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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe, US struggle with coronavirus case surge + Trump launches intense, last-ditch vote push + Poland's president tests positive for virus + Libyans cautious about ceasefire deal + NASA tackles Osiris-Rex asteroid dust leak Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Signs are multiplying that authorities around the world are struggling to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control, as the US reports 80,000 infections in a single day, France extends a curfew to two-thirds of citizens and Germany's death toll passes 10,000. 750 words by Tom Barfield with AFP bureaus 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote,WRAP PENSACOLA Donald Trump launches an intense last-ditch reelection push in Florida, insisting that Covid-19 is disappearing, while frontrunner Joe Biden hammers his message that the president has abdicated responsibility for a pandemic that is actually surging. 800 words moved by Jerome Cartillier with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-points,POINTS Health-virus-Poland,WRAP WARSAW Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus as the country faces a record rise in cases and mass protests despite restrictions intended to stem infections. 550 words 0930 GMT by Mary Sibierski. File pictures Libya-conflict,ANALYSIS TRIPOLI Libyans react with a mix of hope and scepticism to the signing of a nationwide ceasefire deal intended to pave the way towards a political solution to the country's grinding conflict. 790 words moved by Rim Taher with Paul Raymond in Tunis. Picture. Video US-space-astronomy-OSIRIS WASHINGTON NASA says its robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex has succeeded in collecting a large sample of particles from the Bennu asteroid this week -- but so much that it is leaking. 350 words moved -- US vote -- US-vote-offbeat,POINTS WASHINGTON US election day is quickly approaching, but this week has shown there's still plenty of time for dancing and video games on the campaign trail. 450 words moved. File Picture US-vote-Arizona-India,INTERVIEW PHOENIX, Arizona, United States Hiral Tipirneni represents the so-called American Dream -- an Indian immigrant who came to the United States as a child and became a doctor. Now she aspires to become a congresswoman. But to do so, the Democrat will need to win in a suburb that has always voted Republican. 650 words moved by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video US-vote-immigration,FOCUS NEW YORK A testy exchange between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in Thursday's presidential debate has renewed focus on the unknown whereabouts of parents of 545 migrant children separated from their families under US border policy. 750 words moved by Laura Bonilla. File Picture -- PLEASE SEE OUR SPECIAL ADVISORY FOR FULL ELECTION COVERAGE -- -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-Sudan-Israel-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Sudan becomes the latest Arab nation to agree to recognize Israel, in a diplomatic triumph for President Donald Trump announced days before the US elections. 800 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-Sudan-Israel-diplomacy-world,REAX US-Sudan-Israel-diplomacy,CHRONO US-Sudan-Israel-diplomacy,COUNTRY FACTFILE Syria-conflict-heritage,FOCUS HOMS, Syria Clutching a small saw, Syrian volunteer Rana Jreij cuts away at bushes growing up the centuries-old walls of one of the world's most famous Crusader castles, Krak des Chevaliers, to protect it from forest fires. 500 words moved by Maher Al-Mounes. Picture. Video Egypt-vote-parliament,WRAP CAIRO Egyptians vote in the first phase of parliamentary elections with little doubt of a sweeping victory for supporters of hardline President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi. 500 words 1200 GMT. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Seychelles-vote, WRAP VICTORIA Voters on the main islands of the Seychelles cast their ballot in presidential and parliamentary elections that have spanned three days, across an idyllic archipelago that has been economically hammered by the coronavirus. 600 words 1130 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic ICoast-politics-vote-unrest,FOCUS DUEKOUE, Ivory Coast His brother had his throat slit and his handicapped niece was shot dead in her home, but Zeabahi Maurice has put aside all thoughts of revenge against the militiamen who ravaged his village in the west of the Ivory Coast a decade ago. 650 words moved by Patrick Fort. Picture. Video Zambia-debt-economy-politics-vote,FOCUS LUSAKA Although elections won't be held in Zambia for another 10 months, the battle lines already being drawn over the country's debt woes could make them the issue to topple the incumbent president. 650 words 1000 GMT by Obert Simwanza and Susan Njanji. Video. File Picture. -- AMERICAS -- Canada-health-indigenous-racism-discrimination,FOCUS MONTREAL After years fighting for fair treatment, indigenous Canadian Uliipika Kiguktak is finally ready to open up about her experiences in a healthcare system facing a growing outcry over accusations of racism. 850 words moved by Anne-Sophie Thill. Picture. Video -- ASIA PACIFIC -- Myanmar-politics-vote-unrest-rights YANGON For many marginalised ethnic minority groups in conflict-plagued regions of Myanmar, next month's national elections had at least offered a glimmer of hope for empowerment. But a decision to exclude swathes of their homelands from the vote has instead filled them with anger and despair. 650 words moved by Su Myat Mon. File Picture. Graphic -- POLITICS/ENTERTAINMENT -- US-politics-entertainment-Trump-Borat ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE US President Donald Trump says he has not been a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen -- even before a clip from the British comedian's new Borat movie forced his lawyer Rudy Giuliani into an awkward explanation. 350 words moved -- SPORTS -- Baseball-MLB-WorldSeries, LEAD ARLINGTON, TEXAS Justin Turner sets the tone with a first-inning home run and the Los Angeles Dodgers march to a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. 700 words moved by Rebecca Bryan. -- HEALTH & CULTURE -- Health-virus-Peru-culture-animal,FOCUS LIMA In a matter of months, the coronavirus has achieved something that animal rights activists failed to do in decades: put a halt to bullfighting in Peru. 600 words moved by Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video afp
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