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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Kremlin critic Navalny 'poisoned' + Bannon arrested in donor fraud case + Biden set for Democratic nomination + W.Africa leaders in Mali crisis talks + Virus cases spike in Germany, France Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP OMSK, Russia Russian doctors fight to save the life of leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny after he was rushed to intensive care in Siberia suffering from what his spokeswoman says was a suspected poisoning. 750 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,PROFILE Russia-politics-opposition-poison,FACTS US-politics-crime-fraud-Bannon,WRAP NEW YORK Former top Trump aide Steve Bannon is arrested and charged along with three others for defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in a Mexico border wall fundraising campaign -- a blow to the Republican incumbent. 500 words 1500 GMT by Maggy Donaldson. Picture US-politics-vote,WRAP WILMINGTON, Delaware More than three decades after his first White House bid, Joe Biden is set to accept the Democratic presidential nomination and face incumbent Donald Trump in an election taking place against a backdrop of unprecedented health and economic crises. 600 words 1530 GMT by Olivier Douliery with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Mali-unrest-coup,WRAP BAMAKO West African leaders hold crisis talks on Mali following a military coup that sent shockwaves around the region. 650 words 1530 GMT by Serge Daniel. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP BERLIN Europe worries over spikes in coronavirus cases in Germany and France as the World Health Organization says the continent can fight the pandemic without reimposing full lockdown measures. 700 words 1530 GMT by Florian Cazeres with AFP bureaus. Video. Picture. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarus opens a criminal investigation into attempts by the opposition to "seize power" as strongman Alexander Lukashenko moves to assert his authority after days of protests over a disputed election. 600 words 1500 GMT GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-court-Manchester,WRAP LONDON The brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in the British city of Manchester is jailed for life, with a minimum term of 55 years. 600 words moved by James Pheby. Picture. File picture. Video Germany-EU-climate-politics,lead BERLIN Swedish activist Greta Thunberg urges German Chancellor Angela Merkel to be "brave" in the fight against global warming as she seeks to breathe fresh life into a climate movement overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 1430 GMT by Marion Payet with Michelle Fitzpatrick in Frankfurt. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-Germany-labour,FOCUS FRANKFURT The coronavirus pandemic has reignited debate in Germany about cutting the working week to four days to help preserve jobs during and after the economic shock. But the idea remains highly controversial. 600 words moved by Jean-Philippe Lacour -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-politics-unrest,WRAP ADDIS ABABA At least five people were killed when Ethiopian security forces opened fire this week on opposition demonstrators protesting the continued detention of their leaders, officials say, undermining hopes for a genuine democratic transition under Prime Minister and Nobel peace laureate Abiy Ahmed. 450 words 1500 GMT -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-unrest BANGKOK Thai police arrest several more prominent activists involved in the kingdom's young pro-democracy movement, which is demanding an overhaul of the government and breaking taboos by calling for reforms to the monarchy. 450 words moved. Picture Also moved: Thailand-politics,Q&A HongKong-politics HONG KONG Hong Kong publishers have been told to remove "sensitive" content from secondary school textbooks, local media reports, in the latest move to tighten the city's academic freedoms under a draconian new security law. 400 words moved Also moved: HongKong-US-China-politics Health-virus-PNG-China PORT MORESBY China faces demands to explain why a state-backed firm claimed it had vaccinated dozens of staff against the coronavirus before sending them back to work at a mine in Papua New Guinea. 600 words moved SriLanka-politics-crime-parliament COLOMBO Sri Lanka's president vows to abolish a controversial constitutional provision restricting his powers as he opens a new parliamentary session following his party's sweeping election victory. 500 words moved by Amal Jayasinghe. Picture China-flood,Q&A BEIJING China has touted its massive dam network as a remedy for its devastating annual floods, but record deluges have once again killed hundreds of people and submerged thousands of homes this year. 800 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Democrats-Harris,FOCUS WILMINGTON, Delaware Kamala Harris accepts her historic vice presidential nomination after being introduced by three of her closest female relatives, a symbol of the central role women have played in her trailblazing life and could have in November's election. 600 words moved by Olivier Douliery, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture US-politics-conflict-Iran,WRAP WASHINGTON Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi meets US President Donald Trump for the first time in Washington, with the presence of American troops in the country at the top of his agenda. 650 words 1600 GMT by W.G. Dunlop. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- UAE-Israel-trade,FOCUS DUBAI Israel and the UAE expect rapid dividends for their pandemic-hit economies from a normalisation of ties which gives the Jewish state "kosher" access to the wealthy Gulf for the first time. 750 words moved by Mohamad Ali Harissi with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem Also moved: UAE-Israel-trade-research,FACTS Iran-UAE-fishing-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Tehran seizes an Emirati boat after a Gulf incident in which two Iranian fishermen died, ramping up tensions after the UAE said it would establish ties with Iran's arch enemy Israel. 450 words 1500 GMT. File picture Also moved: Iran-military-US Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,lead GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Israeli tanks shell Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian incendiary balloons as mediators seek to broker an end to the flare-up of daily violence since August 6. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-protest-injury,FOCUS BEIRUT Firas and Zeina survived Beirut's massive blast unscathed but still sustained severe injuries -- not in the disaster itself but in the heavy-handed crackdown on the street protests that followed. 900 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video World-protest-injury-police-weapons,BACKGROUND NICOSIA Riot police from Beirut and Baghdad to Hong Kong and Minsk often use so-called "non-lethal" weapons for crowd control -- so why do protesters keep dying and being maimed? 750 words moved by Frank Zeller Libya-conflict-Egypt,FOCUS CAIRO As Egypt flexes its muscle with threats to intervene in Libya's civil war, its President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sought to join forces with some of the neighbouring country's powerful tribes. 700 words moved by Farid Farid. File Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TECH -- Germany-stocks-Wirecard-DeliveryHero FRANKFURT Berlin-based food-delivery company Delivery Hero becomes the newest member of Germany's blue-chip DAX index after scandal-hit payments firm Wirecard was kicked out. 400 words 1430 GMT Spain-agriculture-food-gazpacho,FOCUS MURCIA Long a staple of the Spanish diet, gazpacho -- the chilled soup made from a puree of tomatoes and other vegetables -- is gaining space on supermarket shelves further afield in Europe and beyond. 650 words moved by Marie Giffard. Picture. Video -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-economy-pollution-waste LONDON Humanity will have burned through all the natural resources that the planet can replenish for 2020 by Saturday, according to researchers who said the grim milestone is slightly later than last year after the pandemic slowed runaway overconsumption. 550 words 1500 GMT by Kelly Macnamara. Graphic -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-health-virus,FOCUS SHANGHAI Strict coronavirus measures appear to be taking their toll on Chinese Super League footballers, with one saying his head is "spinning" in the claustrophobic "bubble" -- and they still have six weeks to go. 700 words moved by Peter Stebbings. File Picture afp
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