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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Navalny to return to Russia after recovery + Israel normalises ties with Bahrain, UAE + Germany to take 1,500 refugees from Greece + World misses biodiversity targets: UN Russia-diplomacy-politics,UPDATE MOSCOW Opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is able to breathe unaided in his first public comments since German medics said he was poisoned in Siberia, while an aide confirmed the Kremlin critic will return to Russia once he has recovered. 650 words 1600 GMT by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video US-Israel-Bahrain-UAE-diplomacy-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Israel is to normalize relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at a White House ceremony in a US-brokered peace deal which President Donald Trump hopes will boost his reelection chances in November. 700 words 1430 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Greece-migrants-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND Germany says it could offer refuge to 1,500 migrants currently stuck on Greek islands as Greece announces five arrests in connection with the huge fire that destroyed the overcrowded Moria camp on the island of Lesbos. 650 words 1500 GMT by Peter Wuetherich with Vassilis Kyriakoulis and Camille Bouissou in Lesbos. Picture. Video Environment-biodiversity-nature-UN PARIS Countries are set to miss all of the targets they set themselves a decade ago to preserve nature and save Earth's vital biodiversity, the United Nations says. 600 words 1530 GMT by Patrick Galey -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-politics-farright-Europe-QAnon,FOCUS PARIS QAnon, the US-based conspiracy about a Satan-worshipping, paedophile cabal secretly running the world, is taking root in Europe as fears stirred up by the coronavirus outbreak creates fertile ground for doom-mongering, analysts say. 800 words 1600 GMT by Cecile Feuillatre with Mathieu Foulkes in Berlin. File Picture. File Video. Sweden-trial-murder-genetics,WRAP STOCKHOLM A 37-year-old man goes on trial for a double murder that went unsolved and gripped Sweden for more than 15 years until police matched his DNA on a popular genealogy website. 450 words 1430 GMT by Marc Preel. Picture. Health-virus-Ukraine-religion-Israel-Belarus,WRAP KIEV Hundreds of Hasidic Jews including children, who have sought to travel to a pilgrimage site in Ukraine, are being blocked at the border due to the coronavirus. 600 words 1500 GMT by Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Algeria-trial-media-rights,WRAP ALGIERS Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni is jailed for two years on appeal, amid a crackdown on dissent following a year of anti-government demonstrations. 650 words 1430 GMT by Farah Abada with Philippe Agret in Paris. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-politics,EXCLUSIVE-INTERVIEW JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "no intention" of discussing peace with the Palestinians, opposition leader Yair Lapid tells AFP ahead of the signing of landmark reconcilation deals with the UAE and Bahrain. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video Jordan-Palestinians-history-politics,FACTS AMMAN Fifty years ago, the Jordanian army launched a huge offensive that went down in history as "Black September" in a bid to retake control of territory occupied by the Palestine Liberation Organization in Jordan. 700 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Egypt-animal-leisure,SCENE DESERT EL TIH, Egypt Spread out at the foot of a vast plateau in the Sinai desert, hundreds of excited Bedouin gather to race their camels after a six-month break due to coronavirus. 650 words moved by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-coup-politics-ECOWAS PEDUASE, Ghana West African leaders meet the head of Mali's military junta to press for the return to civilian rule nearly a month after rebel officers seized power in the fragile state. 350 words moved. Pictures I.Coast-vote-politics ABIDJAN Opposition figures react angrily after Ivory Coast's top court rejects 40 candidates for upcoming presidential elections, validating the contested application of head of state Alassane Ouattara but sidelining his predessor, Laurent Gbagbo. 500 words 1500 GMT by Patrick Fort. File graphic. File picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Iran-SAfrica-diplomacy,WRAP WASHINGTON Iran warns the US against making a "strategic mistake" after President Donald Trump threatened Tehran over reports it planned to avenge the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani. 500 words moved Health-virus-US-politics,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has hinted a Covid-19 vaccine may he ready before the November election, but experts warn the country's globally-renowned health institutions appear increasingly compromised. 600 words 1700 GMT by Ivan Couronne and Issam Ahmed US-weather-hurricane,WRAP NEW ORLEANS Hurricane Sally churns towards the US Gulf Coast, threatening deadly flash flooding in Alabama and Mississippi, even as it weakens to a Category 1 storm. 500 words 1600 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta with Tori Otten in Washington. Picture. Video We have also moved: UN-weather-windstorms -- ASIA -- Japan-automobile-trial-Nissan-Ghosn,WRAP TOKYO Greg Kelly, a former aide to ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, pleads not guilty to allegations of financial misconduct as his trial began in Tokyo. 650 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-Japan-France-Nissan-Renault-Ghosn,CHRONO China-politics-culture-education-protest,FOCUS TONGLIAO, China As his son returns to school under the watchful eye of plainclothes police, an ethnic Mongolian father admits defeat after days of fighting against a curriculum imposed by the Chinese state, which he fears will suffocate his culture. 800 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video Also moved: Mongolia-China-diplomacy-protest health-virus-vaccines-China BEIJING A China-developed coronavirus vaccine could be ready for the public as early as November, a Chinese official has told state television, as the global race to clear the final round of trials heats up. 300 words moved -- BUSINESS -- Singapore-China-technology-internet-games SINGAPORE Chinese tech giant Tencent says it is opening a new Singapore office to serve as a Southeast Asia hub, as the firm reels from setbacks in the US and India. 300 words moved -- SPORTS -- Oly-2020-2021-IOC-study-costs,FOCUS LONDON Olympic hosts face crippling costs comparable to "deep disasters" such as earthquakes and pandemics and urgent action is needed to safeguard the future of the Games, University of Oxford academics warn. 650 words 1430 GMT by John Weaver. File picture Cycling-FRA-Tour,WRAP VILLARD-DE-LANS, France Primoz Roglic's quest for a first Tour de France title gets back under way on a mountainous 164-kilometre stage 16, while the race organisers breathe a sigh of relief after the entire peloton tests negative for coronavirus. 500 words 1700 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic RugbyU-NZL-AUS-Bledisloe-health-virus-vote,lead WELLINGTON New Zealand Rugby confirms the All Blacks will host Australia for two Bledisloe Cup Tests next month after officials relaxed Covid-19 quarantine rules to ensure the series went ahead. 300 words moved -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Canada-film-Wahlberg,INTERVIEW LOS ANGELES Mark Wahlberg interrupted his famously punishing daily workout regimen to hone his heartfelt new anti-bullying movie, its director tells AFP as the film premiered in Toronto Monday. 450 words moved. Entertainment-Canada-film-health-virus LOS ANGELES Back in February, when few Americans were aware of a distant and oddly named phenomenon called coronavirus, two Chinese filmmakers strapped on hazmat suits and embedded themselves in Wuhan's overrun hospitals. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal afp
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