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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 14041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Japan PM Abe to resign over ill health + Six dead as Hurricane Laura hits Louisiana + Trump blasts Biden as threat to American Dream + Banksy 'funds Mediterranean rescue boat' + Staggering tale of China's drunken boxers Japan-politics-Abe,WRAP TOKYO Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces he will resign over health problems, in a bombshell development that kicks off a leadership race in the world's third-largest economy. 650 words 0930 GMT by Miwa Suzuki and Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: Japan-politics-Abe,PROFILE Japan-politics-Abe,FACTS Japan-politics-economy-Abe,POINTS US-weather,WRAP LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana At least six people are killed by Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and search teams may find more victims but the governor says the most powerful storm to make landfall in the US state in living memory did not cause the "catastrophic" damage that had been feared. 700 words moved by Gianrigo Marletta and Andrew Cabalerro-Reynolds. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump tears into his election challenger Joe Biden as a threat to the "American Dream" in a bruising speech accepting the Republican nomination for a second term against a backdrop of racial tensions and the deadly coronavirus pandemic. 850 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Britain-Italy-Spain-migrants-art,WRAP ROME British street artist Banksy is funding a graffiti-clad ship to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean and has so far picked up at least 89 people at sea. 650 words 1000 GMT by Herve Bar. File picture China-sport-MartialArts-drunken,VIDEOESSAY SHANGHAI Liu Xuliang lunges menacingly as if spoiling for a fight after too many drinks. But he is in fact stone-cold sober and an expert in an ancient Chinese martial art known as drunken boxing. 400 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Republicans-IvankaTrump,FOCUS WASHINGTON Ivanka Trump, the omnipresent first daughter who may harbor White House ambitions of her own, remains her president father's loyal senior advisor, seeking to humanize him as she introduced the "warrior" standing for re-election in November. 550 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-politics-police-racism-unrest,WRAP KENOSHA, Wisconsin A strong police presence brings relative calm to the Midwestern US city of Kenosha after three nights of violence over the police shooting of a black man, as top sports leagues again called off matches in a protest against racism. 650 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-police-racism-unrest-art,SCENE Health-virus-ElSalvador-education-internet,FOCUS El TIGRE, El Salvador Two sisters in western El Salvador are taking their love of learning to great heights: every day they climb a mountain, then scramble up an olive tree to get a signal to access their online college lessons. 550 words moved by Carlos Mario Marquez. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Japan-politics-Abe,PROFILE TOKYO Shinzo Abe has smashed records as Japan's longest-serving prime minister, championing ambitious economic reform while weathering scandals. But once again he appears to have been undone by his health. 700 words moved by Shingo Ito and Sara Hussein. Picture. Graphic Myanmar-vote-justice-rights-religion-Islam,FOCUS MEIKTILA, Myanmar One of Myanmar's five million young adults, May Thandar Maung had been excited to cast her ballot for the very first time in November's election. But the 18-year-old is Muslim and says that means she will remain voiceless. 750 words moved by Su Myat Mon with Richard Sargent in Yangon. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics,FOCUS HONG KONG Hong Kong police are using the past words and deeds of government critics to bolster investigations under the city's sweeping new security law, despite the legislation not being retroactive. 800 words moved by Su Xinqi. Picture. Video Vietnam-silk-environment-lifestyle,FOCUS HANOI Vietnamese weaver Phan Thi Thuan hitches up her trousers as she wades into a lotus paddy to gather the stems needed to make a rare and highly sought-after thread. 400 words moved by Alice Philipson. Picture. Video Australia-NZealand-attacks-mosque SYDNEY, Australia Canberra is open to the idea of New Zealand sending the Australian-born gunman behind the Christchurch mosque massacre back home to serve his life sentence, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says. 450 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Masks become compulsory all over Paris as France battles a resurgence of the coronavirus and the death toll in the United States tops 180,000. 