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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Deadly wildfires devastate US West Coast + Russia, China hackers 'targeting US vote' + Giant new fire hits Beirut port warehouse + Taliban ready to begin Afghan peace talks + 'Avengers' actress Diana Rigg dies at 82 US-fires,WRAP CLOVIS, California Wildfires rage up and down the US West Coast, whipping through towns in three states and prompting widespread evacuations as officials warn the death toll could shoot up in the coming days. 700 words 2130 by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video. Graphic US-IT-vote-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON Microsoft says it has detected and thwarted cyberattacks in recent weeks targeting US presidential campaign staff from China and Russia. 550 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever in Washington Lebanon-fire,WRAP BEIRUT A huge fire at a Beirut port warehouse containing food aid threatens to disrupt humanitarian operations and sparks outrage among Lebanese still reeling from a devastating dockside explosion last month. 650 words 2000 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel and Anwar Amro. Picture. Video. Afghanistan-conflict-talks,WRAP KABUL Long-delayed peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators will begin Saturday in Qatar, officials say, marking a potentially momentous milestone in Afghanistan's 19-year-old war. 500 words 2100 GMT by Usman Sharifi with Rasheed Durrani in Kandahar Entertainment-Britain-television-theatre-film,WRAP LONDON Stars of stage and screen pay tribute to Diana Rigg, the award-winning British actress who shot to fame in the 1960s television series "The Avengers" and won new fans in "Game of Thrones", after her death aged 82. 600 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture Also moved: Entertainment-Britain-television-theatre-film-Rigg,OBIT -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-UN-ACT,lead GENEVA The United Nations calls for an immediate "quantum leap" in funding for globally-shared programmes to combat the coronavirus pandemic and get the planet back to prosperity. 450 words moved Health-virus-Netherlands-education,FOCUS MIDDELBURG, Netherlands A Dutch university is holding open-air classes in parks, public squares and parking lots to limit the number of lectures taking place online because of the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved by Charlotte van Ouwerkerk. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump floods the Fox News airwaves and launches a bizarre stream of tweets in an attempt to ride the fallout from interviews he gave to journalist Bob Woodward for the bombshell new book "Rage." 600 words 2130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moving: US-media-politics-Woodward,PROFILE Colombia-unrest-police,WRAP BOGOTA Seven people were killed and hundreds wounded after rioting broke out in the Colombian capital Bogota following the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police, authorities say. 500 words 2100 GMT by Hector Velasco. Picture. Video US-science-biology-award-France,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Harvard neurobiologist Catherine Dulac receives the $3 million Breakthrough Prize for uncovering which part of the mouse brain is responsible for parental instinct, laying the foundation for further investigation into other animals like humans. 550 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade.WRAP LONDON Britain's government defies threats from the European Union of legal action over contentious Brexit legislation, and pushes back against a brewing revolt within its own ranks for violating a binding treaty. 800 words moved by Jitendra Joshi with Dave Clark in Brussels and Joe Stenson in Dublin. Graphic. Picture. Video. File picture We have moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade-law,Q&A Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-text,POINTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,CHRONO Britain-NIreland-conflict-peace,FACTS Greece-EU-immigration-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos languish on roadsides, homeless and hungry after the country's largest camp burned down, as France, Germany and the Netherlands offer to take in some of them, especially children. 850 words 1930 GMT by Marina Rafenberg with John Hadoulis in Athens. Picture. Video Also moved: Europe-migrants-Greece-fire-Germany,FOCUS Greece-Turkey-Mediterranean-EU-France-diplomacy,lead PORTICCIO, France French President Emmanuel Macron urges a united European front against "unacceptable" conduct by Turkey as he hosts a summit of Mediterranean states aiming to coordinate a tougher strategy towards Ankara that could include sanctions. 650 words moved by Jerome Rivet. Picture Russia-vote-regions-opposition,FACTS NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia Russians are to vote in local elections following the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as the ruling party is losing favour and some regional cities have seen major protests. 600 words moved Italy-tourism-leisure-Venice,FOCUS VENICE, Italy Standing at a glowing furnace on a boat at the foot of the Rialto Bridge on Venice's Grand Canal, Matteo Tagliapietra blows glass in a mesmerising demonstration of centuries-old Murano glassmaking. 500 words moved by Gildas Le Roux. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Sudan-floods-archaeology,SCENE AL-BAJRAWIYA, SUDAN Archaeologists feared the worst when record Nile floodwaters in Sudan put a world heritage site in danger of being overwhelmed, but prompt action saved the day -- for now, at least. 500 words 2000 GMT by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest BUNIA, DRCongo Fifty-eight people have been killed in attacks in a restive province of eastern DR Congo, local officials say, blaming a notorious militia. 500 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole and Alexis Huguet Belgium-DRCongo-politics-history BRUSSELS A Belgian judge has agreed that a tooth taken from the remains of assassinated Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba be returned to his family, prosecutors say. 550 words moved. File picture -- ASIA -- Myanmar-Rohingya-justice-rights YANGON Myanmar's military has sought to undermine the confessions of two soldiers who said they were ordered to "exterminate" Rohingya Muslims before taking part in the massacre of scores of men, women and children. 650 words moved File picture -- BUSINESS -- US-banking-executive-Citigroup,WRAP NEW YORK Citigroup names Jane Fraser as its next chief executive, tapping a woman to lead a giant Wall Street bank for the first time. 600 words 2100 GMT by John Biers -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-Venice-Mexico VENICE, Italy A rich family's wedding erupts into violence in Michel Franco's new film at Venice, "Nuevo Orden," a searing indictment of the gap between rich and poor and a wake-up call to the threat of authoritarianism. 500 words moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video afp
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