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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Tens of thousands demand Belarus strongman quit + India overtakes Brazil as 2nd-worst virus hit + Typhoon hits South Korea after pummelling Japan + Djokovic out of US Open for striking line judge + Virus or no, Olympics going ahead: IOC VP Coates Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Huge crowds of Belarusian protesters flood the capital Minsk, urging strongman Alexander Lukashenko to quit power, defying the threat of arrest and a massive deployment of forces. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP NEW DELHI India overtakes Brazil as the country with the second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, but authorities press ahead with opening up the South Asian nation's battered economy. 600 words 0600 GMT SKorea-Japan-typhoon,WRAP SOKCHO, South Korea A powerful typhoon lashes South Korea after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left four people missing in a landslide. 600 words 0530 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. 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 Oly-2020-health-virus-Coates,2ndlead SYDNEY Tokyo's postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates tells AFP, saying they will be the "Games that conquered Covid". 550 words 0530 GMT by Martin Parry. File picture -- 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 -- ASIA -- Indonesia-Myanmar-Bangladesh-migration-Rohingya,lead LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia Nearly 300 Rohingya migrants come ashore on Indonesia's Sumatra island in one of the biggest such landings by the persecuted Myanmar minority in the Muslim-majority nation in years. 450 words 0700 GMT. Picture. Video. -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade-Johnson LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an October 15 deadline for a post-Brexit trade agreement with the European Union, brushing off fears about "no-deal" chaos if talks fail. 650 words moved by Phil Hazlewood Britain-US-court-extradition-Assange LONDON A London hearing resumes to decide if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States to face trial over the publication of secrets relating to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. 650 words moved by James Pheby. File picture Also moving: Britain-US-court-extradition-Assange,PROFILE Health-virus-Spain-education-parents,FOCUS MADRID With coronavirus cases surging as a new school year begins, many Spanish parents are refusing to send their children back to class despite the threat of sanctions. 700 words moved by Thomas Perroteau. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Algeria-politics,FOCUS ALGIERS For over a year Algeria's defiant anti-government "Hirak" protestors seemed unstoppable, but weekly demonstrations skidded to a halt due to restrictions to end the coronavirus crisis. 700 words moved by Amal Belalloufi. File picture. File video -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-arrest-politics-genocide,WRAP KIGALI Rwandan President Paul Kagame says that the polarising hero of the "Hotel Rwanda" film returned home of his own accord, where he was arrested, denying his family's claims he was kidnapped abroad. 600 words moved -- 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 Czech-film-Menzel,lead PRAGUE Oscar-winning Czech film director Jiri Menzel has died aged 82 after battling serious health problems for a long time, his wife says. 400 words moved. File picture -- SPORTS -- Cycling-tour-FRA-2020,WRAP LARUNS, France Slovenians take the laurels on the Tour de France as rookie Tadej Pogacar wins a Pyrenean mountain slog and his compatriot Primoz Roglic grabs the overall lead. 600 words moved by Damian McCall. Picture Also moving: Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020-stages,CHRONO Athletics-CZE,PREVIEW PRAGUE Karsten Warholm is looking to break the 400m hurdles world record at the Czech Golden Spike meeting on Tuesday, two weeks after trailing the three decades old mark by just 0.09sec. 400 words moved by Jan Flemr. File picture afp
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