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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 (0)6 4016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + France heads into new lockdown against raging infection + Trump and Biden to cross campaign paths in Florida + Typhoon tears into Vietnam killing 21 + Hong Kong teen activist charged with secession under new law + African genome analysis shows unexpected diversity Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France heads into a new month-long national lockdown and Germany imposes drastic new curbs, with European leaders set to meet to tackle the explosive spikes in coronavirus infections on the continent. 700 words 1300 GMT by Joseph Schmid with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote,WRAP MIAMI, Florida President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden will rally voters just hours apart in the Florida city of Tampa, their campaign paths crossing for the first time as the rivals' fight for the White House enters its frenetic final days. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Vietnam-landslide-typhoon-weather,WRAP Quang Nam, VIETNAM Twenty-one people are killed and dozens more are feared dead after a typhoon tore through central Vietnam, triggering landslides and causing some of the worst destruction seen in years. 500 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG A teenage Hong Kong democracy activist is charged with secession, the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping new national security law Beijing imposed on the city. 550 words moved by Su Xinqi. Live video. File picture Africa-genetics-research-science TOKYO Analysis of the genomes of hundreds of people from across Africa has shed light on ancient migrations and modern susceptibility and resistance to disease, revealing unexpected genetic diversity. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein -- US VOTE -- US-vote-scenarios,FOCUS WASHINGTON Leading in the polls with less than a week to go before the US election, Democrat Joe Biden would appear to be on a glide path to the White House -- but not so fast. Donald Trump has several potential routes to victory on November 3. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture. Graphic -- PLEASE SEE OUR SPECIAL ADVISORY FOR FULL ELECTION COVERAGE -- -- AMERICAS -- US-health-virus-tourism-Halloween,SCENE CROTON-ON-HUDSON, New York Croton-on-Hudson is a quaint village an hour north of New York City that has thrived thanks to a spooky tale written some 200 years ago. The town is still holding its annual Halloween bash this year -- with the US election and the coronavirus pandemic lending an extra dose of chills. 850 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video US-vote-IT-politics-media-hearing,WRAP WASHINGTON Capitol Hill clashes with Silicon Valley over legal protections and censorship on social media during a fiery hearing a week before Election Day in which Twitter's Jack Dorsey acknowledged that platforms need to do more to "earn trust." 800 words moved by Rob Lever. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-medicine,FOCUS NEW DELHI New Delhi housewife Sashi scoops Covid-19 "immunity-boosting" powder into a jug of water every morning for her family, joining a rush of Indians who believe traditional supplements will ward off the pandemic. 600 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-attack,lead NICE, France A man wielding a knife outside a church in the southern French city of Nice kills three people and injures several others, in what officials say appears to be a terror attack. 500 words 1000 GMT Health-virus-Britain LONDON Coronavirus cases in England are now doubling every nine days, with the sharply increasing death toll piling pressure on the government to follow European nations and take national action. 600 words 1030 GMT by Joe Jackson Britain-politics-Labour-antiSemitism,WRAP LONDON Britain's Equalities and Human Rights Commission publishes its long awaited report into anti-Semitism in the main opposition Labour party that forced out many Jewish members. 600 words 1230 GMT by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-France PARIS Between anxiety and anger, France prepares for the "endless day" of another coronavirus lockdown aimed at subduing a second wave of cases that President Emmanuel Macron warns will be even deadlier than the first. 600 words 1000 GMT by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. Graphic. Health-virus-Germany,lead BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends tough new shutdown measures her government has announced against the coronavirus, warning that propaganda and conspiracy theories undermine the fight against the pandemic. 