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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Israel, UAE normalize ties in 'historic' deal + Curbs tightened as COVID-19 toll tops 750,000 + Fresh protests in Belarus over disputed polls + blast-hit Lebanon approves state of emergency + US to ease showerhead rules after Trump rants Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy,WRAP DUBAI Israel and the UAE agree to normalise relations in a landmark US-brokered deal, only the third such accord the Jewish state has struck with an Arab nation. 750 words 2000 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi and Sarah Stewart. Picture. File Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus,WRAP PARIS The total number of people killed by the novel coronavirus around the world passes 750,000, with some countries toughening control measures as caseloads once again creep up. 800 words moved by Tom Barfield. Picture. Graphic. Video Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK Thousands of protesters form human chains in Belarus in a growing wave of peaceful demonstrations over President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election and an ensuing brutal police crackdown. 750 words 1930 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Belarus-politics-unrest-symbols,FACTS Lebanon-blast-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's parliament approves a two-week state of emergency in Beirut, declared after last week's gigantic portside explosion, giving the army greater powers to suppress resurgent protests. 700 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Also moved: Lebanon-blast-port-Tripoli,FOCUS US-environment-water-energy-Trump-offbeat WASHINGTON The US government is looking at easing regulations on shower fittings following complaints from President Donald Trump who has regularly railed against water conservation rules in his quest for "perfect hair." 350 words moved -- ISRAEL-UAE DEAL -- Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-binZayed,PROFILE ABU DHABI Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the first Gulf leader to strike a deal on normalising relations with Israel, has long been seen as a strongman who has driven the country's rise to diplomatic prominence. 700 words moved. Picture Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-Netanyahu,PROFILE JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who made a improving ties with Arab Gulf states a centrepiece of his recent tenure, achieves a breakthrough in a landmark deal to normalise ties with the United Arab Emirates. 600 words 2030 GMT. Picture Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy,Q&A DUBAI Thursday's bombshell announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates will normalise relations in a US-brokered deal is the fruit of years of low-key diplomacy. 750 words moved Also moving: Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy,CHRONO Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy,REAX -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP WILMINGTON White House hopeful Joe Biden calls for a nationwide mask-wearing mandate for the next three months, drawing a contrast with President Donald Trump as the challenger makes pandemic recovery a focal point of his campaign. 700 words 2000 GMT by Mandel Ngan with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture US-Cuba-politics-flights,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States is suspending all private charter flights to Cuba as another way to starve the government in Havana of revenue, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces. 500 words 2000 GMT by Ariela Navarro. File picture Health-virus-US-economy-employment-housing NEW YORK Activists and relief groups in the United States are scrambling to head off a monumental wave of evictions nationwide, as the coronavirus crisis leaves tens of millions at risk of homelessness. 800 words moved by John Biers. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-economy-employment-housing-protest -- MIDEAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Israel attacks targets of the Islamist movement Hamas in Gaza and halts fuel supplies to the enclave in the latest retaliatory measures over a wave of airborne fire bombs from the Palestinian territory. 500 words moved by Adel Zaanoun with Jonah Mandel in Jerusalem. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-Turkey-Greece-energy-diplomacy,WRAP PARIS France prepares to beef up its military presence in the Mediterranean as tensions rise and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns of a "heavy price" if a Turkish ship exploring for gas in disputed waters is attacked. 650 words 2030 GMT by Mariette le Roux. Picture. Video Health-virus-WHO GENEVA The WHO urges countries to invest at least $100 billion in searching for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments -- calling it a snip compared to the drastic financial cost of the coronavirus crisis. 600 words 1930 GMT by Robin Millard Also moved: Health-virus-WHO-food-China-Brazil-Ecuador -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals,lead BANGKOK Thailand's prime minister calls for unity and urges the kingdom to "say no to the politics of hate" in a televised address, following weeks of anti-government protests that have grown bolder in targeting Thai power. 550 words moved. Picture -- SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT -- Indonesia-volcano JAKARTA Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts again with a string of blasts that send plumes of ash two kilometres (1.2 miles) into the sky, triggering a flight warning and fears of lava flows. 250 words moved. Picture. Video Energy-climate-solar-wind PARIS Wind and solar produced a record 10 percent of global electricity in the first half of 2020 as the world's coal plant fleet ran at less than half its capacity. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey Science-Nature-fossil LONDON An exquisitely well preserved 429-million-year-old eye from a marine creature that went extinct before dinosaurs even existed had vision comparable to modern-day bees and dragonflies, researchers say. 550 words moved by Kelly Macnamara Environment-biology-agriculture-research-locusts,FOCUS TOKYO The coronavirus isn't the only plague making headlines this year -- locusts are devastating crops in several parts of the world, and now scientists are discovering why the pest forms destructive swarms: the secret lies in a pheromone. 600 words moved by Sara Hussein -- BUSINESS AND ECONOMY -- US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON The US Labor Department reports fewer than one million new weekly claims for unemployment benefits for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic struck in March. 550 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-Atletico-Leipzig LISBON Atletico Madrid look to take a step closer to a third Champions League final in six years when they tackle Germany's Leipzig, who were only formed in 2009 and are backed by Austrian energy drinks giants Red Bull, in the last-eight. 600 words 2100 GMT. 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