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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US slaps sanctions on Hong Kong leader + At least 16 dead in India crash-landing + Lebanon leader rejects outside blast probe + Virus toll greatest in Latin America, Caribbean + Brazen boar nabs Berlin nudist's laptop US-China-HongKong-TikTok-diplomacy-IT,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States slaps sanctions on Hong Kong's top leader, a new salvo in a major escalation against Beijing after ordering sweeping restrictions on Chinese-owned social media giants TikTok and WeChat. 750 words 2100 GMT by Shaun Tandon and Rob Lever. File picture Also moved: US-China-politics-internet,FACTS China-US-IT-TikTok-politics-Trump,REAX US-China-IT-security-politics,FOCUS India-accident-air,WRAP KOZHIKODE, India At least 17 people are killed when a passenger jet overshoots and skids off the runway upon landing in southern India, breaking into two pieces, officials say. 550 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic 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. 850 words 1930 GMT by Hashem Osseiran and Jean-Marc Mojon. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP MONTEVIDEO Latin America and the Caribbean becomes the region with the most COVID-19 deaths as India passes two million and Africa reaches one million coronavirus cases. 600 words 2100 GMT by Barnaby Chesterman. Picture. Video 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-politics BEIRUT Two Lebanese ministers who tried to visit Beirut neighbourhoods ravaged by the deadly blast at the city's port are chased out by seething volunteers clearing up debris in the days after the cataclysmic explosion. 400 words moved 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 Also moved: Lebanon-blast-UN-aid,lead -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India,WRAP NEW DELHI India's official coronavirus case tally hits two million, doubling in three weeks as the pandemic sweeps into 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-Africa,FACTS Health-virus-Syria,FOCUS 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 moved by Paul Ricard 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-US-schools WASHINGTON Undeterred by the coronavirus, schools in several US states have reopened for in-person classes -- but some have already been hit by large quarantines of students and staff following fresh outbreaks. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- AMERICAS -- US-China-IT-security-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON The US ban on TikTok and WeChat has little real national security value but is more part of a broader campaign to pressure China -- part of which could be driven by electoral politics, according to experts. 600 words 2030 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture US-IT-politics-China-internet,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON The Trump administration ban on Chinese mobile apps such as TikTok and WeChat risks fragmenting an already fragile global internet and creating an American version of China's "Great Firewall." 600 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever US-politics-security-Scowcroft,lead WASHINGTON Brent Scowcroft, the respected national security advisor to two Republican presidents and a Washington heavyweight who served administrations from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, has died aged 95. 450 words moved. File picture -- 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. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya and Anna Malpas in Moscow. Picture. Video Also moved: Belarus-vote-opposition-Tikhanovskaya,INTERVIEW 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. 780 words moved by Claudine Renaud. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ivory-Coast-politics-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara's decision to run for a third term in October's presidential election triggers outrage among opposition and civil society groups, who label it a "coup" that risks tipping the country into chaos. 700 words moved by David Esnault and Christophe Koffi. Picture. Video Also moved: ICoast-politics-vote-timeline,CHRONO -- ASIA -- 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 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 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 deadly attacks -- a crucial hurdle to the resumption of peace talks. 650 words moved by Elise Blanchard and Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY -- Canada-US-trade-tariff-aluminum,2ndlead OTTAWA Ottawa will hit American aluminum products with Can$3.6 billion (US$2.7 billion) in counter-tariffs, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announces, in response to "absurd" US levies announced on Canadian goods. 600 words moved by Michel Comte Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON The US economy regained 1.8 million jobs in July, a solid but unremarkable result that comes as President Donald Trump prepares for a difficult re-election bid, but economists warn challenges to the pandemic recovery are growing. 650 words 2100 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture. Graphic. afp
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