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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + World leaders see chance for peace in Israel-UAE deal + Freed Belarusians tell of torture in vote crackdown + Trump stokes false Harris birther theory + Europe tightens virus measures as cases rise + Apple and Google pull Fortnite from app stores Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy,WRAP JERUSALEM World leaders voice hopes that a historic deal between the UAE and Israel could kickstart moribund Middle East peace talks, even as the Palestinians and their supporters denounce the move to normalise ties as a betrayal of their cause. 750 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video Also moving: Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-world,REAX Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK The main challenger in Belarus's disputed election calls for mass weekend rallies and workers walk off the job as defiance mounts against President Alexander Lukashenko, while detained protesters give harrowing accounts of beatings, humiliation and torture. 850 words 1500 GMT by Valery Kalinovsky. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-racism-Trump-Harris,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump stokes false claims that Democratic vice-presidential contender Kamala Harris is ineligible because of her foreign-born parents, echoing a baseless theory he once promoted about Barack Obama. 650 words 1600 GMT by Ian Timberlake. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP LONDON European nations among the hardest hit by the coronavirus unveil further control moves to battle rising cases, hitting summer tourism and aspects of everyday life on the continent. 900 words 1700 GMT by James Pheby with AFP bureaus. 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Video US-IT-lifestyle-games-court-Apple-Fortnite,2ndlead SAN FRANCISCO Apple and Google pull video game sensation Fortnite from their mobile app shops after its maker Epic Games releases an update that dodges revenue sharing with the tech giants. 600 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- UAE-ISRAEL DEAL -- Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-Iran,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran strongly condemns an agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise ties, blasting the move as as an act of "strategic stupidity" that will only strengthen the Tehran-backed "axis of resistance". 600 words moved by Amir Havasi Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-Gulf,FOCUS DUBAI The historic agreement to normalise relations between the UAE and Israel may prompt other Arab countries to follow suit, but regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia is likely to be cautious, with a more complex political calculation to make. 600 words moved by Shatha Yaish Israel-US-diplomacy-UAE-Palestinians-conflict,REAX GAZA CITY The words "betrayal" and "division" echo throughout Gaza in the aftermath of the agreement that normalised ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates while eclipsing the Palestinian issue. 650 words moved by Adel Zaanoun with Nasser Abu Baker in Ramallah -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-France-Netherlands LONDON British holidaymakers scramble to get home after the government says it will reimpose a 14-day quarantine for travellers from France and the Netherlands, prompting Paris to announce a "reciprocal measure". 650 words 1600 GMT by James Pheby. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-NZealand,2ndlead AUCKLAND Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extends a lockdown in New Zealand's largest city, giving health authorities more time to trace and contain a strain of coronavirus previously unseen in the country. 550 words moved by Diego Opatowski. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote-unrest-jail,SCENE MINSK Emerging from a jail in Minsk with other Belarusians detained in a post-election crackdown, 27-year-old maths teacher Yana Bobrovskaya says she never expected to make it out alive. "We thought we would be buried in here," she says, weeping as she recounts her experience to AFP. 650 words moved by Valery Kalinovsky. Picture. Video Turkey-Greece-EU-France-diplomacy,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey accuses France of acting like a bully and steps up its own charm offensive as EU foreign ministers meet to address an emerging crisis in the energy-rich eastern Mediterranean. 600 words 1700 GMT by Gokan Gunes. Video France-politics-books-Sarkozy PARIS Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's "love story" memoirs top the country's bestsellers list, recounting how he married model and singer Carla Bruni after a whirlwind romance only weeks after his wife left him. 450 words moved by Alain-Jean Robert and Fiachra Gibbons. File picture Cyprus-independence-Britain,FOCUS NICOSIA Cyprus marks 60 years since independence from Britain without fanfare on Sunday, as the small island remains divided and home to foreign bases and a UN peacekeeping force. 