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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump, Biden gear up for first TV debate + Thousands flee California wine country fires + Armenia-Azerbaijan fighting rages despite ceasefire calls + Rapid virus tests to be rolled out as toll tops one million + Novak Djokovic in action at French Open US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reels on the eve of his first televised debate against challenger Joe Biden after a bolt-from-the-blue report shows he has avoided paying almost any federal income tax for years. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moved: US-vote-politics-debate,FOCUS US-vote-taxation-Trump,Q&A US-fires-California,WRAP SANTA ROSA, California Tens of thousands of Californians fled their homes in the Napa and Sonoma wine regions in the face of wildfires, emergency officials said, as a new blaze in the north of the state killed three people. 750 words moved by Samuel Corum with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Azerbaijani and Armenian forces claim to have inflicted heavy losses as fighting raged for a third day over the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh. 550 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Coronavirus tests that deliver results in 15-30 minutes are to be rolled out across the United States and in scores of poorer countries, as health authorities worldwide try to get a handle on a disease that has now killed more than a million people. 650 words 1200 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic begins his bid for a second French Open title and 18th Grand Slam pledging to be on his best behaviour following his US Open disqualification and faces Sweden's Mikael Ymer, ranked 80, seeking a 32nd win in 33 matches in 2020. 400 words moved by Dave James. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS British and EU negotiators launch their last week of intense negotiations before a crunch summit next month that will decide whether it's still worth pursuing a post-Brexit trade deal. 550 words 1100 GMT by Alex Pigman Spain-banking-Bankia-trial,WRAP MADRID A court acquits former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato and all other defendants put on trial on accusations of fraud and falsifying the books in the botched 2011 stock listing of Spain's Bankia bank, a symbol of the country's banking crisis. 600 words 1030 GMT by Emmanuelle Michel. File picture. File video Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP VILNIUS French President Emmanuel Macron promises to help mediate in the political crisis in Belarus but Russia's Vladimir Putin lashes out against "unprecedented external pressure". 400 words 1000 GMT by Laurence Benhamou and Vaidotas Beniusis. Picture. Video France-animals-fashion-circuses-mink,WRAP PARIS France says it will "gradually" ban mink farms and the use of wild animals in travelling circuses as well as the breeding of dolphins and orcas in captivity. 400 words moved by Stephane Orjollet and Fiachra Gibbons. File picture Albania-crime-assault-health-marriage,FOCUS TIRANA Her face swollen and arms darkened by bruises, Ana's eyes dart anxiously around her flat in eastern Albania, where she is trapped with a violent husband whose blows have worsened during the pandemic. 800 words moved by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-education-university,FOCUS COVENTRY, United Kingdom Poring over her books in the library at Coventry University, far from her home in Equatorial Guinea, Agnes Genoveva Cheba Ade is determined to keep up her studies despite coronavirus restrictions. 700 words moved by Martine Pauwels. Video. Picture -- ASIA -- Australia-Vatican-religion-pope SYDNEY Australian Cardinal George Pell will return to Rome for the first time since being acquitted of child sexual abuse charges, and just days after a Vatican rival was ousted. 550 words moved. File video China-crime-education BEIJING A kindergarten teacher in China is sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children in an act of revenge against a colleague that left one toddler dead. 250 words moved China-virus-health-test,FOCUS BEIJING In a Beijing lab, a printer-sized contraption carries hopes of breakthrough in the battle to contain the coronavirus -- the 'Flash 20' -- described as the "world's fastest" Covid-19 test machine that inventors say is as reliable as a lab test that can take much longer 600 words moved by Ludovic Ehret. Photo. Video Health-virus-SKorea-festival,FOCUS WANJU, South Korea Sitting in her tiny home, 83-year-old Moon Haeng-ja is struggling to master a new skill as the coronavirus pandemic plays havoc with South Korea's harvest celebrations: making video calls. 550 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Ethiopia-aviation,INTERVIEW ADDIS ABABA Six months since the coronavirus pandemic upended the global airline industry, Ethiopian Airlines is facing a heavy toll: more than $1 billion in lost revenue, to say nothing of 850 infected employees. 750 words 1000 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. File Picture. Video Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS SOWETO, South Africa "Things are getting back to normal, even though it will never be like it was before," says a relieved Petunia Maseko, relaxing in a bar in South Africa's Soweto township. 800 words moved by Michelle Gumede with AFP African bureaus. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-politics-protest,FOCUS BAGHDAD Back in October 2019, unprecedented protests demanded the fall of Iraq's ruling class. One year on, with a new government in place and nearly 600 protesters killed, almost nothing has changed. 780 words moved by Maya Gebeily and Sarah Benhaida. File picture. File video Also moved: Iraq-politics-protest,CHRONO -- AMERICAS -- Canada-China-US-court-extradition,WRAP VANCOUVER Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers return to a Canadian court to press for her release, arguing the US misled Canada about the strength of their case against her. 650 words moved by David Ball. Picture US-vote-Parscale MIAMI Donald Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale had 10 guns in his Florida home and his wife accused him of beating her, police say, after he was dramatically detained outside his house. 300 words moved -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA,PREVIEW ORLANDO, United States LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers begin the final challenge in their bid to return to the summit of basketball when they take on the Miami Heat team in game one of the NBA Finals. 750 words moved -- BUSINESS -- China-US-internet-SinaCorp-merger,lead BEIJING Chinese internet giant Sina Corp, the parent company of the country's vast Twitter-like Weibo platform, plans to delist its US shares and go private, making it the latest mainland firm to withdraw from Wall Street as relations between Beijing and Washington sour. 300 words moved afp
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