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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 783578721 -- TOP STORIES -- + Armenia, Azerbaijan trade truce-breaking accusations + France rallies after teacher decapitation + Trump ramps up election campaign, rhetoric + Iran says UN arms embargo lifted + Early jail release for London narwhal tusk hero Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP STEPANAKERT Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of violating a new ceasefire over Nagorno-Karabakh, as they try for the second time in a week to bring a halt to fierce fighting over the disputed region. 750 words 1100 GMT by Emmanuel Peuchot with Dmitry Zaks in Ganja. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,CHRONO Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,SCENE Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,FOCUS France-attack,WRAP PARIS People across France are set to join rallies in a show of solidarity and defiance following the grisly beheading of a teacher outside his school for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. 700 words 1130 GMT by Mariette le Roux. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: France-attack-teacher,PROFILE France-attack-investigation,FACTS US-vote,WRAP JANESVILLE, Wisconsin President Donald Trump campaigns at a frenetic pace in a three-state trip that starts with a Michigan rally where he calls opponent Joe Biden a "criminal" and pounds his claim that the Democrats are anti-American. 800 words moved by Mandel Ngan, with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-polls,Q&A US-vote-protests,lead Iran-US-UN-nuclear-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says a longstanding UN embargo on arms sales to and from the Islamic republic has expired in line with a 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers from which Washington has withdrawn. 600 words moved by Ahmad Parhizi. File picture Britain-attack-London-narwhal LONDON A convicted murderer who used a narwhal tusk to help stop a terror attack by a knife-wielding Islamist will likely have his sentence reduced after Britain's Queen Elizabeth intervened, according to media reports. 300 words moved -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-hill,SCENE JABRAYIL, Azerbaijan They conquered withered vineyards and left behind burnt carcasses of tanks to plant an Azerbaijani flag atop a barren hill on the edge of Nagorno-Karabakh, overlooking nothing at all. 600 words 1030 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Protesters in Belarus stage a new march against strongman Alexander Lukashenko in defiance of authorities' threat to open fire, in an increasingly dangerous standoff between the opposition and the regime. 650 words 1230 GMT Picture. Video Cyprus-TRNC-vote,WRAP NICOSIA Turkish-held northern Cyprus, a breakaway state recognised only by Ankara, votes for a new leader in a run-off election held amid heightened tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. 650 words 1200 GMT by Mathilde Dumazet and Odul Asik Ulker. Picture. Graphic. Video Germany-politics,WRAP BERLIN The three men vying to lead German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party take each other on in an online debate in a bid to revive a race that has been knocked off course by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Femke Colborne. File picture Health-virus-Spain-politics-Madrid-DiazAyuso,PROFILE MADRID An outspoken hardliner who once wrote tweets for a predecessor's pooch, Madrid regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso has become the attack dog of the right to take on Spain's leftwing federal government. 650 words moved by Hazel Ward. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Bahrain-diplomacy,WRAP MANAMA Israel and Bahrain are to formalise diplomatic relations at a ceremony in Manama after the two states reached a US-brokered normalisation deal last month. 600 words 1200 GMT by AFP correspondent in Manama with Ben Simon in Jerusalem Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Arab-diplomacy,CHRONO JERUSALEM Israel, which is set to officially establish diplomatic relations with Bahrain, has had a turbulent history with the Arab world, including eight wars. 750 words 1000 GMT Israel-UAE-diplomacy-music,FOCUS JERUSALEM The scene cuts from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the lyrics switch from Arabic to Hebrew to English. The normalisation of ties between Israel and the UAE has produced its first musical collaboration. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Guinea-vote,WRAP CONAKRY Guineans vote in a high-stakes presidential election, with the 82-year-old incumbent Alpha Conde bidding for a controversial third term. 700 words 1200 GMT by Laurent Lozano. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Guinea-vote,FACTFILE Guinea-vote,PROFILE Guinea-politics-vote,CHRONO -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-politics-SouthCarolina,FOCUS NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina An epic political battle is cresting in South Carolina, where Senator Lindsey Graham, a presidential ally, is neck-and-neck with an African-American challenger two decades his junior, raising Democratic hopes of snatching a Senate seat in Trump country. 900 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video Bolivia-politics-vote LA PAZ Voters expect social upheaval for the second time in a year no matter who wins Sunday's general election in Bolivia, after the 2019 ballot sparked weeks of protests that forced former president Evo Morales into exile. 650 words moved by Jose Arturo Cardenas. Picture. Video -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Thailand-politics-royals-unrest-celebrity,FOCUS BANGKOK A K-pop superstar, beauty queens and TV personalities are among a growing wave of celebrities backing Thailand's pro-democracy movement, sending out messages of support to millions of followers on social media. 700 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen. File picture NZealand-vote-health WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vows to "crack on" with delivering her vision following a landslide election victory, after a string of disasters frustrated reform in her first term. 500 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video China-culture-economy-sex-health-virus,FOCUS BEIJING Single and locked out of Beijing's dating scene by the pandemic, Amy was encouraged by other women in online chatrooms to find a solution to her enforced abstinence -- a sex toy. 650 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Millions of Europeans face tough new coronavirus restrictions as governments step up efforts to slow the surge in infections, after the World Health Organization reports a "very concerning" 44 percent rise in European cases over one week. 800 words moved by Rana Moussaoui and Chris Wright, with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-France,SCENE PARIS Shortly before the clock struck 9 pm, the shutters of restaurants and cafes in Paris came down, chairs were piled up and stowed away, and patrons dashed home to beat a new curfew to battle a fast-rising coronavirus outbreak. 500 words 1130 GMT by Daphne Rousseau. Picture -- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT -- US-entertainment-music-health-virus,FOCUS NEW YORK Recent weeks have seen the already painful situation facing live performance in the United States grow increasingly dire, with major companies along with Broadway sombrely scrapping hope of reopening before next summer and scrambling to find ways to stay in the public eye. 800 words moved by Thomas Urbain and Maggy Donaldson. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Bruno Fernandes atones for a missed penalty as Manchester United blitz Newcastle with late goals while VAR denies Liverpool a cathartic victory against Everton on another day of breathless drama in the Premier League. 650 words moved by John Weaver. Picture. Video RugbyU-NZL-AUS,3rdlead AUCKLAND Wing Caleb Clarke enjoys a storming first Test start as an aggressive All Blacks down Australia 27-7 with a rollicking second half in Auckland to answer their critics after last week's draw. 600 words moved by Chris Foley. Picture afp
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