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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Three killed in French church 'Islamist' attack + France, Germany to lock down as virus surges + Trump and Biden duel for votes in crucial Florida + UK Labour suspends Corbyn in anti-Semitism row + Man and dog: Ancient DNA shows complex history France-attack,WRAP NICE, France A knife-wielding man kills three people at a church in the French city of Nice, slitting the throat of a woman in what President Emmanuel Macron calls an "Islamist terrorist attack". 800 words 1930 GMT by Vincent-Xavier Morvan with Sylvie Maligorne in Paris. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: France-attack-police,CHRONO France-attack,REAX Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Bars, restaurants and services prepare to shut down in France and Germany as countries around the world grapple with how far to push lockdown measures amid a surging tide of coronavirus cases. 800 words 2100 GMT by Adam Plowright with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-France,SCENE Health-virus-Britain Health-virus-Russia-Putin,WRAP US-vote,WRAP TAMPA, Florida Donald Trump and Joe Biden fight for votes in the crucial state of Florida, painting radically different visions of the United States as big new GDP figures show the economy getting back on track even as the Covid-19 pandemic accelerates again. 700 words 2000 GMT by Leila Macor, with Sebastian Smith and Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-politics-Labour,WRAP LONDON Britain's main opposition Labour party suspends its former leader Jeremy Corbyn, after a government watchdog found his office broke equality law through its "inexcusable" handling of anti-Semitism complaints. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture. Video. File video Science-animal-dog-genetics WASHINGTON Much of the diversity seen in modern dog populations was already present around the time the last Ice Age had ended 11,000 years ago, a global study of ancient DNA reveals. 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-Trump-record,POINTS WASHINGTON Donald Trump boasts that "no administration" accomplished more than in his first term as president. But leaving aside his response to the coronavirus pandemic -- a massive one-off crisis which voters broadly say he flubbed -- how do the Republican's achievements measure up? 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Please see our special advisory for full election coverage. -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-nature-pandemic-agriculture PARIS Future pandemics will happen more often, kill more people and wreak even worse damage to the global economy than Covid-19 without a fundamental shift in how humans treat nature, the United Nations' biodiversity panel warns. 600 words moved by Patrick Galey Health-virus-India-medicine,FOCUS NEW DELHI New Delhi housewife Sashi scoops Covid-19 "immunity-boosting" powder into a jug of water every morning for her family, joining a rush of Indians who believe traditional supplements will ward off the pandemic. 650 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-UAE-military-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States has agreed to sell top-of-the-line F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates following its recognition of Israel, potentially shifting the regional power balance, a lawmaker says. 550 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon US-weather,WRAP NEW ORLEANS Hurricane Zeta barrels through the southern United States as a Category 2 storm, bringing dangerous winds and surging ocean waves as New Orleans residents are left without power. 800 words moved by Mike Smith. Picture -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,WRAP YEREVAN The leader of Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh says Azerbaijani forces are closing in on the town of Shusha, whose capture would mark a turning point after a month of fighting. 650 words moved by mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Vietnam-landslide-typhoon-weather,WRAP Quang Nam, VIETNAM Twenty-one people are killed and dozens more are feared dead after a typhoon tore through central Vietnam, triggering landslides and causing some of the worst destruction seen in years. 500 words moved. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG A teenage Hong Kong democracy activist is charged with secession, the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping new national security law Beijing imposed on the city. 750 words moved by Su Xinqi. File picture. Live video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-France-attack,3rdlead JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia A Saudi citizen wounds a guard in a knife attack at the French consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, officials say, as France faces growing anger over satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. 650 words moved. Picture Algeria-vote-constitution,ADVANCER ALGIERS Algerians are set to vote Sunday on a new constitution the government touts as establishing a "new republic", but a long-running protest movement rejects the exercise as window-dressing. 800 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah. Picture. Video Also moved: Algeria-vote-constitution,POINTS Algeria-vote-constitution,FACTFILE Algeria-vote-constitution,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote-Gbagbo,WRAP ABIDJAN Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, in his first public comments since being toppled in 2011, says Saturday's presidential election spell "disaster" for the troubled country and calls for dialogue. 750 words moved by David Esnault, Patrick Fort and Patrick Markey. Pictures. Graphic Tanzania-vote,WRAP STONE TOWN, Tanzania Tanzania's main opposition presidential candidate announces he will refuse to recognise the result of an election he said was marred by irregularities such as ballot box stuffing. 800 words moved by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video. Graphic Senegal-migrants-accident,lead DAKAR More than 140 people died last week when a vessel carrying around 200 migrants sank off Senegal, in the deadliest shipwreck recorded in 2020 so far. 400 words moved -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-economy-health-virus-indicator-GDP,WRAP WASHINGTON The US economy posts a jaw-dropping annual rate of growth of 33.1 percent in the third quarter, a result that has President Donald Trump cheering just days ahead of the election, but economists say the headline number obscures potential signs of trouble. 750 words 2100 GMT by Heather Scott. Graphic ECB-eurozone-banking-inflation-health-virus,WRAP FRANKFURT The European Central Bank pledges to bolster its pandemic stimulus in December as surging coronavirus infections darken the eurozone's economic outlook. 730 words moved by Ed Frankl -- LIFESTYLE -- US-wildlife-wolf WASHINGTON The administration of US President Donald Trump removes endangered species protections for the gray wolf, paving the way for the iconic predator to be more widely hunted. 450 words 2000 GMT. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-Eur-C1-Barcelona,FOCUS MADRID Ronald Koeman threw his arms around Lionel Messi and in that moment all seemed well again, Barcelona toasting the resignation of Josep Maria Bartomeu as president on Tuesday by beating Juventus 24 hours later. 650 words moved by Thomas Allnutt. Picture afp
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