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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + 14 on trial over Charlie Hebdo attacks + Trump says race protests 'domestic terror' + Chief of Khmer Rouge torture prison dies + Australia in first recession in three decades + Venice film fest opens despite pandemic France-attacks-trial,WRAP PARIS Fourteen people go on trial in Paris on charges of assisting the jihadist gunmen who attacked the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo as well as a Jewish supermarket in January 2015, leaving 17 people dead over three harrowing days. 600 words 1100 GMT by Anne-Sophie Lasserre and Valentin Bontemps. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump takes his tough law-and-order message to Kenosha, the latest US city roiled by the police shooting of a black man, as he brands recent anti-racism protests acts of "domestic terror". 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-unrest,FOCUS Cambodia-Khmer-Rouge-justice,WRAP PHNOM PENH The chief torturer behind Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge dies while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity, leaving just one surviving leader of the regime that killed an estimated two million people in the 1970s. 650 words 0930 GMT by Suy Se. File Picture. Video. File Video. Graphic Also moving: Cambodia-Khmer-Rouge-justice-Duch,Q&A Health-virus,WRAP SYDNEY Australia falls into recession for the first time in three decades and Brazil's economy shrinks by almost 10 percent because of the coronavirus, leaving China as the only major nation still recording economic growth during the pandemic. 700 words moved by Andrew Leeson with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Live Video. Graphic Entertainment-film-Venice,WRAP VENICE, Italy The Venice Film Festival opens with strict safety measures in place for the industry's first international competition since the coronavirus hit, with 18 films vying to grab the top prize and help movie buffs forget the pandemic for a while. 500 words moved by Alexandria Sage. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-France-diplomacy,WRAP BAGHDAD French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for his first visit to Iraq where he insists the war-scarred country should reassert its "sovereignty" despite simmering US-Iran tensions. 750 words 1100 GMT by Jerome Rivet and Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib kicks off talks to form a crisis government within just two weeks, pledging to enact desperately needed reforms in the disaster-hit country. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video Saudi-diplomacy-politics,FOCUS RIYADH From Pakistan to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia is scaling back its famed chequebook diplomacy, a longstanding policy of splashing petro-dollars in exchange for influence, which observers say has yielded few tangible gains. 700 words moved by Anuj Chopra Iran-rights-politics-Amnesty NICOSIA Amnesty International accuses Iran's security forces of using torture to extract confessions, saying hundreds of people have been jailed since a sweeping crackdown against protests last year. 350 words moved Tunisia-politics,WRAP TUNIS Tunisia's parliament approves a technocratic government tasked with tackling deep economic woes in the North African country, ending for now months of political instability in the young democracy. 500 words 1100 GMT Iraq-fish-unrest-economy,FOCUS AL-DELMAJ MARSHES, Iraq Poisoned water, illegal dams and even armed clashes: these days, fishing for precious barbels in Iraq's majestic river marshes involves navigating precarious waters. 750 words moved by Haydar Indhar. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-attacks-trial-Charlie,BACKGROUND PARIS The clock has yet to strike midday on Wednesday January 7, 2015 at the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on the second floor of a 1980s Parisian building. 700 words moved by Camille Boissou Also moved: France-attacks-trial-Charlie-religion,FOCUS France-attacks-trial-security-defence-Sahel,FOCUS Kosovo-Serbia-US-politics,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The United States hopes to foster a breakthrough in talks between Balkan war foes Kosovo and Serbia as leaders of the two countries meet at the White House this week. 650 words moved Health-virus-Spain-wine,FOCUS RONDA, Spain When young German Friedrich Schatz turned up in 1982 to grow grapes in a part of southern Spain which hadn't produced wine in 100 years, they thought he was crazy -- but nearly four decades on, he is still tending his vines in the Andalusian hilltop town of Ronda. 700 words moved by Alvaro Villalobos. Pictures and video by Jorge Guerrero -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Democrats-Kennedy,WRAP BOSTON, Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy crashes to defeat in his bid for a US Senate seat, the first time the storied American political dynasty lost a state election in Massachusetts. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Venezuela-politics-vote,FOCUS CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pardons more than 100 lawmakers and associates of opposition leader Juan Guaido "in the interests of promoting national reconciliation." 650 words moved by Margioni Bermudez -- ASIA -- US-China-military-nuclear,lead WASHINGTON The Chinese military is pressing to double its 200-plus nuclear warheads and expand launch capabilities in a sweeping plan to achieve military parity or superiority over the United States by mid-century, the Pentagon says. 500 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture Japan-politics-vote-Abe,WRAP TOKYO Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga formally announces a bid to become the country's next prime minister, with growing ruling party support making him the clear favourite in the race. 600 words 1000 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama and Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Japan-politics-society-vote,POINTS Japan-politics-vote-candidates,FACTS Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-prisoners,lead KABUL The Afghan government despatches a "technical team" to Doha to prepare for long-delayed peace talks as authorities press ahead with the release of Taliban inmates. 400 words 1330 GMT by Emal Haidary -- AFRICA -- Mauritius-environment-oil-politics,INTERVIEW PORT LOUIS In normal times, maritime security expert Bruneau Laurette spends his days providing armed escort to ships dodging pirates as they move through the Indian Ocean. But in recent weeks, he has embraced a new role: as head of a protest movement formed after a giant oil spill soiled the coast of his native Mauritius. 650 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-vaccines,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON It's Richard Hatchett's job is to ensure that future vaccines against Covid-19 will be shared out on an equitable basis around the world -- and he is worried. The United States, Europe and other rich countries have already reserved the first doses for themselves. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture Pakistan-health-virus,FOCUS LAHORE, Pakistan Six months after the coronavirus arrived in Pakistan, the country appears to have dodged the worst of the pandemic, baffling health experts and dampening fears its crowded urban areas and ramshackle hospitals will be overrun. 750 words moved by Kaneez Fatima, with Zain Zaman Janjua in Islamabad. Picture Health-virus-Greece,2ndlead ATHENS Greece announces the first coronavirus infection in its largest camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos, where nearly 13,000 asylum seekers live in dismal sanitary conditions. 500 words 1030 GMT Health-virus-Bahrain-vaccine,FOCUS MANAMA "It's a service to humanity," says Mohammed al-Blooshi, one of 6,000 people participating in a large-scale trial of a Chinese-sponsored coronavirus vaccine in Bahrain. 500 words moved by Mazen Mahdi. Picture. Video Health-virus-Mexico-doctors,FOCUS MEXICO CITY For newly graduated doctors on the front line of Mexico's coronavirus battle, the health crisis unleashed by the pandemic has been unlike anything they imagined during years of training. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Serena Williams makes a successful start to her quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam as Andy Murray rolls back the years with a vintage comeback at the US Open. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Graphic -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- HongKong-China-transport-politics-Uber,lead HONG KONG Uber says it is seeking an urgent meeting with Hong Kong's government after drivers working for the company lost a landmark court case that could cripple ride-sharing apps in the international finance hub. 450 words moved afp
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