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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US files landmark lawsuit against Google + US vote: Trump campaigns all-out, Biden hunkers + Peaceful Lagos protesters flee gunshots: witnesses + Danish sub killer caught after escape bid + NASA probe to touch down on asteroid US-IT-politics-antitrust-Google,WRAP WASHINGTON The US government accuses Google of maintaining an "illegal monopoly" in online search and advertising, in the country's biggest antitrust case in decades, opening up the door to a potential breakup of Silicon Valley titan. 800 words 2000 GMT by Rob Lever US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON With two weeks to go until US Election Day, President Donald Trump and Joe Biden adopt radically different strategies to secure votes -- the Republican incumbent ramps up his appearances and the Democratic challenger opts to hunker down at home. 650 words 2300 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Nigeria-demonstration-unrest-police, WRAP LAGOS Witnesses say more than a thousand protesters gathered peacefully at a Lagos city centre tollgate which has become the epicentre of widespread demonstrations have been shot at. 850 words 1930 GMT by Emmanuel Anule and Aminu Abubakar. Picture. Video. Denmark-Sweden-crime,WRAP COPENHAGEN The Danish man sentenced to life in jail for the murder of journalist Kim Wall aboard his homemade submarine is arrested after a failed prison escape bid led to a standoff with police. 650 words moved. Picture US-space-astronomy-NASA,WRAP WASHINGTON After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles from Earth. 700 words 2100 GMT by Ivan Couronne. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy-curfew MILAN Italy's northern Lombardy region prepares to impose a night-time curfew for three weeks, the most restrictive anti-coronavirus measure the country has seen since it emerged from a national lockdown in mid-May. 650 words moved by Celine Cornu. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead MANCHESTER, England British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will impose tougher coronavirus restrictions on the English city of Manchester, defying local leaders who bitterly oppose the move without extra cash. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-economy,FOCUS SINNAR, India India will likely soon have the world's most coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets people are back at work -- and eager to forget the epidemic for festival season. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly with Satyajit Shaw in Kolkata. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-politics-budget-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Chances for approving a new spending package to support the US economy improved dramatically after the senior Democratic lawmaker said a bill is in the works and the top Senate Republican said he would bring it to a vote. 500 words 2000 GMT by Heather Scott US-internet-online,FOCUS NEW YORK A top US commentator and author who exposed himself on a Zoom call isn't the first case of unwitting nudity while video conferencing, but it is arguably the most shocking. 600 words 1930 GMT by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- EUROPE/CENTRAL ASIA -- France-attack,WRAP PARIS A man who beheaded a history teacher outside Paris last week had been in contact with a parent leading an online campaign against the teacher, the investigation into the killing reveals. 750 words moved by Alexandre Hielard and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video. Graphic Kyrgyzstan-politics-corruption,WRAP BISHKEK A Kyrgyz court releases a key powerbroker from custody just hours after authorities announced his detention on corruption charges, with the former official offering to return millions of dollars worth of ill-gotten money. 600 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Russia-US-nuclear,WRAP MOSCOW Russia and the United States are edging closer to breaking an impasse in long-running talks aimed at extending a landmark nuclear arms deal, due to expire within months. 400 words by Anastasia Clark Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE MARTAKERT, Azerbaijan Dressed in military fatigues, the mayor of Martakert, a town in northeastern Karabakh, sits behind a desk with two landline phones, his Kalashnikov resting against the wall behind him. But most of its 5,000 inhabitants have fled for safety. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict-virus,SCENE -- MIDEAST -- Israel-UAE-diplomacy,WRAP BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel Israel and the United Arab Emirates agree to visa-free travel, an unprecedented arrangement between Israel and an Arab state, signed after the first ever official UAE delegation landed in Tel Aviv. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- UN-aid-Burkina-Mali-Niger,2ndlead GENEVA International donors agree to give $1.7 billion in humanitarian aid to the central Sahel, after the UN said the northern African region was at "breaking point" and trapped in a downward spiral. 500 words 2000 GMT by Robin Millard Guinea-vote,WRAP CONAKRY African monitors say that Guinea's weekend election was conducted properly, but the political opposition to incumbent Alpha Conde, which has already claimed victory, dismiss it as fraudulent. 700 words 1930 GMT by Laurent Lozano and Carol Valade. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics,WRAP BANGKOK A Thai news outlet connected to exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is ordered to close over its coverage of anti-government protests that have rocked the capital for nearly a week. 550 words moved. Picture. Video China-economy-wealth-business-Hurun BEIJING China's super wealthy have earned a record $1.5 trillion in 2020, more than the past five years combined, as e-commerce and gaming boomed during pandemic lockdowns, an annual rich list says. 450 words moved -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-campaign-advertising,FOCUS WASHINGTON Hyper-visible on the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump has been far more discreet in television advertising than his rival Joe Biden, in a presidential race that is shattering ad spending records. 700 words 2030 GMT by Elodie Cuzin. Picture US-vote-poverty-racism,FOCUS BALTIMORE, Maryland Demon Lane says his east Baltimore neighborhood will still be blighted by drug dealing, deadly gunfire, rat-infested vacant houses and hopelessness, no matter who wins America's presidential election in November. 700 words moved by Joshua Melvin. Pictures by Brendan Smialowski. Video by Gilles Clarenne US-vote-diplomacy-trade-China,FOCUS BEIJING Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as it scans the horizon for the decline of its superpower rival. 700 words moved by Patrick Baert Please see our special advisory for full coverage afp
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