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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump airlifted to hospital for Covid treatment + Azerbaijan shelling main Karabakh city: Armenia + Russian editor self-immolates after police raid + Madrid braces for lockdown as virus cases spike + Sofia Vergara named as world's top-paid actress Health-virus-US-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is hospitalized and given an experimental Covid-19 treatment, but says he is "well," following bombshell news that the Republican had contracted the virus, knocking him off the campaign trail a month from the US election. 900 words 0130 GMT by Sebastian Smith and Emma Charlton. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP STEPANAKERT Armenia accuses Azerbaijani forces of striking the main city in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as fighting rages for a sixth day. 950 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-media-politics-police MOSCOW The editor of a Russian independent news site dies after setting herself on fire following a police raid in a probe targeting an opposition group, her website confirms. 400 words moved Health-virus-Spain-Madrid,lead MADRID As the city of Madrid braces for the imposition of new restrictions to curb the soaring rate of infections, Spanish experts warn the measures are too little, too late and will be very difficult to implement. 600 words moved by Hazel Ward Entertainment-US-television-film-women-Forbes LOS ANGELES "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara tops the Forbes list of the highest paid actresses in the world, leading a charge by small-screen talent in a year when movie theaters have gone dark. 450 words moved. File picture -- TRUMP -- Health-virus-US-vote-WHouse,FOCUS WASHINGTON Offices are crowded, visitors are constant, and the boss doesn't like people wearing masks: welcome to the White House where President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture Also moved: Health-virus-US-vote-Trump,POINTS Health-virus-US-vote-Trump-Hicks,PROFILE Health-virus-US-vote-Trump-Pence,PROFILE Health-virus-US-Trump-quotes,QUOTES Health-virus-world-celebrities,FACTS Health-virus-US-Trump-world,REAX Health-virus-US-vote-Trump-Biden,FOCUS GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan For months, Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden for his cautious approach to the coronavirus. But with the president in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19, his challenger has the campaign stage to himself a month before Election Day. 650 words moved by Michael Mathes with Elodie Cuzin in Washington. Picture. Video Health-virus-antibodies-treatment-Regeneron,POINTS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was treated for Covid-19 with an experimental antibody drug developed by the biotech firm Regeneron. How does it work? When might it be approved? Why are some experts concerned? Here's what you need to now. 600 words 0300 GMT by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-US-vote-Trump-NewYork,REAX NEW YORK Donald Trump's announcement that he has contracted Covid-19 is proof for many of his fellow New Yorkers that the president has not taken the virus seriously enough. But in a country deeply divided by politics, some suspect the news could be a ploy. 600 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture. Video Health-virus-US-vote-Trump-Constitution,FACTS WASHINGTON Like two US presidents before him, Donald Trump, who has tested positive for coronavirus, could invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to temporarily hand over power to the vice president in the event he becomes incapacitated. 650 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture Health-virus-US-vote-Trump-medical,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump doesn't drink or smoke and often boasts of being in excellent health, contrasting his vigor to that of his "low energy" opponents. 700 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-US-Trump-internet,WRAP WASHINGTON Social media erupts with reactions to President Donald Trump's revelation that he and wife Melania tested positive for Covid-19, with an outpouring of sympathy as well as mockery and anger over his efforts to minimize risks of the disease. 500 words moved by Rob Lever with Juliette Michel in New York US-vote-offbeat,POINTS WASHINGTON While the future of President Donald Trump's campaigning efforts remains up in the air, the past week, which included one of the most heated debates in US history, provided a potpourri of odd and wacky moments. 500 words 0300 GMT -- AMERICAS -- Mexico-drugs-politics,FOCUS MEXICO CITY A thriving marijuana garden has become a symbol of a Mexican legalization campaign and an oasis for cannabis smokers -- right outside the Senate in the heart of the capital. 500 words 0230 GMT by Natalia Cano. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- China-UN-climate-environment-politics-Xi,FOCUS BEIJING Xi Jinping's vow to snuff out emissions by 2060 completes a diplomatic pirouette that moves China to the heart of the global green agenda, wrong-foots the US and cuddles up to Europe's climate advocates in one nimble step. 750 words 0330 GMT Singapore-animal-ant,FOCUS SINGAPORE Ants scurry around in transparent boxes stacked outside a Singaporean store that is tapping into an unlikely but growing local trend of keeping the six-legged creatures as pets. 400 words 0300 GMT by Catherine Lai. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-UN-abuse-health,FOCUS KINSHASA The humanitarian world pledges to combat the scourge of sexual abuse within its ranks following shock revelations of alleged exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 700 words 0200 GMT by Samir Tounsi with Robin Millard in Geneva. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- France-politics-religion-Islam,WRAP LES MUREAUX, France President Emmanuel Macron unveils his plan to defend France's secular values against radical Islam, announcing stricter oversight of schooling and better control over foreign funding of mosques. 700 words moved by Laurence Benhamou and Jerome Rivet. Picture. Video Nobel-women,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Marie Curie, Mother Teresa and Malala are among the just five percent of women Nobel laureates. But women are also heavily underrepresented in the institutions that select the prizewinners each year. 700 words 0300 GMT by Helene Dauschy, with Pierre-Henry Deshayes in Oslo. Picture. Video Europe-migrants-Italy-trial-Salvini CATANIA, Italy Italy's far-right chief Matteo Salvini appears in court for allegedly illegally detaining migrants at sea, in a potentially career-derailing trial he has transformed into a political convention. 550 words 0230 GMT by Giovanni Grezzi with Ella Ide in Rome. File picture EU-Bosnia-rights-migration-Croatia,FOCUS VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia & Herzegovina In the far northwestern corner of Bosnia, as the bitter autumn cold sets in, hundreds of migrants are stuck in a forest as they try repeatedly to get into Croatia... and often fail. 650 words 0330 GMT by Rusmir Smajilhodzic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-conflict-heritage-art,FOCUS MOSUL, Iraq As sunset nears, the residents of Iraq's Mosul flock to a golden-tinted statue of a woman looking out over their scarred city with an expression of steady defiance. 650 words 0300 GMT by Raad al-Jammas. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Syria-Turkey,FOCUS BEIRUT Desperate to help his family displaced by Syria's war, pro-Turkey rebel fighter Abu Ahmad is waiting to be deployed to Azerbaijan hoping to earn almost 80 times his current salary. 750 words 0230 GMT by Layal Abu Rahal Also moving: Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict-Karabakh-fighters,Q&A -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open PARIS Novak Djokovic admits he knows absolutely nothing about Daniel Galan, the world number 153 from Colombia who stands in his way of a place in the last 16 at Roland Garros, including the fact that the South American is a big fan of title rival Rafael Nadal. 500 words 0130 GMT by Dave James afp
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