800 words moved by Haro Chakmakjian. File picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mauritius-Japan-environment-pollution,WRAP PORT LOUIS A fresh streak of oil spills from a bulk carrier stranded on a reef in pristine waters off Mauritius which is already reeling from the ecological disaster, as demands mount for answers as to why the vessel had come so close to shore. 650 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Angola-trial-corruption,WRAP LUANDA Angola's top court sentences the son of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos to jail for five years for diverting oil revenues, making him the highest-profile figure in the previous regime to face jail for graft. 450 words 1500 GMT -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Top diplomats criss-cross Beirut to supervise growing aid efforts and weigh in on Lebanon's political future, following a deadly port explosion blamed on state corruption. 650 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal and Acil Tabbara. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-diplomacy,SCENE BEIRUT Arriving in Lebanon after the deadly Beirut blast, US envoy David Hale bypasses politicians to head straight to a hard-hit neighbourhood where young volunteers are assisting victims abandoned by their state. 750 words moved by Hashem Osseiran. Picture. Video Saudi-politics-rights,FOCUS RIYADH A former Saudi intelligence czar's lawsuit in the US courts makes a host of incendiary claims, including that the powerful crown prince tried to have him killed, and threatens to spill more royal secrets. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-prisoners,WRAP KABUL Afghan authorities say they have started to release 400 Taliban prisoners, the final hurdle in long-delayed peace talks between the two warring sides, even as President Ashraf Ghani warns they are a "danger to the world". 550 words moved by Usman Sharifi. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-victims,FOCUS KABUL The decision to release hundreds of the Taliban's most dangerous prisoners has stirred painful memories for the loved ones of those killed in Afghanistan's war, with many questioning whether the move will help bring peace. 600 words 1430 GMT by Usman Sharifi with Rashid Durrani in Kandahar. Picture. Video Thailand-unrest-arrest,WRAP BANGKOK Thai police arrest prominent democracy activist Parit Chiwarak following his participation in protests calling for government reforms, a new constitution and an overhaul of a law shielding the powerful monarchy. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. File video China-rights-gender-sexuality SHANGHAI China's longest-running LGBTQ group, ShanghaiPRIDE, says it is stopping all its activities and events "to protect the safety of all involved". 350 words moved by Jessica Yang -- AMERICAS - Venezuela-literature-politics,FOCUS CARACAS The Venezuelan literature prize Romulo Gallegos was once one of the most prestigious in Latin America and the Spanish-language world. But ahead of its awarding in November for the first time in five years, a politically polarized debate is raging between Venezuela's authorities and those opposed to the "dictatorship." 600 words moved by Guillaume Decamme. File picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-US-economy-retail-industry WASHINGTON The US economy continues to recover, with retailers and manufacturing posting gains, but data show the progress is slowing and continued recovery is in doubt amid the political stalemate in Washington over a new emergency pandemic aid package. 500 words 1630 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture US-China-economy-trade-diplomacy-tariff,ADVANCER WASHINGTON Negotiators from the United States and China will on Saturday discuss the "phase one" trade deal signed earlier this year -- before the coronavirus slammed the world economy and relations between the two economic powers took a turn for the worse. 600 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-CIV-health-virus,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI When Tobi Junior makes his debut in China's second division it will be the realisation of a life-long dream stretched across three continents -- with coronavirus giving an unusual helping hand. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture -- CLIMATE -- France-wine-climate,FEATURE RIVESALTES, France An annus horribilis for French winemakers, with some having to turn their unsold stocks into handwash, is being crowned by a meagre and worrying early harvest blamed on climate change. 800 words 1800 GMT by Alexandre Peyrille with Fiachra Gibbons in Paris. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-France-Senegal-film-racism-Doucoure,INTERVIEW PARIS Before she won best director at Sundance this year, the glamorous French-Senegalese director Maimouna Doucoure has had to overcome racism and sexism at every turn. 750 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons and Francois Becker. Picture afp
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