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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + US charges six Russians with series of cyberattacks + Trump ramps up campaign rallies + France shuts mosque after teacher's killing + UAE to sign string of deals with Israel + Bottle-fed babies eating microplastics: study US-Russia-justice-cyber,WRAP WASHINGTON Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged in the United States with carrying out cyberattacks on Ukraine's power grid, the 2017 French elections and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the Justice Department announces. 700 words moved by Chris Lefkow US-vote,WRAP MIAMI With exactly two weeks until the election, President Donald Trump continues his campaign rally marathon with a trip to swing state Pennsylvania, a day after early voting began in another key state, Florida. 800 words moved by Leila Macor with Mandel Ngan in Prescott, Arizona. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-vote-HunterBiden-politics,FOCUS France-attack,WRAP PARIS French authorities close a Paris mosque in a clampdown on radical Islam that has yielded over a dozen arrests following the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. 600 words 1030 GMT by Alexandre Hielard and Mariette le Roux. Picture. Video. Graphic Israel-UAE-diplomacy,WRAP JERUSALEM The United Arab Emirates is set to sign a string of deals with Israel in the first official visit since they normalised relations in a US-brokered landmark agreement last month. 600 words 1200 GMT. Picture Environment-health-infants-plastics PARIS Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day, new research shows, highlighting the abundance of plastics in our food products. 500 words moved by Amelie Bottollier-Depois. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP DUBLIN European countries take urgent new measures to combat a coronavirus second wave, as the World Health Organization blames the surge in worldwide cases -- now more than 40 million -- on a failure to quarantine in infected people properly. 800 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-vaccine-fetus,FOCUS WASHINGTON It's no secret that thousands of laboratories around the world use cells derived from a fetus that was aborted decades ago to develop vital medicines. But it's a contentious topic in the US, where conservatives and anti-abortion activists have long deemed the practice unethical. 600 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-India-economy,FOCUS SINNAR, India India will likely soon have the world's most coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets people are back at work -- and eager to forget the epidemic for festival season. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly with Satyajit Shaw in Kolkata. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain-economy,FOCUS MADRID Fresh virus restrictions imposed in Spain's two regional economic powerhouses, Catalonia and Madrid, have darkened the country's already bleak growth forecasts and angered business leaders. 650 words 1000 GMT by Emmanuelle Michel. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Spain-hospital,FOCUS Health-virus-Hungary-Orban,FOCUS BUDAPEST As the second coronavirus wave bites, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- who shut the borders in September -- is holding back on tougher measures such as a lockdown, despite growing criticism of his response. 750 words 0930 GMT by Peter Murphy and Geza Molnar. Picture -- US VOTE -- US-vote-poverty-racism,FOCUS BALTIMORE, Maryland Demon Lane says his east Baltimore neighborhood will still be blighted by drug dealing, deadly gunfire, rat-infested vacant houses and hopelessness, no matter who wins America's presidential election in November. 700 words moved by Joshua Melvin. Pictures by Brendan Smialowski. Video by Gilles Clarenne US-vote-diplomacy-trade-China,FOCUS BEIJING Donald Trump's first term has been rough on China, with war over trade and tech amplified by daily mudslinging, yet Beijing may welcome his re-election as it scans the horizon for the decline of its superpower rival. 700 words moved by Patrick Baert. File picture. Graphic US-vote-Mideast-Gulf-diplomacy,FOCUS DUBAI Brandishing a sword and dancing to traditional music on his first visit to Saudi Arabia soon after taking office, Donald Trump launched a dramatic relationship revamp that freed the hands of the Gulf monarchies. 850 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi. File picture Please see our special advisory for full coverage -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict-virus,SCENE TERTER, Azerbaijan Even on the frontline of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the coronavirus is a threat that is far from forgotten. But as civilians hunker down in cramped basements the fear of potentially deadly shelling is much more real. 650 words 1030 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE MARTAKERT, Azerbaijan Dressed in military fatigues, the mayor of Martakert, a town in northeastern Karabakh, sits behind a desk with two landline phones, his Kalashnikov resting against the wall behind him. But most of its 5,000 inhabitants have fled for safety. 600 words 1330 GMT by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video Germany-demo-climate-Rackete,PROFILE DANNENROD Eighteen months ago, German ship captain Carola Rackete was hailed a hero by refugee campaigners after she defied the authorities by steering a migrant rescue vessel into the port of Lampedusa. 650 words moved by Yannick Pasquet. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest-prison,lead BENI, DR Congo A feared militia attacks a prison in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, freeing hundreds of inmates, officials say. 450 words 1100 GMT Kenya-environment-climate-geography-tourism,FOCUS BARINGO, Kenya Peering into the lake, the village elder struggled to pinpoint where beneath the hyacinth and mesquite weeds lay the farm he lived his entire life, until this year when the water rose like never before, and swallowed everything. 850 words moved by Nick Perry. Picture. Video -- ASIA-PACIFIC/CENTRAL ASIA -- Kyrgyzstan-politics-corruption,lead BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan authorities detain on corruption charges a powerbroker closely allied to former president Sooronbay Jeenbekov, the national security committee says, as a new acting leader seeks to consolidate power with an anti-graft drive. 500 words 1230 GMT by Tolkun Namatbayeva Thailand-politics-royals-unrest-HongKong,FOCUS BANGKOK Umbrellas as shields, secure chat groups and hand signals as warnings of a pending police crackdown -- Thailand's pro-democracy protesters have taken lessons from their counterparts in Hong Kong to amplify calls for democratic reforms. 700 words moved by Vijitra Duangdee and Dene-Hern Chen. File Picture. File Video China-economy-wealth-business-Hurun BEIJING China's super wealthy have earned a record $1.5 trillion in 2020, more than the past five years combined, as e-commerce and gaming boomed during pandemic lockdowns, an annual rich list says. 450 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Chile-protests,WRAP SANTIAGO President Sebastian Pinera strongly condemns the burning of two churches and other violence that marred anti-government demonstrations as Chile prepares to hold a landmark constitutional referendum. 650 words moved by Paulina Abramovich. Picture. Video Bolivia-vote-Morales,WRAP LA PAZ Exiled former president Evo Morales signals his intention to return to Bolivia after his leftist heir Luis Arce's sweeping presidential election victory. 700 words moved by Valeria Pacheco with Nina Negron in Buenos Aires. Picture. Video AFP
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