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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Navalny accuses Putin over poisoning + Lebanon, Israel to hold first talks in 30 years + Trump slashes refugee admissions ahead of vote + Foreign powers intervene as Karabakh fighting rages + Porn scandal lifts lid on abuse in French industry Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,WRAP BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accuses President Vladimir Putin of being behind his poisoning, as he vows to return to Russia to press on with his opposition campaign. 700 words 1430 GMT by Hui Min Neo with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow. File picture. File video Also moved: Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,FOCUS Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,CHRONO Russia-politics-Navalny-Putin,3rdLEAD Lebanon-Israel-border-UN-US,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon and Israel say they will hold US-brokered negotiations on their disputed land and sea borders, the first talks in decades between two countries that remain technically at war. 550 words 1600 GMT by Bachir El Khoury. Picture. File picture. Video US-vote-diplomacy-refugee,2ndlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's administration says the United States will admit no more than 15,000 refugees over the coming year, making another major drastic cut a month ahead of elections despite global crises. 500 words 1700 GMT by Shaun Tandon Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,UPDATE STEPANAKERT Armenian and Azerbaijani forces intensify their shelling despite urgent calls from the US, France and Russia for an end to days of fighting over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region that has left more than 130 dead. 800 words by 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic France-pornography-abuse-investigation,FOCUS PARIS A rape investigation targeting a prominent French pornography website is prompting actresses to disclose their own experiences of abuse, a moment of reckoning for an industry where speaking out has long been taboo. 800 words moved by Nicolas Kienast and Caroline Taix -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS The European Union launches legal proceedings in response to the British government's attempt to overturn parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement. 700 words moved by Dave Clark. Video EU-summit-tech,FOCUS BRUSSELS EU leaders will back plans to impose unprecedented rules against big tech, promising to make Europe a global rule-maker against the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon. 540 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman Britain-politics-migrants,FOCUS LONDON Britain is said to be considering holding asylum-seekers on disused ferries or other offshore sites, including some thousands of miles away, following a recent surge in illegal migration across the Channel. 750 words 1500 GMT by Joe Jackson and Martine Pauwels. File picture. File video -- AMERICAS -- US-conflict-IS-Justice,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States has repatriated and prosecuted 27 nationals who joined the Islamic State group, while European allies continue to balk at doing so. 500 words 1600 GMT by Paul Handley US-climate-travel,SCENE SAN FRANCISCO The Silverado Trail has long been a place dreams for Napa Valley wine lovers as it winds gently through vineyards and on to Calistoga, but the "Glass Fire" has turned much of that dream to ash. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-Kurds-Turkey-Iran-drone,FOCUS SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq Turkey and Iran are using "game-changing" drone warfare against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking geopolitical tensions. 800 words moved by Shwan Mohammed with Maya Gebeily in Baghdad Sudan-conflict-peace,ADVANCER KHARTOUM Sudan's government and rebels are to sign a landmark peace deal Saturday in a bid to end decades of war in which hundreds of thousands died -- a historic achievement, if it holds. 700 words 1430 GMT by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest-rights-justice,FOCUS KINSHASA Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege will join protests demanding justice for the victims of nearly 30 years of rapes and killings in his native DR Congo, on the tenth anniversary of a damning UN report into the violence. 750 words 1600 GMT. File picture Health-virus-SAfrica-travel-aviation,WRAP CAPE TOWN First regional and international flights land in South Africa, some amid pomp and fanfare, as borders reopen after a more than six-month shutdown to limit the spread of coronavirus. 550 words 1500 GMT by Tanya Steenkamp. Photo. Video SAfrica-athletics-court-gender-Semenya-RSA,INTERVIEW JOHANNESBURG The lawyer of South Africa's Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya, barred from certain races unless she takes hormone suppressants, tells AFP he is preparing to approach the European Court of Human Rights to challenge the ban. 650 words 1430 GMT by Sofia Christensen. File Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Dozens of democracy supporters are arrested in Hong Kong for defying a protest ban as the city marks China's National Day and its leader hails Beijing's new security law for restoring stability to the restive finance hub. 700 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Health-virus-China-travel-tourism,PHOTOESSAY BEIJING Hundreds of millions in China hustle to enjoy their first major holiday since beating the coronavirus, filling airports and train stations. 550 words moved by Nicolas Asfouri. Picture. Video. Live video -- HEALTH -- Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Europe faces up to ever-worsening pandemic indicators, notably in Spain, Britain and France, as China revels in its first post-coronavirus Golden Week holiday, with hundreds of millions on the move around the country. 750 words moved by Hazel Ward and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-science-Neanderthals-coronavirus PARIS Covid-19 patients with a particular snippet of Neanderthal DNA that crossed into the human genome some 60,000 years ago run a higher risk of severe complications from the disease, researchers say. 450 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- BUSINESS -- US-media-technology-news-Google,2ndlead PARIS Google plans to invest $1 billion on partnerships with news publishers worldwide to develop a "Showcase" app to highlight their reporting packages, CEO Sundar Pichai says. 500 words moved Germany-Sweden-H&M-crime-data,lead FRANKFURT German authorities say they have fined clothing chain H&M more than 35 million euros over illegal "surveillance" of its employees, with the Swedish firm found to have collected data on family problems and religious beliefs. 450 words 1500 GMT by Ed Frankl -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Former champion Jelena Ostapenko sweeps second seed Karolina Pliskova out of Roland Garros as Novak Djokovic set his sights on a 70th career win in the French capital. 650 words by Dave James 1500GMT Picture Basket-NBA,WRAP MIAMI, Florida The Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James manhandle the Miami Heat 116-98 in game one of the NBA Finals in a dominant start to their quest for a 17th championship. 700 words moved. 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