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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden makes debut with running mate Harris + Virus pushes UK into recession, NZ election date in doubt + Belarus sees more clashes over disputed vote + Lebanon buries more dead as crisis deepens + Champions League quarter-final, four months late US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware White House hopeful Joe Biden holds his highly-anticipated debut joint campaign appearance with running mate Kamala Harris, who is hoping to make history as the nation's first female and first black vice president. 600 words 1530 GMT by Agnes Bun, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP LONDON The global coronavirus pandemic pushes Britain into its deepest-ever recession as New Zealand warns the re-emergence of COVID-19 could delay its upcoming election. 890 words moved by Ben Perry with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK Police in Belarus say they have detained hundreds more people and used firearms against protesters in a third night of violence over a disputed presidential election. 700 words 1500 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Belarus-vote-unrest,CHRONO Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon buries more of its dead from the giant Beirut port explosion that devastated much of the capital, toppled the government and deepened a painful economic crisis. 700 words 1600 GMT by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Fbl-Eur-C1-Portugal,WRAP LISBON Four months behind schedule because of the pandemic, the Champions League reaches the quarter-final stage with Paris Saint-Germain taking on Italian outsiders Atalanta in Lisbon in the first game of the 'Final Eight'. 600 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Graphic Also moved: fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-GER-AtleticoMadrid-Leipzig -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Belgium-masks,FOCUS BRUSSELS The warning signs had been building along with the coronavirus case numbers, but the early morning decision to order Brussels residents to wear masks caught many by surprise. 560 words by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain-Aragon,FOCUS ZARAGOZA, Spain In Spain's northeastern Aragon region, one of Europe's worst-affected areas by the pandemic, health centres are packed and a field hospital is in the works as local authorities scramble to control a surge in infections. 675 word moved by Marie Giffard. Pictures. Video France-racism-tourism-history,FOCUS PARIS Branded a "no-go zone" by Fox News in the wake of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks, the Goutte d'Or neighbourhood of northern Paris is trying to overcome its reputation as a den of crime, prostitution and drugs. 700 words moved by Cecile Feuillatre. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast-politics-probe,INVESTIGATION BEIRUT Right up until the eve of the deadly blast, Lebanese officials exchanged warnings on the hazard of a chemical shipment sitting at Beirut port but did nothing about it. 700 words 1500 GMT by Rouba el Husseini Lebanon-blast,FACTCHECK BEIRUT Within hours of the Beirut mega-blast, conspiracy theories on what caused the disaster in the Lebanese capital spread like wildfire on social media. 480 words moved Lebanon-blast-trauma,FOCUS BEIRUT Tanya can't be alone in a room. Carla, for days, thought a war was starting. Survivors of Beirut's August 4 blast are still in shock over the disaster that disfigured their city. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-UAE-migration,FOCUS DUBAI Just days after the enormous explosion shattered Beirut, Ali Hammoud found himself looking down on the rubble from an airplane window, leaving behind his family and hometown. 750 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi Iran-US-UN-arms-diplomacy TEHRAN Iran's President Hassan Rouhani expresses "great hopes" that a US bid to extend an arms embargo on his country will fail, warning of consequences if the UN Security Council backs it. 500 words by 1500 GMT by Amir Havasi -- AFRICA -- Mauritius-Japan-environmental-pollution-shipping,WRAP MAHEBOURG The stench of oil from the grounded ship was overwhelming when Vikash Tatayah reached the Mauritius coast, his eyes stinging as he mopped up the sludge lapping the unspoiled shoreline he'd poured his life into protecting. 700 words 1430. Picture. Video. Also moving: Mauritius-Japan-environmental-pollution-shipping,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Congress-conspiracies-Greene,FOCUS WASHINGTON Marjorie Taylor Greene promotes the wacky QAnon conspiracy theory and says white men are the most oppressed US group, but after winning a primary race the woman President Donald Trump calls a "future Republican Star" looks set to enter Congress. 500 words 1600 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-media-television-cinema-Redstone,OBIT WASHINGTON Sumner Redstone, who rose from modest beginnings to lead one of the most powerful Hollywood and television empires and became enmeshed in battles worthy of a TV soap opera, has died at age 97 after years of declining health. 600 words 1500 GMT by Rob Lever. File picture Brazil-economy-environment-agriculture-health-virus,FOCUS VERA, Brazil Brazilian farmer Rodrigo Pozzobon wheels his pick-up truck toward his giant corn and soybean fields at the edge of the Amazon rainforest, where pandemic or not, business is booming thanks to surging demand from China. 650 words 1430 GMT by Jordi Miro. Picture. Video Health-virus-Panama-rights-migrants,FOCUS LA PENITA, Panama Desperation is palpable in La Penita, an indigenous community in the Panamanian jungle province of Darien where 1,500 migrants have been blocked by the coronavirus pandemic from heading towards the United States. 650 words 1500 GMT by Ivan Pisarenko. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-NZealand,2ndlead AUCKLAND New Zealand's looming general election could be delayed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warns as the shock re-emergence of the coronavirus sends the country's largest city into lockdown and forces nursing homes nationwide to shut their doors. 650 words moved by David Rowland. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines-Russia MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be a guinea pig for a controversial Russian coronavirus vaccine, his spokesman says, as the Southeast Asian nation emerges as a frontrunner for overseas clinical trials. 450 words moved. File Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-Russia-Taiwan-vaccine HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai tells his reporters to "fight on" after his dramatic arrest, as China widens its crackdown against critics in the semi-autonomous city. 650 words moved by Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-Democrats-Harris-India,REAX NEW DELHI Kamala Harris's late mother left her native India in 1960, but half a world away from Washington, the uncle and aunt of the US vice-president hopeful follow her every move -- and are very proud. 500 words moved by Archana Thiyagarajan Thailand-politics-protest,FOCUS BANGKOK Leaderless, social media-savvy and inspired by Hong Kong's young activists, Thailand's budding pro-democracy movement is intent on overhauling the government, rewriting the constitution and even taking on a law that shields the monarchy. 800 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen and Pitcha Dangprasith. File Picture afp
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