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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + US-China tensions soar over TikTok + Lebanon leader rejects outside blast probe + Sri Lanka's Rajapaksas secure big win + Lockdowns won't slow climate change: study + Brazen boar nabs nudist's laptop US-IT-China-TikTok-politics-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON The sweeping restrictions against Chinese-owned social media giants TikTok and WeChat ordered by US President Donald Trump ramp up tensions between the two economic powers and prompt an angry rebuke from Beijing. 750 words 1600 by Rob Lever. file picture. Graphic. file video Also moved: US-China-politics-internet,FACTS China-US-IT-TikTok-politics-Trump,REAX US-China-IT-security-politics,FOCUS Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's president rejects any international probe into the catastrophic Beirut blasts, saying the disaster could have been caused by a missile or negligence, as rescuers desperately comb the rubble for survivors. 800 words 1500 GMT by Hashem Osseiran and Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic SriLanka-vote,WRAP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapaksa brothers secure a two-thirds majority in a parliamentary election that allowed them to rewrite the constitution and increase their power, final results show. 650 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture Also moved: SriLanka-vote,PROFILE Health-virus-climate-emissions,lead PARIS The unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions from lockdowns during the pandemic will do "nothing" to slow climate change without a lasting switch from fossil fuels, an international team of researchers say. 600 words moved by Patrick Galey Germany-offbeat-animal-boar BERLIN A man chased after a wild boar in the nude near a Berlin lake after it snatched his laptop in an escapade that has gone viral. 250 words 1500 GMT by Femke Colborne -- BEIRUT BLAST -- Lebanon-blast-UN-aid,lead GENEVA The United Nations says it is urgently trying to get food, aid and medical equipment to Beirut following the devastating explosion that ripped apart the Lebanese capital's port. 500 words moved by Robin Millard Lebanon-blast-port,SCENE BEIRUT Ankle-deep in corn spilling out of a huge gutted silo, rescuers guide an excavator to clear access to a room where they believe Beirut port employees could still be alive. 600 words moved by Jean-Marc Mojon. Video. Picture Lebanon-blast-food,FOCUS BEIRUT Precious wheat spilled out of disembowelled silos, mixing with soot, debris and cement: Beirut's port blast has gutted Lebanon's largest grain storage and sparked public panic over bread shortages. 750 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India,WRAP NEW DELHI India's official coronavirus case tally doubles in three weeks to top two million as the pandemic hits smaller cities and rural areas, with experts warning the real toll could be much higher. 450 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-India,FOCUS Health-virus-US-schools WASHINGTON Undeterred by the coronavirus, schools in the southern United States have reopened for in-person classes -- but some have already been hit by outbreaks and quarantines of students and staff. 600 words 1700 GMT by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-world-youth,FOCUS MADRID Health officials fighting the coronavirus pandemic say they have a new problem -- carefree youths who are ignoring social distancing rules and letting loose around the world, fuelling a surge in infections. 700 words moved by Marie Giffard and AFP bureaus. Video. File picture Health-virus-Africa,FACTS JOHANNESBURG Coronavirus has now infected more than a million people in Africa, but hopes that the pandemic may be peaking in some countries are tempered by fears of a second wave. 1,000 words 1500 GMT Health-virus-pandemic-immunity,FOCUS PARIS Could the ghosts of your previous colds help protect you from COVID-19, even if you have never been infected by the new coronavirus spreading across the planet? 700 words 1530 GMT by Paul Ricard Health-virus-Syria,FOCUS BEIRUT Syria's capital is facing a "terrible" spike in COVID-19 infections, with hospitals packed, patients scouring Facebook for advice and medics fearing the virus is spreading faster than clinics can test for it. 700 words moved -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote,WRAP MINSK Belarus holds a presidential election on Sunday with a female novice opposition candidate posing the greatest challenge in years to long-ruling strongman Alexander Lukashenko. 650 words 1500 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya and Anna Malpas in Moscow. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Italy-France,FOCUS VENTIMIGLIA, Italy Sudanese migrant Soulaimen has been sleeping on the beach in the Italian border town of Ventimiglia for 10 days now. With his only shelter a sleeping bag and pasta meals donated by a charity, the 20-year-old is getting by as best he can after a transit camp run by the Italian Red Cross was ordered to stop welcoming new arrivals and cease operations. 750 words moved by Claudine Renaud. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ivory-Coast-politics-vote ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's opposition parties lash out at President Alassane Ouattara's decision to contest October's presidential election, saying that the constitution prohibits him from running for a third term. 400 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Zimbabwe-politics-dissent-rights,FOCUS HARARE After Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa warned he will "flush out" opponents following the country's latest crackdown on dissent, three activists tell AFP they are determined to continue their fight despite growing fear for their lives. 850 words moved. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Saudi-internet-politics,FOCUS RIYADH Online armies of self-styled Saudi patriots riding a wave of state-led nationalism attack critics and what they call "traitors" of the kingdom -- but their growing clout has left the government uneasy. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-prisoners,WRAP KABUL Afghan President Ashraf Ghani urges thousands of prominent citizens gathered in Kabul to decide whether to release about 400 Taliban prisoners, including many involved in attacks that killed scores of Afghans and foreigners. 600 words moved by Elise Blanchard and Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video China-Canada-crime-drugs,WRAP BEIJING China sentences another Canadian to death on drugs charges, the second in two days to be handed the punishment, as tensions soar between Beijing and Ottawa. 400 words moved by Ludovic Ehret Malaysia-politics-corruption,Lead KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ex-finance minister, now a key opposition figure, is charged with corruption over a $1.5-billion construction project, the latest government critic to be targeted since a scandal-plagued party returned to power. 500 words moved by Sam Reeves. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Argentina-environment-weather,FOCUS ROSARIO, Argentina Ravaged by drought, the Parana Delta in Argentina, one of the largest and most biodiverse in the world, has been burning like never before since the beginning of the year. 600 words moved by Jorgelina Hiba. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON The US economy posted solid though unspectacular job gains in July, but with just two more reports before President Donald Trump faces a difficult reelection bid, economists warn the recovery could be sluggish. 650 words 1500 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture -- SPORT -- MMA-UFC-CHN-Song,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI Before becoming one of China's most feared MMA fighters, Song Kenan worked as a welder for the country's rapidly developing high-speed railway. He has no wish to return to assembling trains. 500 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture. Video afp
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