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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + New lockdowns across Europe as virus spreads + Trump, Biden hit crucial states ahead of poll + Macron seeks to soothe tensions with Muslims + Super Typhoon Goni batters the Philippines + James Bond actor Sean Connery dead at 90 Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Britain's prime minister joins other European countries in imposing a new coronavirus lockdown in England, as Slovakia takes a different tack and begins testing its entire population. 800 words 0330 GMT by Joe Jackson with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-Europe US-vote,WRAP READING, Pennsylvania Donald Trump, challenger Joe Biden and their top surrogates barrel through crucial states in the industrial Midwest and coastal southeast, pressing closing arguments in a frantic sprint days ahead of the US presidential election. 850 words 0230 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic -- PLEASE SEE OUR SPECIAL ADVISORY FOR FULL ELECTION COVERAGE -- France-attack,WRAP PARIS President Emmanuel Macron seeks to calm flaring tensions with Muslims around the world, telling an Arab TV channel he understood that caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed could be shocking while lashing out at "lies" that the French state was behind them. 750 words moved by Stuart Williams. Picture. Video Also moved: France-attack-media-technology,FOCUS Philippines-weather-typhoon,WRAP LEGAZPI, Philippines Super Typhoon Goni slams into the Philippines with authorities warning of "catastrophic" conditions in the region expected to receive the hardest hit, where nearly a million people have been evacuated. 650 words 0200 GMT. Pictures. Video. Graphic Britain-film-Connery,WRAP LONDON Legendary actor Sean Connery, famous for playing the original on-screen James Bond, dies at the age of 90, prompting an outpouring of tributes for one of Britain's best-loved film heroes. 800 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture. File video Also moved: Entertainment-Britain-film-Connery,OBIT Britain-Connery-film,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-IT-health-crime-hacking,FOCUS WASHINGTON Hackers are stepping up attacks on health care systems with ransomware in the United States and other countries, creating new risks for medical care as the global coronavirus pandemic accelerates. 650 words 0200 GMT by Rob Lever US-vote-IT-games,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Real-life politics have invaded video games, echoing divisive themes raging in the streets and leaving some players lamenting that their cherished fantasy worlds are being violated. 750 words 0200 GMT by Glenn Chapman US-economy-bank,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve's policy setting committee meets this week at a turbulent time: one day after voters head to the polls in the deeply uncertain US presidential election. 650 words 0200 GMT by Chris Stein and Heather Scott US-vote-politics-economy-debt,FOCUS WASHINGTON After taking control of the Republican party, President Donald Trump led it through a reshaping of its economic principles few ever expected. 650 words 0200 GMT by Delphine Touitou Health-virus-Athletics-USA-marathon,FOCUS NEW YORK In Central Park or along the Hudson River, runners will complete the storied New York City Marathon -- just not along the same course after the official race was canceled due to the pandemic. 650 words 0200 GMT by Thomas Urbain. Picture Chile-politics-referendum-elite-social,FOCUS SANTIAGO In Santiago's well-heeled suburbs, Chile's elite say they are facing uncertainty after the rest of the country voted to ditch the dictatorship-era constitution that has served them well for decades. 800 words 0200 by Denis Barnett. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-census SHANGHAI Millions of census-takers begin knocking on doors across China for a once-a-decade head count of the world's largest population that for the first time will use mobile apps to help crunch the massive numbers. 550 words 0300 GMT by Dan Martin. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-attack-Greece,2ndlead LYON, France An attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun seriously wounded a Greek Orthodox priest in a shooting outside a church in the French city of Lyon, with the country still reeling from a deadly church attack days before. 750 words moved by Frederic Garlan. Picture. Video Moldova-vote,WRAP CHISINAU Moldovans go to polls Sunday to elect a president under the watchful eye of Moscow which wants the polarised country to remain in its orbit amid political and security crises on Russia's borders. 600 words 0230 GMT by Mihaela Rodina. Picture Turkey-Greece-quake,WRAP BAYRAKLI, Turkey Rescuers race against the clock to save people trapped under rubble in Turkey and Greece as anguished mourners buried the first victims of a powerful earthquake that claimed 39 lives. 700 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Greece-Turkey-earthquake,SCENE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Russia pledges "necessary" help for Yerevan in the conflict with Azerbaijan if fighting reached Armenian territory, after its ally requested security assistance. 700 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Syria-conflict,FOCUS QAH, Syria Hassan Sweidat is terrified he will catch Covid-19 in the overcrowded displacement camp in northwest Syria he calls home, even more so as medical staff in the region have become sick. 700 words 0300 GMT by Ahmad al-Atrash. Picture. Video. Saudi-rights-technology-Twitter,FOCUS RIYADH The former Saudi official's tweet expressing condolences over an activist's death seemed benign, but his mysterious disappearance soon afterwards highlighted what observers call the state's "digital authoritarianism". 770 words 0300 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Algeria-vote-constitution,WRAP ALGIERS Algerians were set to vote Sunday on a revised constitution the regime hopes will finally neutralise a protest movement which at its peak last year swept long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power. 600 words 0230 GMT by Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret in Tunis. Health-virus-Israel-Judaism,FOCUS BNEI BRAK, Israel As Israel entered coronavirus lockdown in March, a video emerged showing one of the world's most powerful rabbis, flanked by his grandson, professing ignorance about Covid-19 and insisting religious schools remain open. 800 words 0300 GMT by Ben Simon. Picture. Palestinians-politics-US-France,VIDEOESSAY RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories Palestinian shoemaker Imad Mohammad makes handcrafted footwear with a difference: they are stamped with the names of the US and French presidents in Arabic calligraphy to show his disapproval of them. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast votes in a presidential election with opposition leaders rejecting the ballot after a boycott and pockets of unrest against President Alassane Ouattara's attempt to secure a third term. 750 words moved by Patrick Markey and David Esnault. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: ICoast-vote-Daoukro,FOCUS Tanzania-vote,WRAP STONE TOWN, Tanzania Tanzania's opposition calls on supporters to take to the streets to protest President John Magufuli's landslide election victory, which it says was fraudulent, demanding a fresh vote. 650 words moved by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video. Graphic DRCongo-unrest,WRAP BENI, DR Congo At least 21 people are killed in a massacre suspected to have been committed by militants from the Islamist ADF group in conflict-wracked northeast DR Congo. 550 words moved -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- Ireland-EU-GDPR-data-internet,FOCUS DUBLIN Two years after the EU launched its landmark GDPR data rights charter, there are signs Ireland is faltering in its outsized role as regulator of many of the most powerful digital giants. 800 words 0330 GMT -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Diogo Jota caps Liverpool's dramatic fightback as the Premier League champions beat West Ham 2-1 to move three points clear at the top, while Manchester City and Chelsea both win to keep in touch with the leaders. 650 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture. Video afp
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