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| - Duty Editor: Tom Barfield Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.46 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump accused of stoking unrest with shooting city visit + Europe schools return as HK launches mass testing + Charlie Hedbo republishes Mohammed cartoons + Serena Williams in action at US Open + Rapper Akon plans Senegal home for African diaspora US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump heads to Kenosha, the Wisconsin city at the center of a raging national debate over racism and public safety, despite pleas from local leaders to stay away and accusations that he is fanning tensions to boost his re-election. 700 words 1500 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Millions of mask-clad children head back to European schools after summer holidays despite rising virus infections, as Hong Kong rolls out a mass testing scheme. 700 words moved by Eleonore Hughes with Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao in Hong Kong and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-France-Belgium-Europe-schools,lead France-attacks-trial-media,WRAP PARIS French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the target of a massacre by Islamist gunmen in 2015, is republishing hugely controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to mark the start of the trial this week of alleged accomplices in the attack. 650 words 1600 GMT by Frederic Pouchot and Stuart Williams. Picture. File picture Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Six-time winner Serena Williams enters the fray at a US Open like no other, being played without spectators and with stringent measures to prevent Covid-19 infections. 600 words 1800 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Senegal-US-people-music DAKAR Rapper Akon has set his sights on building a sprawling $6 billion city in his Senegal homeland to welcome Africans of the diaspora to their "home back home". 500 words moved by Philippe Siuberski. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Police detain students protesting election fraud as authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko promises to hit back at European countries that rejected his claim to a sixth term in disputed elections. 600 words 1600 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture Germany-China-rights-diplomacy,lead BERLIN Germany calls out China over its security law imposed on Hong Kong and the treatment of minority Uighurs during a visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that was marked by protests outside the foreign ministry. 600 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video Britain-France-migrants,SCENE AT SEA, United Kingdom As dawn breaks over the Channel, a small black dot on the horizon slowly morphs into an increasingly familiar sight: a dinghy overloaded with people desperate to reach Britain. 750 words 1500 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Britain-Australia-trade-Brexit-health-Abbott,lead LONDON Australia's right-wing former prime minister Tony Abbott defends his record after reports he will become a British trade envoy sparked criticism of him as a "climate change-denying, Trump-worshipping misogynist". 500 words 1600 GMT by Jitendra Joshi -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast-politics,WRAP BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron pushes for political change in crisis-hit Lebanon as the former French mandate marks its centenary while teetering on the brink of the abyss. 750 words 1500 GMT by Jerome Rivet. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Also moved: Lebanon-blast-politics,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas say they have reached a Qatari-mediated deal with Israel to end more than three weeks of cross-border attacks. 550 words moved by Adel Zaanoun with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem UAE-US-Israel-diplomacy-military AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates White House advisor Jared Kushner visits a UAE air base where the US operates F-35 fighter jets coveted by Abu Dhabi -- the thorniest issue in the Emirates' newly established ties with Israel. 600 words moved by Sarah Stewart. Picture. Video UAE-Israel-US-diplomacy,WRAP ABU DHABI A US-Israeli delegation leaves Abu Dhabi after a historic visit to discuss future ties between the UAE and the Jewish state after their landmark American-brokered deal to establish relations. 650 words 1600 GMT by Sarah Stewart. Picture. Video Iran-nuclear-politics-UN-EU,WRAP VIENNA The signatories to the faltering Iran nuclear deal meet against the backdrop of a row over a push by the US for international sanctions on the Islamic republic to be reimposed and an arms embargo to be extended. 500 words 1700 GMT by Julia Zappei Europe-migrants-Syria-conflict,lead BERLIN The aunt of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian boy whose image became a tragic symbol of the 2015 refugee crisis after his body was washed up on a Turkish beach, called on the world not to ignore the plight of refugees. 500 words 1600 GMT by Yannick Pasquet. Video Iran-internet-women,FOCUS TEHRAN Three years after the #MeToo movement spread globally, Iranian women have broken their silence on sexual violence, raising awareness about a subject that is taboo in the Islamic republic. 600 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-junta,2ndlead BAMAKO Mali's junta, which seized power two weeks ago, will hold transition talks with political parties and civil society groups this weekend following mounting pressure for a quick handover to civilian rule. 500 words moved by Serge Daniel -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-unrest,FOCUS WASHINGTON Shootings that left three dead at protests against police brutality have stoked fears of rising violence as a deeply divided US heads into elections amid economic collapse, a deadly pandemic and the worst social upheaval since the 1960s. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive Brazil-economy-growth-health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's economy, the biggest in Latin America, contracted by a record 9.7 percent in the second quarter of 2020, plunging into recession as coronavirus lockdowns hit home, the official statistics agency says. 550 words 1500 GMT by Jorge Svartzman. Video -- ASIA -- Japan-politics-election-Abe-LDP,WRAP TOKYO Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga cements his status as the clear frontrunner in the race to become the country's next prime minister, ahead of a vote expected on September 14. 600 words moved by Natsuko Fukue and Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Graphic China-Australia-politics-diplomacy-media,WRAP BEIJING China declines to explain why an Australian journalist working as an anchor for state TV has been detained without charge for at least two weeks, the latest case to fray relations between Beijing and Canberra. 700 words moved by Helen Roxburgh and Laurie Chen. Video China-politics-education-minorities-language-Mongolian,lead BEIJING Tens of thousands of people in an ethnic Mongolian region of northern China have joined rare protests and school boycotts against a new curriculum they fear will wipe out their minority culture, residents say. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- Health-virus-Germany-economy,lead FRANKFURT Germany is in a V-shaped economic recovery and should avoid a new phase of lockdowns, the country's economy minister says, despite a resurgence of coronavirus cases. 500 words moved by Ed Frankl. Picture. Video SKorea-Samsung-telecommunication-corruption-business,lead SEOUL South Korean prosecutors indict the heir to the Samsung empire over a controversial merger of two business units seen as a key step towards his succession, in the latest legal blow to the sprawling conglomerate. 650 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture afp
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