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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Disaster-hit Beirut braces for protests + China-US ties plunge further over HK sanctions + 18 dead as India jet overshoots runway + Mauritius declares emergency as oil spill worsens + Baby's back in new 'Dirty Dancing' movie Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Thousands of Lebanese prepare for a major protest against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion that killed more than 150 people and disfigured the capital Beirut. 800 words 1130 GMT by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-US-diplomacy-politics,WRAP HONG KONG China slams the United States for imposing "barbarous" sanctions in response to its crackdown on Hong Kong's freedoms, capping a week of rapidly deteriorating relations between the world's two biggest economies. 700 words moved by Jerome Taylor with Shaun Tandon in Washington. File picture. File video. Graphic. Also moved: HongKong-politics-China-US,PROFILE India-accident-air,WRAP KOZHIKODE, India Fierce rain and winds lash a plane carrying 190 people before it crash-lands and tears in two at an airport in southern India, killing at least 18 and injuring scores more. 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: India-aviation-accident,SCENE Mauritius-environmental-pollution,shipping,WRAP PORT LOUIS The prime minister of Mauritius declares a state of environmental emergency and appeals to France for urgent assistance as oil from a grounded cargo ship spills unabated into the island nation's protected waters. 550 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-DirtyDancing LOS ANGELES A new "Dirty Dancing" movie is in development, with Jennifer Grey expected to reprise her iconic role as Frances "Baby" Houseman after more than three decades. 200 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast-Israel,FOCUS JERUSALEM For some it's a gesture of goodwill, to others sheer hypocrisy: Israel's offer of humanitarian aid to Lebanon after the massive Beirut blast is unlikely to be taken up. 800 words 0930 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee US-Iran-UN-arms-diplomacy,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council is set next week to roundly reject a US resolution to extend an Iranian arms embargo, diplomats say, setting up a lengthy showdown with repercussions for the Iran nuclear deal. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison -- AMERICAS -- US-China-politics-intelligence-vote,2ndlead WASHINGTON China has boosted its efforts to influence the US presidential election in November and wants President Donald Trump to lose because it sees him as "unpredictable," a top US intelligence official says. 400 words moved Health-virus-US-economy-employment-unemployment WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he is poised to sign executive orders to extend aid to Americans facing hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic, though negotiations continue between his administration and Democratic leaders in Congress on a new emergency spending bill. 750 words moved by Heather Scott and Elodie Cuzin. File picture. Trinidad-politics-vote,ADVANCER PORT OF SPAIN Prime Minister Keith Rowley's governing People's National Movement party is expected to hold onto power as Trinidad and Tobago citizens head to the polls in Monday's general election. 500 words moved by Alva Viarruel. Video Canada-US-trade-tariff-aluminum,2ndlead OTTAWA Ottawa will hit American aluminum products with Can$3.6 billion (US$2.7 billion) in counter-tariffs, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says, in response to "absurd" US levies announced on Canadian goods. 550 words moved by Michel Comte -- HEALTH -- Health-virus,WRAP MONTEVIDEO Latin America and the Caribbean surpasses Europe to become the region hardest-hit with coronavirus deaths, as India passes the milestone of two million infections. 700 words moved by Barnaby Chesterman. Picture. Video Health-virus-SAfrica-leisure,FOCUS HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa Intra-provincial safari tours resume as coronavirus confinements are gradually loosened in South Africa, the continent's worst hit country where more than half-a million people are infected. 600 words 1100 GMT by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-masks-manufacturing,FOCUS BEIJING Tens of thousands of mask-making companies mushroomed across China at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but many are struggling to survive as they face stricter quality control measures and falling domestic demand. 550 words moved by Sebastien Ricci. File picture Health-virus-demo,FACTS BERLIN As the prospect of a second virus wave fuels fears of new lockdowns in Europe and elsewhere, anger is growing in some quarters over crippling restrictions imposed to slow transmission of the disease. 750 words moved by Kit Holden. Picture Health-virus-Mexico,FOCUS MEXICO CITY As Mexico's coronavirus death toll soars past 50,000 -- the world's third-highest -- locals tell AFP how they have lost loved ones to the pandemic and had brushes with death themselves. 550 words moved Sofia Miselem. Picture Health-virus-Serbia-music,FOCUS BELGRADE In a studio embedded deep inside an old Belgrade printing factory turned artists' space, the rock group Dingospo Dali rehearses for a show they are not sure will come to pass. 600 words moved by Jovan Matic. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-ESP-ManCity-RealMadrid,lead MANCHESTER, England Manchester City take advantage of two shocking mistakes by Raphael Varane to beat Real Madrid 2-1 in their Champions League last 16 second leg and advance to the quarter-finals. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: Fbl-Eur-C1-ENG-ESP-ManCity-RealMadrid-Zidane,REAX fbl-Eur-C1-ManCity-RealMadrid Varane,REAX Golf-USPGA SAN FRANCISCO China No. 1 Li Haotong outshone the big guns to lead at the halfway stage of the PGA Championship, but two-time defending champ Brooks Koepka appears poised to strike. 700 words moved. Picture afp
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