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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Out of hospital, Trump declares he is cured + Turkey steps up pressure over Karabakh conflict + Kyrgystan cancels election results after clashes + UAE, Israeli ministers hold historic Berlin meeting + Nobel Physics Prize for black hole researchers US-vote-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump doubles down on the macho image his fans adore, declaring himself cured of Covid-19 and scoffing at disastrous opinion polls only four weeks before election day against Democrat Joe Biden. 600 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP STEPANAKERT Turkey calls on the world to back Azerbaijan in the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region and downplays the need for a ceasefire as fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces raged for a tenth day. 750 words 1430 GMT by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Kyrgyzstan-vote-demonstration,WRAP BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan says it has cancelled the results of a disputed parliamentary vote as unrest spreads from the capital Bishkek. 750 words 1600 GMT by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video Israel-UAE-Germany-diplomacy,WRAP BERLIN The foreign ministers of Israel and the United Arab Emirates visited the Holocaust Memorial in central Berlin during their "historic" first meeting, in a big step for their newly thawed ties after years as foes. 600 words 1500 GMT by Hui Min Neo. Picture. Video. Live video Nobel-physics,WRAP STOCKHOLM Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US are awarded the Nobel Physics Prize for their research into what the Nobel committee calls "one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole." 750 words 1430 GMT by Johannes Ledel. Video. Picture. Graphic. -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-misinformation-internet-QAnon,FOCUS HONG KONG Powered by fear, anger and big tech's algorithms, the QAnon conspiracy movement has exploded from the US political fringe into the global mainstream during the pandemic. 800 words moved by Qasim Nauman. File Picture. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-internet-disinformation-QAnon,Q&A Health-virus-US-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON In focusing solely on testing, treatments and vaccines, President Donald Trump neglected public health measures recommended by experts to stem the spread of Covid-19 -- a decision with disastrous consequences for himself and for the country. 600 words 1800 GMT by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-hospital PARIS Procedures like inserting or removing breathing tubes, which were thought to pose a serious danger of Covid-19 transmission to health workers, produce less aerosols than a normal cough, according to new research. 500 words moved by Kelly MacNamara -- NOBEL PRIZE -- Nobel-physics-Ghez,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON For US astronomer Andrea Ghez, who won this year's Nobel Physics Prize, what makes black holes so fascinating is how tricky they are to conceptualize. 550 words 1500 GMT by Ivan Couronne Nobel-physics-space-black-holes,FACTS PARIS So powerful they bend the laws of nature, not even Albert Einstein, the father of general relativity, was convinced black holes could exist. 550 words moved. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-Conservative-energy-health-virus,WRAP LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson sketches out an optimistic vision of Britain's future to turn around a coronavirus slump, promising to turn the country into the Saudi Arabia of wind power using offshore floating turbines. 650 words 1600 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. File picture. Video Also moved: Britain-politics-Conservatives-Johnson Britain-church-abuse,WRAP LONDON The Church of England is criticised in a damning report for protecting predatory priests rather than young victims of sexual abuse, prompting an apology from senior clerics. 600 words moved by James Pheby Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE YEREVAN Armenians of all ages arrive to an army recruitment office in the capital Yerevan to sign up to join the fight in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. 500 words 1600 GMT by Maxime Popov. Picture. Video Germany-farright-police-politics,WRAP BERLIN Right-wing extremism is not a systemic problem in the German police despite hundreds of examples documented in a new report, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer says. 650 words moved by Mathieu Foulkes and Femke Colborne. Picture. Video. Live video -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest,FOCUS MAPUTO Three years ago, gunfire broke out at dawn in a sleepy town in northern Mozambique in what would be the start of a full-fledged insurgency by a shadowy Islamist group. 600 words moved by Joaquim Nhamirre. File Picture Mali-unrest-coup-ECOWAS, WRAP BAMAKO The West African regional bloc ECOWAS ends sanctions imposed against Mali after a military coup, saying it wants to back the return to civilian rule. 600 words 1600 GMT Also moving: Mali-unrest-coup,CHRONO -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Republicans-Pence,PROFILE WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence squares off Wednesday against his Democratic challenger for the office Kamala Harris in their lone debate, with the deputy's duties and succession powers suddenly prominent as President Donald Trump battles Covid-19. 550 words 1800 GMT by Michael Mathes US-vote-Democrats-Harris,PROFILE WASHINGTON Democratic political trailblazer Kamala Harris will be in the spotlight Wednesday as she debates Vice President Mike Pence, an opportunity for the US senator and former prosecutor to make the case against four more years of a Donald Trump administration. 550 words 1730 GMT by Michael Mathes US-vote-Florida-racism,FOCUS MIAMI Davion and Maria have paid their debt to society by serving prison sentences in the US state of Florida, but they're still paying back monetary debts from their cases -- and until they do, they won't be allowed to vote. 750 words moved by Leila Macor. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- US-Japan-China-India-Australia-diplomacy-health-virus,WRAP TOKYO US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls on key Asian allies to unite against China's "exploitation, corruption and coercion" in the region, as he holds talks in Tokyo. 600 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama and Shingo Ito. Picture. Video India-assault-crime-women NEW DELHI Six men have been arrested and hundreds more booked on charges of inflaming social tensions in response to days of protests against the handling of a fatal gang rape, Indian police said. 400 words 1430 GMT -- BUSINESS -- WTO-trade-health-virus,lead GENEVA Global trade, devastated by the coronavirus crisis, will shrink by less than expected this year but the rebound will also be much weaker than previously forecast, says the WTO. 450 words moved by Robin Millard Health-virus-IMF-economy-recession WASHINGTON With a flood of government spending, the global downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic will not be as bad as originally feared, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says, but she warns that the crisis is far from over. 600 words 1430 GMT by Heather Scott -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open-corruption-investigation PARIS French prosecutors open an investigation into alleged match-fixing in a French Open women's doubles encounter on September 30 between Romanian pair Andreea Mitu and Patricia Maria Tig and Yana Sizikova of Russia playing with US partner Madison Brengle, according to French and German media. 400 words 1730 GMT. 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