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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Thousands of protesters defy Thai crackdown + Europe unveils new measures to curb virus + Harris suspends travel due to sick staffer + EU sanctions Putin's inner circle + Belgian king meets long-hidden half-sister Thailand-politics-royal-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Thousands of Thai protesters gather in defiance of a sweeping crackdown after authorities moved to crush months of pro-democracy demonstrations by imposing emergency powers and rounding up leading activists. 750 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: Thailand-politics-royals,Q&A Thailand-politics-royals-activist,Profile Thailand-politics-royals-protest,Q&A Thailand-politics-royals-unrest-HungerGames Health-virus,WRAP COPENHAGEN European countries unveil new measures to try to curb a surge in coronavirus infections which the World Health Organization warns is of "great concern". 700 words 1500 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-vote-health-virus-Harris WASHINGTON Presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate Kamala Harris suspends travel after her communications director tested positive for Covid-19, the latest disruption to the US election campaign which has been dominated by the virus. 400 words 1500 GMT EU-diplomacy-sanction-politics-Russia-Libya,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU hits members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle with sanctions over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Kremlin meddling in Libya's civil war. 700 words moved by Damon Wake. File picture. Also moved: Russia-EU-politics-sanctions-diplomacy-Putin,FACTS Belgium-royals,WRAP BRUSSELS Belgium's King Philippe has met his once secret half-sister Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg for the first time, the palace says, after she won a legal battle to be admitted to the royal family. 400 words 1530 GMT -- AMERICAS -- US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden will participate in duelling town halls instead of clashing face-to-face in their second debate, as the US president seeks a jolt to his struggling campaign 19 days before the election. 700 words 1600 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-vote-early,FOCUS NEWTON, Iowa Americans are voting early and in record numbers with more than 17 million already casting their ballots ahead of the November 3 presidential election between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump. 600 words 1630 GMT by Eleonor Sens with Chris Lefkow in Washington. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS European leaders hold a crunch summit, seemingly determined to resist pressure from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to give ground in post-Brexit trade negotiations. 700 words 1500 GMT by Dave Clark Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-weapons,FOCUS STEPANAKERT International NGOs raise concerns over the use of cluster munitions in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region which unexploded could remain a danger for years to come. 600 words 1430 GMT by Dylan Collins and Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video Cyprus-politics-corruption-probe NICOSIA The speaker of the Cypriot parliament resigns after he was secretly filmed allegedly trying to facilitate a passport for what he thought was a fugitive investor from China. 400 words moved. Picture Poland-Israel-history-Holocaust-film-Polanski,WRAP WARSAW Israel honours the Polish couple who hid Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski from the Nazis as a child. 500 words 1530 GMT by Anna Maria Jakubek with Ben Simon in Jerusalem. Picture. Video. -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- Yemen-conflict-prisoners,WRAP SANAA A landmark prisoner exchange between Yemen's government and Huthi rebels begins, with hundreds of combatants heading home on flights criss-crossing the country and Saudi Arabia. 550 words moved by Jamal Al-Jabiri. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-NAfrica,FOCUS RABAT The Covid-19 pandemic and the economic devastation it caused have deepened the despair driving young North Africans to embark on dangerous Mediterranean crossings bound for Europe. 720 words 1500 GMT by Sophie Pons -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast's opposition seeks an "active boycott" of the electoral process as campaigning starts for a tense presidential election at the end of the month in which incumbent Alassane Ouattara is seeking a controversial third term, sparking fears of violence. 550 words 1500 GMT by Patrick Fort. Picture. Video Uganda-politics-vote-opposition KAMPALA Uganda's pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine says a raid on his offices is an attempt to block his bid to run in a presidential election due early next year. 400 words moved -- CENTRAL ASIA -- Kyrgyzstan-politics-unrest,WRAP BISHKEK Supporters of Kyrgyzstan's populist prime minister are pushing for him to become the country's acting president after Sooronbay Jeenbekov became the third leader to resign over political unrest since 2005. 650 words 1530 GMT by Tolkun Namatbayeva with Chris Rickleton in Almaty. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Germany-politics,FOCUS BERLIN When Covid-19 first struck Europe earlier this year, Germany's federal system was credited with helping it achieve early success in containing the virus. But the same decentralised system is now wreaking havoc on its autumn school holidays season, as states disagree over travel restrictions and quarantine rules. 650 words moved by Femke Colborne. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-Germany-books-fair,FOCUS Health-virus-India-cinema-Bollywood,lead NEW DELHI Cinemas in movie-mad India tentatively reopen but with worries about coronavirus and only old films showing, early punters are few and far between. 650 words moved by Simon Sturdee with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai. Picture. Video. Live video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- SKorea-entertainment-IPO-Kpop-military,WRAP SEOUL Shares in the management agency of K-pop sensation BTS rocket on their stock market debut, making an instant multi-billionaire of its chairman and boosting the seven band members' own fortunes. 650 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video. Graphic Entertainment-Britain-US-television-finance,FOCUS LONDON A long-awaited HBO-BBC TV series depicting the toxic culture of a fictional international finance firm's UK graduate programme premieres at the London Film Festival this week ahead of its November release. 600 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture -- SPORT -- Racing-ENG-Champions-Dettori,INTERVIEW LONDON Frankie Dettori tells AFP he has "done quite well" in a "surreal season" that has deprived him of the big racecourse crowds he relishes. 600 words moved by Pirate Irwin afp
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