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| - Duty Editor: Joshua Melvin Contact: joshua.melvin@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Navalny out of medically-induced coma + Khashoggi killing death sentences scrapped + Belarus opposition figure 'kidnapped' + White House hopefuls enter final sprint + Kylian Mbappe tests positive for Covid-19 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 reacting to speech, the Berlin hospital treating him announces. 650 words moved by Hui Min Neo with Marina Panina in Moscow. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,CHRONO Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,Q&A Saudi-rights-politics-Khashoggi,WRAP RIYADH A Saudi court overturns five death sentences over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in a final ruling that was condemned by his fiancee and slammed by a UN expert as a "parody of justice". 650 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture. Graphic Also moved: Saudi-rights-politics-Kashoggi,CHRONO Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Germany demands "clarity" on the whereabouts of a senior Belarusian opposition figure who allies say was snatched off the streets, after hundreds were arrested at weekend protests. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Graphic. Video, File picture US-politics-vote,WRAP MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin Democrat Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris head to key swing states on Labor Day, while Donald Trump kicks off the final stretch of the White House race defending his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and bluntly attacking his opponents on race, China and the economy. 750 words 2000 GMT by Kerem Yucel and Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video Fbl-Eur-Nations-FRA-CRO-Mbappe-health-virus,2ndlead PARIS Kylian Mbappe is ruled out of France's Nations League game against World Cup runners-up Croatia Tuesday after testing positive for Covid-19. 450 words 2100 GMT -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Spain passes 500,000 coronavirus infections as India reopens some metro lines despite becoming world's second-hardest hit country. 650 words 2000 GMT by Alvaro Villalobos with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-India,WRAP Health-virus-Morocco,WRAP RABAT Morocco imposes a lockdown on Casablanca and shuts its schools on the day pupils were due to return to classes, in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19. 500 words moved by Sophie Pons. Picture. Video -- 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 US-California-heatwave-fire-party,lead LOS ANGELES A firework at a gender reveal party triggered a wildfire in southern California that has destroyed 7,000 acres (2,800 hectares) and forced many residents to flee their homes, the fire department says. 400 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON Britain says it is seeking to "clarify" key parts of its EU divorce deal just as Brexit trade talks reach a crucial final stage, triggering warnings that it risks damaging its international reputation. 650 words moved by Phil Hazlewood and Jitendra Joshi. File picture. Graphic Britain-US-court-Assange-extradition,WRAP LONDON Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fail to persuade a British judge to throw out new US allegations against him, as he resumes his fight to avoid extradition to the United States for leaking military secrets. 700 words moved by James Pheby, Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video France-crime-animals,lead PARIS French police make their first arrest in a string of shocking attacks on horses that are believed to be the work of several people, prosecutors say. 400 words moved by Sylvie Maligorne Lifestyle-Sweden-food-offbeat,VIDEOESSAY SODERHAMN, Sweden As chef Malin Soderstrom opened the can, the trapped air escaped with a hiss and filled the balcony of her waterside restaurant with the pungent odour of Sweden's infamous delicacy, surstromming. 550 words moved. 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. 550 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. 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 moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Russia-diplomacy,WRAP DAMASCUS Syrian government officials and a Russian delegation discuss economic cooperation to help counter Western sanctions on Syria, during Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's first visit to the war-torn country since 2012. 500 words moved by Maher al-Mounes with Maria Panina in Moscow. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-coup-ECOWAS,WRAP NIAMEY The West African regional bloc ECOWAS calls on Mali's military junta, which seized power last month, to appoint a civilian to head a transition government by September 15. 550 words moved. File picture SAfrica-racism-hair-retail,lead JOHANNESBURG Protests force more than 400 stores of South Africa's biggest pharmacy chain to close after a controversial "racist" hair advertisement provoked widespread outrage. 500 words moved -- 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 -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-Nations,WRAP PARIS Traditional European football heavyweights clash in the second round of Nations League fixtures as the Netherlands host Italy in their second game following the departure of coach Ronald Koeman to Barcelona. 500 words 2130 GMT by Martyn Wood. Picture 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 afp
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