Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO says Europe facing virus upsurge + DR Congo declares Ebola epidemic over + Hamas warns Israel over annexation plans + Eiffel Tower opens after three-month closure + Liverpool hope for title glory after 30 years Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The World Health Organization warns that the coronavirus is surging again in Europe as many countries emerge from lockdown, while the disease continues its rampage through the Americas. 750 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video DRCongo-health-Ebola,WRAP KINSHASA DR Congo officially declares an end to an Ebola epidemic that broke out in the east of the troubled country two years ago and went on to claim over 2,000 lives. 650 words moved by Samir Tounsi Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP GAZA CITY Israel's planned annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank would be a "declaration of war", Hamas says, as a UN envoy warns the move could fuel extremism. 500 words moved by Adel Zaanoun with Claire Gounon in Jerusalem. Picture Health-virus-France-tourism,2ndlead PARIS Tourists and Parisians seize their chance to climb the Eiffel Tower as the monument reopens after its longest closure since World War II due to the coronavirus, though the very top and the lifts remain closed as a health precaution. 650 words moved by Eleonore Hughes and Maria Elena Bucheli. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool will be crowned English champions for the first time in 30 years without kicking a ball if Manchester City fail to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. 600 words 1600 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-vote-constitution,WRAP MOSCOW Russians cast early ballots in a nationwide vote on controversial constitutional reforms that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2036. 650 words 1530 GMT by Antoine Lambroschini. Picture. Video Britain-France-court-assault-museum LONDON A six-year-old French boy who was thrown from a viewing platform at London's Tate Modern art gallery may never fully recover from his injuries, a court sentencing hearing for his attacker is told. 600 words 1600 GMT by Sylvain Peuchmaurd. File picture. File video -- AFRICA -- Malawi-politics-vote,WRAP BLANTYRE Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera appears headed for victory in a historic re-run of a presidential vote that was scrapped over massive and systematic irregularities, unofficial tallies show. 450 words 1630 GMT by Jack McBrams. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Health-virus-Sudan-drugs-economy,FOCUS KHARTOUM As it battles mounting cases of coronavirus, Sudan is grappling with acute medicine shortages at a time of economic woes largely blamed on ousted president Omar al-Bashir's policies. 650 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US,POINTS WASHINGTON Why is the United States seeing a rebound in its coronavirus cases? Patchwork lockdowns and poor mask compliance are hitting southern and western states especially hard. 500 words 1800 GMT US-politics-vote-progressives,FOCUS NEW YORK Two years after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stunned the US political establishment by winning a seat in Congress and becoming one of its best-known members, another upstart New Yorker is gaining attention. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson and Thomas Urbain. File picture Health-virus-Cuba-economy-internet,FOCUS HAVANA When Jorge Noris first tried online shopping, the products he bought never turned up. Welcome to e-commerce, Cuban-style. 700 words moved by Katell Abiven. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-aviation-accident,2ndlead ISLAMABAD Pakistan International Airlines says it has grounded almost a third of its pilots for holding fake or dubious licences, a day after a report blamed pilot error for a crash that killed 98 people. 500 words 1530 GMT SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary,WRAP SEOUL North and South Korea separately mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, a conflict that killed millions of people and separated millions of families. 650 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video Also moved: SKorea-NKorea-China-US-war-anniversary-diplomacy,FOCUS SKorea-NKorea-war-anniversary-social,PHOTOESSAY -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Jordan,FOCUS AMMAN Israeli plans to annex swathes of the West Bank would violate its peace treaty with Jordan, heaping pressure on Amman to review its ties with the Jewish state, analysts say. 850 words moved by Mussa Hattar Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US-diplomacy,FOCUS Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-Arabs-conflict-history,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-JordanValley,FACTS Lebanon-education-economy,FOCUS BEIRUT Deprived of a crucial student loan because of Lebanon's economic collapse, Ali is struggling to save his seat at the American University Beirut, but the historic university too is reeling from the crisis. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Algeria-Tunisia-migrants-politics,FOCUS ALGIERS "Here, I don't exist -- I die little by little," said Hamid, a young Algerian, his gaze fixed on Mediterranean waters he sees as his route to a better future. 750 words moved by Amal Belalloufi with Aymen Jamli in Tunis -- TECHNOLOGY -- UN-rights-technology-police,lead GENEVA The UN human rights chief calls for a "moratorium" on the use of facial recognition technology during peaceful protests, saying it could increase discrimination against people of African descent and other minorities. 550 words moved by Nina Larson US-IT-media-Google WASHINGTON Google unveils plans to pay some news organizations for content in a stepped-up effort to support the struggling sector and respond to long-standing demands from media groups around the world. 600 words 1600 GMT by Rob Lever US-stocks-markets-technology-suicide,FOCUS NEW YORK The suicide of a young trader who thought he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on Robinhood has intensified scrutiny of an online platform popular with millennials new to investing. 700 words 1600 GMT by Daniel Hoffman -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON New jobless claims hold steady in the United States amid fears the resurgent coronavirus and drawdown of government aid could create reverse the economy's progress. 600 words 1500 GMT by Chris Stein Health-virus-Germany-aviation-aid-Lufthansa,WRAP FRANKFURT German airline Lufthansa is poised to clear a key shareholder vote on its nine-billion-euro state rescue, boosted by the EU's green light and the last-minute backing of billionaire investor who held the power to veto the plan. 650 words 1430 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick. Picture. Video. File video Germany-finance-fraud-Wirecard-bankruptcy,WRAP BERLIN Stricken payments-provider Wirecard files for insolvency, in a dramatic new twist days after admitting that 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) were missing from its accounts. 500 words 1500 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. File video Also moved: Germany-finance-fraud-Wirecard-bankruptcy,CHRONO Germany-finance-fraud-market-Wirecard,FACTS ECB-EU-eurozone-court-Germany,WRAP FRANKFURT The European Central Bank goes on the offensive to take the sting out of a shock German ruling, justifiying its under-fire bond purchasing scheme and releasing confidential documents to fend off the threat. 600 words 1430 GMT by Jean-Philippine Lacour. File picture Health-virus-Australia-aviation,lead SYDNEY Australia's Qantas is cutting 6,000 staff and grounding 100 planes for up to a year in a US$10 billion cost-cutting blitz in response to the COVID crisis, the airline announces. 500 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool-fans,FOCUS LONDON When Liverpool were last crowned English champions in 1990, podcast host John Gibbons saw it happen as an eight-year-old on his first trip to Anfield. A generation later he is getting ready to celebrate the team's return to the top. 550 words moved by John Weaver. Picture Also moved: Britain-Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool-30years -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Health-virus-India-film-Bollywood,lead MUMBAI Bollywood is to resume film shoots, but strict virus rules banning "elaborate or extravagant" scenes threaten to strip the world's biggest movie-making machine of its trademark dazzle. 450 words moved. File picture afp