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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump to name Barrett for top US court: media + WHO says two million pandemic deaths 'likely' + Man held on terror charges after Paris attack + Trump ramps up campaigning with 39 days to go + Small lab, NASA in race to find life on Venus 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. 650 words 0630 GMT by Jerome Cartillier with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic 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-police,WRAP PARIS A man armed with a meat cleaver wounded two in Paris outside the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo before being arrested by police, three weeks into the trial of suspected accomplices in the 2015 massacre of the newspaper's staff. 800 words moved by Daphne Rousseau and Tiphaine Le Liboux. Picture. Video US-vote,WRAP ATLANTA, Georgia With just 39 days until the US election, President Donald Trump ramps up his campaigning with back-to-back events in battleground states -- a frenetic pace in contrast with the more sedate approach of Democratic rival Joe Biden. 750 words moved by Sebastian Smith with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Graphic Also moving: US-vote-offbeat,POINTS US-space-Venus,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbor? 700 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture -- 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 0530 GMT 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 US-vote-Trump-law,FOCUS WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump has sparked a furor suggesting he might not accept the results of the November 3 election if he loses. His stance has drawn comparisons with dictators and raise fears he could fracture the US democratic system. 750 words moved by Paul Handley EU-US-aerospace-accident-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing's troubled 737 MAX airliner, grounded for 18 months after two deadly accidents, could receive certification to fly again in Europe "by the end of the year," the EU's air safety chief says. 650 words moved UN-summit-Palestinian-conflict,WRAP UNITED NATIONS Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appeals to the United Nations for an international conference on the Middle East in 2021, hoping for a new start after US elections and the milestone of Gulf Arabs' recognition of Israel. 650 words moved by Philippe Rater with Shaun Tandon in Washington -- 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 -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-army-aviation-accident CHUGUIV, Ukraine At least 22 people including military cadets were killed and two others were seriously injured when a Ukrainian air force plane crashed near Kharkiv in the east of the country, the interior ministry said. 500 words moved by Sergei Bobok and Ania Tsoukanova. Picture. Video Britain-police-arrest-death LONDON Police across Britain pay silent tribute and flags are flown at half mast after a long-serving officer became the first to be shot dead in the line of duty in more than eight years. 550 words moved by Joe Jackson Bosnia-war-landmines-animal-dogs,FOCUS VOGOSCA, Bosnia-Herzegovina With her nose in the grass of 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 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 -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- 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 -- 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. 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