Oregon Bev Barnum never imagined what she was setting in motion when she posted a message online last week after coming across a video of federal officers in Portland, Oregon, pulling a protester into an unmarked car. 650 words moved by Emily Gillespie. Picture. Video Also moved: US-unrest-Portland-protest,SCENE UN-US-Portland-unrest-rights Also moving: US-unrest-Portland-protest US-politics-vote-100days-Democrats-VP,FOCUS WASHINGTON With the White House campaign heading into its coronavirus-hobbled home stretch, Democratic nominee Joe Biden is preparing to announce his vice presidential running mate, a woman likely to play an outsize role in a new administration. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture. File video US-politics-society-racism-LGBTQ,FOCUS NEW YORK Energized by the US's massive anti-racism protests, history-making progressives from New York -- young, black, Latino and gay -- want to shake up Congress's status quo when they are likely elected in November. 750 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Norway-Arctic-weather-climate OSLO Norway's Arctic archipelago Svalbard has recorded its highest-ever temperature, the country's meteorological institute reports. 300 words moved. File picture Britain-royals-Harry-Meghan LONDON Prince Harry and wife Meghan blame "viper" courtiers' for widening their rift with Britain's royal family, according to extracts from a new book. 300 words moved. File picture Norway-US-entertainment-Elvis-offbeat OSLO A Norwegian Elvis Presley impersonator sets a world record by singing the legendary entertainer's songs for more than 50 hours straight in an online competition. 250 words moved. Picture -- ASIA -- US-China-politics-diplomacy CHENGDU, China Workers remove the US insignia from the consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu, a day after Beijing ordered its closure as relations deteriorate in a Cold War-style standoff. 500 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Australia-China-diplomacy-conflict-US SYDNEY Australia rejects Beijing's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the United Nations, aligning itself more closely with Washington in the escalating row. 400 words moved -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-conflict-Darfur,WRAP KHARTOUM Gunmen killed at least 20 people, including children, who were visiting their farms in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region for the first time in years, a tribal chief says. 600 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali Iran-Egypt-politics-history,FACTS PARIS On July 27, 1980, the former Shah of Iran died of cancer while in exile in Cairo, 17 months after being driven out by his country's Islamic Revolution. Here is an account, based on AFP reports. 700 words moved by Benedicte Rey. File picture -- AFRICA -- C.Africa-vote-unrest BANGUI Controversial former Central African Republic head of state Francois Bozize announces he is running in the December presidential election, a high-risk vote in a country ravaged by civil war since his ouster in 2013. 550 words moved. File picture. Video. Zimbabwe-politics-diplomacy-protest-arrest HARARE Zimbabwe defends the arrests of an investigative journalist and an opposition leader, claiming the pair had been plotting to "overthrow the government" with the backing of the United States and other "foreign powers". 500 words moved -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-health-virus,WRAP Suzhou, China Wuhan Zall were given a guard of honour on the way to victory and medical staff from the city were applauded as Chinese football made a poignant return following a long delay because of coronavirus. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture afp