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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + France locks down as new cases hit record globally + Trump stumps non-stop in final week of campaigning + Azerbaijan says 21 dead in Armenian missile attack + New Orleans braces as Hurricane Zeta hammers coast + African genome analysis shows unexpected diversity Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France announces a new month-long national lockdown and Germany imposes drastic new curbs on people's daily lives as the EU's biggest countries admit hospitals will soon be overwhelmed by patients suffering from coronavirus. 850 words 0330 GMT by Marianne Barriaux with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP BARDA, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of killing 21 people and wounding dozens in a missile strike near Nagorno-Karabakh, the deadliest reported attack on civilians in a month of fighting over the disputed region. 600 words moved. Picture. Video US-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Deleware Democrat Joe Biden insists he will tackle coronavirus from Day 1 if elected president but warns there is no magic "switch" to end the pandemic, as Donald Trump campaigned across America seemingly unfazed by Covid-19's dangers. 750 words moved by Jim Watson, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic US-weather,WRAP NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana Hurricane Zeta slams into the southern United States as a Category 2 storm, bringing dangerous winds and surging ocean waves to Louisiana, which has been hit repeatedly during a busy hurricane season. 750 words 0300 GMT by Mike Smith. Picture Africa-genetics-research-science TOKYO Analysis of the genomes of hundreds of people from across Africa has shed light on ancient migrations and modern susceptibility and resistance to disease, revealing unexpected genetic diversity. 700 words moved by Sara Hussein -- US VOTE -- US-vote-scenarios,FOCUS WASHINGTON Leading in the polls with less than a week to go before the US election, Democrat Joe Biden would appear to be on a glide path to the White House -- but not so fast. Donald Trump has several potential routes to victory on November 3. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture. Graphic Also moving: US-vote-Trump,PROFILE US-vote-Biden,PROFILE -- PLEASE SEE OUR SPECIAL ADVISORY FOR FULL ELECTION COVERAGE -- -- AMERICAS -- US-health-virus-tourism-Halloween,SCENE CROTON-ON-HUDSON, New York Croton-on-Hudson is a quaint village an hour north of New York City that has thrived thanks to a spooky tale written some 200 years ago. The town is still holding its annual Halloween bash this year -- with the US election and the coronavirus pandemic lending an extra dose of chills. 850 words 0200 GMT by Laura Bonilla. Picture. Video Health-virus-Mexico-death,FOCUS MEXICO CITY Fear of dying from the coronavirus led Laura Villa to finally get around to doing what many Mexicans had put off until the pandemic struck -- making a will. 500 words 0130 GMT by Sofia Miselem. File picture US-vote-IT-politics-media-hearing,WRAP WASHINGTON Capitol Hill clashes with Silicon Valley over legal protections and censorship on social media during a fiery hearing a week before Election Day in which Twitter's Jack Dorsey acknowledged that platforms need to do more to "earn trust." 800 words moved by Rob Lever. Picture -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-medicine,FOCUS NEW DELHI New Delhi housewife Sashi scoops Covid-19 "immunity-boosting" powder into a jug of water every morning for her family, joining a rush of Indians who believe traditional supplements will ward off the pandemic. 600 words 0330 GMT by Glenda Kwek. Picture -- EUROPE -- Turkey-France-politics-Islam,WRAP ISTANBUL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vents his outrage at a "disgusting" cartoon in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo depicting him looking up a woman's skirt, as tensions flare between Ankara and Paris. 650 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Also moving: France-politics-Islam-Iran,2ndlead Poland-politics-abortion-demonstration,WRAP WARSAW Women in Poland walk off the job and hit the streets nationwide, the seventh straight day of mass protests over a court ruling to impose a near-total abortion ban in Poland. 600 words moved by Mary Sibierski. Picture. Video Britain-university-racism,FOCUS LONDON Going to Cambridge had always been a dream for Matthew Omoefe Offeh, one of a growing number of black students who are slowly reshaping the elite university's racial mix, helped in part by rapper Stormzy. 800 words 0300 GMT by Pauline Froissart. Picture. Video Austria-Judaism-history-architecture VIENNA "It might sound strange but when I came here for the first time... I fell in love with this place," says Jennifer Kickert, spokeswoman for an association striving to clean up a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Vienna's north-eastern suburbs. 800 words 0300 GMT by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video France-entertainment-film-assault-women-Depardieu,2ndlead PARIS Star actor Gerard Depardieu will face a new rape investigation in France after prosecutors reopen a case into allegations he assaulted a woman during casting tryouts at his Paris mansion, sources close to the case tell AFP. 350 words moved Also moved: France-entertainment-film-assault-women-Depardieu,FACTS Georgia-vote-parliament,ADVANCER TBILISI Georgians vote in tightly contested parliamentary elections pitting an unlikely union of opposition parties against the increasingly unpopular ruling party led by the country's richest man. 800 words 0230 GMT by Irakli Metreveli -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Gaza-technology,FOCUS GAZA CITY Entering a Gaza City restaurant, customers are welcomed by a multi-tasking disinfection machine designed by a Palestinian businesswoman to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the crisis-hit enclave. 450 words 0230 GMT by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,ADVANCER ABIDJAN When Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced in March he would step aside for a younger generation after his second term, the country looked to be moving past decades of often bloody rivalries among its ageing leaders. 800 words 0230 GMT by Patrick Markey. Picture. Graphic. Video. Also moving: ICoast-vote,CHRONO ICoast-vote-candidates,FACTS ICoast-vote-politics,COUNTRYFACTFILE Moved: ICoast-vote-Ouattara,INTERVIEW Tanzania-vote,WRAP STONE TOWN, Tanzania Tanzanians vote in an election overshadowed by opposition complaints of irregularities such as ballot-box stuffing, as President John Magufuli who is accused of stifling democracy, seeks a second term in office. 750 words moved by Fran Blandy. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-France-Belgium-trial,WRAP BAMAKO Two jihadists are found guilty and sentenced to death by a Malian court for the killing of over two dozen people in attacks targeting foreigners in 2015. 600 words moved -- SCIENCE -- Science-palaeontology-dinosaurs-pterosaus PARIS By the time they were wiped out alongside their dinosaur cousins, most winged pterosaurs had evolved from awkwardly airborne to lords of the primeval skies, according to new research. 650 words 0300 GMT by Kelly Macnamara. Picture -- BUSINESS, ECONOMY & TECH -- US-economy-health-virus-indicator-GDP WASHINGTON After the worst downturn on record, the US economy is expected to post jaw-dropping growth of between 30 and 35 percent in the third quarter, but the headline number will obscure potential signs of trouble. 600 words 0130 GMT by Heather Scott US-internet-earnings-Alphabet-Apple-Facebook-Twitter,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO A powerhouse line-up of earnings releases is expected to show that giants of Big Tech are on firm financial footing despite turbulent politics and the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 0130 GMT by Glenn Chapman US-aviation-earnings-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Pressured by a prolonged commercial travel downturn and the hit from the 737 MAX crisis, Boeing announces an additional 7,000 job cuts that will lower headcount by 30,000 positions over two years. 650 words moved by John Biers ECB-banking-inflation-health-virus FRANKFURT The European Central Bank faces mounting pressure to signal further monetary stimulus as spiking coronavirus cases and new restrictions darken the eurozone's economic outlook. 670 words 0300 GMT by Jean-Philippe Lacour afp
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