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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Obama warns against complacency over Biden poll lead + Pope voices support for civil unions for gay couples + Thailand revokes emergency measures as protests rage + Buildings torched in Nigeria after protesters killed + Borat targets Trump supporters, Giuliani in new film US-vote,WRAP PHILADELPHIA Former US president Barack Obama excoriates Donald Trump and warns against complacency despite favorable opinion polls during his first public rally in support of Democratic challenger Joe Biden ahead of the November 3 election. 750 words moved by Alex Edelman with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Pope-gay-marriage,WRAP ROME Pope Francis voices support for same-sex couples, calling them "children of God" and saying they should be allowed to have legally recognised civil unions, in a radical shift from previous pontiffs. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-royals-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Thailand's premier revokes an emergency decree aimed at quelling pro-democracy protests after it failed to stamp out daily rallies demanding his resignation and for reforms of the unassailable monarchy. 500 words 0530 GMT by Thanaporn Promyamyai. Picture. Video Nigeria-unrest,WRAP LAGOS Buildings are torched in Nigeria's biggest city Lagos as authorities shut down the economic hub after the shooting of peaceful protesters by security forces caused international outrage. 850 words moved by Sophie Bouillon with Emmanuel Anule in Abuja. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Nigeria-unrest,SCENE Entertainment-US-film-Borat,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Borat is back on the big screen -- and the fictional Kazakh journalist's return spells bad news for Holocaust deniers, Donald Trump supporters and the president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. 550 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland becomes the first European country to enter a second national lockdown and Germany's daily cases leap to a record high as the second wave of coronavirus spreads gloom across the continent. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson with AFP bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video -- US VOTE -- US-vote-automobile-layoffs-GM,FOCUS LORDSTOWN, Ohio Workers at the General Motors factory in Lordstown, Ohio listened when President Donald Trump told them the region would soon be booming. But two years after that 2017 speech, the plant closed. 750 words moved by John Biers. Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-automobile-trade,Q&A US-vote-economy-trade-manufacturing-China,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON Donald Trump has often boasted that his aggressive trade policies have helped American companies, but the impact of those tactics on consumers and the economy overall are less clear-cut. 750 words moved by Delphine Touitou. File picture -- SEE OUR SPECIAL ADVISORY MOVING SEPARATELY FOR FULL FILING PLAN -- -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Iran-Russia-hacking-security,WRAP WASHINGTON Russia and Iran have obtained US voter information and taken actions to influence public opinion ahead of the November 3 election, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announces. 500 words moved Bolivia-vote-observers,WRAP LA PAZ International observers declare Bolivia's presidential election transparent and Luis Arce's incoming leftist government legitimate, as an official but incomplete tally shows an overwhelming victory for the protege of ex-president Evo Morales. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-Taiwan-politics-crime-unrest,FACTS HONG KONG Hong Konger Chan Tong-kai admits to murdering his pregnant girlfriend in a Taipei hotel room nearly two years ago. He has even said he is willing to return to Taiwan and face trial. Yet he remains a free man. 800 words 0600 GMT by Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao China-Vatican-diplomacy-religion-rights,FOCUS BEIJING A secretive 2018 agreement between Beijing and the Vatican is on the brink of renewal, despite strident US condemnation of the deal and warnings from underground Chinese priests loyal to Rome that they have only become more marginalised since it was signed. 750 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture Vietnam-SKorea-film-censorship,FOCUS HANOI Sex, violence and LGBT relationships have long been taboo for Vietnam's film censors, but they are now finding their way into the open as a new wave of directors push the boundaries set by the nation's conservative communist leaders. 750 words moved by Alice Philipson. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-attack,WRAP PARIS Two teenagers accused of pointing out French teacher Samuel Paty to his killer who beheaded him are charged with complicity in terrorist murder, prosecutors said, as the nation paid homage to the slain educator. 700 words moved by Mariette Le Roux and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-diplomacy-politics LONDON Britain and the European Union resume fraught post-Brexit trade talks after seven days lost to threats and brinkmanship, and with just weeks left to salvage an agreement. 550 words moved by Joe Jackson Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,WRAP YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan rules out a diplomatic solution to the conflict with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, dealing a blow to efforts to secure a lasting truce. 600 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict,SCENE -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-Turkey-diplomacy-trade,FOCUS RIYADH From pickled vine leaves to coffee and cheese, Saudi supermarkets are taking Turkish products off the shelves after calls for a boycott, as rivalry between Riyadh and Ankara heats up. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture Egypt-vote,ADVANCER CAIRO Egyptians go to the polls to elect a new parliament, which critics say will just replicate a "rubber-stamp" body in place since 2015 under hardline President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. 600 words moved by Menna Zaki Also moving: Egypt-vote-Sisi,CHRONO Egypt-vote-repression,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Seychelles-vote,WRAP VICTORIA The Seychelles kicks off a three-day election for the president and lawmakers, with voting to be spread out across the 115 scattered islands making up the idyllic archipelago. 650 words 0330 GMT by Rassin Vannier. File Video. File Picture. Also moving: Seychelles-vote,CHRONO -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-internet-television-software-Quibi,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Quibi announces it is pulling the plug on the "quick bites" television service aimed at smartphone users hungry for entertainment on the go. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture -- SPORT -- Paralympics-2020-2021-JPN-Japan-health-virus,FEATURE TOKYO Long-jumper Sayaka Murakami is hoping not just for a medal at the postponed Tokyo Paralympics, but also for acceptance in a society where disabled people can feel pressure to stay out of the public eye. 650 words moved by Shingo Ito. Picture. Video afp
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