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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump due in California as fires rage + Israel prepares for fresh virus curbs + Microsoft says TikTok buyout rejected + Japan ruling party elects new leader + Thiem beats Zverev in US Open victory US-fires,WRAP PORTLAND, Oregon US President Donald Trump is due to visit California for a briefing on record wildfires that have killed 35 people, as West Coast officials and political opponents round on him for being in denial about climate change. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel says it will reimpose a national lockdown to battle a coronavirus surge, as the number of daily infections around the world reaches a record high. 650 words moved by Jonah Mandel with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-China-TikTok-Microsoft,WRAP NEW YORK CITY US tech giant Microsoft says its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, leaving Oracle as the sole bidder, as a deadline looms for the Chinese-owned video app to sell or shut down its US operations. 650 words moved by Danile Hoffman Japan-politics-vote-LDP,WRAP TOKYO Japan's ruling party votes for its next leader, with Yoshihide Suga all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as prime minister. 650 words 0700 GMT by Sara Hussein and Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: Japan-politics-Suga,PROFILE Japan-politics-vote-society,POINTS Tennis-Open-USA-men,WRAP NEW YORK Dominic Thiem produces a historic comeback to beat Alexander Zverev in a nervy five-setter and win the US Open for his first Grand Slam title. 500 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Trump-rally,FOCUS MINDEN, Nevada President Donald Trump's campaign rallies are packed with familiar rituals, chants and colors -- essentially the same as his 2016 campaign, giving the sense of traveling back in time. 700 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. File Picture US-entertainment-virus-health-Broadway NEW YORK Broadway stars who once lit up New York's most bankable stages are now facing a reckoning over the future of the performing arts, in an industry that has bled money since the pandemic began. 750 words 0530 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video Entertainment-Canada-film LOS ANGELES Its biggest star is British, and its director is white. But "Concrete Cowboy," a critically acclaimed new film about at-risk black youths and horse-owners in urban Philadelphia, offers a poignant message at a time of mass anti-racism protests in the United States, Idris Elba says. 600 words 0530 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- ASIA -- Australia-health-virus-politics,FOCUS SYDNEY A torrid row over Australia's state border closures has pushed the country's prime minister to tears, sparked bitter recriminations among rival regional leaders and even talk of secession. 600 words 0600 GMT by Andrew Leeson -- EUROPE -- EU-China-summit-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders will talk to Chinese President Xi Jinping seeking trade and investment, despite tensions over Hong Kong's freedom and Beijing's treatment of its Uighur minority. 650 words moved by Damon Wake Belarus-politics-unrest-protest,WRAP MINSK Riot police detain more than 400 demonstrators in Belarus as tens of thousands of people take to the streets on the eve of crunch talks between strongman Alexander Lukashenko and his main ally, Russia's Vladimir Putin. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Russia-politics-vote,WRAP NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia Results are expected in regional elections across Russia where allies of poisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny are claiming symbolic victories in polls that international observers say have been marred by irregularities. 750 words moved by Romain Colas. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON It'll be deja vu all over again as Britain's parliament renews a battle over Brexit, with influential MPs up in arms over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to blow up an EU treaty. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. File picture Iran-US-sanctions-nuclear-court THE HAGUE The United States and Iran face off at the UN's top court in the latest round of a battle over sanctions on Tehran reimposed by US President Donald Trump. 400 words moved by Sara Magniette. File Picture -- MIDEAST -- US-Israel-UAE-Bahrain-accord,ADVANCER DUBAI A new era for the Middle East will be charted Tuesday when the UAE and Bahrain sign agreements to recognise Israel, in a move that shatters the Arab world's consensus on the Palestinian cause. 800 words moved by Sarah Stewart -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics-vote ABIDJAN Ivory Coast ex-president Henri Konan Bedie and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro are officially nominated as the candidates of their opposition parties for next month's tense presidential election. 550 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS & FINANCE -- SoftBank-Nvidia-Arm-computers-chip,WRAP TOKYO Japan's SoftBank Group says it is selling British chip designer Arm to US chip company NVIDIA for up to $40 billion, potentially creating a new giant in the industry. 650 words 0630 GMT by Etienne Balmer afp
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