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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump positive for Covid, cancels campaign tour + EU leaders agree Belarus sanctions, warn Turkey + Armenian, Azerbaijani forces intensify shelling + Lebanon, Israel to hold first talks in 30 years + Fires spike in Brazilian Amazon, scientists say Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and will quarantine inside the White House during his recovery, cancelling upcoming appearances on the campaign trail ahead of a bitterly fought election. 850 words 0600 GMT by Jerome Cartillier with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video EU-summit,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders agree to impose sanctions against members of the Belarus regime and fire a warning at Turkey over its gas drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean. 750 words moved by Damon Wake. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,UPDATE STEPANAKERT Armenian and Azerbaijani forces intensify their shelling as French President Emmanuel Macron says jihadist militants have been deployed to Nagorny Karabakh in a "serious" new development. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict,SCENE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-diplomacy Lebanon-Israel-border-UN-US,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon and Israel say they will hold US-brokered negotiations on their disputed maritime border, in what Washington hails as a "historic" agreement between two sides technically still at war. 700 words moved by Bachir El Khoury. Picture. File picture. Video Brazil-environment-Amazon-fires,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO The number of forest fires in Brazil's Amazon increased sharply in September, satellite images show, fueling growing criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policies. 550 words moved by Louis Genot. File Picture -- AMERICAS -- 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. Pictures 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 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 0530 GMT by Joshua Howat Berger, with Florence Glisnard in Sao Paulo. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany-poisoning,FOCUS BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny recounts how he suddenly felt unwell on a flight over Siberia, cold sweat pouring down his brow, in his first media interview since his hospitalisation with suspected exposure to the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. 750 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture. File video Also moved: Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,CHRONO Russia-politics-Navalny-Putin,3rdlead 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 France-pornography-abuse-investigation,FOCUS PARIS A rape investigation targeting a prominent French pornography website is prompting actresses to disclose their own experiences of abuse, a moment of reckoning for an industry where speaking out has long been taboo. 800 words moved by Nicolas Kienast and Caroline Taix Britain-politics-Conservatives LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces mounting unease from his Conservative rank and file over the coronavirus pandemic as the party opens its annual conference on Saturday in a quieter virtual format. 675 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Lebanon-blast-culture-arts-politics,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 blast that ripped through Beirut. 650 words moved by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video Algeria-US-diplomacy,WRAP ALGIERS US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper holds talks in Algeria on renewing a strategic alliance as the North African state tries to mediate in war-ravaged Libya and Mali while battling extremists at home. 650 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume with Philippe Agret in Tunis -- AFRICA -- Sudan-conflict-peace,ADVANCER KHARTOUM Sudan's government and rebels are to sign a landmark peace deal Saturday in a bid to end decades of war in which hundreds of thousands died -- a historic achievement, if it holds. 700 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali afp
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