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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump to make Supreme Court pick at end of week + Partial Spain lockdown as virus cases surge + Belarus opposition leader presses EU for sanctions + Big banks' shares plummet after 'dirty money' leak + 'Watchmen' triumphs at virtual Emmy awards US-vote-court,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he will announce his nominee for the Supreme Court at the end of this week, kickstarting a political fight with potential to once again upend the already drama-packed US election. 550 words 1530 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File video. Graphic Also moving: US-vote-court-Barrett,PROFILE Health-virus,WRAP MADRID A million people in and around the Spanish capital are under a new lockdown to contain another coronavirus surge, as the US death toll nears 200,000. 750 words moved by Emmanuelle Michel with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic EU-diplomacy-Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP BRUSSELS Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya urges the EU to show courage and step up its support for her movement, as the bloc's internal squabbles about sanctions roll on. 700 words 1600 GMT by Damon Wake. Picture. Video Banking-corruption-investigation,WRAP PARIS Shares in major banks including HSBC, Deutsche Bank and ING are hammered following allegations that they handled huge sums of dirty money for almost 20 years. 600 words 1500 GMT by Anne Padieu and Ali Bekhtaoui. File picture Entertainment-US-television-Emmys,WRAP LOS ANGELES "Watchmen," a dark superhero series that tackles US racism, triumphs at the Emmys as the stars beam in live to an empty Los Angeles theater for Hollywood's first major Covid-era awards show. 850 words 0600 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Entertainment-US-television-Emmys-winners,FACTS Entertainment-US-television-Emmys-fashion Entertainment-US-television-Emmys-highlights,POINTS -- EUROPE -- Bulgaria-Israel-attack-trial,WRAP SOFIA A Bulgarian court sentences two Lebanese men in their absence to life in prison over a deadly 2012 bus bomb attack on Israeli tourists at the country's Burgas airport. 600 words moved by Diana Simeonova. Picture. File video Italy-vote,WRAP ROME The far-right's battle for the left-wing bastion of Tuscany in Italy's regional elections is going down to the wire. 700 words 1700 GMT by Ella Ide. Picture. Video Russia-politics-Germany-Navalny-crime,lead MOSCOW Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that Western laboratories found traces of a Novichok nerve agent in and on his body, and demands that Moscow return his clothes. 400 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Britain LONDON England is on track for about 50,000 coronavirus cases a day by mid-October and a surging death toll unless the public gets serious about preventive action, top UK advisers warn. 600 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain,SCENE MADRID Fresh lockdown restrictions come into force in parts of Madrid and surrounding areas, drawing outrage despite a surge in Covid-19 infections. 550 words moved by Diego Urdaneta. Picture. Video France-attacks-trial,FOCUS PARIS Zarie Sibony, a cashier at the Hyper Cacher supermarket, remembers having one goal -- survive -- after a jihadist gunman burst through the doors and took hostages during the January 2015 terror attacks in Paris. 750 words moved by Karine Perret. Picture. Video EU-migration-politics,ADVANCER BRUSSELS The failure of the EU's migration policy could not have been laid out more starkly -- an already miserable camp burned and thousands of refugees homeless. On Wednesday, two weeks after the destruction of the Moria camp on the Greek Island of Lesbos, Brussels will launch its latest asylum policy proposal. 700 words moved by Anne-Laure Mondesert -- AMERICAS -- US-UN-Iran-sanctions-summit,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's administration prepares to slap sanctions on Iran that it claims -- to wide skepticism -- are UN authorized, throwing cold water on a 75th anniversary summit of the world body. 650 words 1600 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Philippe Rater at the United Nations. Picture. Video US-China-IT-politics-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump throws into doubt a deal to restructure the popular video app TikTok, saying he would block any deal allowing its Chinese parent firm to retain any control. 600 words 1600 GMT by Rob Lever. File picture. File video. Graphic Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The United States edges close to registering 200,000 Covid-19 deaths, the latest grim milestone for the country just weeks before voters decide if Donald Trump stays in office. 750 words 1500 GMT by Issam Ahmed. File picture. File video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Australia-extradition-court,WRAP JERUSALEM An Israeli court rules after years of legal wrangling that an ultra-Orthodox Jewish former school principal suspected of dozens of cases of sexual abuse of her pupils in Australia can be extradited to face trial. 600 words moved by Jonah Mandel. File Picture. File Video Iraq-religion-health-virus,VIDEOESSAY KARBALA, Iraq For millennia, Iraqis have turned to religion as they grieve their dead. This year, a pandemic and the killings of hundreds of young protesters have lent greater sorrow to the Shiite mourning ceremonies of Ashura. 600 words moved by Aymen Henna. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals-protest,3rdlead BANGKOK A "People's Plaque" installed by protesters near Bangkok's Royal Palace was "planted in the hearts of the Thai people", activists say, vowing its removal marked only the beginning of their battle to reform the monarchy. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Australia-environment-animal-whales,lead SYDNEY At least twenty-five whales have died and scientists are trying to rescue 250 more that are stranded in a remote bay on the Australian island of Tasmania, officials say. 350 words moved. Picture. Video Myanmar-women-election,INTERVIEW YANGON Booted from Aung San Suu Kyi's "chaotic and autocratic" party, one female MP is now taking on Myanmar's national heroine in the upcoming election, claiming the country needs to work with, not against, a military accused of genocide. 850 words moved by Richard Sargent. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-leisure-Taj-tourism,SCENE AGRA, India From Princess Diana to President Trump, everyone wants to visit the Taj Mahal, but in the middle of a global pandemic the bucket-list experience is just a little less special. 600 words moved by Abhaya Srivastava. Picture. Live video. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-coup,WRAP BAMAKO A committee appointed by Mali's ruling military junta is expected to name the president of a new transition government, while the Sahel state's neighbours are pressuring for a civilian leader. 450 words 1530 GMT by Serge Daniel. File picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Energy-environment-economy-carbon PARIS The richest one percent of people are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the poorest half of the world's population, new research shows. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey. File picture -- BUSINESS -- Markets-world,lead LONDON World equity markets tank, losing around three percent as dealers say investors are fretting over mounting fears of a second wave of coronavirus and a lack of fresh central bank stimulus. 600 words 1430 GMT HongKong-China-banking-HSBC-stock HONG KONG Shares in banking giant HSBC plunge to a 25-year low on fears it could be added to a Chinese list of firms deemed a threat to national security and following news it had been accused of allowing fraudulent activity to go unpunished. 550 words moved. Graphic US-business-tech-automobile-fraud-Nikola,WRAP NEW YORK The founder and executive chairman of embattled zero-emission truck maker Nikola resigns in the wake of fraud allegations that sparked a stock tumble and a regulatory investigation. 600 words 1430 GMT by John Biers -- SPORTS -- Cycling-FRA-Tour-SLO-Pogacar PARIS As Slovenian Tadej Pogacar became the youngest winner of the Tour de France in more than a century, two experienced members of his UAE Team Emirates backroom staff were particularly jubilant. 400 words 1430 GMT Also moved: Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020 Tennis-AUS-Barty-golf SYDNEY Multi-talented Ashleigh Barty has conquered tennis, been a professional cricketer and has now added another string to her sporting bow by winning a golf tournament. 250 words moved afp
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