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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Top Kremlin critic Navalny 'poisoned' + Harris accepts Democratic nod, slams Trump + Mali opposition backs coup leaders + Apple valued at US record $2 trillion + New treatment offers hope for diabetics Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is rushed off a plane and into intensive care at a Siberian hospital after he fell ill after what his supporters believe was a poisoning. 700 words 1030 GMT by Anna Malpas. File Picture. File Video. Graphic Also moving: Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,PROFILE Russia-politics-opposition-poisonings,FACTS US-politics-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware Kamala Harris makes history by accepting the Democratic nomination for vice president, while joining Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to condemn President Donald Trump's profound "failure" as a leader. 650 words moved by Olivier Douliery with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Graphic. Picture. Video. Also moved: US-politics-vote-Democrats-JillBiden,PROFILE Mali-conflict-unrest-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Army colonel Assimi Goita introduces himself as Mali's new military strongman a day after a coup condemned by the international community but supported by the country's opposition. 800 words moved by Serge Daniel and Malick Konate. Graphic. Picture. Video US-stocks-market-Apple,WRAP NEW YORK Apple becomes the first US company to reach $2 trillion in market value in the latest demonstration of how tech giants have benefited from the upheaval of the coronavirus. 650 words moved Health-research-diabetes,lead TOKYO A new technique that grows insulin-producing cells and can protect them from immune attack after they are transplanted may offer new hope for treating some people with diabetes. 650 words moved by Sara Hussein -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Germany and France record their worst daily infection rates in months with concerns growing that coronavirus cases could spike in Europe just as holidaymakers return home and children go back to school. 600 words 0930 GMT by Florian Cazeres. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Germany-labour-social,FOCUS BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic has reignited debate in Germany about cutting the work week to four days to help preserve jobs during and after the economic shock. But the idea remains highly controversial. 650 words 1100 GMT by Jean-Philippe Lacour Health-virus-Latam-teenagers,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO The coronavirus pandemic is robbing millions of Latin American teenage girls of their 15th birthday parties, a coming-of-age ritual that many had been planning for months and even years. 700 words moved by Lucia Lacurcia. Picture. Video Health-virus-Colombia-politics-protest-culture,FOCUS MEDELLIN, Colombia Coronavirus lockdowns may have largely silenced various social movements but a new form of protest is spreading on the walls of buildings in Colombia and elsewhere in Latin America. 650 words moved by Joaquin Sarmiento. Picture. File picture. Video Health-virus-US-technology-education,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Sal Khan's first inkling that COVID-19 was going to disrupt education around the world came in February, when the popular online learning platform he created saw a surge in traffic from South Korea. 800 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-US-Florida-economy-unemployment,FOCUS US-politics-vote-Wisconsin-rural,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK The European Union rejects the result of Belarus's disputed presidential election as strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko orders his security forces to prevent any further unrest. 900 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Video. Picture. Graphic Germany-EU-climate-politics,lead BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts Greta Thunberg and other leading Fridays for Future activists in Berlin for talks on the EU's climate goals, with the campaigners expected to condemn "political inaction". 450 words 1230 GMT. Picture. Video France-art-WWII-Germany,FOCUS VERDUN, France A 19th-century oil painting stolen from occupied France during World War II has gone on display in a bid to trace its rightful owners after being returned by the son of the German soldier who took it on orders from above. 650 words moved by Murielle Kasprzak. Picture -- ASIA -- HongKong-politics HONG KONG Hong Kong publishers have been told to remove "sensitive" content from secondary school textbooks, local media reports, in the latest move to tighten the city's academic freedoms under a draconian new security law. 400 words moved Also moved: HongKong-US-China-politics -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Democrats-Harris,FOCUS WASHINGTON Kamala Harris accepts her historic vice presidential nomination after being introduced by three of her closest female relatives, a symbol of the central role women have played in her trailblazing life and could have in November's election. 600 words moved by Olivier Douliery, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture US-Britain-diplomacy-justice-IS,3rdlead WASHINGTON The United States will not pursue the death penalty against two members of a notorious Islamic State kidnapping and murder unit dubbed the "Beatles," Attorney General Bill Barr says in a letter released by the Justice Department. 550 words moved. File picture US-politics-Iraq-conflict-Iran,WRAP WASHINGTON Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi will meet US President Donald Trump for the first time in Washington, with the presence of American troops in the country at the top of his agenda. 650 words moved by W.G. Dunlop Cuba-Colombia-conflict,INTERVIEW HAVANA Faced with an escalation of murders in the territories where it operates, Colombia's Marxist National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels blame the violence on right-wing paramilitaries reacting to the house arrest of former president Alvaro Uribe. 550 words moved by Moises Avila. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- UAE-Israel-trade,FOCUS DUBAI Israel and the UAE expect rapid dividends for their pandemic-hit economies from a normalisation of ties, which gives the Jewish state "kosher" access to the wealthy Gulf for the first time. 750 words 1100 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem UAE-Israel-trade-research,FACTS DUBAI Common interests between Israel, famed for its tech start-ups, and the oil-rich UAE range from security and surveillance to building desalination plants and smart farming in the desert. 700 words 1100 GMT Libya-conflict-Egypt,FOCUS CAIRO As Egypt flexes its muscle with threats to intervene in Libya's civil war, its President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sought to join forces with some of the neighbouring country's powerful tribes. 700 words moved by Farid Farid. File Picture Lebanon-blast-protest-injury,FOCUS BEIRUT Firas and Zeina survived Beirut's massive blast unscathed but still sustained severe injuries -- not in the disaster itself but in the heavy-handed crackdown on the street protests that followed. 900 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video World-protest-injury-police-weapons,BACKGROUND NICOSIA Riot police from Beirut and Baghdad to Hong Kong and Minsk often use so-called "non-lethal" weapons for crowd control -- so why do protesters keep dying and being maimed? 750 words moved by Frank Zeller -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-health-virus,FOCUS SHANGHAI Strict coronavirus measures appear to be taking their toll on Chinese Super League footballers, with one saying his head is "spinning" in the claustrophobic "bubble" -- and they still have six weeks to go. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File Picture Cricket-AUS-ENG-Langer-IND SYDNEY Australia coach Justin Langer looks to movie star Will Smith for inspiration as he readies his team for a tough six months of fixtures, greatly complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. 450 words moved afp
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