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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump tests positive for Covid + Fighting rages on in Nagorny Karabakh + US slashes refugees admissions to record low + Honda to quit Formula One Health-virus-US-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19, upending the already tense US election, but is described by his doctor as feeling "well" and able to perform his duties while quarantining. 800 words 1000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moving: Health-virus-Trump-risk,FOCUS Health-virus-US-Trump-world,REAX Also moved: Health-virus,WRAP Health-virus-US-Trump-quotes,QUOTES Health-virus-world-celebrities,FACTS Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP STEPANAKERT Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan rages over the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region for a sixth day but Yerevan opens the door to negotiations, saying it is ready to work with mediators for a ceasefire. 650 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic US-diplomacy-refugee-politics,3rdlead WASHINGTON The United States will admit a record low of no more than 15,000 refugees over the coming year despite surging global displacement, as President Donald Trump rallies against migrants on the campaign trail. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture Auto-Prix-Honda,WRAP PARIS Honda says it will withdraw from Formula One at the end of the 2021 season as part of the car industry's move away from internal combustion engines. 450 words 1000 GMT. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will hold a direct video meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday as the final planned week of post-Brexit trade negotiations end with no breakthrough. 600 words 1200 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict,SCENE MARTUNI Bursts of artillery rang out in the small town of Martuni in the separatist Nagorny Karabakh region, where shelling has torn through roofs, leaving piles of rubble and shattered glass. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Bulgaria-history-architecture,FOCUS BUZLUDZHA, Bulgaria Nestled in Bulgaria's central Balkan Mountains, an international team of art experts and architects is hard at work trying to preserve one of the country's most striking monuments, a communist-era "flying saucer" perched on a hillside. 700 words moved by Vessela Sergueva. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-SAfrica-abortion,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South African student Jessica had already missed two periods when she shyly slipped into a clinic to seek an abortion in early July, as the coronavirus outbreak was reaching its peak. 800 words 0930 GMT by Sofia Christensen Health-virus-SAfrica-border,SCENE MUSINA, South Africa South African patrol guards anticipated that Zimbabweans would resume illegal land crossings into the country to buy goods as soon as travel restrictions were lifted, leading to hundreds of arrests in northern border towns. 650 words 1130 GMT by Michelle Gumede. Picture. Video Ethiopia-health-virus-athletics-marathon,FOCUS BEKOJI, Ethiopia Just eight months ago, 16-year-old Hanna Awugichew believed she was well on her way to becoming Ethiopia's next elite runner, having qualified for a national competition in the 400-metre dash. 800 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Health-virus-Kenya,FOCUS NAIROBI Kenya is reporting a decline in coronavirus cases, and hospital admissions for Covid-19 have fallen sharply, but some frontline health workers say infections are going undetected and could even be rising. 800 words moved by Marion Douet -- ASIA -- SriLanka-India-environment-accident-tanker COLOMBO Sri Lanka has scuttled plans by a salvage crew to tow away a stricken super tanker from its waters, insisting that owners must first pay a $2.4 million fire-fighting bill. 350 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-religion,ADVANCER RIYADH Saudi Arabia will resume the year-round umrah pilgrimage on Sunday, in a scaled-down form and with a string of health measures, seven months after it was suspended due to coronavirus. 500 words moved Kuwait-royals-politics,FOCUS KUWAIT CITY Kuwait's new emir has big shoes to fill and formidable issues to deal with -- balancing relations with regional powers Saudi Arabia and Iran, steering the economy through crisis, and selecting a new crown prince. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Algeria-politics-referendum,FOCUS ALGIERS Algeria is readying for a constitutional referendum that the establishment says will usher in a "new republic" and boost freedoms but which the opposition dismisses as window-dressing by a repressive regime. 700 words moved by Amal Belalloufi. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Honduras-Guatemala-Mexico-US-migrants,WRAP ENTRE RIOS, Guatemala Thousands of mostly Honduran migrants bound for the United States surge across the border into Guatemala, just weeks before a tense American presidential election where immigration is a key issue. 700 words moved. Picture Also moved: US-economy-unemployment-politics,FOCUS US-vote-racism-health,FOCUS JACKSON, Mississippi As an icebreaker, Antonio Wiggins often begins by talking sports. But the conversations between the Jackson, Mississippi, barber and his customers, African-American men, tend to turn very quickly to more weighty subjects. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video Health-virus-Mexico-religion-Mennonite,FOCUS EL SABINAL, Mexico When an isolated Mennonite community in the deserts of northern Mexico timidly opened up to the outside world through the internet, it discovered that a pandemic was sweeping the planet. 500 words moved by Herika Martinez. Picture Health-virus-Brazil-education,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO The 13-year-old boy selling mangos at the market in Rio de Janeiro was the same age as Vanessa Cavalieri's daughter, studying in the same grade at school. But while her daughter was home taking classes online, the boy's schooling was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger, with Florence Glisnard in Sao Paulo. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-economy-unemployment-manufacturing,WRAP WASHINGTON Downbeat statements by US lawmakers dampen expectations for the passage of more fiscal stimulus as new government data shows continuing strain on consumers impacted by the coronavirus downturn. 800 words moved by Chris Stein -- CULTURE/ARTS/LIFESTYLE -- IT-media-Instagram-US,FOCUS PARIS #Foodporn, #nofilter and #TBT: Little known to the general public a decade ago, Instagram has weaved its way into the daily lives of a billion people, changing the way we eat, travel and consume. 750 words 1030 GMT by Alexandra Del Peral Lebanon-blast-culture-arts,FOCUS BEIRUT Lebanese stained glass artist Maya Husseini had hoped to retire after decades spent designing colourful windows, but she has been flooded with work since the massive blast that ripped through Beirut. 700 words moved by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video France-books-Carrere-row PARIS The ex-wife of one of France's most celebrated writers accuses of him lying in his new hit memoir and of breaking a contract not to write about her. 600 words moved by Hugues Honore and Fiachra Gibbons. File picture -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Rafael Nadal anticipates a stiffer challenge at the French Open after strolling through the first two rounds while top seed Simona Halep faces a rematch with Amanda Anisimova, the American teenager who knocked her out of last year's tournament. 650 words 1200 GMT by Martyn Wood. Picture afp
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