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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Scramble for votes on US election eve + Germany tightens curbs as virus spreads + Gunmen kill 19 in Kabul university attack + Two children rescued from Turkey quake debris + Johnny Depp loses libel claim US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden fight for razor thin margins of support on the eve of an election beset by fears of violence and chaos after Trump, down in the polls with only hours to go, pushes hard to discredit the voting process. 750 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Germany leads a tightening of coronavirus curbs in many parts of Europe, while the Covid-19 crisis deepens in the United States on election eve. 750 words 1530 GMT by Hui Min Neo with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Afghanistan-conflict-shooting-university,WRAP KABUL At least 19 people are killed when gunmen storm Kabul's main university in a brutal, hours-long attack that saw students gunned down in their classrooms. 600 words 1430 GMT by Emal Haidary and Usman Sharifi. Picture. Video. Graphic Turkey-Greece-quake,WRAP BAYRAKLI, Turkey Rescuers pull two children from the rubble in a town in Turkey, delivering hope nearly three days after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean, killing 93 people and destroying dozens of homes. 500 words 1530 GMT by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-US-court-media-Depp,WRAP LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp loses a libel lawsuit against British newspaper The Sun for branding him a "wife beater" in a case that laid bare his chaotic battle with drink and drugs, and shattered his global reputation. 650 words moved by James Pheby. File picture. File video -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-obituaries,FOCUS CHICAGO A few days after Barry Kreiter died, his obituary showed up online, containing two signs of the times: a link for mourners to watch the funeral online, safe from coronavirus, and an appeal to help remove the president. In the era of Donald Trump, obituaries have become increasingly political. 500 words 1600 GMT by Bob Chiarito US-vote-Trump,PROFILE WASHINGTON All his life, the only constant about Donald Trump has been that everything must be about Donald Trump. "I alone can fix it," the president has said -- and, on Tuesday, Americans vote in what amounts to a referendum on the 74-year-old's brazen claim. 2,200 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-vote-Biden,PROFILE WASHINGTON He has suffered profound personal tragedy and seen his earlier political ambitions thwarted, but veteran Democrat Joe Biden hopes his pledge to unify Americans will deliver him the presidency after nearly half a century in Washington. 1,500 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-states,FACTS US-vote-ElectoralCollege,FACTS US-vote-Biden-politics,SCENE -- Please see our special advisory for full election coverage -- -- EUROPE -- Netherlands-transport-accident-art-offbeat,lead SPIJENISSE, Netherlands A runaway Dutch metro train that smashed through a safety barrier was saved from a disastrous plunge into water by a giant sculpture of a whale's tail. 500 words 1500 GMT by Sara Magniette. Picture. Video. France-attack,WRAP PARIS France honours the teacher beheaded in front of his school by a suspected Islamist radical, as millions of students return to classes after the autumn break with the country on edge after a string of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. 700 words 1500 GMT by Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a grilling from lawmakers about his belated decision to call a second coronavirus lockdown, after claims he could have saved "thousands" of lives by acting sooner. 600 words 1700 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-US-court-media-Depp,PROFILE Britain-US-court-media-Depp,POINTS -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-politics-gold-arrest HARARE Zimbabwe's first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa denies any involvement in an alleged attempt to smuggle gold out of the country, after her name surfaced in court papers about the case. 350 words moved ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara appears set for victory after a weekend election marred by clashes and an opposition boycott aimed at derailing his attempt at a third term. 650 words 1530 GMT by Patrick Markey with Christophe Koffi in Daoukro. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-unrest-minorities ADDIS ABABA An armed group in Ethiopia's restive Oromia region has carried out a "horrendous" attack on civilians, according to the government, while one survivor says dozens have died. 400 words moved Tanzania-election-opposition,WRAP DAR ES SALAAM Tanzanian police arrest the chairman of the main opposition party Chadema as well as other top leaders, ahead of planned protests against an election the party said was rigged. 400 words 1530 GMT. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-politics,WRAP ALGIERS Algerians approve a revised version of the North African country's constitution with two thirds of votes cast, after record low turnout in the previous day's referendum. 500 words 1500 GMT by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Picture. Video Morocco-environment-agriculture-drought,FOCUS AGADIR, Morocco Parched fields stretch as far as the eye can see in southwestern Morocco, as precious water resources are diverted from the drought-hit agricultural heartland to households. 700 words moved by Ismail Bellaouali. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Philippines-weather-typhoon,WRAP MANILA The most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year destroys tens of thousands of homes and kills at least 20 people, officials say, as communications to the worst-hit areas remained cut off. 550 words moved by Mikhail Flores. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ENTERTAINMENT -- SKorea-YouTube-music-entertainment-internet SEOUL The wildly infectious and relentlessly repetitive children's song "Baby Shark" becomes the most-watched YouTube video, with more than seven billion plays. 250 words moved -- SPORT -- Doping-RUS-Oly-Fbl-WC-politics-CAS,WRAP LAUSANNE Russia's attempt to overturn its four-year ban from international sport gets under way at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the latest chapter of a long-running and divisive saga over state-sanctioned doping. 500 words moved by Coralie Febvre. File picture RugbyU-RSA-Super-race JOHANNESBURG South African Rugby president Mark Alexander has slammed some of the seven Super Rugby Unlocked outfits for fielding too many white players in starting line-ups. 500 words moved afp
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