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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump rallies in battleground states + Thailand protesters defy Bangkok ban + Millions of French brace for Covid curfew + UK warns EU over end to Brexit talks + Pink dolphins return to Hong Kong waters US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump holds campaign rallies in the battleground state of Florida and in Georgia, the southern state he won handily four years ago but where polls show a dead heat with Democrat Joe Biden. 600 words 1600 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic. Thailand-politics-royals,WRAP BANGKOK Thai police use water cannon against protesters in central Bangkok, as the pro-democracy activists defy an emergency decree banning gatherings for a second night running. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live video Also moved: Thailand-politics-royals-activist,PROFILE Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Paris and other French cities brace for their last night out before the start of a stringent anti-virus curfew, in contrast to neighbouring Germany where a Berlin court overturned nighttime restrictions. 780 words moved by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain says there is no point in holding any more Brexit talks without a dramatic softening of the EU's hard line, bringing a potentially nasty divorce at the end of the year a step closer. 650 words 1530 GMT by Jitendra Joshi, Alice Ritchie and Dave Clark. Picture. Video Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-Farage-offbeat Markets-world,WRAP HongKong-virus-health-animal,FOCUS HONG KONG Rare pink dolphins are returning to the waters between Hong Kong and Macau after the coronavirus pandemic halted ferries, but scientists remain deeply concerned about their long-term survival in one of the world's busiest sea lanes. 700 words moved by Ayaka McGill. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-US-politics-defence,WRAP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes that Moscow and Washington extend their only major nuclear arms agreement by one year, months before the New START accord is due to expire in February. 550 words 1500 GMT by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Kyrgyzstan-politics-unrest,WRAP BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister and acting president Sadyr Japarov appointed a close ally as national security chief Friday, as he consolidated control over the Central Asian country rocked by unrest following a parliamentary vote. 650 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video Also moved: Kyrgyzstan-politics-Japarov,PROFILE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE MARTAKERT Shattered window panes, doors ripped off their hinges and a caved-in roof is what remains of one building in a military hospital complex in the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region after recent shelling. 500 words 1500 by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-grave,SCENE QUZANLY "Oh my son!" the kneeling mother sang in mournful prayer over the grave of an Azerbaijani soldier as shells exploded just beyond the horizon along the frontline of Nagorno-Karabakh. 600 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Austria-Turkey-espionage-diplomacy,FOCUS VIENNA While other candidates in Vienna's recent municipal elections were out campaigning, Green politician Berivan Aslan had to stay at home -- she says due to an alleged assassination plot with links to the Turkish state. 650 words 1600 GMT by Blaise Gauquelin. File picture Health-virus-France-curfew,3rdLead PARIS Millions of French people look forward to a last night of freedom before a Covid-19 curfew in Paris and other large cities comes into force for a least a month, prompted by an alarming surge in new cases. 700 words 1600 GMT by Joseph Schmid and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video. France-politics-corruption-Libya-Sarkozy,WRAP PARIS French prosecutors file criminal conspiracy charges against former president Nicolas Sarkozy, adding to his legal woes over claims he used Libyan cash for his 2007 election campaign. 650 words 1500 GMT by Guillaume Daudin. File picture. File video. -- MIDDLE EAST -- UAE-Israel-religion-tourism,FOCUS DUBAI At a plush hotel in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, a rabbi switches on the stoves at what is billed as Dubai's first kosher restaurant. 750 words moved by Shatha Yaish. Picture. Video Sudan-US-Israel-diplomacy,FOCUS KHARTOUM From his sprawling mansion in Sudan's capital Khartoum, complete with a grand facade of pillars copying the US White House, businessman Abu al-Qassem Bortoum speaks excitedly of his controversial plan to lead a group visit to Israel. 800 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video Yemen-conflict-history-culture SEIYUN, Yemen Yemen's Seiyun Palace, one of the world's largest mud-brick structures, has become the war-torn country's latest heritage site facing the risk of collapse as heavy rains and years of neglect take their toll. 500 words moved by Mohammed Bahufain. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Guinea-politics-vote,ADVANCER CONAKRY Guinean voters head to the polls on Sunday, capping months of rising political tension in the West African state over a controversial third presidential bid by President Alpha Conde. 700 words moved by Laurent Lozano. Picture. Video. Graphic Nigeria-protests-police-youth,SCENE LAGOS Dancing, chanting and determined: young Nigerians jam the streets of megacity Lagos to protest against police violence and demand their say in a society that too often sidelines them. 650 words 1600 GMT by Sophie Bouillon. Picture. Video Also moving: Nigeria-protest-police,FACTS SAfrica-crime-racism-politics SENEKAL, South Africa Emotions run high as two black suspects appear in a South African court over the murder of a white farmer in a case which has sparked racial tensions. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-society-women,FOCUS STAMFORD Donald Trump says suburban women will reelect him president, but in Connecticut female voters calling themselves The S.W.A.T Team are campaigning against his efforts to court the crucial voting bloc. 700 words 1530 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-vaccine,FOCUS WASHINGTON Two American companies expect to apply for emergency approval for their Covid-19 vaccines by late November, welcome news as the US enters a third surge of its coronavirus epidemic and approaches its eight millionth case. 650 words 1500 GMT by Issam Ahmed. Picture Mexico-US-politics-arrest,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexico's former defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos is arrested in the United States on suspicion of links with drug trafficking, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says, hitting out at the country's old "mafia government." 500 words 1530 GMT by Sofia Miselem. File picture. Video -- ASIA -- Japan-nuclear-Fukushima-environment-oceans,lead TOKYO Japan will release more than a million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea in a decades-long operation, reports say, despite strong opposition from local fishermen. 450 words moved. Graphic Afghanistan-Guantanamo-prisoners,FOCUS PESHAWAR, Pakistan For 13 years, Sehar Bibi has waited for her son to be released from Guantanamo Bay, where life for one of the last Afghan detainees has been defined by hunger strikes, force-feedings and isolation. 650 words moved by David Stout and Sajjad Tarakzai. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- RugbyU-RC-2020-RSA,WRAP SYDNEY World Cup holders South Africa pull out of the Rugby Championship over complications caused by coronavirus, badly diminishing the tournament and raising further questions about their future in southern hemisphere rugby. 650 words moved by Martin Parry. File picture Also moved: RugbyU-RC-2020-RSA,REAX RugbyU-NZL-AUS,PREVIEW AUCKLAND The "hurting" All Blacks will look to restore pride against Australia at their Eden Park fortress after last week's 16-16 draw further dimmed their aura of invincibility under new coach Ian Foster. 600 words moved by Chris Foley. Picture Also moved: RugbyU-NZL-AUS-five,POINTS afp
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