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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + First ballots cast on US election day + Manhunt under way after 'terror attack' in Vienna + Two children found alive, days after Turkey quake + Austria, Greece latest to join lockdown in Europe + 'Sausage King' killed in crossbow attack in sauna US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Americans vote in an election amounting to a referendum on Donald Trump and his uniquely brash, bruising presidency that Democratic opponent and frontrunner Joe Biden is urging supporters to end so that they can "take back" democracy. 750 words 0600 GMT by Sebastian Smith with Elodie Cuzin in Pittsburgh and Ivan Couronne in Grand Rapids. Picture. Video. Graphic Austria-attack-shooting-police,WRAP VIENNA Gunmen armed with rifles open fire at multiple locations across Vienna, killing at least one person in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz describes as a "repulsive terror attack". 650 words 0530 GMT by Jastinda Khera. Picture. Video Also moving: Austria-attack-shooting,REAX Austria-attack-shooting,SCENE Turkey-Greece-quake,WRAP BAYRAKLI, Turkey Rescuers pull two children from the rubble in a town in Turkey, delivering hope nearly three days after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean, killing 93 people and destroying dozens of homes. 500 words moved by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP VIENNA Austria and Greece are the latest European nations to impose spirit-crushing curbs to combat the coronavirus surge, with a deadly terrorist attack in Vienna ahead of a curfew compounding the misery. 750 words 0530 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-crime MOSCOW A Russian oligarch reportedly nicknamed the "Sausage King" was killed with a crossbow in his sauna after masked robbers broke into his home, investigators say. 200 words moved -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-Biden-LadyGaga-Pittsburgh,SCENE PITTSBURGH Honking horns, huge American flags and pop superstar Lady Gaga: on the eve of the presidential election, Joe Biden brings an air of spectacle to workers stronghold Pittsburgh as he caps a campaign largely curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. 750 words 0600 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-IT-politics-Facebook,FOCUS US-vote-campaign,CHRONO US-vote-campaign,POINTS US-vote-Pennsylvania,FACTS US-vote-obituaries,FOCUS US-vote-Trump,FOCUS GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, United States Donald Trump returns to Michigan -- exactly like he did in 2016 -- for the last rally of his reelection campaign, and possibly his political career. Is it superstition? Well... yes. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video US-vote-protests-Portland,FOCUS PORTLAND, Oregon, United States The FBI warns of the potential for election-linked armed clashes in Portland as the city that has become symbolic of the United States' stark divisions and knife-edge tensions braces for unrest hours before US polls open. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File photo -- Please see our special advisory for full election coverage -- -- AMERICAS -- Weather-hurricane-CentrAm,WRAP MANAGUA, Nicaragua Eta rapidly intensifies to a Category 4 hurricane as it bears down on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and Honduras, threatening the Central American countries with catastrophic winds and floods. 650 words 0600 GMT. Picture Health-virus-Peru-tourism-archaeology,SCENE MACHU PICCHU, Peru Mists hang low over Machu Picchu, adding an eerie, otherworldly atmosphere as delighted tourists enter the iconic Inca citadel for the first time after eight months of lockdown due to the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-shooting-university KABUL Afghanistan observes a day of mourning after 22 people, mostly students, were shot dead at Kabul university in an attack carried out by Islamic State militants who sprayed classrooms with bullets. 400 words 0600 GMT. -- EUROPE -- France-Armenia-Turkey-politics,WRAP PARIS France plans to ban a Turkish ultra-nationalist group known as the Grey Wolves, the interior minister says, in a move that risks further straining already tense relations with Ankara. 750 words moved by Stuart Williams. File picture Moldova-Roma-minority-architecture-labour,VIDEOESSAY SOROCA, Moldova Extravagant mansions once owned by wealthy Roma stand in stark contrast to the modest traditional homes of Soroca in northern Moldova. 400 words moved by Mihaela RODINA. Picture. Video by Alexander Grebenkin -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Tunisia-technology-prothesis,FOCUS SOUSSE, Tunisia A Tunisian startup is developing a 3D-printed bionic hand, hoping the affordable and solar-powered prosthetic will help amputees and other disabled people across Africa. 700 words moved by Caroline Nelly-Perrot. Picture. Video UAE-Sharjah-culture,FOCUS SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates It doesn't have the malls of Dubai or the mega-projects of Abu Dhabi, but the conservative Gulf emirate of Sharjah has carved out a role for itself as a cultural capital. 750 words moved by Aziz El Massassi. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Kurds-dogs,VIDEOESSAY AD DARBASIYA, Syria On his motorbike, Mohammed Derbas speeds across a field in northeast Syria, slender Saluki dogs galloping behind. 500 words moved by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's president Alassane Ouattara wins a landslide re-election victory, electoral authorities say, after a vote marred by unrest and a boycott by opponents who promise to set up a rival "transitional government". 750 words 0600 GMT by Patrick Markey and David Esnault. Picture. Video. Graphic ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's opposition leaders say they are creating a "transitional government" after boycotting a weekend election in protest over President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a contested third term. 750 words moved by Patrick Markey with David Esnault. Picture. Video Mali-France-conflict,lead BAMAKO The French government says its forces have killed more than 50 jihadists aligned to Al-Qaeda in air strikes in central Mali. 550 words moved afp
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