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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Rapid virus tests to be rolled out as toll surpasses 1m + Tax bombshell throws Trump on defensive ahead of debate + Thousands flee as wildfires hit California wine country + Azerbaijan, Armenia forces clash despite ceasefire call + Nadal, Serena secure winning starts to record Slam bids Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Coronavirus tests that deliver results in 15-30 minutes are to be rolled out in scores of poorer countries and across the United States, as health authorities try to get a handle on a disease that has now killed more than a million people. 650 words 0300 GMT by AFP Bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reels on the eve of his first televised debate against challenger Joe Biden after a bolt-from-the-blue report shows he has avoided paying almost any federal income tax for years. 700 words 0130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moved: US-vote-politics-debate,FOCUS US-vote-taxation-Trump,Q&A US-fires-California,WRAP SANTA ROSA, California Thousands of people are forced to flee their homes in California's Napa Valley as wildfires fanned by fierce winds rip through the region's world-famous wine country. 700 words 0200 GMT by Samuel Corum with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles and Glenn Chapman in San Francisco. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,WRAP YEREVAN Fierce fighting rages between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces, sparking bellicose rhetoric from regional power Turkey despite international pleas for a halt in fighting between the long-time enemies. 800 words moved Mariam Harutyunyan with Emil Guliyev in Baku. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict,Q&A Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Rafael Nadal begins his pursuit of a record-tying 20th men's Grand Slam title with a straight-sets victory at the French Open while Serena Williams makes a slow but successful start in her latest bid to equal Margaret Court's all-time mark. 700 words moved by Martyn Wood. Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Canada-China-US-court-extradition,WRAP VANCOUVER Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers return to a Canadian court to press for her release, arguing the US misled Canada about the strength of their case against her. 650 words moved by David Ball. Picture US-vote-Parscale MIAMI Donald Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale had 10 guns in his Florida home and his wife accused him of beating her, police say, after he was dramatically detained outside his house. 300 words moved -- ASIA -- Health-virus-SKorea-festival,FOCUS WANJU, South Korea Sitting in her tiny home, 83-year-old Moon Haeng-ja is struggling to master a new skill as the coronavirus pandemic plays havoc with South Korea's harvest celebrations: making video calls. 700 words 0330 GMT by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS SOWETO, South Africa "Things are getting back to normal, even though it will never be like it was before," says a relieved Petunia Maseko, relaxing in a bar in South Africa's Soweto township. 800 words 0300 GMT by Michelle Gumede with AFP African bureaus. File picture Health-virus-Britain-education-university,FOCUS COVENTRY, United Kingdom Poring over her books in the library at Coventry University, far from her home in Equatorial Guinea, Agnes Genoveva Cheba Ade is determined to keep up her studies despite coronavirus restrictions. 700 words 0300 GMT by Martine Pauwels. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- France-crime-minors-rape-model-fashion,WRAP PARIS A former top boss of one of the world's biggest model agencies is to be investigated for rape and abusing an under-age girl as well as other women, French prosecutors announce. 700 words moved by Guillaume Daudin Spain-politics-Catalonia,WRAP BARCELONA Spain's top court upholds a court ruling disqualifying Catalan separatist president Quim Torra from office for disobedience, triggering protests in the wealthy northeastern region. 650 words moved by Daniel Bosque. File picture. Picture. Video Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS Britain stands by its provocative bid to change the terms of its EU divorce deal, as a make-or-break week of post-Brexit trade talks begins under a storm cloud. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman and Clement Zampa. Picture. Video France-attack-Pakistan,WRAP PARIS Confusion emerges over the identity of the man who injured two people in a meat cleaver attack in Paris last week, which was condemned by the French government as an act of "Islamist terrorism". 600 words moved by Alexandre Hielard Albania-crime-assault-health-marriage,FOCUS TIRANA Her face swollen and arms darkened by bruises, Ana's eyes dart anxiously around her flat in eastern Albania, where she is trapped with a violent husband whose blows have worsened during the pandemic. 800 words 0300 GMT by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-politics-protest,FOCUS BAGHDAD Back in October 2019, unprecedented protests demanded the fall of Iraq's ruling class. One year on, with a new government in place and nearly 600 protesters killed, almost nothing has changed. 750 words 0300 GMT by Maya Gebeily and Sarah Benhaida. File Picture. File Video Also moving: Iraq-politics-protest,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-independence-history-politics KANO, Nigeria It was just after midnight in Lagos, on a horse-racing track turned square, when Nigeria's new white and green flag was hoisted officially for the first time, replacing Britain's Union Jack. 950 words 0300 GMT by Aminu Abubakar, with Louise Dewast in Abuja. File picture Also moving: Nigeria-independence-history-poltics,CHRONO -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-oceans-environment PARIS Global warming is making the oceans more stable, increasing surface temperatures and reducing the carbon they can absorb, according to research by climate scientists who warn that the findings have "profound and troubling" implications. 450 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-France-fashion-women PARIS Paris women's fashion week opens just as the city limited public gatherings in a bid to slow rocketing virus infections in France. 600 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons and Olga Nedbaeva. File picture Lifestyle-France-fashion-Chanel-exhibition,FOCUS PARIS Coco Chanel is the great hero of modern women's fashion, say the curators of the first Paris museum exhibition ever dedicated to the designer. 700 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video afp
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