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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Mali's president quits 'to avoid bloodshed' + EU urges Putin to push for talks in Belarus + US Postal Service halts changes in vote row + Trump campaign shared info with Russia: Senate report + PSG reach first ever Champions League final Mali-conflict-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's president announces his resignation on state television, hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that capped a months-long political crisis in the fragile West African nation. 750 words 0130 GMT by Serge Daniel and Malick Konate. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Mali-unrest-politics-Keita,PROFILE Mali-conflict-unrest,CHRONO Mali-politics-unrest,COUNTRY FACTFILE Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MOSCOW European leaders urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to push for dialogue in neighbouring Belarus as opposition supporters protest President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed election win for a 10th day. 800 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-USPS,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Postal Service says it will halt changes blamed for slowing mail delivery until after the November election, changing course in the wake of the political firestorm President Donald Trump ignited when he acknowledged he wanted to undermine the agency. 700 words by moved Chris Stein. File picture US-Russia-politics-espionage-election-2016,lead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign chairman shared information with Russian intelligence, posing a "grave" espionage threat to the US, according to a new Senate report. 650 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Fbl-Eur-C1-GER-FRA-Leipzig-PSG LISBON Paris Saint-Germain go through to the final of the Champions League for the first time after goals by Marquinhos, Angel Di Maria and Juan Bernat saw them ease to a 3-0 win over RB Leipzig in a one-sided semi-final in Lisbon. 650 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France says mask-wearing will soon be compulsory in all workplaces to keep the coronavirus under control, as countries across the world ramp up localised restrictions on nightlife and socialising. 700 words moved by Joseph Boyle with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP MILWAUKEE US Democrats gather for a second straight night to elevate their presidential nominee Joe Biden, with speeches from party luminaries, former presidents, rising political stars and the candidate's wife to make the case against incumbent Donald Trump. 700 words 0230 GMT by Elodie Cuzin, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Also moved: US-politics-vote-convention-health-virus,SCENE Russia-Mexico-history-Trotsky,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Bullet holes still pockmark the walls of the house in Mexico where Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was brutally murdered 80 years ago, a reminder of an earlier failed assassination attempt. 600 words 0300 GMT by Natalia Cano with Moises Avila in Havana. Picture. Video Also moving: Russia-Mexico-history-Trotsky-axe,FOCUS Russia-Trotsky,FACTS US-crime-murder-California-victims LOS ANGELES Dozens of women and men who were terrorized by California's "Golden State Killer" during a sadistic decade-long crime spree finally get their day in court as they speak of their trauma. 550 words 0200 GMT by Jocelyne Zablit Canada-politics-finance,WRAP OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taps Chrystia Freeland to be Canada's first female finance minister as an ethics scandal that clipped her predecessor's wings reverberates through his government. 650 words moved by Michel Comte. Picture Brazil-environment-fires-politics,FOCUS NOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil It takes a little over half an hour for the flames to devour Pedro Gomes's field at the edge of the Amazon rainforest, clearing the land for him to plant crops. 700 words moved by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-health-virus-agriculture-economy-poverty,FOCUS LOUDI, Hunan Bamboo rat farmer Liu Yanqun has been left with empty cages and no income after his animals were put on a list of prohibited animals in China in the fallout from the coronavirus epidemic. 750 words 0400 GMT by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Bulgaria-politics-corruption-protest,FOCUS SOFIA The anti-corruption protests that have been roiling in the streets of the Bulgarian capital Sofia for the past six weeks have united people from across the country and all walks of life. 650 words 0300 GMT by Vessela Sergueva. Picture. Video Germany-Eritrea-trial-migrants FRANKFURT An Eritrean man goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday for throwing a boy under a train during an episode of paranoid schizophrenia, in a case that stoked a heated immigration debate. 550 words 0400 GMT by Daniel Wolf with Femke Colborne in Berlin -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri,WRAP LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands A UN-backed tribunal finds a member of the Hezbollah Shiite movement guilty over the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri but clears three other suspects after a years-long trial. 850 words moved by Jan Hennop and Danny Kemp with Hachem Osseiran in Beirut. Live Video. Video. Picture Also moved: Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri,REAX Lebanon-UN-tribunal-Hariri-Saudi,REAX Israel-social-LGBT-rights,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israelis Harel Barak and Yakir Kanneli have been married for four years -- but as a gay couple, they are legally barred from starting a family. 700 words 0300 GMT by Alexandra Vardi. Picture -- AFRICA -- Kenya-health-virus-education-poverty,FOCUS NAIROBI Kenyan teenager Bella Achieng Otieno wants nothing more than to return to her classroom, growing anxious about her future with every passing day her school is closed due to coronavirus. 750 words 0230 GMT by Cyril Belaud. Video. Picture SAfrica-Health-virus-corruption,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa is reeling from coronavirus-linked corruption scandals that have battered President Cyril Ramaphosa's credibility and the country's image abroad, but spurred unprecedented efforts to boost transparency. 900 words 0330 GMT by Sofia Christensen. File Picture. File Video -- SPORT -- RugbyU-Super-NZL-WAI-Lions-Gatland,FOCUS WELLINGTON Warren Gatland was being hailed as rugby union's greatest ever coach just two months ago, but the New Zealander's reputation has taken a battering after his Waikato Chiefs' horror show in Super Rugby Aotearoa. 550 words 0230 GMT by Neil Sands. File picture afp
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