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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + One dead in US protests over police shooting + Melania addresses virus, race at GOP convention + Messi breakup: striker tells Barca he wants out + Greece-Turkey Mediterranean row escalates + Nolan blockbuster 'Tenet' seen as saviour for cinemas US-police-shooting-racism,WRAP KENOSHA, Wisconsin One person is shot dead and another two were injured in the US city of Kenosha, according to media reports, as groups clash during protests over the police shooting of a black man. 800 words 1000 GMT by Robert Chiarito. Picture. Video US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Melania Trump puts a kinder, gentler sheen on Donald Trump's reelection campaign with a star turn at the Republican convention where she broke ranks to speak compassionately about coronavirus victims and recalled her own immigrant story in an appeal for racial harmony. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi,WRAP BARCELONA Six-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi tells Barcelona he wants to leave -- on a free transfer -- in a "bombshell" fax that is expected to trigger a legal battle over a buy-out clause worth hundreds of millions of dollars. 700 words 0930 GMY by Daniel Bosque. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi-career Also moved: Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi,PROFILE Fbl-ESP-Liga-Barcelona-ARG-Messi,FACTS Greece-Turkey-diplomacy-energy,WRAP ATHENS Greece stages military exercises in the eastern Mediterranean as tensions escalate between Athens and Ankara and Turkey warns it will make "no concessions" in the dispute. 500 words 1030 GMT. Picture Entertainment-film-US-health-virus,WRAP PARIS Tenet is the film of the summer -- the release that cinema operators, beset by coronavirus regulations around the world which have largely kept audiences at home, are praying will reboot the industry. 700 words moved by Philippe Grelard. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-conflict-Lebanon,WRAP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows a "forceful response" against any more Hezbollah attacks after shots were fired across the Lebanese border and Israel hit the group's observation posts with air strikes. 600 words 1000 GMT. Picture Also moved: Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza Bahrain-US-Israel-UAE-diplomacy,WRAP MANAMA Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Bahrain's royal rulers on a trip aimed at building more ties between Israel and the Arab world after a landmark US-brokered deal with the UAE. 500 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video Iraq-Turkey-Iran-water-diplomacy,FOCUS DIWANIYAH, Iraq Because of its neighbours' new dams, Iraq's historic twin rivers could run dry -- unless new infrastructure projects and tense talks with Turkey and Iran bear fruit. 800 words moved by Haydar Indhar. Picture. Video Health-virus-Qatar,Q&A DOHA Qatar has the world's highest per-capita coronavirus infection rate but one of the lowest death rates, due to extensive testing, a young population and lavish healthcare spending. 750 words moved by Gregory Walton. File Picture Yemen-Saudi-conflict-south DUBAI Yemen's southern separatists withdraw from talks over a Saudi-sponsored power-sharing deal with the internationally recognised government, in the latest setback for the troubled process. 500 words moved -- EUROPE -- Bosnia-Serbia-warcrimes-trial,WRAP THE HAGUE Prosecutors urge UN judges to uphold Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic's genocide conviction, saying he personally oversaw the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslim men and boys. 500 words 1000 GMT by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video. Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,SCENE OMSK, Russia Supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the Siberian city of Omsk say his alleged poisoning in the remote city thousands of kilometers from Moscow has emboldened their resolve to challenge the Kremlin. 700 words 1030 GMT by Thibaut Marchand. Picture. Video Montenegro-health-virus-tourism-economy,FOCUS KOTOR, Montenegro Gliding across Montenegro's majestic, mountain-ringed Kotor bay, captain Ivan Gvido Krivokapic revels in the unusually tranquil waters of a destination that has become a tourist magnet in recent years. 750 words moved by Olivera Nikolic. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-weather-Haiti-Cuba,WRAP NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana Texas and Louisiana residents evacuate flood zones and board up windows as Hurricane Laura barrels towards the coastline, after earlier causing 25 deaths in the Caribbean. 650 words 1000 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Republicans-Trump,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON The 2020 US election race is rife with concerns about disinformation, and the first session of the Republican National Convention did nothing to dispel them. 850 words moved by Arthur MacMillan. Picture US-vote-politics-family-Trump,FOCUS NEW YORK Donald Trump is keeping it all in the family at this week's Republican convention, giving four of his children prime speaking slots alongside his wife Melania and highlighting the unprecedented role they have played in the political affairs of the United States. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. File Picture Health-virus-Brazil-corruption,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Ingrid dos Santos has no idea who's been receiving the paychecks from her job as a nurse at a COVID-19 field hospital in Rio de Janeiro, but she knows it isn't her. 800 words moved by Joshua Howat Berger. File Picture. Health-virus-Mexico-obesity,FOCUS MEXICO CITY With martial arts training on rooftops, virtual exercise classes and outdoor workouts, Mexicans are getting creative as they try to slim down during the pandemic in one of the world's most obese countries. 600 words moved by Sofia Miselem. Picture. Video Canada-agriculture-organic-food,FOCUS MONTREAL Building on a new hanging garden trend, a greenhouse atop a Montreal warehouse growing eggplants and tomatoes to meet demand for locally sourced foods has set a record as the largest in the world. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Argentina-tango,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES As Argentina's annual tango championship gets under way, hundreds of dancers competing in an arena in Buenos Aires will do so virtually. 450 words moved by Sonia Avalos. Picture. -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics-law,WRAP HONG KONG Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers are among more than a dozen people arrested as part of a widening crackdown against the city's democracy camp. 650 words 1000 GMT by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor. Video. File Video. File Picture Afghanistan-floods-toll,3rdlead CHARIKAR, Afghanistan At least 46 people are killed and hundreds of houses destroyed as flash floods caused by torrential rains lash an Afghan city north of Kabul, officials say. 450 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Graphic NKorea-health-virus-weather-typhoon-Kim SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has issued warnings over the global coronavirus pandemic and a typoon forecast to hit the peninsula this week, after international speculation he was in a coma. 400 words moved India-animal-dog-virus-health,VIDEOESSAY CHENNAI, India As the world marks International Dog Day, a growing number of people across India are adopting man's best friend to cope with the loneliness inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by Archana Thiyagarajan with Glenda Kwek in New Delhi. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-Newcastle-SIN-FRA SINGAPORE A Singapore firm bidding to buy Newcastle United football club reportedly blames "errant individuals" with "malicious intent" for releasing controversial marketing materials, including doctored photos of its founders with Barack Obama. 500 words 0930 GMT by Martin Abbugao. Picture. Video Cycling-FRA-Tour-Prudhomme-health-virus,INTERVIEW PARIS The coronavirus pandemic has forced the rescheduling of the Tour de France away from its traditional summer slot, but director Christian Prudhomme has vowed that some fans will be accommodated when the delayed 2020 Grande Boucle gets underway. 500 words moved by Jean Montois afp
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