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| - Duty Editor: Sarah Titterton Email: sarah.titterton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Karabakh rivals trade barbs over broken truce + Biden, Trump escalate battle for swing states + Thousands rally for beheaded France teacher + Iran says UN arms embargo finished + Liverpool title defence hit by Van Dijk injury Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP STEPANAKERT Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of violating a new ceasefire as they try for the second time in a week to bring a halt to fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. 800 words moved by Emmanuel Peuchot with Dmitry Zaks in Terter. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-hill,SCENE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-funeral,SCENE US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and rival Joe Biden hit the ground in the swing states that will decide the US election, as the campaign turns increasingly vicious 16 days before voting. 650 words 2000 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video. Graphic France-attack,WRAP PARIS Thousands rally in central Paris in a defiant show of solidarity with a teacher beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. 750 words 2000 GMT by Marine Pennetier and Fanny Lattach. Picture. Video Also moved: France-attack-investigation,FACTS Iran-US-UN-nuclear-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says a longstanding UN embargo on arms sales to and from the Islamic republic has expired in line with a 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers from which Washington has withdrawn. 650 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. File picture Fbl-ENG-Pr-Liverpool-VanDijk,lead LONDON Liverpool's Premier League title defence is rocked with the announcement that key Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk must undergo knee surgery amid reports he could miss the rest of the season. 500 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP Europe passes the milestone of 250,000 deaths from coronavirus, as Israel and Australia's second-largest city of Melbourne begin to ease their strict lockdowns. 750 words 2030 GMT by Erin Conroy and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Israel-politics JERUSALEM Israel starts "cautiously" emerging from a second coronavirus lockdown after a month of tight restrictions, re-opening preschools, beaches and national parks, with numbers of new infections falling. 670 words moved by Claire Gounon. Picture. Video Health-virus-France,SCENE PARIS Shortly before the clock struck 9 pm on Saturday, restaurant shutters in Paris came down and people dashed home to beat a strict new curfew to battle the coronavirus outbreak. 700 words moved by Daphne Rousseau. Picture -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarusian police detain more than 100 people as thousands march against strongman Alexander Lukashenko in defiance of threats by authorities to open fire after weeks of demonstrations. 750 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Cyprus-TRNC-vote,WRAP NICOSIA Turkish-held northern Cyprus, a breakaway state recognised only by Ankara, elects a nationalist challenger in a run-off election, amid heightened tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. 650 words 1930 GMT by Mathilde Dumazet and Odul Asik Ulker. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video. Israel-Bahrain-diplomacy,WRAP MANAMA Israel and Bahrain cement a deal officially establishing relations and sign seven memorandums of understanding, further opening up the wealthy Gulf region to the Jewish state. 700 words moved by AFP correspondent in Manama with Ben Simon in Jerusalem Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Arab-diplomacy,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Guinea-vote,WRAP CONAKRY Polls close in the West African state of Guinea, where there are already fears of post-electoral discord as the leading opposition candidate has suggested that incumbent President Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term, may cheat. 750 words 1930 GMT by Laurent Lozano. Picture. Video. Infographic ICoast-vote-unrest,WRAP BONGOUANOU, Ivory Coast At least two people are killed in election-related violence in Ivory Coast, witnesses say, two weeks before presidential polls are due to be held in the West African nation. 500 words 2000 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-politics-SouthCarolina,FOCUS NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina An epic political battle is cresting in South Carolina, where Senator Lindsey Graham, a presidential ally, is neck-and-neck with an African-American challenger two decades his junior, raising Democratic hopes of snatching a Senate seat in Trump country. 900 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-polls,Q&A US-vote-protests,lead Bolivia-vote,WRAP LA PAZ Voters expect social upheaval for the second time in a year no matter who wins Sunday's general election in Bolivia, after the 2019 ballot sparked weeks of protests that forced former president Evo Morales into exile. 650 words 2100 GMT by Valeria Pacheco. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Tens of thousands of protesters defy a ban on gatherings of more than four people to mass at a major Bangkok landmark, carrying posters portraying activists detained in four straight days of strident anti-government rallies. 650 words moved by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-royals-unrest-celebrity,FOCUS BANGKOK A K-pop superstar, beauty queens and TV personalities are among a growing wave of celebrities backing Thailand's pro-democracy movement, sending out messages of support to millions of followers on social media. 700 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen. File picture NZealand-vote-health WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vows to "crack on" with delivering her vision following a landslide election victory, after a string of disasters frustrated reform in her first term. 500 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON West Ham ruin Gareth Bale's Tottenham return with a stunning late fightback from three goals down to rescue a thrilling 3-3 draw, while Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic endures a penalty nightmare in a 1-1 draw at Sheffield United. 700 words 2030 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture. Video Moto-Prix-ESP-Aragon,WRAP ALCANIZ, Spain Alex Rins holds off compatriot Alex Marquez to win the Aragon MotoGP with fellow Spaniard Joan Mir finishing third to take the championship lead from French rider Fabio Quartararo. 450 words moved. Picture afp
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