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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + 'Momentous' Afghan peace talks open with Taliban + Warning of mass deaths in US wildfire + Greek police fire tear gas at Lesbos migrants + Iran lashes Bahrain after Israel peace deal + Whales stray up Aussie crocodile river Afghanistan-conflict-talks,WRAP DOHA Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government open in Qatar, marking what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heralds as a "truly momentous" occasion in nearly two decades of gruelling conflict. 800 words 1430 GMT by Gregory Walton with Emal Haidary in Kabul. Picture. Video. Graphic. Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-talks,CHRONO Afghanistan-conflict-talks,Q&A US-fires,WRAP PORTLAND, Oregon US officials warn of potential mass fatalities in sprawling wildfires up and down the West Coast, as people forced to flee their homes tell of the pain of leaving everything behind and not knowing if it will all go up in flames. 700 words 1650 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic. Greece-migrants-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Greek riot police fire tear gas at protesting asylum seekers on Lesbos island, as deadlock looms over where to house thousands left homeless when a catastrophic fire destroyed Europe's largest migrant camp this week. 800 words 1530 GMT by Marina Rafenberg with Katerina Nikolopoulou in Athens. Picture. Video. Graphic We will also move: Greece-migrants-fire, SCENE Israel-Bahrain-US-diplomacy-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iran angrily accuses Bahrain of stirring instability after US President Donald Trump announces Manama and Israel are establishing ties, in a landmark deal that reinforces America's push to redraw Middle East conflicts. 850 words moved by Amir Havasi with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video Also moved: Mideast-Gulf-Israel-politics,BACKGROUND Israel-Bahrain-Arab-history,CHRONO Israel-Bahrain-diplomacy,CHRONO animal-Australia SYDNEY A trio of humpback whales -- usually bound for Antarctica this time of year -- take a wrong turn, heading up a crocodile-infested north Australian river with scientists hoping they will all return to the sea safely. 300 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused the European Union of threatening to tear the UK apart by imposing a food "blockade" between Britain and Northern Ireland, throwing new fuel on the fire of simmering Brexit talks. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi with Alex Pigman in Berlin. File Picture France-politics-protest,WRAP PARIS Around 1,000 people gather in two "yellow vest" protests in the French capital Paris in lower-than-hoped-for numbers for the movement's September comeback, later clashing with police who fired tear gas. 600 words 1530 GMT by Alexandre Hielard and Nicolas Kienast. Picture. Video Italy-crime-mafia,FOCUS ROME After years of investigation, mountains of evidence, hundreds of suspects and under armed police escort, Italy's plucky anti-mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri is ready for a "historic" court battle against the country's powerful 'Ndrangheta clan. 700 words moved by Gael Branchereau. Picture. Video EU-China-summit-trade,ADVANCER BRUSSELS EU leaders hold video talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday hoping to make progress on trade and investment, even as tensions mount between Beijing and the West over Hong Kong and the treatment of minority Uighurs. 750 words moved by Damon Wake Sweden-drink-museum-offbeat STOCKHOLM Poop wine and scorpion vodka are just some of the stars of a new exhibit on revolting alcohol at the Disgusting Food Museum in Malmo in Sweden. 350 words moved. Video. File Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-execution-wrestling,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has executed a young wrestler over the murder of a public sector worker during anti-government protests in 2018, eliciting shock from the International Olympic Committee. 650 words 1500 GMT by Amir Havasi. Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy-UAE-Bahrain,ANALYSIS JERUSALEM The Palestinian cause has long cemented ties between Middle East nations with divergent interests, but amid shifting regional alliances they are increasingly isolated and in need of new friends, analysts say. 850 words moved by Claire Gounon. Saudi-Bahrain-Israel-US-diplomacy RIYADH Bahrain's move to normalise relations with Israel could not have happened without Saudi Arabia's green light, another step in what observers call Riyadh's "quasi normalization" of ties with the Jewish state. 700 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Health-virus-Palestinians-education,VIDEOESSAY DEIR ABOU MISHAAL, Palestinian Territories Standing next to a pile of building materials in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Ibrahim al-Barghouti gives instructions to his fellow educators as they give their school a facelift during coronavirus closures. 450 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-accident-mine,WRAP BUKAVU, DRCongo About 50 people are feared dead after a gold mine collapsed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following torrential rain, local authorities say. 400 words 1430 GMT. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-environment-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Covid-19, the economy and racial justice protests may be dominating the 2020 election news cycle, but as wildfires rage on in the western US, climate change is set to play a bigger part in voters' choices than ever before. 750 words 1800 GMT by Issam Ahmed US-wildfires-California-evacuations,SCENE TOLLHOUSE, California James Hancock scans the hills he has known since childhood and rules out flames coming towards his home, on a Native American reservation nestled in a mountainous area of California ravaged by out-of-control wildfires. 600 words moved by Javier Tovar. Picture US-politics-election-offbeat,POINTS WASHINGTON With less than two months until the US presidential election, virtually no element of American life is escaping the campaigns' gravitational pull, which this week dragged everything from "The Princess Bride" to Converse sneakers into the mix. 500 words moved Peru-politics-Congress,lead LIMA Peru's Congress votes to open impeachment proceedings against President Martin Vizcarra for "moral incapacity" over accusations he tried to obstruct a corruption probe against government officials. 450 words moved by Luis Jaime Cisneros. Picture. Video Colombia-unrest-police,WRAP BOGOTA An apology from Colombia's defence minister for police brutality fails to stop a third night of protests, after the death of a man in custody sparked deadly rioting in the capital and other cities. 700 words moved by Lina Vanegas. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-religion-protest,lead KARACHI, Pakistan Tens of thousands of anti-Shiite protesters including demonstrators linked to Sunni extremists rally in Pakistan's Karachi, in the second day of protests that have sparked fears of sectarian violence. 450 words moved. Picture. Video animals-China BEIJING China announces it is banning imports of pork products from Germany after the European country confirmed its first case of African swine fever. 250 words moved -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool kick off their Premier League title defence against newly-promoted Leeds with Jurgen Klopp warning big-spending rivals that success can't always be bought. 700 words 1830 GMT by Steve Griffiths. Picture. Graphic Cycling-Tour-2020-FRA LYON Primoz Roglic holds the yellow jersey for stage 14 of the Tour de France, a hilly 189.5km run to Lyon where the mayor has called the race 'macho and polluting'. 600 words 1630 GMT by by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic Tennis-Open-USA NEW YORK Dominic Thiem of Austria will play Germany's Alexander Zverev in the US Open final for their first Grand Slam titles after they won their last-four matches in contrasting styles Friday. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchinson. Picture Fbl-FRA-BRA-Ligue1-PSG-Neymar-Puma,WRAP PARIS Neymar has sealed an endorsement deal with Puma, the German company says, two weeks after the most expensive player in football parted ways with long-time sponsor Nike. 550 words moved. File picture RugbyU-Super-AUS BRISBANE, Australia Playmaker James O'Connor boots 10 points as a gutsy Queensland Reds sweep past the Melbourne Rebels 25-13 and into the Super Rugby AU final, where they will meet the ACT Brumbies. 450 words moved. Picture afp
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