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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + France readies for new lockdown as infections soar + Trump and Biden to cross campaign paths in Florida + Azerbaijan says 21 dead in Armenian missile attack + New Orleans braces as Hurricane Zeta hammers coast + African genome analysis shows unexpected diversity Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France prepared to begin a new month-long national lockdown and Germany imposed drastic new curbs, with European leaders set to meet to discuss the explosive spikes in coronavirus infections on the continent. 700 words 0530 GMT by Marianne Barriaux with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote,WRAP MIAMI, Florida President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden will rally voters just hours apart in the Florida city of Tampa, their campaign paths crossing for the first time as the rivals' fight for the White House enters its frenetic final days. 750 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP BARDA, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of killing 21 people and wounding dozens in a missile strike near Nagorno-Karabakh, the deadliest reported attack on civilians in a month of fighting over the disputed region. 600 words moved. Picture. Video US-weather,WRAP NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana Hurricane Zeta barrels through the southern United States as a Category 2 storm, bringing dangerous winds and surging ocean waves as New Orleans residents are left without power. 750 words 0600 GMT by Mike Smith. Picture Africa-genetics-research-science TOKYO Analysis of the genomes of hundreds of people from across Africa has shed light on ancient migrations and modern susceptibility and resistance to disease, revealing unexpected genetic diversity. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein -- US VOTE -- US-vote-scenarios,FOCUS WASHINGTON Leading in the polls with less than a week to go before the US election, Democrat Joe Biden would appear to be on a glide path to the White House -- but not so fast. Donald Trump has several potential routes to victory on November 3. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture. Graphic -- PLEASE SEE OUR SPECIAL ADVISORY FOR FULL ELECTION COVERAGE -- -- AMERICAS -- US-health-virus-tourism-Halloween,SCENE CROTON-ON-HUDSON, New York Croton-on-Hudson is a quaint village an hour north of New York City that has thrived thanks to a spooky tale written some 200 years ago. The town is still holding its annual Halloween bash this year -- with the US election and the coronavirus pandemic lending an extra dose of chills. 850 words moved by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video US-vote-IT-politics-media-hearing,WRAP WASHINGTON Capitol Hill clashes with Silicon Valley over legal protections and censorship on social media during a fiery hearing a week before Election Day in which Twitter's Jack Dorsey acknowledged that platforms need to do more to "earn trust." 800 words moved by Rob Lever. Picture -- ASIA -- Vietnam-landslide-typhoon-weather,WRAP Quang Nam, VIETNAM Sixteen people are killed and dozens left missing after landslides triggered by a typhoon hit central Vietnam, prompting a desperate search for survivors as the country battles some of the worst weather seen in years. 500 words 0730 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-medicine,FOCUS NEW DELHI New Delhi housewife Sashi scoops Covid-19 "immunity-boosting" powder into a jug of water every morning for her family, joining a rush of Indians who believe traditional supplements will ward off the pandemic. 600 words moved by Glenda Kwek. Picture -- EUROPE -- Turkey-France-politics-Islam,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vents his outrage at a "disgusting" cartoon in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo depicting him looking up a woman's skirt, as tensions flare between Ankara and Paris. 650 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Also moving: France-politics-Islam-Iran,2ndlead Britain-university-racism,FOCUS LONDON Going to Cambridge had always been a dream for Matthew Omoefe Offeh, one of a growing number of black students who are slowly reshaping the elite university's racial mix, helped in part by rapper Stormzy. 800 words moved by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video Austria-Judaism-history-architecture VIENNA "It might sound strange but when I came here for the first time... I fell in love with this place," says Jennifer Kickert, spokeswoman for an association striving to clean up a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Vienna's north-eastern suburbs. 800 words moved by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video Georgia-vote-parliament,ADVANCER TBILISI Georgians vote in tightly contested parliamentary elections pitting an unlikely union of opposition parties against the increasingly unpopular ruling party led by the country's richest man. 800 words moved by Irakli Metreveli -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Gaza-technology,FOCUS GAZA CITY Entering a Gaza City restaurant, customers are welcomed by a multi-tasking disinfection machine designed by a Palestinian businesswoman to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the crisis-hit enclave. 450 words moved by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,ADVANCER ABIDJAN When Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced in March he would step aside for a younger generation after his second term, the country looked to be moving past decades of often bloody rivalries among its ageing leaders. 800 words moved by Patrick Markey. Picture. Graphic. Video. Also moving: ICoast-vote,CHRONO ICoast-vote-candidates,FACTS ICoast-vote-politics,COUNTRYFACTFILE Moved: ICoast-vote-Ouattara,INTERVIEW Tanzania-vote,WRAP STONE TOWN, Tanzania Tanzanians vote in an election overshadowed by opposition complaints of irregularities such as ballot-box stuffing, as President John Magufuli who is accused of stifling democracy, seeks a second term in office. 750 words moved by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-France-Belgium-trial,WRAP BAMAKO Two jihadists are found guilty and sentenced to death by a Malian court for the killing of over two dozen people in attacks targeting foreigners in 2015. 600 words moved -- SCIENCE -- Science-palaeontology-dinosaurs-pterosaus PARIS By the time they were wiped out alongside their dinosaur cousins, most winged pterosaurs had evolved from awkwardly airborne to lords of the primeval skies, according to new research. 650 words moved by Kelly Macnamara. Picture -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-economy-health-virus-indicator-GDP WASHINGTON After the worst downturn on record, the US economy is expected to post jaw-dropping growth of between 30 and 35 percent in the third quarter, but the headline number will obscure potential signs of trouble. 600 words moved by Heather Scott -- SPORT -- RugbyU-Tri-2020-AUS-NZL,PREVIEW SYDNEY New Zealand haven't had to wrap up the Bledisloe Cup on Australian soil in 11 years and for coach Ian Foster that's a massive motivation to snuff out Wallaby hopes of keeping the series alive when the two sides meet in Sydney. 650 words moved by Martin Parry We will also move: RugbyU-Tri-2020,POINTS afp
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