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| - Duty Editor: Jonny Jacobsen Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trumps weighs options after Ginsburg's death + Thailand set for democracy rally + China launches riposte to US sanctions + Navalny describes first steps in recovery + Tour leader Rogic faces time trial challenge -- TOP STORIES -- US-politics-justice-court,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump weighs up whether to push for the quick confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice as Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death upends the US election. 700 words 1600 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-court-justice-Ginsburg,PROFILE US-court-justice-Ginsburg-life,DATES US-court-justice-Ginsburg,FACTS Thailand-politics-royals-protest,WRAP BANGKOK Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters mass close to Thailand's royal palace in a huge rally calling for PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha to step down and demanding reforms to the monarchy. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Live video. File video. File picture US-China-IT-politics-security-TikTok-WeChat,WRAP SHANGHAI China launches a mechanism that would allow it to sanction foreign companies, upping the ante in a tech war with the United States a day after Washington moved to curb popular Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat. 800 words moved by Dan Martin. File picture Also moved: US-IT-China-politics-rights,FOCUS Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany-crime,WRAP MOSCOW Russia's leading opposition politician Alexei Navalny announces that he can now walk with a "tremble", and gives the first detailed account of his recovery nearly a month after being poisoned. 600 words by Anna Malpas moved. Picture. File picture. Video Cycling-FRA-Tour-2020 RONCHAMP, France Primoz Roglic leads his fellow Slovenian Tadez Pogacar by almost a minute going into the Tour de France 20th and penultimate stage, a much-awaited individual time trial featuring a Category 1 mountain climb. 600 words at 1630 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture -- AFRICA -- France-CAfrica-investigation-conflict PARIS France has arrested and indicted a former guard of deposed Central African Republic president Francois Bozize for "complicity in crimes against humanity", anti-terrorist prosecutors say. 250 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Peru-politics-Congress,WRAP LIMA Peru's President Martin Vizcarra survives an impeachment vote in Congress as his opponents fail to win the votes necessary to remove him from power. 500 words moved US-Venezuela-Brazil-diplomacy,WRAP BOA VISTA, Brazil US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo uses a South American tour to tell Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro he "has to leave", drawing a furious accusation of "war-mongering" from the leftist leader. 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video US-fires-Canada-health,FOCUS VANCOUVER Smoke from California and Oregon wildfires has cloaked Canada's third-largest city of Vancouver -- known for its majestic mountain views and fresh ocean breezes -- in the dirtiest air in the world this week. 650 words moved by David Ball. Picture -- ASIA -- Taiwan-US-China-politics-diplomacy,lead TAIPEI A top US diplomat attends the funeral for former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui which featured a eulogy by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama before wrapping up a visit overshadowed by Chinese military exercises. 500 words moved. Picture Fbl-ENG-PR-Newcastle-police-Singapore SINGAPORE Singapore police are investigating a company linked to two entrepreneurs trying to buy Newcastle United after an accounting firm lodges a police report over unauthorised signatures on the group's financial statements. 300 words moved Bangladesh-politics-Shafi DHAKA Tens of thousands of people gather to mourn the head of Bangladesh's largest Islamist group at his funeral in a rural town in the country's southeast, police say. 450 words moved. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-UN-diplomacy-summit,ADVANCER UNITED NATIONS The United Nations will mark its 75th anniversary Monday, celebrating the mantra that "multilateralism is not an option but a necessity," even as the coronavirus has underscored the fragility of international cooperation. 750 words moved. File picture. Health-virus-US-education-telecommunication,FOCUS SANTA ANA, California A minivan with a Wi-fi router attached to the dashboard and a satellite antenna on the roof is helping 200 disadvantaged students in Santa Ana, close to Los Angeles, cope with the rigors of distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Mexico-education-poverty,FOCUS SAN MIGUEL AMOLTEPEC VIEJO, Mexico In the poverty-stricken mountains of southern Mexico, children can only dream of internet or television that would allow them to join millions of others following distance learning during the pandemic. 650 words moved. Picture. Video. Health-virus-religion-Ukraine-Israel,FOCUS UMAN, Ukraine During one week each autumn, Uman in central Ukraine is transformed as tens of thousands of Hasidic pilgrims dressed in traditional black garb flood the streets for loud Jewish New Year celebrations. 750 words moved by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Serbia-Kosovo-US-Israel-diplomacy-economy,ANALYSIS BELGRADE 'Truly historic', 'a real breakthrough' and 'very big' -- US President Donald Trump let the superlatives flow when he announced a deal between Serbia and Kosovo, earning himself a second Nobel Peace Prize nomination this year. 800 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj with Ismet Hajdari in Pristina. File picture. File video Lifestyle-France-food-Unesco,FOCUS PARIS Victor Dumas is convinced that his fellow French butchers wield their knives unlike any others, and is hoping the UN will agree they deserve pride of place at the global culinary table. 500 words moved by Isabel Malsang. Video. File picture Poland-Germany-history-music-WWII-Jews-auction,FOCUS WARSAW A fountain pen, silver pocket watch and other prized possessions of the late Jewish-Polish composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, the real-life hero of the Oscar-winning film "The Pianist," go under the hammer in Warsaw next week. 600 words moved by Bernard Osser. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- RugbyU-Super-AUS,lead CANBERRA, Australian Capital Territory The ACT Brumbies withstand a late onslaught to edge a gutsy Queensland Reds 28-23 and clinch the Super Rugby AU title, solidifying their status as the kings of Australian rugby. 500 words moved. Picture afp
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