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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Obama hits campaign hustings for Biden + Shock after killing of Nigeria protesters + France pays tribute to beheaded teacher + 11 women perish in Afghan stampede + NASA probe touches down on asteroid US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Former US president Barack Obama holds his first rally in support of Joe Biden, who is accused of playing it cool by staying home in Delaware while Donald Trump campaigns frantically just two weeks before the election. 800 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Nigeria-demonstration-unrest-police,WRAP LAGOS Nigerians are in shock after a deadly shooting of peaceful protesters in the biggest city Lagos that Amnesty International blamed on security forces, with witnesses saying gunmen opened fire on a crowd of over 1,000 people to disperse them after a curfew was imposed to end spiralling protests. 600 words 1000 GMT by Sophie Bouillon with Emmanuel Anule in Abuja. Picture. Video. Graphic France-attack,WRAP PARIS France pays tribute to a history teacher beheaded for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed in a free speech class, a gruesome attack that has shocked the country and prompted a government crackdown on radical Islam. 650 words 1200 GMT by Mariette le Roux. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-Pakistan-stampede,WRAP JALALABAD, Afghanistan At least 11 women are killed and a pregnant mother loses her foetus in a stampede in an Afghan football stadium where thousands had gathered to apply for visas at a nearby Pakistan consulate, officials say. 500 words 1000 GMT by Noorullah Shirzada. Picture. Video US-space-astronomy-Osiris,WRAP WASHINGTON After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touches down on asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles (330 million kilometers) from Earth. 600 words moved by Ivan Couronne. File picture. Graphic -- US VOTE -- US-vote-diplomacy-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON With his insults of US allies, soft spot for autocratic rulers and contempt for international agreements, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy on its head over a chaotic four years. But behind the bombast, is there a method behind the madness on which voters will decide on November 3? 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture US-vote-diplomacy-world,FOCUS PARIS He "fell in love" with Kim Jong Un, praises Vladimir Putin and calls Recep Tayyip Erdogan "a friend": President Donald Trump's flattery of autocrats has confounded US allies and raised questions about his regard for democratic norms. But analysts expect America's traditional friendships to be restored in a post-Trump era. 750 words moved by Pierre Donadieu US-vote-campaign-advertising,FOCUS WASHINGTON Hyper-visible on the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump has been far more discreet in on-air advertising than his rival Joe Biden in a presidential race that is shattering ad spending records. 750 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. File picture - Please see our special advisory for full election coverage - -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-UN-diplomacy,2ndlead GENEVA The UN's Libya envoy says she is "quite optimistic" about the prospects of a ceasefire emerging from talks under way in Geneva between the country's two warring factions. 450 words 1000 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video Iraq-Kurds-economy,FOCUS MEER ROSTAM, Iraq Iraq's Kurdish region has for decades lived off its oil wealth, but plummeting energy prices amid the pandemic and financial mismanagement are forcing locals to return to long abandoned farms. 750 words moved by Qassim Khider. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict,2ndlead KUNDUZ, Afghanistan Another large-scale attack blamed on the Taliban kills at least 25 Afghan security force personnel, in the latest assault to potentially imperil ongoing peace talks. 400 words 1000 GMT Thailand-politics-royals-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK A Thai court overturns the previous day's ruling to shut down media seen as critical of the government, while activists gather for another rally in protest-hit central Bangkok. 500 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video Singapore-Japan-SKorea-health-virus-technology-mask,FOCUS SINGAPORE From monitoring vital signs to filtering filthy air and even translating speech into other languages, the coronavirus-fuelled boom in mask-wearing has spawned an unusual range of high-tech face coverings. 500 words moved by Catherine Lai with Harumi Ozawa in Tokyo. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Kenya-politics-election-constitution,FOCUS NAIROBI Kenya's deputy president William Ruto is being sidelined by his political allies in what analysts say is a concerted strategy to block the ambitious leader's promised elevation to the top job in 2022. 750 words 0930 GMT by Marion Douet. File Video. File picture Tanzania-politics-vote,FOCUS DAR ES SALAAM Tundu Lissu, shot 16 times in an assassination attempt, returned to Tanzania to run for president -- but he did not know what to expect after the "hell" experienced by the opposition under President John Magufuli. 800 words moved. File picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-Belgium-fish,FOCUS OSTEND, Belgium Britain's departure from the European single market will disrupt many long-standing economic relationships and could yet devastate one of the oldest, the Belgian fishing fleet's work in UK waters. 950 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-unrest-Lithuania-sport VILNIUS As a Belarusian Olympian Aliaksandra Herasimenia retired with a stellar career. But now, from her self-imposed exile in neighbouring Lithuania, she heads up a new foundation to help a growing list of Belarusian athletes who have fallen foul of the country's authoritarian government. 500 words moved by Vaidotas Beniusus. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE MARTAKERT, Azerbaijan Dressed in military fatigues, the mayor of Martakert, a town in northeastern Karabakh, sits behind a desk with two landline phones, his Kalashnikov resting against the wall behind him. But most of its 5,000 inhabitants have fled for safety. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-society-Zoom-media,FOCUS NEW YORK A top US commentator and author who exposed himself on a Zoom call is the latest example of users inadvertently baring more than their chat participants bargained for as video conferencing booms during the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison Bolivia-election-protest LA PAZ Hundreds of Bolivians protest against the impending election win of Luis Arce, as the slow official count appeared set to confirm the leftist as their next president. 500 words moved -- BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY -- US-IT-politics-antitrust-Google,WRAP WASHINGTON The US government files a blockbuster lawsuit accusing Google of maintaining an "illegal monopoly" in online search and advertising in the country's biggest antitrust case in decades -- opening the door to a potential breakup of the Silicon Valley titan. 800 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture. File video Also moved: US-IT-politics-internet-antitrust,FACTS World-Google-computers-antitrust-mass-media-tax,BACKGROUND HongKong-aviation-CathayPacific-health-virus,WRAP HONG KONG Cathay Pacific announces plans to cut its workforce by nearly a quarter and close one of its short-haul airlines in an effort to survive the "devastating" impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi. Picture. File video. Graphic -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-pollution-health-cost-Europe PARIS Air pollution costs inhabitants of European cities more than 160 billion euros ($190 billion) each year due to long- and short-term health impacts, a group of environmental and social watchdogs says. 400 words moved Science-environment-pollution-nuclear-bees PARIS Bumblebees exposed to levels of radiation found within the Chernobyl exclusion zone suffered a "significant" drop in reproduction, in new research that scientists say should prompt a rethink of international calculations of nuclear environmental risk. 400 words 0930 GMT -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-China,INTERVIEW SUZHOU, China China wants to unite its 1.4 billion people through football while using the game as "a bridge to work with the rest of the world", says a top Football Association official as he explains what lies behind the country's aggressive push to become a major power in the sport by 2050. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- Health-virus-Britain-museum,FOCUS LONDON Faced with reduced opening hours, far fewer visitors and plummeting income, London's picturesque Charles Dickens Museum is typical of how British cultural institutions are being financially strangled by the pandemic. 700 words 1100 GMT by Martine Pauwels. File picture. Video Entertainment-film-SKorea-festival-Busan,WRAP BUSAN, South Korea An anthology paying tribute to Hong Kong's cinematic heyday launches Asia's biggest film festival, which has been forced mainly online by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Claire Lee. Graphic. Picture. Video afp
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