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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Two injured in Paris knife attack + Spain extends lockdown as Covid spreads + Trump ramps up election campaigning + Kim Jong Un issues rare apology + Rat wins award for bomb-sniffing France-attack-police,WRAP PARIS A man wielding a knife seriously wounds two people in Paris in a suspected terror attack outside the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, three weeks into the trial of suspected accomplices in the 2015 massacre of the newspaper's staff. 800 words 1600 GMT by Daphhne Rousseau and Tiphaine Le Liboux. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Spanish officials expand a lockdown in and around Madrid to cover one million people, as European nations face up to a sustained spike in virus cases. 750 words moved by Hazel Ward and AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote,WRAP DORAL, Florida With just 39 days until the US election, President Donald Trump ramps up his campaigning with back-to-back events in battleground states, a frenetic pace in contrast with the more sedate approach of rival Joe Biden. 600 words 1600 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture SKorea-NKorea-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issues a rare apology over what he described as the "unexpected and disgraceful" killing of a South Korean at sea, Seoul's presidential office says. 700 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture. File picture Britain-Cambodia-rat-landmines LONDON A British veterinary charity has awarded a rat the equivalent of the highest civilian honour for bravery because of his uncanny knack for sniffing out landmines and unexploded ordnance. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-mask-immunity,FOCUS PARIS Could the mask -- already seen by many as the most effective shield against Covid infection -- have yet another benefit? Some researchers now believe that wearing one could reduce disease severity and act as a "bridge" to a vaccine by boosting population immunity. 850 words 1530 GMT by Paul Ricard. Picture Health-virus-Latam-deaths-million,PHOTOESSAY MEXICO CITY An untouched exercise bike, a guitar that has gone silent, an empty couch -- these are just a few of the cherished possessions and everyday habits that tell the story of those who have died from Covid-19. 800 words moved by Lucia Lacurcia in Montevideo with AFP bureaus in Latin America. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-carnival,lead RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival parades became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic as officials announced they were indefinitely postponing the February 2021 edition, with Brazil still reeling from Covid-19. 650 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File Picture Health-virus-Israel,WRAP BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel Israel slaps restrictions on outgoing flights from Ben Gurion international airport, as authorities move to bolster a second virus lockdown imposed last week. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Iraq-children,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq When Mosul ended its Covid-19 lockdown last month, health specialists faced a disheartening reality: a deterioration among youth with developmental disorders and special needs in the northern Iraqi city. 700 words moved by Raad al-Jammas. Picture Health-virus-science-animal-sparrow WASHINGTON As the streets of San Francisco emptied out in the first months of the pandemic, the city's male birds began singing more softly and improving their vocal range, making them "sexier" to females, according to a new study. 350 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police,WRAP LOUISVILLE, Kentucky The family of Breonna Taylor address the media after angry crowds defy a second night of curfew in the US city of Louisville to protest at the lack of criminal charges over her killing by police. 600 words 1730 GMT by Camille Camdessus and Sarah Titterton. Picture. Video. Graphic UN-summit,WRAP UNITED NATIONS Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas makes a plea for support before the United Nations after the shock of two Gulf Arab states' recognition of Israel. 550 words 1630 GMT by Philippe Rater with Shaun Tandon in Washington -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-US-computers,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes concluding a pact with the United States against interfering in one another's elections, just weeks before the US hosts a divisive presidential vote. 550 words 1430 GMT by Jonathan Brown. Picture. Video Turkey-Kurds-politics-arrest,2ndlead ANKARA Turkish prosecutors issue arrest warrants for 82 people, including a mayor, suspected of involvement in 2014 pro-Kurdish protests that left 37 dead. 500 words 1530 GMT by Raziye Akkoc UN-summit-pope-politics-diplomacy UNITED NATIONS Pope Francis warns world leaders against a growing breakdown of multilateralism, calling in an address to the United Nations for an end to a global "climate of distrust." 