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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Australian journalists flee China + Fraught Brexit trade talks resume + Belarus opposition figure held at border + California fires torch two million acres + Barty to miss French Open over virus fears Australia-China-diplomacy-media,WRAP SYDNEY Two high-profile Australian journalists flee China fearing arrest on national security charges, part of a targeted crackdown on foreign media. 600 words 1000 GMT by Andrew Beatty. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON British and EU negotiators meet again for Brexit trade talks after warnings that planned revisions of an agreement on Northern Ireland could affect peace in the province, scuttle negotiations and even imperil a showcase UK-US deal. 600 words 1100 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarus says a leading opposition figure, Maria Kolesnikova, has been detained at the Ukrainian border while trying to cross, but Kiev says she is being held after resisting a forced deportation. 650 words 1000 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. File Picture. File Video US-California-fire,lead NORTHFORK, California Wildfires in California have torched a record more than two million acres, the state fire department says, as smoke hampers efforts to airlift dozens of people trapped by an uncontrolled blaze. 650 words 0930 GMT. Picture. Graphic Tennis-Open-FRA-Barty-health-virus,2ndlead SYDNEY World number one Ashleigh Barty announces she will not defend her French Open crown, citing the coronavirus fears that prompted her and several other top players to withdraw from this year's US Open. 500 words moved. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China's leaders hold a triumphant ceremony to celebrate beating the coronavirus, as billions of people around the world suffer and the global death toll nears 900,000. 600 words moved. Graphic. Picture. Video Health-virus-Egypt-plasma,FOCUS CAIRO Mohamed Fathi, an Egyptian man who has recovered from Covid-19, winces as he watches tubes running down his arm to donate blood plasma, insisting that "if I can help just one person, that's a very good thing". 750 words moved by Farid Farid. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-Navalny-UN-rights,lead GENEVA The UN rights chief calls on Moscow to conduct or cooperate with a "thorough, transparent, independent and impartial investigation" into the alleged nerve agent attack on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. 450 words 0930 GMT by Nina Larson France-animals-crime,FOCUS L'ISLE-ADAM, France France has been shocked by a succession of mutilations of dozens of horses that have had their ears sliced off, genitals cut and skin lacerated. But for now, investigators have no idea why. 700 words 1100 GMT by Fanny Lattach. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden trade tough blows as the White House race entered its final stretch, with the Republican leader branding his opponent "stupid" -- and the Democrat firing back that the president lacked the "guts" to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. 750 words moved by Kerem Yucel and Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video US-politics-racism-Portland-Trump,FOCUS OREGON CITY, Oregon Hundreds of Donald Trump's supporters gather for a large motorcade in support of the US president and police near Portland, where anti-racism activists have clashed continuously with law enforcement for more than 100 days. 700 words moved by Laurent Banguet. Video. Picture Mexico-politics-corruption,FOCUS MEXICO CITY A widening corruption scandal has given Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador an opportunity to burnish his anti-graft credentials, but experts say the landmark case is in danger of being politicized. 600 words moved by Jean Luis Arce -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-rights-politics-Khashoggi,FOCUS RIYADH Saudi Arabia seeks to turn the page on a journalist's murder with a final court ruling, but analysts say the damaging scandal that sparked global revulsion will continue to haunt the kingdom. 700 words 1200 GMT by Anuj Chopra. File picture Lebanon-politics-Hezbollah,FOCUS BEIRUT When it comes to Lebanon, the US and France have similar outlooks, but a major difference centres on the Hezbollah movement. It is shunned by Washington but tolerated by a pragmatic Parisian leadership. 800 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal Algeria-trial-media ALGIERS An Algerian court is scheduled to hear an appeal by journalist Khaled Drareni against a three-year jail term handed down last month in a case seen as a barometer of press freedoms in the North African country. 500 words 0930 GMT. File picture. File video Iraq-Syria-olive-oil-business,FOCUS ARBIL, Iraq Tucked away in the rolling hills of Iraqi Kurdistan is a hidden treasure: tens of thousands of olive trees, thriving in a new homeland after being smuggled from neighbouring Syria. 600 words moved by Qassim Khidir. Picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-politics-unrest-democracy-Tigray,FOCUS MEKELE, Ethiopia Ethiopia's small but once all-powerful Tigray region is forging ahead with elections in defiance of the federal government, further deepening a rift with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize. 750 words 1000 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Ethiopia-politics-unrest-rights,FACTS DRCongo-unrest-militia,FOCUS KINSHASA In eastern DR Congo, a scheme to amnesty militiamen and give them a new life by enrolling them in the army is marking time, with dangerous implications for the violence-torn region. 650 words 1030 GMT by Samir Tounsi. File picture -- ASIA -- China-India-military-politics-conflict,WRAP BEIJING China says its soldiers took "countermeasures" after Indian soldiers opened fire in a contested Himalayan region, intensifying a months-long standoff that has already claimed at least 20 lives. 450 words moved Japan-politics-vote,WRAP TOKYO Japan's ruling party kicks off the race to pick Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor, with his powerful right-hand man Yoshihide Suga commanding an all-but-insurmountable lead. 600 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture. Live video. Graphic We have also moved: Japan-politics-Suga,PROFILE Myanmar-vote,WRAP YANGON Myanmar's election campaign begins with Aung San Suu Kyi's party tipped for victory, with the Nobel laureate much loved at home despite her reputation shattered overseas, although she is appealing for a landslide to counter the still mighty military. 500 words moved by Hla Hla Htay and Richard Sargent. Picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Mulan-China-rights,FOCUS HONG KONG Disney's "Mulan" remake is facing fresh boycott calls after it emerged that parts of the blockbuster were filmed in Xinjiang, where China is accused of committing widespread human rights abuses. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor. File picture -- SPORT -- Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Serena Williams battles into the quarter-finals of the US Open as top men's seeds Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev sail through to the last eight at Flushing Meadows. 650 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture Tennis-Open-FRA-Barty-health-virus,2ndlead SYDNEY World number one Ashleigh Barty announces she will not defend her French Open crown, citing the coronavirus fears that prompted her and several other top players to withdraw from this year's US Open. 500 words moved. File picture AFP
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