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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Brazil virus toll hits 50,000, Sain opens borders + Trump campaign seeks to reset after flubbed rally + US, Russia start nuclear weapons talks + Serbia's ruling party wins in post-virus poll + Argentine sails across Atlantic to see parents Health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil registers its 50,000th death from the coronavirus outbreak, underlining Latin America's desperate struggle to contain the disease, as Europe's gradual emergence from lockdown is marked by Spain reopening its borders. 800 words moved by Eugenia Logiuratto with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-rally-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump's reelection campaign hits out at protesters and the media as it scrambles to reset after a disappointing relaunch at a rally beset by missteps. 750 words moved by Frankie Taggart. Picture. Video US-Russia-China-diplomacy-politics-disarmament-nuclear,WRAP VIENNA The United States and Russia meet in Vienna for talks on their last major nuclear weapons agreement against a backdrop of growing tensions and differences over whether they see any value in arms control at all. 500 words 0130 GMT by Sylvie Lanteaume, with Maria Panina in Moscow and Ludovic Ehret in Beijing. File picture Serbia-politics-vote,WRAP BELGRADE Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic declares a landslide victory for his ruling party in a parliamentary election tarnished by a boycott from much of the opposition, who accuse the leader of burgeoning authoritarianism. 700 words moved by Sally Mairs and Katarina Subasic. Picture. Video Also moved: Serbia-vote,FACTS Health-virus-Argentina-Portugal-travel,VIDEO ESSAY MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina "Mission accomplished!" That joyful declaration came from Juan Manuel Ballestero, an Argentine sailor who, unable to fly home from Portugal due to the pandemic, crossed the ocean alone in his modest sailboat to see his aging parents. 300 words moved. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Barr,lead WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr assails the use of mail-in ballots in US elections, saying they could "open the floodgates of potential fraud." 500 words moved by Brian Knowlton -- ASIA -- NKorea-SKorea-politics-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korea says it is preparing to float millions of balloons into the South, following its blowing up of a liaison office between the two sides. 600 words 0200 GMT by Sunghee Hwang. File picture India-health-virus-homosexuality-gender,FOCUS MUMBAI In conservative India, many in the LGBTQ community hide their real selves. But being stuck inside with their families for months in the coronavirus lockdown has made this hard to keep up -- with sometimes dire consequences. 700 words 0330 GMT by Ammu Kannampilly. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- EU-China-diplomacy-trade-summit BRUSSELS Chinese leaders and senior EU officials hold a video summit, with tensions rising over new tariffs targeting Chinese firms and European disquiet at Beijing's assertiveness on the world stage. 700 words 0200 GMT by Damon Wake Health-virus-Britain-Iran-prison,FOCUS LONDON A British national held in an Iranian jail has recorded an desperate appeal to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to get him and other British nationals freed from the prison, where they fear the risks of the coronavirus. 700 words 0300 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video Germany-history-politics,FACTS BERLIN Monday marks the 30th anniversary of the removal of the Checkpoint Charlie border crossing between the communist East and capitalist West Berlin during the Cold War. 500 words 0400 GMT by Femke Colborne. File picture -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-Egypt,lead TRIPOLI Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord denounces Egypt's warning of military intervention in Libya, labelling it a "declaration of war". 500 words moved. File picture Iraq-environment-water-hyacinth,FOCUS AL-BADAA, Iraq The broad leaves and delicate purple flowers floating on the Euphrates look breathtaking -- but they are suffocating the waterways of Iraq, celebrated as the "land of the two rivers". 750 words 0300 GMT by Asaa Niyazi with Ali Allaq in Kut. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-Saudi-economy,FOCUS RIYADH On top of war and the pandemic, Yemen faces looming economic disaster as a crisis gripping its main benefactor Saudi Arabia dents remittances and leaves state coffers running dry. 800 words 0330 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture Already moved: Yemen-conflict-south-Socotra,WRAP -- AFRICA -- ICC-ICoast-unrest-Gbagbo THE HAGUE The International Criminal Court's prosecutor is to try to overturn last year's shock acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on charges of crimes against humanity. 450 words 0200 GMT by Jan Hennop Mali-conflict-politics,FOCUS BAMAKO Beleaguered Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's attempts to soften his iron-fisted image appear to be falling flat as a newly energised opposition intensifies calls for his resignation over continuing bloodshed in the poor Sahel country. 650 words moved by Serge Daniel with Philippe Siuberski in Dakar -- SPORT -- Auto-Prix-Hamilton-racism-protest LONDON Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton marches in the latest anti-racism protest in London, describing the experience as "really moving". 350 words moved Tennis-Dimitrov-health-virus-Djokovic,3rdlead PARIS Grigor Dimitrov says he has tested positive for coronavirus after pulling out of an exhibition tournament which also featured world number one Novak Djokovic. 650 words moved afp
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