450 words. 1600 GMT by Alexandria Sage. Video. Live video Turkmenistan-constitution-politics-economy,WRAP ASHGABAT Turkmenistan's strongman leader approves constitutional changes including the creation of a potentially powerful new position in parliament, fuelling speculation that he plans to hand power to his son. 630 words moved by Anton Lomov with Christopher Rickleton in Almaty. File picture Britain-police-arrest-death,2ndlead LONDON A British police officer is shot dead by a man suspected of then turning the gun on himself, Scotland Yard says, in the first case of a UK officer killed by gunfire while on duty in over eight years. 400 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Egypt-crime-rape-women-rights,FOCUS CAIRO A climate of fear has gripped Egypt's #MeToo movement as the arrests of witnesses in a high-profile rape case threaten to derail efforts to halt male sexual violence in the Arab country. 600 words moved by Hager Harabech. File Picture Yemen-conflict,FOCUS MARIB, Yemen Hadi Ahmed wearily sets up a tent in Yemen's Marib province, after fleeing yet again in the government's last stronghold which is under intense pressure from Huthi rebels. 700 words moved by Nabeel Al-Awzari with Shatha Yaish in Dubai. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-transport,VIDEOESSAY TAEZ, Yemen Lorries filled to the brim with goods labour up and down the dangerously winding and precipitous road of Hayjat al-Abed, the mountainous lifeline to Yemen's third-largest city. 450 words moved. Video. Picture. -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-coup-unrest,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's interim president, Bah Ndaw, is sworn into office after last month's putsch, vowing to hand over power within 18 months, honour international accords and pursue the fight against jihadist insurgents 500 words moved by Kassim Traore and Serge Daniel. Picture. Video Rwanda-court-trial-genocide,WRAP KIGALI Paul Rusesabagina, the polarising hero of the hit movie "Hotel Rwanda," admits to a Kigali court that he had helped form an armed group but denied any role in its crimes. 800 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-religion-politics-Australia,lead BEIJING Chinese authorities have demolished thousands of mosques in Xinjiang, an Australian think tank says, in the latest report of widespread human rights abuses in the restive region. 400 words moved Australia-mining-indigenous-heritage-RioTinto SYDNEY The traditional owners of an ancient Aboriginal site in Australia blown up by Rio Tinto accuse the mining giant of a "shocking act of corporate vandalism" in their first public comment on the incident. 500 words moved Australia-environment-animal MACQUARIE HARBOUR, Australia After days wading through chilly waters, surrounded by the pained cries of hundreds of stranded whales on Australia's south coast, rescuers face the grim task of disposing of the carcasses. 450 words by Mell Chun. Picture. Video. Graphic Australia-Google-Uluru-indigenous-internet SYDNEY Google has removed images from its Street View that allowed users to virtually walk on Australia's Uluru, a sacred Aboriginal site closed to tourists since last year, the company says. 250 words moved -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open-Halep PARIS French Open favourite Simona Halep says she is grateful to just have the chance to play at Roland Garros this year after the tennis calendar was turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. 500 words moved by Martyn Wood Oly-2012-CHN-swim-police,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI, China Jiang Haiqi starred alongside the controversial Sun Yang in winning a historic relay swimming bronze medal for China at the London 2012 Olympics, but now he is doing national duty of a very different kind -- as a policeman saving lives on Shanghai's Huangpu River. 500 words by Peter Stebbings with Lan Lianchao. Picture. Video. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-television-film-race,FOCUS NEW YORK Black directors including Jordan Peele ("Get Out"), Ryan Coogler ("Black Panther") and Barry Jenkins ("Moonlight") have enjoyed huge success in recent years -- but for many African-American filmmakers, Hollywood remains far from welcoming. 700 words moved by Thomas Urbain -- SCIENCE -- US-space-Venus,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to the earth's superheated planetary neighor? That's what Peter Beck, the CEO of Rocket Lab, is hoping for as he sets his sights on launching a low-cost probe in 2023. 650 words 1600 GMT by Ivan Couronne afp
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