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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Manhunt under way after 'terror attack' in Vienna + Trump, Biden hold last rallies on eve of election + Two children found alive, days after Turkey quake + Austria, Greece latest to join lockdown in Europe + 'Sausage King' killed in crossbow attack in sauna Austria-attack-shooting-police,WRAP VIENNA Gunmen armed with rifles open fire at multiple locations across Vienna, killing at least one person in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz describes as a "repulsive terror attack". 650 words 0230 GMT by Jastinda Khera. Picture. Video Also moving: Austria-attack-shooting,REAX US-vote,WRAP KENOSHA, Wisconsin President Donald Trump rallies in the Wisconsin city at the center of race protests this summer in a final-hour bid to prove the polls wrong, while Joe Biden tells America it's time to end the "chaos." 750 words 0230 GMT by Brendan Smialowski with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Graphic. Video Turkey-Greece-quake,WRAP BAYRAKLI, Turkey Rescuers pull two children from the rubble in a town in Turkey, delivering hope nearly three days after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean, killing 93 people and destroying dozens of homes. 500 words moved by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP VIENNA Austria and Greece are the latest European nations to impose spirit-crushing curbs to combat the coronavirus surge, with a deadly terrorist attack in Vienna ahead of a curfew compounding the misery. 750 words 0330 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-crime MOSCOW A Russian oligarch reportedly nicknamed the "Sausage King" was killed with a crossbow in his sauna after masked robbers broke into his home, investigators say. 200 words moved -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-protests-Portland,FOCUS PORTLAND, Oregon, United States The FBI warns of the potential for election-linked armed clashes in Portland as the city that has become symbolic of the United States' stark divisions and knife-edge tensions braces for unrest hours before US polls open. 650 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. File photo US-vote-Trump,FOCUS GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, United States Donald Trump returns to Michigan -- exactly as he did in 2016 -- for the last rally of his reelection campaign, and possibly his political career. Is it because he's superstitious? 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture -- Please see our special advisory for full election coverage -- -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Peru-tourism-archaeology,SCENE MACHU PICCHU, Peru Mists hang low over Machu Picchu, adding an eerie, otherworldly atmosphere as delighted tourists enter the iconic Inca citadel for the first time after eight months of lockdown due to the coronavirus. 650 words 0200 GMT by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-shooting-university,WRAP KABUL At least 22 people are killed when attackers storm one of Afghanistan's main universities, detonating a suicide bomb and spraying classrooms with bullets in a brazen hours-long assault claimed by Islamic State group. 750 words moved by Jay Deshmukh with Usman Sharifi. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- France-Armenia-Turkey-politics,WRAP PARIS France plans to ban a Turkish ultra-nationalist group known as the Grey Wolves, the interior minister says, in a move that risks further straining already tense relations with Ankara. 750 words moved by Stuart Williams. File picture Moldova-Roma-minority-architecture-labour,VIDEOESSAY SOROCA, Moldova Extravagant mansions once owned by wealthy Roma stand in stark contrast to the modest traditional homes of Soroca in northern Moldova. 400 words 0330 GMT by Mihaela RODINA. Picture. Video by Alexander Grebenkin -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Tunisia-technology-prothesis,FOCUS SOUSSE, Tunisia A Tunisian startup is developing a 3D-printed bionic hand, hoping the affordable and solar-powered prosthetic will help amputees and other disabled people across Africa. 700 words 0300 GMT by Caroline Nelly-Perrot. Picture. Video UAE-Sharjah-culture,FOCUS SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates It doesn't have the malls of Dubai or the mega-projects of Abu Dhabi, but the conservative Gulf emirate of Sharjah has carved out a role for itself as a cultural capital. 750 words 0300 GMT by Aziz El Massassi. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Kurds-dogs,VIDEOESSAY AD DARBASIYA, Syria On his motorbike, Mohammed Derbas speeds across a field in northeast Syria, slender Saluki dogs galloping behind. 500 words 0300 GMT by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's opposition leaders say they were creating a "transitional government" after boycotting a weekend election in protest over President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a contested third term. 750 words 0230 GMT by Patrick Markey with David Esnault. Picture. Video Mali-France-conflict,lead BAMAKO The French government says its forces have killed more than 50 jihadists aligned to Al-Qaeda in air strikes in central Mali. 550 words moved afp
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