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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Russia, China hackers 'targeting US vote' + Deadly wildfires devastate US West Coast + Taliban ready to join Afghan peace talks + Rio Tinto CEO out over Aboriginal fiasco + Azarenka upsets Williams in US Open semi US-IT-vote-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON Microsoft says it thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, as technology giants scramble to protect election security less than two months ahead of the US vote. 800 words moved by Rob Lever with Julie Jammot in San Francisco. File picture US-fires,WRAP CLOVIS, California California firefighters battle the state's largest ever inferno, as tens of thousands of people flee blazes up and down the US West Coast and officials warn the death toll could shoot up in coming days. 850 words 0700 GMT by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-talks,WRAP KABUL The Afghan government and the Taliban will this weekend embark on negotiations to end nearly two decades of war, though few expect a peace deal anytime soon. 600 words 0600 GMT. Picture. Graphic Also moving: Afghanistan-conflict-talks,Q+A Afghanistan-conflict-talks,CHRONO Australia-mining-indigenous-RioTinto,WRAP SYDNEY Rio Tinto's CEO and two other top officers resign after an uproar over the mining giant's destruction of a sacred Aboriginal site to expand an iron ore mine in Australia. 650 words moved by David Millikin. File picture. Graphic Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Unseeded Victoria Azarenka comes from behind to stun Serena Williams in a three-set thriller to set up a US Open final against Naomi Osaka. 600 words 0600 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-UN-ACT,lead GENEVA The United Nations calls for an immediate "quantum leap" in funding for globally shared programmes to combat the coronavirus pandemic and get the planet back to prosperity. 450 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-race-PPE Health-virus-Mexico-tourism-history,FOCUS TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico After months in hibernation because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mexico's ancient "City of Gods" is slowly coming back to life as tourists return to the majestic pyramids of Teotihuacan. 500 words moved by Patrick Anidjar. Picture. Video Health-virus-Brazil-dance,FOCUS SAO PAULO Against a backdrop of jumbled shacks, the dancers run in place with studied movements, then collapse to the floor. This is ballet school in Paraisopolis, one of the biggest favelas in Brazil, where dancers are tapping their resilience to survive the coronavirus pandemic. 700 words 0600 GMT by Paula Ramon. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-9/11-Trump-Biden NEW YORK President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden will both visit the site where one of the planes hijacked in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks crashed in Pennsylvania, a state that is a key battleground in their bitter fight for the White House. 550 words 0600 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. File picture US-fires-driving-teen,SCENE CLOVIS, California Fourteen year-old Ruben Navarrete learned how to drive the hard way - heading down a steep narrow road at night with giant flames leaping behind him. 650 words 0530 GMT by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump insists that he never lied to Americans about the dangers of coronavirus after a bombshell new book by journalist Bob Woodward revealed that he deliberately tried to downplay the crisis. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moved: US-media-politics-Woodward,PROFILE US-banking-executive-Citigroup,WRAP NEW YORK Citigroup's Jane Fraser will become the first woman to lead a major Wall Street firm after the banking giant picks her as its next chief executive. 700 words moved by John Biers Brazil-environment-fires,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO The Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, is burning at record-shattering pace this year as drought-fueled fires devastate its vegetation and celebrated wildlife in an environmental catastrophe. 700 words moved by Louis Genot. Video. File picture Colombia-unrest-police,WRAP BOGOTA At least 10 people are killed and hundreds wounded after rioting breaks out in the Colombian capital Bogota during protests over the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police, authorities say. 700 words moved by Hector Velasco and Linn Vanegas. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Indonesia-Myanmar-Bangladesh-Rohingya-migration,FOCUS LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia When hundreds of Rohingya paid traffickers to escape their squalid refugee camp in Bangladesh earlier this year they were promised they were just a week away from a new life in Malaysia. 650 words 0600 GMT by Sarina with Peter Brieger in Jakarta. Picture. Video. Graphic India-film-Bollywood-suicide-media,FOCUS MUMBAI India has over four million coronavirus cases and an explosive border standoff with China, but the story dominating television news for months is how a Bollywood actress supposedly drove her ex-boyfriend to suicide with pot and black magic. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Greece-EU-immigration-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos languish on roadsides, homeless and hungry after the country's largest camp burned down, as France, Germany and the Netherlands offer to take in some of them, especially children. 800 words moved by Marina Rafenberg with John Hadoulis in Athens. Picture. Video Also moved: Europe-migrants-Greece-fire-Germany,FOCUS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade.WRAP LONDON Britain's government defies threats from the European Union of legal action over contentious Brexit legislation, and pushes back against a brewing revolt within its own ranks for violating a binding treaty. 800 words moved by Jitendra Joshi with Dave Clark in Brussels and Joe Stenson in Dublin. Graphic. Picture. Video. File picture Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade-law,Q&A Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-text,POINTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,CHRONO Britain-NIreland-conflict-peace,FACTS Russia-politics-vote,FOCUS NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia Russia is holding regional elections in a precarious political climate, with rallies rocking the Far East, an economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus, and the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. 700 words moved by Romain Colas. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-fire,WRAP BEIRUT A huge fire at a Beirut port warehouse containing food aid threatens to disrupt humanitarian operations and sparks outrage among Lebanese still reeling from a devastating dockside explosion last month. 650 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel and Anwar Amro. Picture. Video. Iraq-history-Saddam-Baathist-archive,FOCUS BAGHDAD A trove of Saddam-era files secretly returned to Iraq has pried open the country's painful past, prompting hopes some may learn the fate of long-lost relatives along with fears of new bloodshed. 800 words moved by Maya Gebeily. File picture Sudan-floods-archaeology,SCENE AL-BAJRAWIYA, SUDAN Archaeologists feared the worst when record Nile floodwaters in Sudan put a world heritage site in danger of being overwhelmed, but prompt action saved the day -- for now, at least. 550 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Canada-US-film-Toronto LOS ANGELES Spike Lee kicks off a unique Toronto film festival with a tribute to black victims of police violence, as his latest movie premieres online and at drive-in screenings due to coronavirus. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Michel Comte in Ottawa. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Jurgen Klopp has warned Liverpool's title rivals that splashing out on new signings is no guarantee of success as the Premier League champions start their new campaign against Leeds on Saturday. 700 words moved by Steven Griffiths. File picture RugbyU-RC-2020-SANZAAR,2ndlead SYDNEY Australia is picked over New Zealand to host the coronavirus-affected Rugby Championship, but the pandemic may prevent world champions South Africa from even taking part. 600 words 0700 GMT by Martin Parry. File picture afp
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