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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + New Karabakh fighting reported despite ceasefire + NKorea defies virus isolation with military parade + Trump slammed over plan to resume public speeches + Hurricane Delta makes landfall in battered Louisiana + Teen 'cyber-apostle' on course to be first millennial saint Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP STEPANAKERT Armenian and Azerbaijani forces accuse each other of carrying out new attacks despite a ceasefire agreement from noon to end fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. 650 words 1000 GMT by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic NKorea-politics-diplomacy-military-anniversary,WRAP SEOUL Nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have held a giant military parade, Seoul says, with Pyongyang's latest and most advanced weapons expected to have been on show in the coronavirus-barricaded country's capital. 700 words 1000 GMT by Claire Lee. File picture. File video Health-virus-US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump will give a public speech at the White House for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19, as he prepares a dramatic campaign trail return just three weeks before the election. 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-weather,WRAP LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana Hurricane Delta makes landfall on the Louisiana coast, packing ferocious winds and a "life-threatening" storm surge -- driving out residents still rebuilding from a devastating storm less than two months ago. 650 words moved by Leo Mouren. Picture. Video. Graphic Vatican-religion-pope-Acutis VATICAN CITY A British-born Italian teenager who dedicated his short life to spreading the faith online and helping the poor is set to be beatified by the Catholic Church. 550 words moved -- EUROPE -- Austria-politics-corruption VIENNA The former beacon of Austria's far-right, former vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, may be under investigation for embezzling more than half a million euros, but that has not deterred his most ardent supporters. 700 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Britain-justice-IS,WRAP ALEXANDRIA, Virginia Two members of the notorious Islamic State kidnapping cell dubbed the "Beatles" plead not guilty in a US court to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages. 650 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File picture US-vote-offbeat WASHINGTON With less than a month until the US elections the race for the White House has thrown up a new trove of tidbits and odd moments, including a rush on fly swatters and a new presidential coin. 450 words moved Health-virus-US-vote-Trump,POINTS WASHINGTON Just days after receiving oxygen therapy for Covid-19, US President Donald Trump is busy giving long TV interviews and plans a return to the campaign trail. But is he risking his recovery by taking on too much too soon, and could he still infect others? 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-US-religion-Judaism,SCENE NEW YORK In an Orthodox Jewish area of Brooklyn, community members vow to defy government attempts to restrict their worship over rising coronavirus concerns as they mark a religious holiday. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-economy-hotels,FOCUS NEW YORK John Farrell and his wife booked a $1,000 room in the morning and were in New York hours later -- part of a new local and last-minute clientele keeping the lights on at the city's luxurious hotels now the coronavirus has chased off the international jet set. 750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Philippines-religion,SCENE MANILA After months of livestreaming mass from behind closed doors, churches in the Philippines are reopening but strict coronavirus rules mean worship is still far from normal, forcing the clergy to get creative to meet the spiritual needs of their congregations. 650 words moved by Ron Lopez. Picture. Video -- HEALTH -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Germany and Poland bring in new restrictions to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of cases surges in Europe, while in Latin America and the Caribbean the number of infections passes 10 million. 650 words 1230 GMT -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open-women,PREVIEW PARIS Sofia Kenin and Iga Swiatek are the last women standing at a French Open tournament unlike any other, full of surprises and held in the autumnal Paris chill after being delayed four months by the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 1130 GMT by Martyn Wood. Picture Cycling-ITA-Yates-health-virus. LEAD GIOVINAZZO, Italy British rider Simon Yates has withdrawn from the Giro d'Italia after testing positive for Covid-19, his team Mitchelton-Scott says. Yates, who won the Vuelta in 2018, was 21st in the overall standings ahead of Saturday's eighth stage. 350 words moved. Picture afp
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