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| - Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe warned over likely autumn death spike + Trump dismisses climate concerns over fires + Navalny 'able to leave bed' + Russia's Putin backs Belarus strongman + Life on Venus? Gas discovery shows potential Health-virus,WRAP COPENHAGEN Europe will face a rising death toll from the coronavirus during the autumn months, the World Health Organization warns, as the number of daily infections around the world reaches a record high. 750 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert with Alexandra Vardi in Jerusalem and AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video US-fires,WRAP MCCLELLAN PARK, California President Donald Trump suggests global warming will reverse itself and dismisses climate change as a cause of ferocious fires engulfing swaths of the US West, during a briefing in California on the deadly blazes. 800 words moved by Jerome Cartillier with Jocelyne Zablit in Los Angeles. Picture. Video Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany-France-Sweden,Lead BERLIN Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whom the West believes was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, is regaining mobility and able to leave his bed, the hospital treating him says. 750 words moved by Deborah Cole. File picture Russia-Belarus-politics-unrest-Putin,WRAP MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin backs embattled Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko and promises a $1.5 billion loan as the Belarusian strongman vows to strengthen ties with Moscow. 750 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. Graphic Science-astronomy-Venus-gas,WRAP PARIS The atmosphere of Venus contains a gas that on Earth can be attributed to living organisms, scientists say, a discovery the head of NASA calls "the most significant development yet" in the hunt for extraterrestrial life. 600 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-environment-fires,FOCUS PORTO JOFRE, Brazil The smell of burnt vegetation and the glow of flames welcome visitors these days to the Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, a biodiverse paradise now partly reduced to ashes by record wildfires. 700 words 0130 GMT by Eugenia Logiuratto. Picture. Video US-China-Uighur-politics-trade-labor-rights,2ndlead WASHINGTON The US accuses China of using forced labor by Muslim Uighurs in "concentration camps" in Xinjiang and orders a block on products from five companies and a "vocational" center in the region. 450 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture US-China-IT-TikTok-Oracle,WRAP WASHINGTON US officials are to consider a bid by tech giant Oracle to become an American partner to the Chinese-owned TikTok video app after it was designated a national security risk. 750 words moved by John Biers -- ASIA -- Nissan-Ghosn-Japan-automobile-trial,WRAP TOKYO Greg Kelly, a former aide to ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, goes on trial in Tokyo months after the auto titan jumped bail and fled Japan. 600 words 0300 GMT by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-talks,WRAP DOHA The Afghan government presses its calls for a truce with the Taliban, reiterating its desire for a long-term ceasefire at historic talks in Qatar. 600 words moved by Gregory Walton with Elise Blanchard in Kabul. File picture. File video China-politics-culture-education-protest,FOCUS TONGLIAO, China As his son returned to school under the watchful eye of plainclothes police, an ethnic Mongolian father lamented the end of protests against a curriculum imposed by the Chinese state, which he fears will suffocate his culture and ramp up an assilimation drive into the country's dominant Han population. 750 words 0330 GMT by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON British lawmakers back a new bill that would override parts of the Brexit treaty struck with the European Union last year, despite outrage in Brussels and alarm at home over such an overt breach of international law. 700 words moved by Alice Ritchie and Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video EU-China-summit-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU urges China to let independent observers into its troubled Xinjiang region and warns Beijing it must make concessions if it wants to agree a major investment deal with the bloc. 650 words moved by Damon Wake. Picture. Video Greece-migrants-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Greece accuses migrants of deliberately burning their overcrowded camp last week on Lesbos island, where hundreds reluctantly move to a new temporary site with "no showers or mattresses." 650 words moved by Vassilis Kyriakoulis, Camille Bouissou and Helene Colliopoulou in Athens. Picture. Video. Graphic. Interactive graphic Serbia-Danube-pollution-sewage,FOCUS BELGRADE Just down the road from Belgrade's historic city centre, gates open for trucks to pass to the banks of the Danube, where they dump raw sewage into Europe's venerated river. 700 words 0130 GMT by Miodrag Sovilj. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- US-Israel-Bahrain-UAE-diplomacy-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump will host a ceremony where Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates normalize relations with Israel, redrawing the Middle East's diplomatic map -- and boosting the Republican's re-election hopes. 550 words 0200 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moving: Israel-UAE-Bahrain-diplomacy,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Arab-diplomacy,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-trial,WRAP LOD, Israel An Israeli court hands a Jewish settler three life sentences for murdering a Palestinian toddler and his parents in a "hate crime" arson attack on their West Bank home. 450 words moved. File picture. Video Health-virus-Egypt-animal-leisure,SCENE DESERT EL TIH, Egypt Spread out at the foot of a vast plateau in the Sinai desert, hundreds of excited Bedouins gathered to race their camels after a six-month break due to coronavirus. 650 words 0200 GMT by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- ICoast-politics-protest,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast's top court clears the path for President Alassane Ouattara to seek a contentious third term, as protests turn violent in several cities and fears grow of a repeat of the conflict that claimed 3,000 lives in the West African country a decade ago. 500 words moved by Patrick Fort. Picture Burkina-conflict-health-displaced,FOCUS KAYA, Burkina Faso Asseta Rouamba was one of thousands fleeing jihadist violence in Burkina Faso's troubled north when her daughter contracted malaria, putting the pair in an even more desperate situation. 500 words 0130 GMT. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-FRA-Ligue1-PSG-Marseille-Neymar,WRAP PARIS Neymar says he "acted like a fool" following his red card against Marseille but calls on football officials to do more to combat discrimination after accusing Spanish defender Alvaro Gonzalez of racism. 500 words moved. Picture afp
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