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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Navalny out of medically-induced coma + EU alarm as UK seeks to 'clarify' Brexit deal + White House hopefuls hit final stretch + Hundreds arrested at Belarus weekend protests + Djokovic out of US Open for striking line judge Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON Britain says it is seeking to "clarify" key parts of its EU divorce deal as Brexit trade talks reach a crucial final stage, triggering warnings that it risks damaging its international reputation. 650 words 1500 GMT by Phil Hazlewood and Jitendra Joshi. File picture. Graphic Russia-politics-Germany-Navalny,WRAP BERLIN Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who Germany says was poisoned by a weapons-grade Novichok nerve agent, is now out of a medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation, the Berlin hospital treating him says. 600 words 1430 GMT by Hui Min Neo Also moving: Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,CHRONO US-politics-vote,WRAP MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin Democrat Joe Biden, his running mate Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's vice president Mike Pence head to key swing states on Labor Day -- kicking off the final stretch of the White House race in a nation battered by the COVID-19 pandemic and facing a historic reckoning on race. 600 words 1530 GMT by Kerem Yucel and Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarus says police detained more than 600 people at weekend protests and the opposition says a senior figure has been snatched off the streets, as authorities intensify efforts to end weeks of demonstrations. 650 words 1530 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Saudi-rights-politics-Kashoggi,WRAP RIYADH A Saudi court jails eight defendants to between seven and 20 years over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which sparked international condemnation, overturning five earlier death sentences. 450 words 1500 GMT. File picture Also moving: Saudi-rights-politics-Kashoggi,CHRONO Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Novak Djokovic is dramatically disqualified from the US Open after accidentally striking a female lines judge with a ball in frustration during his last-16 match, sending shock waves through the tournament. 750 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Heath-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India overtakes Brazil as the country with the second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, even as key metro train lines reopened as part of efforts to boost the South Asian nation's battered economy. 650 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture. Video Health-virus-India,WRAP NEW DELHI Commuters flashed victory signs as India restarted city metro services Monday after a nearly six-month hiatus, determined to live with the new normal even as the vast nation overtook Brazil as the second-worst affected country in terms of coronavirus cases. 650 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-US-court-Assange-extradition,WRAP LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to court in London for a hearing to decide whether he should be extradited to the United States for leaking secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 650 words 1600 GMT by James Pheby. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Britain-US-court-Assange-extradition,CHRONO Britain-Australia-US-court-extradition-Assange,PROFILE France-attacks-trial,SCENE PARIS A Paris court sits through wrenching pictures and video of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo newsroom attack, prompting some horrified members of the audience to leave the room in tears. 500 words 1500 GMT by Anne-Sophie Lasserre and Valentin Bontemps France-religion-history,ADVANCER PARIS The archeological crypt of Notre-Dame reopens with an exhibition retracing the cathedral's turbulent history nearly 18 months after it was ravaged by fire. 550 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Tunisia-attack-IS,WRAP TUNIS The Islamic State group claims responsibility for a knife attack in Tunisia which killed one National Guard officer and wounded another, as authorities round up more suspects and the victim is laid to rest. 450 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Israel-religion,SCENE BNEI BRAK, Israel "We're under attack," says Yonathan, a blue mask across his shaggy beard in Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox city where Israeli authorities have restored a partial Covid-19 lockdown. 600 words 1500 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- SKorea-Japan-typhoon,WRAP SOKCHO, South Korea A powerful typhoon lashed South Korea after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left up to eight people dead or missing. 650 words moved by Ed Jones with Charly Triballeau in Kagoshima, Japan. Picture. Video. Graphic Indonesia-Myanmar-Bangladesh-migration-Rohingya,2ndlead LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia Nearly 300 Rohingya migrants reach Indonesia claiming to have been at sea for seven months, United Nations officials say, in one of the biggest landings by the persecuted Myanmar minority in years. 550 words moved by Sarina. Picture. Video US-China-diplomacy-media BEIJING China has refused to renew the press cards of several journalists working for US companies, a foreign media association says, as Beijing kicks back against the treatment of its reporters in America. 450 words moved -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-coup-ECOWAS,2ndlead NIAMEY The West African regional bloc ECOWAS issues a new appeal for Mali to make a "swift" transition to civilian rule following a military coup on August 18. 400 words 1530 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-health-virus-economy,FOCUS BROWNSVILLE, Pennsylvania Door-to-door canvassing and weeks of rallies for Donald Trump, while Joe Biden's campaign avoids both due to the coronavirus: Democrats in Pennsylvania's rural counties are battling to win back the key electoral state, but the pandemic is not making it easy. 800 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-Messi,2ndlead MADRID Lionel Messi arrives at Barcelona's training ground as he begins to reintegrate with the team following his failed attempt to leave the club this summer. 450 words 1600 GMT by Tom Allnutt. Picture. Video Oly-2020-health-virus-Coates,INTERVIEW-EXCLUSIVE SYDNEY Tokyo's postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice-president John Coates tells AFP in an exclusive interview, vowing they will be the "Games that conquered Covid". 700 words moved by Martin Parry. File picture. File video -- ECONOMY -- Health-virus-ECB-eurozone-inflation,ADVANCER FRANKFURT ECB governors are expected Thursday to prepare the ground for new stimulus, armed with a new set of forecasts on the bloc's sluggish recovery and with the coronavirus pandemic resurging. 600 words moved by Ed Frankl -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-Canada-film-boxoffice LOS ANGELES As movie theaters struggle to return to normality during the coronavirus pandemic, the first major Hollywood release in six months, Christopher Nolan's "Tenet," has taken in $20.2 million in five days. 400 words moved. afp
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