750 words 1200 GMT with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-SAfrica-land-housing,FOCUS CAPE TOWN, South Africa Inadequate provision of land and housing for blacks is one of painful legacies of apartheid but the coronavirus pandemic has just amplified democratic South Africa's failure to rectify the inequalities. 650 words 1200 GMT by Tanya Steenkamp. Video. File Picture Health-virus-Europe-education MADRID European nations are pushing ahead with reopening primary schools despite a rise in coronavirus cases, with smaller classes, shorter lessons and mask-wearing among the steps adopted to curb infections. 700 words moved by Daniel Silva with AFP bureaus. File picture Health-virus-Mexico-homeless,FOCUS NEZAHUALCOYOTL, Mexico After he lost his job because of the coronavirus pandemic, Andres Hernandez suddenly found himself trying to survive on the streets with his wife and children, joining Mexico's growing ranks of homeless. 600 words moved by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Turkey-politics-rights,lead ISTANBUL A Turkish lawyer demanding a fair trial after being charged with membership in a terrorist organisation dies in an Istanbul hospital on the 238th day of her hunger strike. 550 words 1130 GMT by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi. Picture. Video Montenegro-vote-politics,ADVANCER PODGORICA Montenegro's pro-West leader hopes to extend his party's 30-year grip on the EU candidate country in an election dominated by identity debates and anxiety over a pandemic-hit economy. 650 words moved by Olivera Nikolic. Picture. Video Also moved: Montenegro-vote,FACTS France-attacks-justice-trial-security-defence-Sahel,FOCUS PARIS The terrorist threat against Europe has mutated in the last half-decade as jihadist groups have seen their Middle East sanctuaries eroded, but analysts say the West must remain braced for more attacks. 700 words moved by Didier Lauras Also moved: France-attacks-justice-trial-Charlie-religion,FOCUS Sweden-religion-women,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Her white clergy robes flowing behind her, Sandra Signarsdotter walks down the aisle of Stockholm's Gustaf Vasa church greeting parishioners, a ritual of hers and a familiar sight in Sweden, where women now outnumber men as priests. 700 words moved by Nioucha Zakavati. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/TECH -- US-IT-China-politics-TikTok-Walmart-Microsoft,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO US retail giant Walmart says it has teamed up with Microsoft to buy TikTok, the Chinese-owned short-form video app that has come under fire from the administration of President Donald Trump. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-UAE-US-arms,FOCUS JERUSALEM Amidst all the diplomatic back-slapping, the Israel-UAE accord faces its first hiccup: the possible sale of US F-35 fighter jets to Abu Dhabi that could challenge the Israeli technological edge in the Middle East. 600 words 1130 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. File Picture Israel-crime-rape-politics,FOCUS JERUSALEM Allegations of a horrific hotel gang-rape in Israel where 30 men reportedly waited in line to assault a teenage girl triggers an outraged campaign echoing the global #MeToo movement. 700 words 1030 GMT by Alexandra Vardi. Picture. -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-Scott,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott's first television series in decades, sci-fi show "Raised by Wolves," sees a pair of advanced male and female androids land on a new planet after the destruction of Earth, charged with raising a new colony of humans. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File Picture Health-virus-Egypt-cinema,FOCUS CAIRO Egyptian cinemas are slowly reopening after months of lockdown, but the huge sector sometimes dubbed "the Hollywood of the Arab world" has taken a severe hit during the pandemic. 800 words moved by Menna Zaki. Picture. File Picture -- SCIENCE -- Science-chemistry-astronomy-meteorites-Earth-France,2ndlead WASHINGTON Water covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface and is crucial to life as we know it, but how it got here has been a longstanding scientific debate. The puzzle is a step closer to being solved after a French team reported they had identified which space rocks were responsible and suggested our planet has been wet ever since it formed. 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-Chelsea,FOCUS LONDON Chelsea coach Frank Lampard is under pressure to deliver a serious Premier League title challenge after a spending spree fuelled by his desire to catch champions Liverpool. 650 words moved by Steven Griffiths afp
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