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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Navalny aides battle for treatment abroad + Libya warring rivals announce ceasefire + Biden vows to end 'darkness' of Trump rule + EU warns Brexit deal looks unlikely + ManU captain arrested over Greece 'assault' Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP OMSK, Russia The wife of the hospitalised Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny makes a direct appeal to President Vladimir Putin to allow her husband to be evacuated to Germany, as Russian doctors deny he has been poisoned. 850 words 1530 GMT by Andrey Borodouline with Anna Malpas in Moscow. Picture. Video. Graphic Libya-conflict-peace,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's warring rival administrations announce in separate statements that they will cease all hostilities and organise nationwide elections soon, a move swiftly welcomed by the UN and several countries. 650 words 1500 GMT. File picture. File video. Graphic Also moving: Libya-conflict-Sirte,FACTS Libya-conflict,CHRONO Libya-conflict-Tripoli,CHRONO US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wraps up an extraordinary party convention with a message of hope and a promise to end a "chapter of American darkness" as Republicans prepare to make the case for four more years of Donald Trump. 600 words 1630 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Photo. Video. Graphic Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU and Britain trade blame for the lack of progress after the latest round of post-Brexit trade talks, with Brussels warning that a deal looks unlikely. 450 words 1500 GMT by Alex Pigman with Phil Hazlewood in London. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-ManUtd-Pr-Maguire-arrest,2ndlead ATHENS Manchester United captain Harry Maguire will face a Greek prosecutor after being arrested on the tourist island of Mykonos for alleged assault and attacking officers, police say. 450 words 1500 GMT -- CORONAVIRUS -- Heath-virus,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon faces a new lockdown after a spike in coronavirus infections while in the United States Joe Biden vows to act "on day one" of his presidency to battle the pandemic that has killed 170,000 Americans. 650 words moved by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-US,FOCUS WASHINGTON After a brief plateau in early August, new daily cases of the coronavirus have been dropping sharply in the United States -- but experts don't know if Americans will have the discipline to bring the epidemic truly under control. 650 words 1600 GMT by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-HongKong-China HONG KONG Hong Kong will offer a free coronavirus test to all 7.5 million residents next month, the city's leader says, but it is unclear how many would take part in the scheme run by companies based in mainland China. 350 words moved Health-virus-Latam,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Almost six months after it was first detected in Latin America, the coronavirus death toll has reached 250,000 and exacerbated poverty and inequality, threatening to undo a decade of slow social progress. 700 words 1500 GMT by Lucia Lacurcia and Latin American bureaus Health-virus-Brazil-prisons,FOCUS BRASILIA Squalid, overcrowded and prone to deadly riots, Brazil's prisons now face a new problem as COVID-19 spreads inside them, pushing already precarious health services to the brink and increasing inmates' isolation from their families. 650 words 1430 GMT by Valeria Pacheco. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP VILNIUS Belarus opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya voices defiance after President Alexander Lukashenko's government opens a criminal probe into attempts by the opposition to "seize power". 650 words 1500 GMT by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video Turkey-politics-religion,2ndlead ISTANBUL Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan orders another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum to be turned back into a place of Muslim worship. 600 words 1500 GMT by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi -- AFRICA -- Mali-unrest-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Diplomatic momentum builds in the Mali crisis as regional bloc ECOWAS prepares to send envoys for talks on Saturday and coup leaders give the UN access to ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. 650 words 1630 GMT by Serge Daniel with Philippe Siuberski in Dakar. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Mali-unrest-coup-junta, FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Democrats-convention-takeaways,FOCUS WASHINGTON A united party, an on-point nominee and a running mate who impressed. Several key takeaways emerged from the four-night Democratic National Convention that drew on past heavyweights like the Obamas and showcased the party's next generation. 650 words 1630 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast-politics-Hezbollah,FOCUS BEIRUT Hezbollah's emphatic defence of the political status quo in Lebanon has exposed it since the deadly Beirut blast to levels of public contempt and anger it was once shielded from. 650 words moved. File picture Health-virus-Lebanon-blast,FOCUS BEIRUT Still reeling from a deadly port blast that ravaged their Beirut homes and businesses, Lebanese wearily brace themselves for a new coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved by Alice Hackman. Video. File picture Israel-Palestinians-conflict-UAE-diplomacy JERUSALEM Branded "a traitor" in street protests, exiled Palestinian dissident Mohammed Dahlan is being marked out as a behind-the-scene architect of the Israel-UAE deal that has provoked fury back home. 600 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. File picture Iraq-US-Iran-unrest,FOCUS BASRA, Iraq In under a week, two activists were assassinated and three more narrowly survived similar attempts in Iraq, where a battle between pro-Iran groups and a Western-leaning government is claiming new victims. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Islam-religion-Iraq,FOCUS KARBALA, Iraq Shiite Muslims pour into the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala for the traditional mourning rites of the holy month of "muharram", defying calls to stay home as COVID-19 spreads. 650 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-books-religion-culture,FOCUS LAHORE, Pakistan Publishers in Pakistan's most populous province could soon face prison if they fail to win approval from government bureaucrats before printing or importing books, pamphlets and many other written works. 800 words moved by Kaneez Fatima. Picture Japan-culture-manhole-animation-anime TOKOROZAWA, Japan The humble manhole cover might not seem like much of a blank canvas, but one Japanese city is reimagining the possibilities with illuminated versions featuring anime characters. 500 words moved by Harumi Ozawa with Natsuko Fukue in Tokyo. Picture. Video China-animals-fashion-retail CHANGSHA, China Liu Liu is a fashion designer's dream model and muse -- happy to spend hour upon hour being measured and dressed, and posing in tailored couture outfits and artistic designs. Liu Liu is also a cat. 300 words moved by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Turkey-politics-energy,WRAP ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey has made its biggest-ever discovery of gas but will still speed up contentious exploration in the Mediterrean that has pitted it against Greece and the EU. 550 words 1530 GMT by Burcin Gercek with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara. File picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-economy-debt,WRAP LONDON British government debt has exceeded £2 trillion for the first time following massive state borrowing as the coronavirus pandemic pushed the UK economy into a record recession, figures show. 500 words 1430 GMT. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-GER-FRA-Bayern-PSG-China,FOCUS SHANGHAI, China Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain clash in the Champions League final on Sunday in Lisbon, but on the other side of the globe they are also engaged in another high-stakes competition. 650 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File picture afp
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