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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump suggests delaying election over virus + Global economies, companies hit hard in pandemic + Hong Kong bars top activists from vote + Big Tech bosses grilled at US hearing + Stonehenge boulder mystery solved US-politics-vote-Trump-delay,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump suggests an unprecedented delay to the 2020 election, in which he is currently behind in the polls, claiming that attempts to provide safe voting during the pandemic will lead to mass fraud. 650 words 1600 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON Economies from Europe to the United States report record slumps and companies from banks to car makers warn of losses in the latest fallout from the pandemic that has infected more than 17 million people across the globe. 780 words 1630 GMT by Heather Scott. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners are disqualified from upcoming elections after four student activists are arrested for social media posts, sparking warnings of a new "terror" under authoritarian China. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao. Video US-IT-politics-antitrust-Congress,WRAP WASHINGTON Big Tech executives face an onslaught of criticism from US lawmakers at a high-stakes antitrust hearing which could lay the groundwork for tougher regulation and legal action against the major internet platforms. 800 words moved by Rob Lever, with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco. Picture. Video Science-history-archaeology-Britain-Stonehenge,FOCUS WASHINGTON Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering sandstone boulders come from? 550 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Belarus-Russia-arrest-vote,WRAP MINSK Belarus investigators accuse Russian mercenaries and top critics of President Alexander Lukashenko of working together to plot mass unrest in an increasingly tense pre-election crackdown. 650 words 1700 GMT by Tatyana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video Azerbaijan-climate-rivers-water-agriculture,FOCUS BANKA The village of Banka should have plentiful supplies, since it lies beside one of the Caspian country's mightiest rivers, the Kura. But the river has fallen dramatically in Azerbaijan this summer and has become contaminated with salty seawater, with experts warning of an ecological disaster unfolding. 550 words moved by Isgender Ganbarov and Emil Guliyev. Picture. Video Russia-virus-lifestyle-film,FOCUS ALYAUKHOVO Russians stuck in country homes due to border closures to slow the coronavirus pandemic are reviving bygone pastimes like Cossack sword fighting, screenings of Soviet-era films and nature walks to while away the summer months. 650 words moved by Marina Lapenkova. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Italy-trial-Salvini ROME Italy's far-right chief Matteo Salvini finds out whether he will be tried for a second time for allegedly illegally detaining migrants at sea. 600 words 1700 GMT by Ella Ide. Picture. Video. Live Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj,WRAP MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia Muslim pilgrims converge on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on the second day of a scaled-down hajj, a sharp contrast to the massive crowds in previous years that led to deadly stampedes. 650 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Saudi-religion-hajj-pilgrims,FOCUS MECCA Chinese pilgrim Ni Haoyu welled up with tears after being handpicked from among millions of Muslims vying for this year's hajj pilgrimage, which has been drastically curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video Egypt-assault-women-MeToo,WRAP CAIRO A gang rape allegation at a luxury hotel in Egypt stemming from a prominent social media account has triggered a new #MeToo wave in the deeply conservative country. 400 words by Farid Farid Iraq-Kuwait-conflict,FOCUS BAGHDAD Thirty years have passed since Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait, but despite hints of a diplomatic rapprochement, people in both countries say the wounds have yet to heal. 800 words moved by Ammar Karim with Salima Lebel in Kuwait. Picture. File Picture. Video Also moved: Iraq-Kuwait-conflict,FACTS Lebanon-economy-Eid,FOCUS TRIPOLI, Lebanon Tradition dictates that Muslims donate cuts of mutton during Friday's Eid al-Adha festival, which usually means brisk business for butcher Abdulrazak Darwish, but Lebanon's economic crisis has cast a pall over his trade. 650 words moved by Jana Dhayby. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-refugees,FOCUS AL-AMARI, Palestinian Territories A second wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the Israeli-occupied West Bank is fuelling fears of a surge in overcrowded Palestinian refugee camps where social distancing is next to impossible. 700 words moved by Hossam Ezzedine. Picture -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Nigeria, Q&A LAGOS Five months after Nigeria saw its first case of COVID-19, outbreaks of the disease are multiplying at a worrying rate and the country's health system is already showing signs of great strain. A snapshot of the situation in Africa's most populous country. 650 words moved by Sophie Bouillon and Tunde Agoi in Lagos, with Aminu Abubakar in Abuja -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US-economy WASHINGTON The US economy collapsed in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, suffering a 32.9 percent contraction, the largest on record, while hopes for recovery took another hit as signs emerge of more jobs losses. 600 words 1530 GMT by Heather Scott Science-space-Mars-Perseverance CAPE CANAVERAL NASA's latest Mars rover Perseverance sets out on an astrobiology mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life -- and to fly a helicopter-drone on another world for the first time. 700 words 1500 GMT by Gianrigo Marletta. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ASIA -- Taiwan-politics-Lee-obit,OBIT TAIPEI Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui, who defied China and earned the nickname "Mr Democracy" for the part he played in the island's transition away from authoritarian rule, dies aged 97. 650 words moved by Amber Wang. File picture Japan-photography-culture,FOCUS TOKYO A pair of Japanese schoolgirls primp their hair before a long mirror, preparing for the perfect shot. But they are not taking a smartphone selfie, they are using a "purikura" photo booth. 700 words moved by Mathias Cena. Picture. Video Health-virus-Australia,lead MELBOURNE Australia reports a record number of new coronavirus infections and its deadliest day of the pandemic so far following a spike in cases at elderly care homes. 500 words moved. Picture -- BUSINESS -- World-economy-earnings,WRAP PARIS Oil majors, plane manufacturers, carmakers, double-digit falls in GDP: the global economy is now paying the bill for the coronavirus pandemic as uncertainty hangs over the recovery. 800 words moved by Julien Girault China-technology-Huawei-smartphone,WRAP BEIJING China's Huawei overtakes Samsung to become the number-one smartphone seller worldwide in the second quarter on the back of strong domestic demand, industry tracker Canalys says. 450 words moved by Helen Roxburgh Health-virus-Germany-economy-growth,WRAP FRANKFURT The German economy shrank by a record 10.1 percent in the second quarter as coronavirus lockdowns took their toll, official data show, but experts say a recovery is already under way. 650 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick. File picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-USA-Open-AUS-Barty,WRAP SYDNEY World number one Ashleigh Barty pulls out of the US Open over "significant risks" from the coronavirus pandemic, in a major blow for the Grand Slam in New York. 550 words moved. File Picture Fbl-FIFA-corruption-investigation-Infantino-Switzerland,WRAP GENEVA A Swiss special prosecutor launches criminal proceedings against FIFA President Gianni Infantino, the head of world football, in the latest development of the so-called Fifagate corruption scandal, Swiss authorities say. 500 words 1530 GMT. File picture afp
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