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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump unveils Supreme Court justice choice + 'It is clear Lukashenko has to go': Macron + WHO says two million virus deaths 'likely' + Teen admits Paris 'Islamist' knife attacks + Swiss free-movement vote threatens EU ties US-court-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump names Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, setting in motion a rush by Republicans to cement a conservative majority on the court on the eve of a tense and potentially disputed US election. 650 words 0200 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. File picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-court,PROFILE Belarus-politics-unrest-France-Macron,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron says Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko has to step down, after the EU refused to recognise the strongman as the country's legitimate president. 450 words 0130 GMT Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million without collective action against the pandemic, the World Health Organization warns, as Australia's prime minister urges any nation that develops a vaccine to share it with the world. 650 words moved by Robin Millard with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic France-attack,WRAP PARIS A Pakistan-born teenager admits to stabbing two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, say investigators, with nine people now detained over what the government condemned as "Islamist terrorism". 750 words moved by Alexandre Hielard and Wafaa Essalhi. Picture. Video. Graphic Switzerland-vote-immigration-EU-politics GENEVA The Swiss vote on limiting immigration from the European Union, which, while not expected to pass, has sparked fears a shock "yes" could devastate relations with the bloc. 700 words 0300 GMT by Nina Larson. File picture. File video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Ohio,FOCUS YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio Four years after carrying bellwether Ohio and winning the US presidency, Donald Trump again needs the support of disenchanted Democrats in the critical state if he is to earn a second White House term. 750 words 0130 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-vote-debate-Trump,PROFILE WASHINGTON Donald Trump always fancied himself streetwise, a real tough guy, and at the first presidential debate with Joe Biden next week he'll be wearing the verbal brass knuckles. 800 words 0130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-vote-debate-Biden,PROFILE WASHINGTON Democrat Joe Biden's cautious US presidential campaign faces its most unpredictable challenge yet in Tuesday's debate against Donald Trump -- a setting with potential for explosive exchanges and one the ex-vice president has struggled with before. 800 words 0130 GMT by Michael Mathes. File picture UN-summit-diplomacy,FOCUS UNITED NATIONS "Our common house is in disorder," said French President Emmanuel Macron, describing the troubled state of the United Nations General Assembly as it prepares for a second week of mostly virtual meetings and speeches. 650 words 0130 GMT by Philippe Rater US-China-IT-politics-court-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON A judge is set to rule on whether to allow a Trump administration ban on downloads of popular video-sharing app TikTok, which is seeking an injunction to prevent what it said could be a devastating blow. 500 words 0330 GMT US-IT-lifestyle-court-Apple-Fortnite SAN FRANCISCO Epic Games will strive anew Monday to convince a judge that its hit title Fortnite should be restored to Apple's App Store, despite sidestepping the tech titan's standard commission on transactions. 400 words 0330 GMT -- EUROPE -- Britain-politics-economy-health-virus-Johnson,FOCUS LONDON The coronavirus outbreak is testing all world leaders. But Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a torrid time, with criticism of his government's response and a death toll among the worst in the world. And worse may lie ahead -- even before Brexit is mentioned. 750 words 0230 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. File picture Europe-migrants-politics-Greece,FOCUS ATHENS Greece's government has cautiously welcomed a plan from Brussels to reform the EU's shaky asylum system, but charity groups working with refugees on the ground blasted a continued "outrageous containment policy". 650 words 0400 GMT by Helene Colliopoulou. File picture Germany-migrants-politics-Greece-EU,FOCUS NEURUPPIN, Germany The town of Neuruppin is nestled in an eastern part of Germany where the far-right AfD party enjoys some of its strongest support. But it is offering to take in refugees again, five years after a huge migrant influx bitterly divided the country. 600 words 0300 GMT by Yannick Pasquet. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's premier-designate steps down, saying he has been unable to form a reform-minded government to lift the country out of its worst economic crisis in decades. 700 words moved by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video. Also moved: Lebanon-politics-Adib,PROFILE Lebanon-blast-politics,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-history,INVESTIGATION JENIN, Palestinian Territories Two decades on from the second intifada, Palestinians who grew up in the shadow of the uprising find themselves surrounded by physical and political barriers with little hope for the future. 1,100 words 0300 GMT by Guillaume Lavallee. File Picture. Picture. Video Also moving: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-history-intifada,CHRONO Iraq-US-Iran-rockets-politics,FOCUS BAGHDAD Enraged by near-daily attacks on its interests in Iraq, Washington has threatened to close its embassy in Baghdad, in a blow to a premier seen as a bulwark against Iran. 800 words 0330 GMT by Ammar Karim -- ASIA -- China-coal-environment-pollution-climate,FOCUS BEIJING China's surprise announcement that the country will reduce its carbon footprint to zero by 2060 was met with applause, but new investments in coal to rev up the virus-hit economy are taking the wind out of efforts to boost renewables and create a low carbon future. 650 words 0430 GMT by Poornima Weerasekara and Jing Xuan Teng. File Picture -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open-Djokovic PARIS Novak Djokovic insists there will be no repeat of his sensational US Open disqualification at Roland Garros as the world number one promised: "I won't make the same mistake twice". 450 words moved by Dave James. Picture Auto-Prix-RUS-pole,WRAP SOCHI, Russia Runaway Formula One series leader Lewis Hamilton emerged from a "horrible" red-flagged qualifying session at Sochi with a stunning pole position for Sunday's Russian Grand Prix. 600 words moved. Picture Also moved: Auto-Prix-RUS-Vettel-Ferrari-qualifying-crash,lead Auto-Prix-RUS-tennis-Hamilton-Serena-FRA-Open Cycling-world-women IMOLA, Italy Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen caps a stellar season by winning the women's road race world title for a double after claiming time-trial gold in Imola two days ago. 450 words moved. Picture afp
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