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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Crackdown on protesters in Belarus + Trump attacked over US wildfires + Israel to begin new virus lockdown + Microsoft says TikTok offer rejected + Thiem beats Zverev to take US Open 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 US-fires,WRAP PORTLAND, Oregon Top officials in West Coast states where record-breaking fires have killed 31 people accuse US President Donald Trump of being in denial about climate change, as he prepares to meet emergency services workers in California. 650 words 0200 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel says it will reimpose a national lockdown after coronavirus cases soar to a record level, becoming the first developed economy to take such drastic measures. 650 words 0330 GMT 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. 500 words 0200 GMT by Danile Hoffman 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 0300 GMT 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 -- ASIA -- Japan-politics-vote-LDP,WRAP TOKYO Japan's ruling party votes for its next leader, with likely winner Yoshihide Suga expected to become the next prime minister as Shinzo Abe steps down for health reasons. 550 words 0230 GMT by Sara Hussein and Kyoko Hasegawa. Picture. Graphic Also moving: Japan-politics-Suga,PROFILE Japan-politics-vote-society,POINTS Afghanistan-conflict-talks,WRAP DOHA Afghan government negotiators express cautious optimism for progress on thorny issues including ceasefires as peace talks with the Taliban get underway in the Qatari capital. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-talks-women,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-vote,WRAP NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia Allies of poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say they have secured city council seats in Siberia as independent monitors condemn a reported "stream" of voting irregularities in regional polls. 750 words moved by Romain Colas. Picture. Video 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 0200 GMT by Damon Wake 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 0230 GMT 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 0400 GMT by Sara Magniette. File Picture Greece-migrants-fire-refugee,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Greece says it hopes thousands of asylum seekers left homeless by fires at Europe's largest migrant camp can be rehoused within a week to end a crisis that has seen protesters clash with police. 750 words moved by Marina Rafenberg in Lesbos with Katerina Nikolopoulou in Athens. Picture. Graphic. Video Turkey-Greece-diplomacy-energy,WRAP ISTANBUL A Turkish research ship at the centre of a row with Greece over gas exploration has left disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean and returned to port in a move hailed as a "positive first step" by the Greek prime minister. 600 words moved by Raziye Akkoc with Katerina Nikolopoulou in Athens. File Picture. Graphic -- 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 0200 GMT by Sarah Stewart Lebanon-rights-labour,FOCUS BEIRUT Lebanon has approved a new work contract allowing foreign domestic workers to resign and keep hold of their own passport, but activists say the exploitative "kafala" system remains in place. 750 words moved by Alice Hackman. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's popular opposition movement rejects a charter for a transition government backed by the army officers who ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. 550 words moved by Serge Daniel and Kassim Traore. File Picture. Video -- 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. 600 words 0130 GMT by Etienne Balmer -- SPORT -- Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020,WRAP CULOZ, France Egan Bernal's defence of the Tour de France is reduced to cinders as the Colombian suffers a meltdown on the first major mountain of the race, while the overall leader Primoz Roglic denies any suggestions he is doping. 650 words moved by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic Auto-prix-ITA-Tuscan,WRAP MUGELLO, Italy Lewis Hamilton demonstrates his class and authority on an afternoon of wild chaos, winning an extraordinary crash-hit Tuscan Grand Prix to extend his runaway lead in this year's Formula One championship. 600 words moved by Tim Collings. Picture afp
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