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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump hits hustings in must-win Florida + Libya rivals sign 'permanent' ceasefire + Nigeria seeks to restore order after protests + Indian capital blanketed in toxic smog + 'Veggie burgers' can stay, say Euro MPs US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump hits the campaign trail in must-win Florida after a spirited TV debate against challenger Joe Biden, who will seek to cement his lead with a speech on the Covid-19 crisis in his home state of Delaware. 600 words 1600 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Libya-conflict-UN-talks,WRAP GENEVA Libya's two rival factions sign a "permanent" ceasefire agreement after five days of talks at the United Nations, which has hailed the deal as a historic moment after years of turmoil and bloodshed. 850 words 1500 GMT by Robin Millard with Rim Taher in Tripoli. Picture. Video Also moved: Libya-conflict-UN-offensive,CHRONO Libya-conflict-UN-politics,CHRONO Nigeria-unrest,WRAP LAGOS Police checkpoints stud the empty streets of Lagos as the Nigerian authorities try to restore order to Africa's biggest city following days of unrest. 700 words 1500 GMT by Sophie Bouillon. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Nigeria-unrest-Buhari,FOCUS India-pollution-environment-health-virus-pandemic NEW DELHI New Delhi is blanketed in noxious haze as air pollution levels in parts of the city soar to "severe", hours after US President Donald Trump described the air in the vast nation as "filthy". 450 words moved. Picture EU-farming-consumer-food-parliament BRUSSELS The European Parliament rejects a much-mocked attempt to ban companies from branding plant-based products with meaty names like "veggie burger". 400 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP STOCKHOLM The EU's disease control agency joins frantic doctors in several European countries in sounding the alarm about the surge in coronavirus infections, as Spain says it has more than three million cases. 700 words 1530 GMT by Johannes Ledel and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Belgium,FOCUS LIEGE, Belgium Frazzled hospital staff, some who have tested positive for the coronavirus, fight a losing battle to turn back the tide in the Belgian city of Liege, one of Europe's worst hotspots in the second wave of Covid-19. 600 words moved by Francoise Michel. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain LONDON Millions more people head into coronavirus lockdowns in Britain, as the government boosted a jobs support package but acknowledged failures in a hugely expensive testing programme. 600 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain,SCENE LEIGH, Greater Manchester Widespread confusion and fatigue with its coronavirus response threatens to undermine the British government's latest plans and also its new-found support in northwest England as it is plunged into lockdown. 750 words 1500 GMT by James Pheby. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain,lead MADRID The "real number" of coronavirus cases in Spain is more than three million, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says, as regions impose new measures to curb the spread of the disease. 500 words moved by Christian Chaise Also moved: Health-virus-France-tourism-Eiffel -- AFRICA -- Guinea-vote-unrest,WRAP CONAKRY Guinea, gripped by days of post-election violence, suffers widespread internet disruptions after preliminary results show a victory for President Alpha Conde. 550 words moved by Laurent Lozano SAfrica-politics-racism-land-agriculture,FOCUS SENEKAL, South Africa A white farmer's murder in a rural town in early October touched off a series of racially charged events that has drawn comparisons with South Africa's apartheid past, but the truth is far more complex. 850 words moved by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-politics,Q&A BEIRUT One year after mass protests pushed him to resign, why is Saad Hariri back as Lebanese prime minister, tasked with putting together a pro-reform cabinet to rescue the country from crisis? 750 words moved by Laya Abou Rahal. File picture Israel-Palestinians-conflict-court,FOCUS KHIRBET AL-MAJAZ, Palestinian Territories Khirbet Al-Majaz, a patch of desert at the end of a long, dusty trail in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, may not look like an area at the centre of a two-decade court battle. 650 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Algeria-right-women,FOCUS TUNIS Algerian actresses angered by murders and violence targeting women have launched a campaign to fight the phenomenon -- but not everyone has welcomed the initiative. 450 words moved by Salsabil Chellali. File picture Fbl-IRQ-Iraq-Mosul-reconstruction,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq Mohamed Fathi, coach of Mosul's football club in northern Iraq, hardly recognises the ruined soccer stadium once used by Islamic State group fighters as a base to fire rockets and lob mortars. 750 words moved by Raad al-Jammas with Khalil Jalil in Baghdad. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-conflict-NKorea-SKorea-US-anniversary,WRAP BEIJING President Xi Jinping warns of China's military resolve to defeat "invaders", speaking on a 70th anniversary for the Korean War, the only time Chinese forces have fought the United States. 650 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video Kazakhstan-China-rights-Xinjiang-court,FOCUS ALMATY When Bikamal Kaken's husband vanished during a 2017 visit to Xinjiang in northwestern China, she had good reason to believe he would not be returning home to Kazakhstan anytime soon. 900 words moved by Chris Rickleton. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-royals-unrest-food,FOCUS BANGKOK With an intelligence network so good they have been compared to the CIA, Thai street vendors are often first on the scene at "guerrilla" democracy protests in Bangkok. 550 words moved by Lisa Martin and Thanaporn Promyamyai. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Chile-referendum,WRAP SANTIAGO A year after the start of months of social unrest, Chileans vote Sunday in a referendum to change a dictatorship-era constitution seen as the bedrock of the nation's glaring inequalities. 600 words 1730 GMT by Denis Barnett. Picture. Video Also moved: Chile-referendum-politics-protests,CHRONO Canada-health-indigenous-racism-discrimination,FOCUS MONTREAL At 26, Uliipika Kiguktak refuses to remain silent over the racism she has suffered in a health care system accused of showing hostility and providing inadequate treatment to indigenous Canadians. 750 words 1530 GMT by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video Venezuela-environment-oil,lead CARACAS Trinidad and Tobago says a damaged oil tanker off the island's coast is "stable" after opposition politicians in neighboring Venezuela warned of a potential "environmental catastrophe." 500 words moved. Picture. Graphic Venezuela-social-poverty,FOCUS CARACAS Sunlight cannot penetrate, the air is fetid and fellow residents include rats and cockroaches -- but that's how 14 families are "dying slowly" in government accommodation in Venezuela's capital Caracas. 600 words moved by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT - Russia-environment-pollution MOSCOW The mass death of sea animals off the coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's Pacific Far East was caused by blooming algae, scientists say 400 words 1500 GMT -- SPORTS -- Cricket-Ind-Dev NEW DELHI Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev is in a "stable" condition after undergoing emergency cardiac surgery after complaining of chest pain, hospital authorities say. 200 words moved. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- China-telecommunication-Huawei-earnings SHANGHAI Huawei's revenue growth slowed significantly in the first nine months of 2020, the Chinese telecom giant says, citing "intense pressure" on operations during the coronavirus and as the US moves to cut off its access to vital components. 650 words moved by Dan Martin. Picture. File video US-economy-employment-health-virus,FOCUS WASHINGTON Americans enduring a feeble economy and high unemployment because of the coronavirus pandemic are creating start-up companies at a record pace. 500 words moved by Julie Chabanas US-automobile-environment-merger-stocks-Lordstown,FOCUS LORDSTOWN, Ohio Could a new Tesla-like upstart be the savior of a once-mighty Ohio steel region ravaged by deindustrialization? Lordstown Motors has lofty ambitions for its flagship Endurance electric pickup truck to lead the way. 650 words moved by John Biers. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-Springsteen,FOCUS NEW YORK The Boss got the band back together for his 20th studio album, a work that sees the ever-reflective Bruce Springsteen converse with his past selves while meditating on his own mortality. 700 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture afp
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