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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump, Biden duel after debate scrapped + Azerbaijan strikes Armenia in Karabakh war + Bars closed in Spain, Netherlands over virus + Thai protesters demand reforms to monarchy + Lockdowns caused unprecedented emissions fall US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump and White House challenger Joe Biden will duel for airtime in rival televised town hall events Thursday night, after their second head-to-head debate was scrapped following the president's Covid-19 diagnosis. 500 words 1430 GMT by Ben Sheppard. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP STEPANAKERT Azerbaijan says it destroyed missile launchers inside Armenia that were targeting its cities, raising fears that fierce fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region could draw in regional powers Russia and Turkey further. 800 words 1500 GMT Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP PARIS European governments from Spain to The Netherlands impose tough new virus controls, closing bars and restaurants and enforcing local lockdowns in a bid to control a surge in a new infections from the global pandemic. 830 words 1530 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Thailand-politics-royals-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Thousands of Thai protesters march on the prime minister's office to demand his resignation after scuffling with royalists opposed to the youth-led movement's calls for reforms to the monarchy. 650 words 1600 GMT by Anusak Konglang and Lisa Martin. Picture. Video. Live Video Climate-health-virus-emissions,lead PARIS Pandemic restrictions saw an unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions in the first half of 2020 -- larger than during the 2008 financial crisis and even World War II -- experts say. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic. -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-TB-coronavirus,WRAP GENEVA The novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to reverse progress towards eliminating tuberculosis, until now the top infectious disease killer globally, the World Health Organization warns. 600 words 1430 GMT by Agnes Pedrero. Picture. Health-virus-mortality PARIS Deaths directly or indirectly attributable to the first wave of Covid-19 infections across 21 wealthy nations earlier this year exceeded government tallies by 20 percent on average, according to a study. 700 words moved by Marlowe Hood Health-virus-Belgium-beer,FOCUS LEMBEEK, Belgium Brewer Karel Boon had no choice but to let staff go when the beer paradise of Belgium became a hotbed for the coronavirus, but he still considers himself lucky. 650 words moved by Matthieu Demeestere. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Greece-trial-politics-farright-GoldenDawn-racism,WRAP ATHENS The leader of Greece's neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn and his inner circle are handed 13-year prison sentences as a trial seen as one of the most important in the country's modern political history neared its conclusion. 650 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou. Picture. Live Video. Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to decide whether on not to pursue last-ditch efforts to agree a post-Brexit trade deal with Europe after a crunch call with EU leader Ursula von der Leyen. 650 words 1500 GMT by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE GANJA Azerbaijani store owner Ibrahim Mammadov bought a fabric press machine and began selling Turkish flags the moment the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict flared back up last month. He says it could not have been a wiser investment. 700 words 1500 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Trump-strategy,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is down in the polls, time is running out, and the coronavirus is coming back. Yet three weeks before election day and seemingly headed toward defeat, he is doing nothing to change course. 650 words 1630 GMT by Jerome Cartillier. Picture US-vote-Senate,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump is not the only Republican in election jeopardy. With the US president's poll numbers tanking with 20 days to go, his party is furiously scrambling to save red-state Senate seats and maintain control of the chamber. 700 words 1700 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-vote-Florida-senior,FOCUS MIAMI, Florida It should have been an idyllic retirement in coastal Florida for Gregory Zec and his wife. Instead, their sunset years are being overshadowed by uncertainty and fear because of a viral outbreak that has laid low friends and family alike. 800 words 1500 GMT by Leila Macor. File picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-G20-economy,WRAP RIYADH G20 finance ministers and central bankers hold talks aimed at spurring global recovery from a coronavirus-triggered recession as they consider a proposal to extend debt relief for crisis-hit poor countries. 600 words 1600 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Lebanon-Israel-diplomacy-border,WRAP NAQURA, Lebanon Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, hold unprecedented talks under UN and US auspices to settle a maritime border dispute and clear the way for oil and gas exploration within "reasonable time". 780 words moved by Rouba el Husseini. Picture. Graphic. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-settlers,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel approves 2,166 new homes in settlements across the occupied West Bank, ending an eight-month lull in their expansion weeks after normalising ties with the UAE and Bahrain. 600 words 1500 GMT by Stephen Weizman -- ASIA -- Australia-environment-climate-coral-reef BRISBANE, Australia Half of the Great Barrier Reef's corals have died over the past 25 years, scientists say, warning that climate change is irreversibly destroying the underwater ecosystem. 650 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture -- AFRICA -- Guinea-politics-election-ethnicity,FOCUS CONAKRY Politics in the West African state of Guinea is mostly drawn along ethnic lines, but ahead of a presidential election this weekend, politicians and many voters adamantly deny that group identity will dictate their vote. 750 words 1600 GMT by Laurent Lozano and Mouctar Bah. Picture. Video. DRCongo-Rwanda-unrest-politics,FOCUS MINEMBWE, DR Congo A tiny Tutsi community in DR Congo's east has become the target of anti-Rwandan resentment. But when the locals are asked about their nationality, they respond: "Congolese? And how!" 800 words 1500 GMT by Samir Tounsi. Picture. Nigeria-unrest-demonstration-police-youth,FOCUS LAGOS Protests against police brutality in Nigeria have brought Africa's largest city to a standstill and dominated social media, channelling anger among the frustrated youth that has forced the government to listen. 800 words moved by AFP Lagos bureau with Louise Dewast in London and Camille Malplat in Paris. File picture -- ECONOMY AND BUSINESS -- IMF-economy-recession-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The IMF and World Bank opened their annual meetings with a renewed call for the wealthy to help the poorest deal with the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, both within national borders and globally. 650 words 1730 GMT by Heather Scott US-banking-earnings-GoldmanSachs, WRAP NEW YORK Goldman Sachs reports strong third-quarter results, nearly doubling profits and reflecting little of the vulnerability that has plagued corners of the real economy during the pandemic. 500 words 1500 GMT by John Biers -- SPORTS -- fbl-NZL-ENG-health-virus,2ndlead WELLINGTON New Zealand pulls out of next month's football friendly against England, saying "complications" caused by Covid-19 made it too difficult to field a team at Wembley. 450 words moved afp
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