500 words 0930 GMT by Deborah Cole. Picture. Video. Live video Britain-university-racism,FOCUS LONDON Going to Cambridge had always been a dream for Matthew Omoefe Offeh, one of a growing number of black students who are slowly reshaping the elite university's racial mix, helped in part by rapper Stormzy. 800 words moved by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video Austria-Judaism-history-architecture VIENNA "It might sound strange but when I came here for the first time... I fell in love with this place," says Jennifer Kickert, spokeswoman for an association striving to clean up a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Vienna's north-eastern suburbs. 800 words moved by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video Georgia-vote-parliament,ADVANCER TBILISI Georgians vote on Saturday in tightly contested parliamentary elections pitting an unlikely union of opposition parties against the increasingly unpopular ruling party led by the country's richest man. 700 words moved by Irakli Metreveli. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-vote-constitution,ADVANCER ALGIERS Algerians are set to vote Sunday on a new constitution the government touts as establishing a "new republic", but a long-running protest movement rejects the exercise as window-dressing. 650 words 1000 GMT by Abdellah Cheballah. Picture. Video Also moving: Algeria-vote-constitution,POINTS Algeria-vote-constitution,FACTFILE Algeria-vote-constitution,CHRONO Health-virus-Gaza-technology,FOCUS GAZA CITY Entering a Gaza City restaurant, customers are welcomed by a multi-tasking disinfection machine designed by a Palestinian businesswoman to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the crisis-hit enclave. 450 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,ADVANCER ABIDJAN When Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced in March he would step aside for a younger generation after his second term, the country looked to be moving past decades of often bloody rivalries among its ageing leaders. 800 words moved by Patrick Markey. Picture. Graphic. Video. Also moved: ICoast-vote,CHRONO ICoast-vote-candidates,FACTS ICoast-vote-politics,COUNTRYFACTFILE Moved: ICoast-vote-Ouattara,INTERVIEW Tanzania-vote,WRAP STONE TOWN Tanzania's polls commission begins releasing parliamentary election results with the opposition losing key seats in a vote they say was riddled with irregularities. 700 words 1230 GMT by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video. Graphic -- SCIENCE -- Science-palaeontology-dinosaurs-pterosaus PARIS By the time they were wiped out alongside their dinosaur cousins, most winged pterosaurs had evolved from awkwardly airborne to lords of the primeval skies, according to new research. 650 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. Picture -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- ECB-eurozone-banking-inflation-health-virus FRANKFURT The European Central Bank faces mounting pressure to signal further monetary stimulus as spiking coronavirus cases and new restrictions darken the eurozone's economic outlook. 650 words 1300 GMT by Ed Frankl Bosnia-food-economy-agriculture,VIDEOESSAY LJUBUSKI Blessed with sunshine, virgin land and ample ground water, southern Bosnia is breaking into the olive oil market, winning medals and helping put the country on the map for "liquid gold". 500 words 0930 GMT by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video US-economy-health-virus-indicator-GDP WASHINGTON After the worst downturn on record, the US economy is expected to post jaw-dropping growth of between 30 and 35 percent in the third quarter, but the headline number will obscure potential signs of trouble. 600 words moved by Heather Scott -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Mansfield-health-virus,FOCUS MANSFIELD, England Football clubs outside the Premier League that are the beating heart of the English game will vanish unless a financial rescue package is agreed imminently. That is the stark warning from Mansfield Town chief executive David Sharpe. 700 words moved by Pirate Irwin. Picture. Video RugbyU-Tri-2020-AUS-NZL,PREVIEW SYDNEY New Zealand haven't had to wrap up the Bledisloe Cup on Australian soil in 11 years and for coach Ian Foster that's a massive motivation to snuff out Wallaby hopes of keeping the series alive when the two sides meet in Sydney. 650 words moved by Martin Parry Also moved: RugbyU-Tri-2020,POINTS Cricket-PAK-ZIM,PREVIEW RAWALPINDI, Pakistan Pakistan take a further step out of the wilderness as international cricket hosts when they welcome Zimbabwe for their first ODI in a year, with England and South Africa both lining up tours. 650 words moved by Shahid Hashmi. Picture afp
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