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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + US posts record virus cases for second day + Trump, Biden chase votes in Midwest finale + 26 dead as quake rattles Turkey and Greece + Opposition unites for elections in Georgia + Djokovic takes top spot despite heavy loss Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States hit a record number of new coronavirus infections for the second day running with over 94,000 cases, just days before voters decide if President Donald Trump should remain in the White House. 700 words moved by Sarah Titterton with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-toll,FACTS US-vote,WRAP SAINT PAUL, Minnesota Joe Biden intensifies his attacks on President Donald Trump as they battle over the American Midwest, chasing every last vote with four days to go in a region that propelled the Republican to victory in 2016. 750 words moved by Jim Watson, with Mandel Ngan in Greenbay, Wisconsin and Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic. Picture. Video Turkey-Greece-quake,WRAP BAYRAKLI, Turkey Rescuers dig through heavy blocks of concrete with their bare hands in a desperate search for survivors after a powerful earthquake levelled buildings across Greece and Turkey, killing at least 26 people. 750 words moved by Raziye Akkoc with Helene Colliopoulou in Athens. Picture. Video. Graphic Georgia-vote,WRAP TBILISI Georgia votes in tightly contested parliamentary elections pitting an unlikely union of opposition forces against the increasingly unpopular ruling party led by the country's richest man. 550 words 0800 GMT by Irakli Metreveli. Picture. Video Tennis-ATP-AUT-Djokovic,WRAP VIENNA Novak Djokovic shrugs off his heaviest defeat by insisting he had achieved his goal of wrapping up the year-end world number one spot for a record-equalling sixth time. 500 words moved -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-Biden-100days,POINTS WASHINGTON Every candidate in the heat of a US presidential campaign talks up their goals for the first 100 days in office, and Joe Biden has done so for months, whether it be promising to battle the coronavirus, rejoin the Paris climate agreement or offering a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture Also moved: US-vote-transition,POINTS US-vote-Pence,PROFILE US-vote-Harris,PROFILE US-vote-candidates,FACTS US-vote-campaign-signs,SCENE NEWTOWN, Pennsylvania The millions of signs that Americans place on their lawns during election season are increasingly being vandalized or removed by disgruntled neighbors, a sign of the acutely hostile political climate. 600 words 0600 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast votes in a tense election after an opposition boycott and clashes over President Alassane Ouattara's contested attempt to secure a third term. 500 words 0730 GMT by Patrick Markey. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: ICoast-vote,CHRONO ICoast-vote,PROFILE Tanzania-vote,WRAP STONE TOWN, Tanzania Tanzanian President John Magufuli wins a resounding election victory with 84 percent of votes in a poll his main rival said was riddled with irregularities such as ballot box stuffing. 750 words moved by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Tanzania-vote-Magufuli,PROFILE -- EUROPE -- France-attack,WRAP PARIS The French government vows to send thousands more police onto the streets to ensure security as investigators sought to uncover what motivated a young Tunisian to kill three people inside a church in the southern city of Nice. 800 words moved by Joseph Schmid. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-Slovenia-Trump-Melania,FOCUS SEVNICA, Slovenia In contrast to the enthusiasm evident four years ago in Melania Trump's homeland Slovenia as she ascended to the status of US First Lady, now even her hometown has cooled on the country's most famous daughter. 700 words moved by Bojan Kavcic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-politics,2ndlead GENEVA Armenia and Azerbaijan fail to reach agreement on a fresh ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during talks in Geneva, but agree to measures to defuse tensions, including vowing not to target civilians, mediators say. 600 words moved by Nina Larson Poland-abortion-demonstration,WRAP WARSAW Tens of thousands rally in Warsaw and across Poland, defying government orders and risking coronavirus contagion to voice their anger at a court ruling banning almost all abortions. 600 words moved by Anna Maria Jakubek and Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- France-attack-Tunisia-family,lead SFAX, Tunisia The family of a man detained for killing three church-goers in France weeks after leaving his home in Tunisia tells AFP they are struggling to believe he carried out the attack. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Also moved: France-attack,FACTS France-attack-Brazil-church,PROFILE Qatar-rights-aviation,WRAP DOHA Qatar says that those responsible for invasive gynaecological searches of passengers at Doha airport have been referred for prosecution over the "violations" following widespread outrage. 600 words moved by Gregory Walton afp
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