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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe scrambles to curb surging virus + Trump, Biden set for dueling town halls + Thousands defy Thai protest crackdown + EU sanctions target Putin's inner circle + Belgian king meets long-secret half-sister Health-virus,WRAP COPENHAGEN European countries unveil new measures to try to curb a surge in coronavirus infections which the World Health Organization warns is of "great concern". 750 words 2000 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Britain,4thlead Health-virus-Germany-politics,FOCUS Health-virus-Germany-books-fair,FOCUS US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden hold competing televised town halls instead of a previously scheduled debate as a coronavirus case in the entourage of Kamala Harris forces Biden's vice presidential pick to suspend travel. 700 words 2030 GMT by Michael Mathes and Sebastian Smith. Picture. Graphic. Video Thailand-politics-royal-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Some 10,000 Thai protesters gather in defiance of a sweeping crackdown after authorities move to crush months of pro-democracy demonstrations by imposing emergency powers and rounding up leading activists. 850 words moved. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: Thailand-politics-royals,Q&A Thailand-politics-royals-activist,Profile Thailand-politics-royals-protest,Q&A Thailand-politics-royals-unrest-HungerGames EU-diplomacy-sanction-politics-Russia-Libya,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU hits members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle with sanctions over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Kremlin meddling in Libya's civil war. 700 words moved by Damon Wake. File picture Also moved: Russia-EU-politics-sanctions-diplomacy-Putin,FACTS Belgium-royals,WRAP BRUSSELS Belgium's King Philippe has met his once secret half-sister Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg for the first time, the palace says, after she won a legal battle to be admitted to the royal family. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-early,FOCUS NEWTON, Iowa Americans are voting early in record numbers with more than 17.7 million casting their ballots already ahead of the November 3 election between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump taking place under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 2000 GMT by Eleonore Sens and Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video US-vote-IT-politics-media,FOCUS WASHINGTON The misinformation wars around the US election kicked into high gear this week with Facebook and Twitter taking aggressive action against President Donald Trump and his allies, thrusting the platforms into a new political quagmire. 750 words 1930 GMT by Rob Lever -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS European leaders demand Britain give ground on fair trade rules to unblock stalled post-Brexit negotiations, angering London and putting the fate of the talks into jeopardy. 700 words 2100 GMT by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Poland-Israel-history-Holocaust-film-Polanski,WRAP WARSAW Israel honours the Polish couple who hid Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski from the Nazis as a child. 500 words moved by Anna Maria Jakubek with Ben Simon in Jerusalem. Picture. Video. Britain-royals-health-virus-science-defence,lead SALISBURY, United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II makes her first public visit outside a royal residence since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, visiting a top secret research lab but appearing without a face mask. 400 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Yemen-conflict-prisoners,WRAP SANAA A landmark prisoner exchange between Yemen's government and Huthi rebels begins, with hundreds of combatants heading home on flights criss-crossing the country and Saudi Arabia. 550 words moved by Jamal Al-Jabiri. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-NAfrica,FOCUS RABAT The Covid-19 pandemic and the economic devastation it wrought have deepened the despair driving young North Africans to embark on dangerous Mediterranean crossings bound for Europe. 750 words moved by Sophie Pons Cyprus-politics-corruption-probe NICOSIA The speaker of the Cypriot parliament resigns after he was secretly filmed allegedly trying to facilitate a passport for what he thought was a fugitive investor from China. 400 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast's opposition asks supporters not to take part in electoral events and campaigning in a fresh step towards a potential total boycott of a tense October 31 presidential poll. 650 words moved by Patrick Fort. Picture. Video. Guinea-vote CONAKRY Guinea's capital Conakry resounds to the sound of honking and sirens as supporters of President Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term, rally through the city in a motorcade. 700 words moved by Laurent Lozano and Carol Valade. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-cinema-Bollywood,lead NEW DELHI Cinemas in movie-mad India tentatively reopen but with worries about coronavirus and only old films showing, early punters are few and far between. 650 words moved by Simon Sturdee with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture. Video. Live video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-species-gibbons-China PARIS The Hainan gibbon, teetering on the edge of extinction, has been thrown a literal lifeline by scientists who built a rope bridge allowing the tailless primates to move more easily across their increasingly fragmented habitat. 600 words moved by Marlowe Hood. Graphic. Picture -- SPORT -- Racing-ENG-Champions-Dettori,INTERVIEW LONDON Frankie Dettori tells AFP he has "done quite well" in a "surreal season" that has deprived him of the big racecourse crowds he relishes. 600 words moved by Pirate Irwin Britain-France-court-aviation-ENG-Fbl-Pr-Sala LONDON Britain's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) charges a man in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash last year. 450 words moved afp
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