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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump accepts nomination with US on edge + Four dead as Hurricane Laura slams US coast + 'Wicked' NZ mosque gunman jailed for life + Walmart teams with Microsoft in TikTok bid + Tour de France host city on Covid-19 alert US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump accepts the Republican Party nomination for a second term against a backdrop of racial tension, riots and the coronavirus pandemic, warning of "chaos" should he lose to Democrat Joe Biden. 700 words 2130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture. Graphic US-weather,WRAP LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana Hurricane Laura tears roofs off buildings and blows out windows in Louisiana as it slams into the coast as a monster Category 4 storm, one of the most powerful to hit the US Gulf Coast, killing at least four people before weakening to a tropical storm. 750 words 2000 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta and Andrew Caballero-Reynolds. Picture. Video. Graphic NZealand-Australia-mosques-attacks-court,WRAP CHRISTCHURCH New Zealand mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers, with a judge calling him "wicked" and "inhuman". 650 words moved by Chris Foley. Picture. Video US-IT-China-politics-TikTok-Walmart-Microsoft,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO US retail giant Walmart says it has teamed with Microsoft in a bid to buy Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok. 650 words 1930 GMT by Glenn Chapman. File picture Cycling-Tour-FRA,WRAP NICE Tour de France 'Grand Depart' host city Nice scrambles to impose tighter health protocols as the region was reclassified as a Covid-19 'red zone' while four members of one team are sent home after positive pre-race tests. 600 words moved by Damian McCall. Picture. Graphic -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Major European nations France, Germany and Spain announce tougher infection control measures, joining the ranks of countries battling an increase of coronavirus cases. 750 words 1930 GMT by Barney Spender with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-police-racism-unrest,WRAP WASHINGTON A strong police presence brings calm to the Midwestern US city of Kenosha after three nights of violence over the police shooting of a black man, but anger continues to spread over the latest example of racist law enforcement policies. 650 words 2100 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest-demonstration,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin vows military support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, while urging a peaceful resolution to unrest and demonstrations that erupted after a disputed election. 850 words 1930 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Turkey-Greece-diplomacy-energy,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkey extends its controversial Mediterranean gas exploration mission and orders new navy drills as its row with Greece and France over energy and borders threatened to spiral out of control. 650 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara and Chantal Valery in Athens. Picture Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP MOSCOW Russia announces it has launched a police "check" into opposition leader Alexei Navalny's illness and asked German medics treating him to share his medical records while the Kremlin continued to insist there were no grounds for a criminal probe. 650 words moved by Anna Malpas. File picture Germany-genocide-history-Holocaust-Continental,WRAP FRANKFURT German car-parts maker Continental reveals that it played a key role in the Nazi war effort and used thousands of slave labourers during World War II. 550 words moved by Ed Frankl. File picture. Video Ireland-EU-politics-Brexit-trade,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland scrambles to assemble potential candidates to succeed EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan after his resignation for breaching coronavirus guidelines. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson. File picture -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's new military rulers say former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was detained during the country's coup on August 18, has been freed. 700 words moved by Kassim Traore and Serge Daniel. Picture. Video Also moved: Mali-unrest-coup,SCENE -- MIDDLE EAST -- Oman-US-Israel-UAE-diplomacy,WRAP MUSCAT US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads home after a tour that aimed to encourage Arab countries to normalise ties with Israel but failed to produce any public commitments during stops in Sudan, Bahrain and Oman. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Egypt-crime-rape,WRAP CAIRO Egypt has arrested a suspect in the alleged gang rape of a woman in a Cairo luxury hotel, the general prosecutor says, in a case that sparked a public outcry and fuelled a resurgent #MeToo movement. 500 words moved Iraq-religion-Islam-protests-health,FOCUS KARBALA, Iraq "May God have revenge on every politician!" The anguished cry echoes across the revered Imam Hussein's shrine in Iraq's Karbala, as Shiite pilgrims mourn his killing centuries ago and demand justice today. 700 words moved by Salmane Ameen. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-talks KABUL Afghanistan's government and the Taliban will next week begin long-delayed peace talks aimed at ending the war in the country, a top official leading the reconciliation process says. 400 words moved. File picture Thailand-crime-politics,UPDATE BANGKOK Relatives of missing Thai activists plead for a long-stalled bill criminalising political disappearances to be made into law, as calls for accountability grow louder from a burgeoning youth-led pro-democracy movement. 500 words moved. Picture NZealand-Australia-mosques-attacks-court,REAX CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand Muslims and non-Muslims cheer and sing together outside a New Zealand court as the white supremacist who murdered 51 people at two mosques is jailed for life. 550 words moved by Chris Foley. Picture. Video Also moved: NZealand-Australia-mosques-attacks-court,PROFILE -- BUSINESS AND TECH -- US-economy-bank-rate-employment-inflation,WRAP WASHINGTON The US central bank rolled out a major policy change that gives greater weight to its mission to maximize employment, to benefit lower income families, while ratcheting down the emphasis on fighting inflation. 650 words moved by Heather Scott -- SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT -- Science-chemistry-astronomy-meteorites-France,lead WASHINGTON After extensively analyzing a group of rare meteorites, French scientists have proposed a new theory for the origin of Earth's water, the subject of a longstanding debate. 600 words 2030 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture. File picture Environment-pollution-crime-economy LONDON Criminal networks are profiting from an 'overwhelming' surge in plastic waste from rich countries to Asia and stoking pollution by burning and dumping rubbish that was supposed to be recycled, a report by Interpol says. 800 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE -- Entertainment-US-music-rap-sexuality-CardiB,FOCUS NEW YORK An unadulterated celebration of female desire brimming with graphic sexual metaphors, Cardi B's summer bop "WAP" featuring Megan Thee Stallion has topped the charts -- and left the American right hot and bothered over the indecency. 800 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture afp
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