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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Anger mounts as Beirut blast toll tops 113 + India's Modi at flashpoint Hindu temple ceremony + Europe tightens curbs fearing virus second wave + Virus kills leading Brazil indigenous chief Aritana + Instagram adds video clips in TikTok challenge Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Anger mounts in Lebanon as rescuers search for the survivors of a cataclysmic explosion at Beirut port that wreaked destruction across the city, killing at least 113 people, wounding thousands and plunging crisis-striken Lebanon further into the abyss. 800 words 2000 GMT by Rouba El Husseini and Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Lebanon-blast-politics,CHRONO Lebanon-blast,Q&A India-politics-religion,WRAP AYODHYA, India Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says "golden history" is written as he launches construction of a new Hindu temple at a flashpoint religious site that has sparked some of the country's bloodiest sectarian violence. 700 words moved by Sanjay Kanojia with Parvaiz Bukhari in Srinagar. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: India-politics-religion,BACKGROUND Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Europe tightens virus restrictions as fears of a second wave of infections spurred by the holiday season grow with the worldwide death toll crossing 700,000. 800 words 2000 GMT by Amelie Herenstein with AFP bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-indigenous,WRAP BRASILIA One of Brazil's leading indigenous chiefs, Aritana Yawalapiti, dies of respiratory complications caused by COVID-19. 500 words moved by Valeria Pacheco. File picture. File video US-China-internet-computers-lifestyle-Instagram-TikTok,lead SAN FRANCISCO Instagram adds a new short-form video feature to the image-focused platform in a direct challenge to TikTok, which is in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump. 450 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- BEIRUT BLAST -- Lebanon-blast-world-aid,REAX BEIRUT Emergency medical aid and pop-up field hospitals are dispatched to Lebanon along with rescue experts and tracking dogs, as the world reaches out to the victims of the explosion that devastated Beirut. 750 words by 1930 GMT. Picture Also moved: Lebanon-blast-France-aid,FOCUS Lebanon-blast-chemicals,FOCUS BEIRUT For at least six years, hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities say caused Tuesday's massive blast, were negligently stored in a Beirut port warehouse, waiting for disaster to strike. 700 words moved by Rouba El Husseini Lebanon-blast-poverty,FOCUS BEIRUT For the Lebanese people, who have watched helplessly as their economy has collapsed in recent months, the devastating explosions in Beirut were one disaster too many. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-hospital,SCENE BEIRUT His head bandaged just like his patients, Dr Antoine Qurban said Tuesday's enormous blast brought "Armageddon" to Beirut's overwhelmed hospitals in chaotic scenes reminiscent of a war zone. 800 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video Also moved: Lebanon-blast-district,SCENE -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON The US election plunges deeper into unprecedented territory when challenger Joe Biden announces he will accept his nomination virtually and President Donald Trump suggests breaking tradition by holding his own ceremony at the White House. 700 words 2100 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture US-Canada-weather-hurricane,WRAP NEW YORK Tropical storm Isaias leaves left at least five people dead as it pounds the US eastern seaboard with driving winds and heavy rain, leaving millions without power, before moving across Canada. 450 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Graphic US-China-politics-film-censorship WASHINGTON Hollywood is bowing to Chinese pressure to censor its films of content Beijing finds offensive, risking the US film industry's independence for the big buck of the Chinese market, a new study says. 550 words moved by Paul Handley. File picutre Brazil-politics-environment,INTERVIEW BRASILIA Fending off accusations of using his post to dismantle protections of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's environment minister promises to deliver results on slowing deforestation by the end of the year. 550 words 0000 GMT by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video Health-virus-trial,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON A physician overseeing a clinical trial in Washington for Moderna's coronavirus vaccine has warned it will be impossible to tell how well it works without recruiting enough elderly and ethnic minority volunteers. 500 words moved by Isam Ahmed. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-NIreland-Ireland-politics-Hume,WRAP LONDONDERRY, United Kingdom British and Irish politicians gather in Londonderry for the funeral of John Hume, whose tireless efforts to bridge sectarian divides in Northern Ireland won him the Nobel Peace Prize. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video. Germany-politics-farright-homicide-trial,WRAP FRANKFURT A German neo-Nazi on trial over the murder of pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke admits to the killing that has shocked the nation and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism. 600 words moved by Annalena Doerner. Picture France-fire,2ndlead MARTIGUES, France Almost 3,000 people are evacuated, some by boat, from homes and camping sites near Marseille in southern France as forest fires tear through 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of vegetation. 500 words moved by Clemence Fournival and Clara Lalanne. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-protest BAMAKO Amnesty International says it has evidence that anti-government protests in Mali last month were "brutally repressed". 550 words moved -- ASIA -- Taiwan-US-China-politics-diplomacy,WRAP TAIPEI The United States announces its highest-level visit to Taiwan since it switched diplomatic recognition to China four decades ago, a move Beijing blasted as a threat to "peace and stability". 700 words 1930 GMT by Amber Wang with Jerome Taylor in Hong Kong. File picture. File video Also moving: US-politics-Taiwan-China-diplomacy,FACTS SriLanka-vote,WRAP COLOMBO Sri Lankans vote in large numbers despite the coronavirus pandemic as the ruling Rajapaksa brothers sought to expand their mandate through the virus-delayed parliamentary polls. 500 words moved. Graphic. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND TECH -- US-SKorea-IT-lifestyle-Samsung,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Samsung unveils an upgraded version of its folding smartphone along with other devices aiming to jump-start sales in a market hit hard by the global pandemic. 600 words 1930 GMT by Glenn Chapman. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Tennis-US-Open-Nadal,2ndlead NEW YORK Rafael Nadal says he still intends to play at the French Open next month and remains hopeful it will go ahead, despite withdrawing from the US Open due to coronavirus concerns. 500 words moved by Thomas Allnutt. File picture afp
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