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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + US votes in high-stakes election + Vienna gunman an 'IS supporter' + Miracle' girl pulled from Turkey quake + New Europe curbs as cases hit 11 million + Hurricane lashes Nicaragua coast US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Americans vote under the shadow of a surging coronavirus pandemic to decide whether to reelect Republican Donald Trump, one of the most polarizing presidents in US history, or send Democrat Joe Biden to the White House. 750 words 1630 GMT by Chris Lefkow with Ivan Couronne in Grand Rapids. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: US-vote,SCENE Austria-attacks,WRAP VIENNA Austrian police arrest more than a dozen people over the shooting rampage across Vienna that left four people dead but conclude that the attack was probably carried out by a lone gunman who supported the Islamic State group. 800 words 1500 GMT by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Austria-attack-gunman,PROFILE Austria-attack-NMacedonia-Islam,FACTS Also moved: Austria-attack,REAX Turkey-Greece-quake,WRAP BAYRAKLI, Turkey A three-year-old girl is miraculously pulled from rubble 91 hours after a powerful earthquake hit western Turkey, offering a ray of hope for grieving families as the death toll soars past 100. 600 words 1600 GMT by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Europe passes a grim milestone as it registers more than 11 million coronavirus infections, with Austria and Greece the latest countries on the continent to impose shutdowns to try and halt the spread of the disease. 700 words 1500 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-Greece Also moved: Heath-virus-France-hospitals Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-Lebanon,FOCUS Weather-hurricane-CentrAm,WRAP BILWI, Nicaragua Heavy rain and winds of more than 130 miles an hour lash the north coast of Nicaragua, ripping up trees and roofs, as a Category 4 hurricane strikes Central America. 600 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Graphic -- US ELECTION -- US-climate-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Whatever the outcome of the presidential election, the United States will leave the Paris accord on Wednesday, becoming the first country to ever withdraw from an international climate change pact. 700 words 1430 GMT by Issam Ahmed US-vote-Biden-LadyGaga-Pittsburgh,SCENE PITTSBURGH Honking horns, huge American flags and pop superstar Lady Gaga: on the eve of the presidential election, Joe Biden brings an air of spectacle to workers stronghold Pittsburgh as he caps a campaign largely curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. 750 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-IT-politics-Facebook,FOCUS US-vote-campaign,CHRONO US-vote-campaign,POINTS US-vote-Pennsylvania,FACTS US-vote-obituaries,FOCUS US-vote-Trump,FOCUS GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, United States Donald Trump returns to Michigan -- exactly like he did in 2016 -- for the last rally of his reelection campaign, and possibly his political career. Is it superstition? Well... yes. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video 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 moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's government accuses the opposition of "plotting" against the state after it vowed to set up a rival authority following a landslide victory by incumbent Alassane Ouattara in Saturday's presidential elections. 750 words 1530 GMT by Patrick Markey and David Esnault. Pictures. Graphic Also moving: ICoast-vote-Ouattara,PROFILE Uganda-vote-unrest,lead KAMPALA Police detain Ugandan presidential aspirant Bobi Wine, his party says, just moments after the pop star-turned-politician registered his nomination to challenge Yoweri Museveni in next year's election. 500 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video Tanzania-vote,ANALYSIS NAIROBI Tanzanian President John Magufuli's landslide re-election has been dismissed as a sham by the opposition and diplomats who say democracy has been dealt a crushing blow in one of Africa's most stable nations. 800 words moved by Fran Blandy. File picture. File Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-shooting-university,WRAP KABUL Stunned Kabul University students vow to continue their education despite a brutal attack on their campus by the Islamic State group that killed 22 people. 550 words moved by Emal Haidary with Najiba Noori. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS EU and British negotiators are holding face-to-face talks in locked-down Brussels to try to find a last-minute accord on post-Brexit ties, officials say, with no sign yet of a breakthrough. 600 words 1430 GMT by Marc Burleigh Belarus-Russia-Lithuania-politics-nuclear,WRAP MINSK Belarus launches its controversial Russia-built nuclear power station despite safety concerns from neighbouring Baltic states three decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. 600 words 1530 GMT. File picture -- 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 across Africa. 700 words moved 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 moved by Aziz El Massassi. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Kurds-dogs,VIDEOESSAY AD DARBASIYA, Syria On his motorbike, dog breeder Mohammed Derbas speeds across a dusty field in northeast Syria, a pack of slender Saluki greyhounds racing behind. 500 words moved by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video -- 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 moved by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic -- BUSINESS -- Saudi-Aramco-energy-earnings RIYADH Energy giant Saudi Aramco posts a 44.6 percent slump in third-quarter profit as the coronavirus pandemic weighs heavily on global demand for crude oil. 550 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture -- SPORTS -- Racing-AUS MELBOURNE Irish raider Twilight Payment wins the coveted Aus$8.0 million (US$5.5 million) Melbourne Cup in a race run without spectators and marred by the death of English Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck. 550 words moved. Picture afp
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