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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + US West Coast battles deadly wildfires + Trump, Biden visit 9/11 attacks site + Greece scrambles to shelter homeless migrants + China to slap curbs on US diplomats + Spike Lee kicks off Toronto film fest US-fires,WRAP CLOVIS, California Firefighters battle unprecedented wildfires up and down the US West Coast that killed 15 people and forced more than half a million people to flee their homes, with officials warning of more deaths to come in the days ahead. 750 words 1600 GMT by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-fires-driving-teen,SCENE US-vote-9/11-Trump-Biden,WRAP NEW YORK President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden visit the site where one of the planes hijacked in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks crashed in Pennsylvania, a state that is a key battleground in their bitter fight for the White House. 600 words 1500 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. File picture Greece-migrants-fire,WRAP LESBOS, Greece Greece ramps up efforts to build a new shelter for thousands of migrants left homeless by fires that destroyed the notorious Moria camp on Lesbos island this week, as entire families with small children continue to sleep rough on roadsides. 750 words 1600 GMT by Marina Rafenberg with John Hadoulis in Athens. Picture. Video. Graphic China-US-diplomacy,WRAP BEIJING Beijing will impose "reciprocal restrictions" on all American diplomats on its soil in response to curbs on the activities of its embassy personnel in the United States, China's foreign ministry says. 500 words moved Entertainment-Canada-US-film-Toronto LOS ANGELES Spike Lee kicks off a unique Toronto film festival with a tribute to black victims of police violence, as his latest movie premieres online and at drive-in screenings due to coronavirus. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Michel Comte in Ottawa. File picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-talks,WRAP KABUL Afghan government negotiators left for Doha to begin what promise to be lengthy and difficult peace talks with the Taliban after nearly two decades of grinding war that have left tens of thousands dead. 400 words moved by Emal Haidary with Jay Deshmukh in Mumbai. File picture Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-talks,ADVANCER Afghanistan-conflict-talks,Q+A Afghanistan-conflict-talks,CHRONO Indonesia-Myanmar-Bangladesh-Rohingya-migration,FOCUS LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia When hundreds of Rohingya paid traffickers to escape their squalid refugee camp in Bangladesh earlier this year they were promised they were just a week away from a new life in Malaysia. 650 words moved by Sarina with Peter Brieger in Jakarta. Picture. Video. Graphic India-film-Bollywood-suicide-media,FOCUS MUMBAI India has over four million coronavirus cases and an explosive border standoff with China, but the story dominating television news for months is how a Bollywood actress supposedly drove her ex-boyfriend to suicide with pot and black magic. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON Britain's government vows to press on with troubled EU talks, despite rejecting an ultimatum to withdraw Brexit legislation that has sparked a rebellion from outraged Conservatives in its own ranks. 650 words 1500 GMT by Jitendra Joshi and Alex Pigman. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Britain-Japan-trade-politics,WRAP Russia-politics-Germany-police-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russian police say they are seeking to question opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Berlin after Moscow rubbished Germany's declaration that he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. 650 words 1600 GMT by Anna Malpas. File picture. Video Belarus-politics-unrest-Russia-Putin,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who is facing the largest protests of his rule, will discuss plans to further integrate their countries on Monday, the Kremlin says. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas and Anna Smolchenko. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-fire,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanese firefighters put out a blaze at Beirut port that brought back the trauma of the devastating dockside explosion last month, destroyed badly needed food aid and sparked new anger. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel,FOCUS HAIFA, Israel Israel this week imposed new restrictions on parts of the country to confront a resurgence of Covid-19 infections, with the Arab-Israeli community especially hard hit in a second wave. 550 words moved by Majeda El-Batsh. Picture. Saudi-Ethiopia-migrants-rights-Yemen,FOCUS RIYADH Using a smuggled-in cellphone, a detained Ethiopian migrant pleads for help as he describes harrowing conditions in a Saudi detention centre: crowded and disease-ridden cells, food scarcity and suicides. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Graphic. Video Iraq-history-Saddam-Baathist-archive,FOCUS BAGHDAD A trove of Saddam-era files secretly returned to Iraq has pried open the country's painful past, prompting hopes some may learn the fate of long-lost relatives but also fears of new bloodshed. 800 words moved by Maya Gebeily. File picture -- AFRICA -- Mali-coup-politics,WRAP BAMAKO A forum in Mali debating how to restore civilian rule weighs a proposal to appoint a two-year transitional government heavily influenced by the military junta. 600 words moved by Serge Daniel. File picture Ethiopia-vote,WRAP MEKELE, Ethiopia The ruling party in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region wins all contested seats in elections that have further poisoned an already hostile relationship with the federal government. 650 words 1430 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet Health-virus-Africa-corruption,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG Coronavirus infections are on a steady decline in Africa, but the fight against the pandemic has been marred by embarrassing incidents of corruption that critics say is akin to treason and murder. 700 words moved by Susan Njanji and African bureaus. File Picture. File video -- AMERICAS -- US-IT-vote-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON Microsoft says it thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, as technology giants scramble to protect election security less than two months ahead of the US vote. 800 words moved by Rob Lever with Julie Jammot in San Francisco. File picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-USA-Open,WRAP NEW YORK Victoria Azarenka comes from a set down to stun record-chasing Serena Williams and set up a US Open final against Japan's Naomi Osaka. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchinson. Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Jurgen Klopp warns Liverpool's title rivals that splashing out on new signings is no guarantee of success as the Premier League champions start their new campaign against Leeds on Saturday. 700 words moved by Steve Griffiths. File Picture Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020 PUY MARY, France The Tour de France 13th stage is one for the climbers in the peloton, with seven ascents culminating with 1,783m up the extinct volcano of Puy Mary in the Massif Central with titleholder Egan Bernal hoping to reduce his 21sec deficit on yellow jersey holder Primoz Roglic. 600 words 1630 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020-France-environment,FOCUS GRENOBLE, France The Tour de France cycling race has for over a century been a beloved fixture of the French calendar. But new generation of Green city mayors have begun to ask the taboo-breaking question of whether the annual fiesta is such a good thing. 600 words 1530 GMT by Benoit Pavan. Picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- Brazil-environment-fires,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO The Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, is burning at record-shattering pace this year as drought-fueled fires devastate its vegetation and celebrated wildlife in an environmental catastrophe. 700 words moved by Louis Genot. Video. File picture afp
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