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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden speaks with Jacob Blake + New York to probe man's death + Facebook in political ads ban + EU threatens Russia sanctions + Godfather III gets new ending US-politics-racism,WRAP KENOSHA, Wisconsin Joe Biden calls out the "underlying racism" in America as he sought to soothe the protest-scarred Midwestern city of Kenosha, where the presidential hopeful spoke with a black father shot in the back by a white policeman. 700 words moved by Jim Watson with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture US-police-investigation,WRAP NEW YORK Several hundred peaceful demonstrators march in New York's Times Square over the death of a black man that police hooded and forced face down on the road, according to video footage that prompted a probe from the state's attorney general. 700 words 0230 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Facebook-misinformation-ads,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook says it will ban political advertising the week before the US election, one of its most sweeping moves against disinformation yet as CEO Mark Zuckerberg warns of a "risk of civil unrest" after the vote. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU warns of sanctions against Russia and NATO calls a top meeting over Germany's finding that opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a Soviet-era nerve agent, claims the Kremlin furiously denied. 700 words moved by Celine Le Prioux with Michael Mainville in Moscow. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Also moved: Germany-Russia-politics-diplomacy-Navalny,FOCUS Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany-Zhdanov,INTERVIEW Entertainment-US-film-Godfather-Coppola LOS ANGELES A new version of "The Godfather: Part III" -- Francis Ford Coppola's belated follow-up to two of Hollywood's greatest ever films -- will be released this December featuring with a new ending. 350 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil surpasses four million coronavirus cases as an international probe vows to get to the bottom of how the pandemic spread around the world. 800 words 0300 GMT. Picture US-health-virus-vaccines,FOCUS WASHINGTON An international group of bioethicists criticizes the World Health Organization's goal of distributing coronavirus vaccines to treat 20 percent of each country's population, proposing instead what they call a more equitable system of distribution. 700 words 0200 GMT by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-Peru-hospital,FOCUS LIMA The Athletes Village built for Lima's Panamerican Games is being put into service again -- as a hospital treating hundreds of Covid-19 patients. 500 words 0130 GMT by Jesus Olarte and Carlos Mandujano. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-vaccines-politics,Q&A WASHINGTON Can a vaccine be approved before US election day, and can President Donald Trump push for it even if testing isn't completed? 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. File picture Already moved: Health-virus-vaccines-pharmaceutical Health-virus-Spain-hospital,FOCUS MADRID Near Madrid airport an army of cranes works round the clock to build a new pandemic hospital which is expected to open in November -- but a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is already under way, straining the region's public health care system. 650 words 0300 GMT by Marie Giffard. Picture. Video Iran-rights-justice-prison-health-virus,FOCUS PARIS A prize-winning Iranian lawyer is over three weeks into a hunger strike to draw attention to the plight of political prisoners in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, as international concern grows over the state of her health. 750 words 0230 GMT by Stuart Williams. File picture -- ASIA -- US-China-military-Palau-diplomacy,WRAP KOROR The tiny Pacific nation of Palau urges the US to build military bases on its territory -- which lies in a region where Washington is pushing back against growing Chinese influence. 550 words 0230 GMT by Bernadette Carreon. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON Setbacks in the US quest to reopen the economy and a deadlock in Congress have cast uncertainty on the labor market ahead of a key government jobs report Friday. 600 words 0130 GMT by Chris Stein US-Portland-protests-politics,FOCUS PORTLAND, Oregon Portland marks 100 days since nightly protests erupted in the western US city to denounce police brutality and racism, shining a spotlight on a deeply polarized America as it prepares for high-stakes elections. 700 words 0200 GMT by Laurent Banguet. Photo. Video Jamaica-politics-vote,WRAP KINGSTON Jamaicans head to the polls for a general election amid soaring coronavirus infections and rising criticism about the government's handling of the pandemic. 650 words moved by Andre Rich Kosovo-Serbia-US-politics-peace,WRAP WASHINGTON Kosovo and Serbia hold talks at the White House on improving economic relations, but the issue of mutual recognition between the two bitter rivals remains at the center of negotiations. 550 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture -- EUROPE -- US-France-EU-ICC-justice-sanction-diplomacy-warcrimes,WRAP PARIS France leads criticism of US sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, saying Washington has launched a "serious attack" on the global body. 550 words moved by Valerie Leroux and Adam Plowright -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-C1-health-virus KUALA LUMPUR Asia's football body is "confident" of completing its coronavirus-hit Champions League this year, a senior official tells AFP, as it heads into a frantic period of games with some venues still unknown. 450 words 0200 GMT by M. Jegathesan. File picture afp
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