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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump says leaving hospital Monday + Medicine Nobel to Hepatitis C team + Fears for civilians in Kazabakh conflict + Paris bars, cafes close as virus spreads + New start for Australia Tasmanian devils Health-virus-US-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announces that he is leaving the hospital Monday where he was given emergency treatment for Covid-19, telling the nation, where the virus has killed almost 210,000 people this year, that they have nothing to worry about. 750 words 1930 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Nobel-medicine-health-pandemic,WRAP STOCKHOLM Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton win the Nobel Medicine Prize for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, paving the way for a cure. 750 words moved by Pia Ohlin. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Nobel-medicine-research-science,FACTS Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP GORIS, Armenia Clashes between Armenian and Azerbajani forces rage over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as fears grow for civilians after the two sides began shelling major cities. 750 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Azerbaijan-Amernia-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict-Karabakh,CHRONO Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Paris bars and cafes will shut for two weeks as the city and its region are placed on maximum alert, with Europe facing a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and the hospitalisation of President Donald Trump throwing the US election campaign into a tailspin. 800 words moved by Gina Doggett with AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video. Videographics Also moved: Health-virus-France,4thlead Australia-environment-animal SYDNEY Tasmanian devils are released into the wild on Australia's mainland 3,000 years after the feisty marsupials went extinct there, in what conservationists describe as a historic step. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-Trump-medical,POINTS WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump, 74, spent three nights in hospital after he contracted the coronavirus, and has received multiple therapies. Here's what we know so far. 600 words 2200 GMT. Picture. Graphic US-vote-campaign,FOCUS WASHINGTON Already shaken by multiple crises, the US presidential race tumbled deeper into turmoil with Donald Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis, spelling unprecedented uncertainty four weeks from the November 3 election. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-US-vote-justice,FOCUS WASHINGTON While Donald Trump is intent on getting his recent Supreme Court nominee confirmed before the presidential election on November 3, the eruption of Covid-19 in the innermost circles of the White House and Senate has complicated that expedited calendar. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture -- EUROPE -- Kyrgyzstan-vote-demonstration,WRAP BISHKEK At least 17 people including an opposition leader are injured in clashes with police in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek as thousands protest following a disputed parliamentary vote. 600 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video Europe-weather-France-Italy-flooding,lead ROQUEBILLIERE, France Rescue workers find the bodies of three more victims of intense flooding that hammered southeast France over the weekend, with the toll expected to rise further as searches continue for survivors. 600 words moved by Vincent-Xavier Morvan and Claudine Renaud. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-environment-animal,lead MOSCOW Water pollution in Russia's Kamchatka region that caused sea creatures to wash up dead on beaches prompt fears that rocket fuel stored in the region's military testing grounds could have leaked out. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture Germany-crime-racism-Jews,WRAP BERLIN German investigators say they are probing an attack on a Jewish student outside a synagogue in Hamburg as attempted murder with anti-Semitic intent, a case condemned by Chancellor Angela Merkel as a "disgrace". 550 words moved by Hui Min Neo. Picture Belgium-royal BRUSSELS When former king Albert II informed his hidden daughter and the Belgian people, through legal counsel, that he felt no connection with her it was "like a knife in the back," she says. 600 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Kurds-IS,WRAP BEIRUT Syria's Kurds are to allow thousands of Syrians including families of Islamic State group fighters to leave a squalid and over-populated camp they run, a top official says. 600 words moved by Hashem Osseiran. File Picture. File Video Libya-conflict-Germany-France-diplomacy-UN,WRAP BERLIN Germany's foreign minister voices "cautious optimism" over efforts to end the conflict in Libya, as top diplomats seek to foster a peace drive given new impetus by a series of talks in recent weeks. 600 words moved by Hui Min Neo with Stuart Williams in Paris -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-prisoners,WRAP BAMAKO Insurgency-hit Mali frees over 100 alleged or convicted jihadists to secure the release of a top politician and a French charity worker, sources close to the talks say. 500 words moved by Serge Daniel -- ASIA -- NZealand-fires,2ndlead WELLINGTON Wildfires destroy up to 50 homes in New Zealand, with authorities saying it was a miracle no one was hurt as "a wall of orange" razes most of a remote South Island village. 550 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- FASHION & ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-France-opera-ballet-racism,FOCUS PARIS The Paris Opera is looking at banning "blackface" in its ballets and operas after nearly a quarter of its staff called for a major shake up of how it deals with race. 600 words by Rana Moussaoui. File picture Iran-France-art-Satrapi,INTERVIEW PARIS "Persepolis" creator Iran's Marjane Satrapi says she prefers to paint women because men are so damn "ugly... and badly shaved". 500 words moved by Jean-Louis de la Vassiere and Fiachra Gibbons. Video. File picture -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Novak Djokovic defeats Karen Khachanov in straight sets to make the French Open quarter-finals for the 11th consecutive year while Petra Kvitova returns to the last eight at Roland Garros for the first time since 2012. 650 words moved by Martyn Wood. Picture Soccer-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Arsenal's move for Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey is expected to be the biggest deal of football transfer deadline day, while Edinson Cavani is on the verge of a move to Manchester United. 600 words by Kieran Canning 1800 GMT File Picture afp
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