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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump to name Barrett for top US court: media + WHO says two million pandemic deaths 'likely' + Seven detained over Paris cleaver attack + Bollywood megastar questioned in drugs probe + Thais sue American over negative Tripadvisor review US-vote-court,WRAP NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia President Donald Trump is set to unveil his US Supreme Court nominee barely five weeks out from the November 3 presidential election, with US media reporting he has chosen conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the job. 700 words moved by Jerome Cartillier with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. File Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-offbeat,POINTS Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million without collective action against the pandemic, the World Health Organization warns, as Australia's prime minister urges any nation that develops a vaccine to share it with the world. 650 words moved by Robin Millard with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic France-attack-investigation,WRAP PARIS French police are questioning seven people in connection with an attack by a man armed with a meat cleaver that left two wounded outside the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. 500 words 1130 GMT by Alexandre Hielard and Guillaume Daudin. Picture. Video. Graphic India-film-crime-Bollywood MUMBAI Indian police haul in Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone for questioning in an escalating drugs probe following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. 300 words moved. Picture. Video Thailand-US-tourism-internet-crime BANGKOK An American has been sued by an island resort in Thailand over a negative Tripadvisor review, authorities say, and could face up to two years in prison if found guilty. 250 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's premier designate recuses himself from forming a new cabinet as international pressure mounts for a reform-minded administration to replace the government that quit after a deadly August port blast. 500 words 1000 GMT by Alice Hackman. Picture Cyprus-Iran-Turkey-asylum,FOCUS NICOSIA Dissident Iranian singer Omid Tootian has for days been sleeping in a tent in the buffer zone of the world's last divided capital, after being refused entry by the Republic of Cyprus. 680 words 0930 GMT Valentine Graveleau and Susannah Walden. Picture. Video Health-virus-Libya,FOCUS TRIPOLI Haytham, tall and well-built, turns away customers without masks from a shop entrance in Libya's capital, telling them to return with a covering or buy one on the spot. 700 words moved by Rim Taher. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-attack-anniversary-Oktoberfest,FOCUS MUNICH That evening on September 26, 1980, Robert Platzer, then 12, was having a great night out at the Oktoberfest. He was just at the exit of the popular beer festival with his parents and four siblings when he saw a man with his arms in the rubbish bin. But at that moment, the bomb went off. 650 words moved by Pauline Curtet. Picture. Video Bosnia-war-landmines-animal-dogs,FOCUS VOGOSCA, Bosnia-Herzegovina With her nose in the grass of a Bosnian field, Orna sniffs furiously until she finds her target and starts wagging her tail in excitement. For the two-year-old dog this is just a game, but her mine-detection skills are saving lives in Bosnia and around the world. 700 words moved by Rusmir Smajilhodzic. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- SAfrica-politics-indigenous-Khoisan,FOCUS PRETORIA A giant statue of Nelson Mandela overlooks the tent where activists from the Khoisan indigenous people live, campaigning for two years for the official recognition of their languages and to negotiate land ownership. 700 words moved by Alessandro Parodi. Picture. File video -- AMERICAS -- US-racism-police,WRAP LOUISVILLE, Kentucky The family of Breonna Taylor demands US authorities release grand jury transcripts to show why no police will face direct criminal charges over her death, which has galvanized police brutality protesters. 650 words moved by Camille Camdessus with Sarah Titterton in Washington US-China-IT-politics-court-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON The Trump administration says it will not back down from a plan to ban new US downloads of the popular video-sharing app TikTok, setting up a court showdown ahead of a Sunday deadline. 550 words moved Also moved: US-China-IT-politics-TikTok,POINTS -- ASIA -- China-auto-show BEIJING Crowds pack a mega motor show in Beijing -- the only major international auto event this year -- as manufacturers hope to boost the world's biggest car market despite the coronavirus battering demand. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Box-MMA-welter-McGregor-Pacquiao MANILA Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao wants to fight Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor in the ring next year, an aide says. 350 words moved Tennis-FRA-Open-men,PREVIEW PARIS Novak Djokovic will renew his love-hate relationship with Roland Garros in the knowledge that it is himself rather than seemingly unsettled 12-time champion Rafael Nadal who could pose the greatest threat to winning a second Paris title and 18th Grand Slam crown. 700 words moved by Dave James. Picture. File picture. Graphic Tennis-FRA-Open-women,PREVIEW PARIS Former champion Simona Halep arrives at the rescheduled French Open as the player to beat in a women's draw missing title holder Ashleigh Barty and recent US Open winner Naomi Osaka, two of the world's top three. 650 words moved by Martyn Wood. File picture. Graphic afp
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