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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden picks Kamala Harris for running mate + Virus sends UK into deep recession, NZ poll date in doubt + Belarus sees third night of opposition protests + Champions League quarter-final, four months late US-politics-vote-Democrats-Harris,WRAP WASHINGTON White House hopeful Joe Biden names Kamala Harris as his running mate, a landmark pick that puts the senator from California in contention to become America's first female and first black vice president. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes with Olivier Douliery in Wilmington. FIle picture. File video. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP LONDON The coronavirus pandemic pushes Britain's economy into a record recession as New Zealand's prime minister warns the re-emergence of COVID-19 could delay the country's election. 700 words 1100 GMT by Ben Perry with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Belarus-vote,WRAP MINSK Authorities in Belarus say protests that broke out after a disputed presidential election are getting smaller after police violently put down a third night of demonstrations. 550 words 1030 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-Eur-C1-Portugal,WRAP LISBON Four months behind schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Champions League reaches the quarter-final stage with Paris Saint-Germain taking on Italian outsiders Atalanta in Lisbon in the first game of the 'Final Eight'. 600 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Graphic Also moved: fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-GER-AtleticoMadrid-Leipzig -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon buries more of its dead from the giant Beirut port explosion that devastated much of the capital, toppled the government and deepened a painful economic crisis. 700 words 1130 GMT by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live Video Lebanon-blast-trauma,FOCUS BEIRUT Tanya can't be alone in a room. Carla, for days, thought a war was starting. Survivors of Beirut's August 4 blast are still in shock over the disaster that disfigured their city. 750 words by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-UAE-migration,FOCUS DUBAI Just days after the enormous blast that shattered Beirut, Ali Hammoud found himself looking down on the rubble from an airplane window, leaving behind his family and hometown. 750 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Spain-Aragon,FOCUS ZARAGOZA, Spain In Spain's northeastern Aragon region, one of Europe's worst-affected areas by the pandemic, health centres are packed and a field hospital is in the works as local authorities scramble to control a surge in infections. 650 word 1000 GMT GMT by Marie Giffard. Pictures. Video France-racism-tourism-history,FOCUS PARIS Branded a "no-go zone" by Fox News in the wake of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks, the Goutte d'Or neighbourhood of northern Paris is trying to overcome its reputation as a den of crime, prostitution and drugs. 700 words moved by Cecile Feuillatre. Video Italy-environment-nature-Venice,FOCUS VENICE Venice may be famed for Saint Mark's Square or the Bridge of Sighs, but the Italian city has another jewel that is often overlooked: its lagoon. 600 words moved by Celine Cornu. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Mali-prison,FOCUS BAMAKO Mali's largest jail is squalid and overcrowded yet staff say they have so far kept it virus-free thanks to good hygiene and self-help. 650 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Pictures and video by Michele Cattani. -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Biden-Harris-justice,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Presidential hopeful Joe Biden names Senator Kamala Harris, a former rival in the White House race as his running mate, marking a historic first for American women of color. 750 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit. File Picture. File video. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-VP-Harris,PROFILE US-politics-vote-Harris,REAX -- ASIA -- Health-virus-NZealand,2ndlead AUCKLAND New Zealand's looming general election could be delayed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warns as the shock re-emergence of the coronavirus sends the country's largest city into lockdown and forces nursing homes nationwide to shut their doors. 650 words moved by David Rowland. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines-Russia-vaccine MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be a guinea pig for a controversial Russian coronavirus vaccine, his spokesman says, as the Southeast Asian nation emerges as a frontrunner for overseas clinical trials. 450 words moved. File Picture. Video HongKong-China-politics-media,WRAP HONG KONG Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai tells his reporters to "fight on" following his dramatic arrest as China widens its crackdown against critics in the semi-autonomous business hub. 750 words moved by Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi. Picture. Video. Graphic Thailand-politics-protest,FOCUS BANGKOK Leaderless, social media-savvy and inspired by Hong Kong's young activists, Thailand's budding pro-democracy movement is intent on overhauling the government, rewriting the constitution and even taking on a law that shields the monarchy. 800 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen and Pitcha Dangprasith. File Picture Mauritius-Japan-environment-conservation-company,BACKGROUND TOKYO The Japanese firm that operates a ship leaking fuel off the coast of Mauritius has been involved in accidents before, including a 2006 oil spill in the Indian Ocean. 500 words moved by Shingo Ito. File Picture -- ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY -- Britain-economy-recession,WRAP LONDON Britain's economy shrinks by a fifth in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic slammed businesses, plunging the country into a record recession. 600 words 0930 GMT by Ben Perry US-China-IT-TikTok-politics-rivals,FOCUS PARIS Triller, Zynn, Dubsmash and now Instagram -- there's no shortage of rivals circling to grab a share of troubled TikTok's teen-centric platform for short-form videos, but can any of them come out on top? 650 words 1200 GMT by Manon Billing afp
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