Duty Editor: Simon Morgan Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + US health official raises doubt about China, Russia vaccines + Trump says to ban app TikTok from United States + Media scion James Murdoch quits News Corp board + US teen charged as 'mastermind' in Twitter hack + Beyonce delights fans with album 'Black Is King' Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON America's top infectious diseases official raises concerns over the safety of COVID-19 vaccines being developed by China and Russia as the world scrambles for answers to a pandemic the WHO warns will be felt for decades. 650 words moved. Picture. Graphic US-China-politics-TikTok,2ndlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he will bar fast-growing social media app TikTok from the United States as American authorities have raised concerns the service could be a tool for Chinese intelligence. 500 words moved US-media-television-management,WRAP NEW YORK Former 21st Century Fox chief executive James Murdoch, the son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, resigns from News Corp's board citing clashes over editorial content. 400 words 0930 GMT. US-IT-crime-hacking-Twitter,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Criminal charges are filed against the suspected teenage mastermind of an epic Twitter hack and two others who allegedly helped hijack celebrity accounts to swindle people out of more than $100,000 in a cryptocurrency scheme. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman with Leila Macor in Miami Entertainment-US-music-video-Beyonce-Disney NEW YORK Pop royalty Beyonce releases her much-hyped visual album "Black Is King," an aesthetically ambitious video billed as a companion to her 2019 album of songs inspired by Disney's live-action remake of "The Lion King." 550 words moved. File picture -- EUROPE -- France-Italy-Banksy-theft-investigation,FOCUS PARIS A stolen cutter, CCTV footage, phone taps, loose-tongued suspects... this is how an artwork by famed street artist Banksy painted on the door of the Bataclan club in Paris was discovered in Italy 18 months after being stolen. 600 words 0930 GMT by Katell Prigent. File picture. File video Health-virus-Spain-EU-migrants,FOCUS LEPE, Spain Lamine Diakite has been on the street for two weeks since the Spanish shantytown he was staying in burnt down, one of hundreds of fruit pickers abandoned as virus cases soar. 600 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Picture. Video Russia-politics-rights-demonstration-investigation,FOCUS KHABAROVSK, Russia Locals say a struggle for democratic freedoms is unfolding in the far eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk, where the arrest of a popular governor has unleashed massive protests. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Italy-migrants-politics-Tunisia-refugee,FOCUS LAMPEDUSA, Italy Out in the Mediterranean, under a baking sun, fisherman Ezio Billeci comes across a boat of vulnerable migrants and calls for help, but for hours the only response he gets from Italian authorities is to "stand by". 700 words moved by Andrea Bernardi with Ella Ide and Alexandria Sage in Rome. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Trump-Portland-demonstration,WRAP WASHINGTON US federal officers will stay in the protest-wracked city of Portland until local law enforcement officials finish a "cleanup of anarchists and agitators," President Donald Trump says. 550 words moved. Video. Live Video US-Bahamas-weather-hurricane,WRAP MIAMI Hurricane Isaias lashes the Bahamas as it churns toward Florida, bringing new dangers to a US state suffering record deaths from an unrelenting coronavirus outbreak. 500 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video. Graphic US-Britain-crime-Epstein-Maxwell,WRAP NEW YORK A New York court unseals emails revealing that disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein tried to reassure accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell by telling her she had "done nothing wrong." 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture Health-virus-US-economy-politics-aid WASHINGTON Jobless Americans are set to become poorer when extra unemployment payments expire, after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on extending them despite mounting signs of a severe economic downturn. 600 words moved by Chris Stein. File picture. Graphic US-China-rights-sanction-Xinjiang,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States imposes sanctions on a major paramilitary group with vast interests in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, accusing it of facilitating widespread abuses against Uighur Muslims. 550 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- MIDDLE EAST -- UAE-nuclear-energy,WRAP ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates announces the startup of its Barakah nuclear power plant, a first for the Arab world. 500 words 0930 GMT. File picture Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,FOCUS MECCA, Saudi Arabia A smaller carbon footprint, less waste and more environmentally friendly -- this year's pilgrimage to Mecca, dramatically scaled down due to coronavirus, has opened up the prospect of a "green hajj". 700 words moved. Picture. -- AFRICA -- Somalia-livestock-exports-religion-economy,FOCUS MOGADISHU The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca is a time for celebration, not least among Somalia's livestock herders and traders who export millions of livestock to feed pilgrims. 700 words moved by Mustafa Haji Abdinur. Picture. Video DRCongo-unrest-shooting,WRAP BUKAVU, DR Congo A drunken soldier in DR Congo's troubled east opens fire on passers-by, killing at least 13 people including a two-year-old girl and seven women. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- HongKong-politics HONG KONG Hong Kong's arrest warrants for activists overseas show that exile and foreign nationality are no protection against the city's sweeping national security law, one of the targeted dissidents warns. 400 words moved Taiwan-fashion-offbeat,FOCUS TAICHUNG, Taiwan Taiwan's trendiest couple these days are neither young celebrities nor teen influencers -- they are an octogenarian duo who run a mom-and-pop laundry service and have become an online sensation by modelling abandoned clothes. 600 words moved by Amber Wang. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-film-people-Parker,WRAP LONDON Alan Parker, who juggled genres and celebrated music with hits such as "Bugsy Malone", "The Commitments" and "Evita", has died at the age of 76. 700 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. File picture afp