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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + First commercial Israel-UAE flight lands + Sudan and rebel groups agree peace deal + Baltic states ban Belarus's Lukashenko + Macron calls for swift new Lebanon govt + Worth a shot: S.Africans try 'booze church' UAE-US-diplomacy-aviation,WRAP ABU DHABI A US-Israeli delegation led by White House advisor Jared Kushner arrives in Abu Dhabi on the first commercial flight from Tel Aviv to mark the normalisation of ties between the Jewish state and the UAE. 750 words moved by Aziz El Massassi with Nir Kafri in Tel Aviv. Picture. Video Also moved: UAE-US-diplomacy-quotes,POINTS Sudan-peace-rebels-SSudan,WRAP JUBA Sudanese leaders and rebel commanders agree on a historic peace deal, a crucial step towards ending 17 years of conflict in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed. 750 words moved by Waakhe Simon Wudu with Sammy Ketz in Khartoum. Video Also moved: Sudan-politics-unrest,CHRONO Sudan-unrest-Darfur,CHRONO Sudan-politics-unrest,COUNTRY-FACTFILE Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK The Baltic states ban embattled Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko while he cracks down further on the opposition movement following a huge rally at the weekend. 700 words at 1930 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-politics,WRAP BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron calls for the swift formation of a crisis government in Lebanon following the designation of a new prime minister to tackle the country's deep political and economic crisis. 750 words 2000 GMT by Hashem Osseiran and Rouba El-Husseini. Picture. Video. Live Video Also moved: Lebanon-politics-Adib,PROFILE Lebanon-blast-politics,CHRONO Lebanon-blast-economy-WorldBank Lebanon-politics-blast-Adib-walk,SCENE Lebanon-politics-blast-France-centenary,FOCUS Lebanon-politics,CHRONO Health-virus-SAfrica-religion-alcohol,FOCUS EVATON, South Africa Bottles of their favourite beer in hand, gleeful worshippers walk into a thatched-roof hall and sit down to listen to a Sunday sermon as a South African alcohol-inspired church celebrates the lifting of the ban on booze sales. 600 words moved by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States tops six million cases of coronavirus, nearly a quarter of the global total, as nations around the world battle persistent outbreaks and resurgences of the pandemic. 600 words 2100 GMT by Daniel Woolls. Picture. Video Health-virus-protest-WHO GENEVA The World Health Organization urges governments to engage with people demonstrating against Covid-19 restrictions and listen to their concerns, but stresses protesters needed to understand the virus was dangerous. Moved 500 words by Nina Larson. Video Health-virus-Sweden,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Sweden attracted worldwide attention earlier this year when it famously stayed open throughout the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, and now it's holding out again, this time refusing to recommend the use of masks. 700 words moved by Pia Ohlin and Tom Little. Video. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP PITTSBURGH White House hopeful Joe Biden visits battleground Pennsylvania to ask voters whether they "are safe in Donald Trump's America," as he rebukes the president for fomenting politically explosive unrest but also demands an end to the violence. 700 words 2000 GMT by Saul Loeb with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture -- AFRICA -- Rwanda-politics-arrest-unrest KIGALI Rwandan investigators announce they have arrested Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroic actions during the 1994 genocide were depicted in the Oscar-nominated movie "Hotel Rwanda", accusing the high-profile government critic of terrorism. 450 words moved. File picture ICoast-politics-vote ABIDJAN Supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, who lives in Belgium after being tried by the International Criminal Court, file his candidacy for October's presidential election. 500 words moved. File picture Mali-unrest-coup,FOCUS BAMAKO War-riven Mali is at a crucial crossroads two weeks after a military junta took power in a coup, with calls for a thorough spring cleaning to rid the poor West African country of corruption, nepotism and misrule. 700 words moved by Amaury Hauchard -- EUROPE -- Montenegro-vote,WRAP PODGORICA Montenegro's pro-West party could be knocked from power for the first time in three decades after a tight election gives a slight edge to opposition camps. 650 words moved by Olivera Nikolic. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST -- Qatar-diplomacy-UAE-Gulf-ICJ,WRAP THE HAGUE The United Arab Emirates accuses Qatar of backing "terrorism and extremism" as the diplomatic crisis that has roiled the Gulf for more than three years returned to the lofty halls of the UN's top court. 500 words moved by Danny Kemp. Live video. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP GAZA CITY Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas announce they have reached a Qatari-mediated deal to end more than three weeks of cross-border exchanges of fire with Israel. 500 words 2000 GMT by Adel Zaanoun with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem -- ASIA -- India-China-conflict-border,3rd lead NEW DELHI Tensions between India and China mount again after they accuse each other of trying to seize territory across their disputed Himalayan border. 550 words moved. Picture India-judiciary-court-politics,lead NEW DELHI India's top court imposes a symbolic one rupee fine (one US cent) on a celebrated public service lawyer for contempt in a case that raised concern about free speech in the world's largest democracy. 500 words moved. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-FIFA-FRA-SUI-Switzerland-investigation-Platini MINSK Michel Platini was quizzed by a Swiss prosecutor in a probe investigating a two-million-Swiss-franc ($2.2-million) payment that the former European football chief received from FIFA in 2011. Moved 650 words by Robin Millard. Picture. Video Tennis-Open-USA NEW YORK Overwhelming favorite Novak Djokovic begins his quest for an 18th Grand Slam as a unique, spectator-free 2020 US Open gets underway in a Covid-19 quarantine bubble at Flushing Meadows in New York. 550 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-music-award,WRAP NEW YORK Lady Gaga cleaned up at MTV's Video Music Awards Sunday, an unorthodox show that paid socially distanced homage to New York City as themes of voting and racial justice punctuated the night. 750 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. Picture. Video Lebanon-music-Fairuz-Macron,PROFILE BEIRUT The Arab world's last living music legend Fairuz, who French President Emmanuel Macron is to visit in Beirut, is a rare symbol of national unity in crisis-hit Lebanon. 730 words moved by Rana Moussaoui. File picture afp
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