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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Plot to kidnap US governor foiled + Trump says virus stimulus deal odds good + French charity worker freed in Mali + Kyrgyz president 'ready to resign' + French WWI submarine discovered off Tunisia US-crime-Michigan-governor-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Thirteen men, including members of two right-wing militias, have been arrested for plotting to kidnap the Democratic governor of the US state of Michigan and spark a "civil war," officials say. 800 words moved by Chris Lefkow. File picture. Video US-economy-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he now sees "really good" odds of reaching a deal with Democrats in Congress on a new round of coronavirus stimulus to boost the battered US economy, a sharp reversal from his stance earlier this week. 650 words moved by Chris Stein Mali-France-hostages-conflict,WRAP BAMAKO An elderly French aid worker and a top Malian politician captured by presumed jihadists landed to emotional reunions with their families after their release along with two Italian hostages. 750 words moved. Picture. Video Kyrgyzstan-vote-unrest,WRAP BISHKEK Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov is ready to resign, his office says, in an apparent about-turn after rival politicians claiming leadership positions dug in for a confrontation. 750 words moved by Tolkun Namatbayeva. Picture. Video Tunisia-submarine-war-history LA MARSA, Tunisia Tunisian divers have discovered a French submarine wreck from World War I, which was sunk by the Germans in 1917. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Pennsylvania,SCENE PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania Less than a month before the presidential election, images from Philadelphia of hundreds of Biden voters casting "mail-in ballots" are likely to irritate Donald Trump, who says the Democratic stronghold -- in a key swing state -- is a potential source of fraud. 600 words by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump said he hopes to resume campaigning Saturday after receiving a green light from his doctor, even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prepares to unveil plans to probe the president's capacity to govern after contracting Covid-19. 850 words moved by Sebastian Smith and Michael Mathes. File picture US-Iran-sanction-banking,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's administration imposes sweeping sanctions on Iran's banking sector, taking a major new step to cripple the arch-rival's already struggling economy weeks ahead of US elections. 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon Health-virus-Trump-antibody-treatment,Q&A WASHINGTON Two US companies have applied for emergency approval for their lab-produced antibodies against Covid-19 -- and President Donald Trump has signaled his strong backing based on the fact he was treated with one of them. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed US-weather,WRAP LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana Hurricane Delta gains strength as it churns across the western Gulf of Mexico towards the United States, threatening to batter part of the Louisiana coast still recovering from a separate storm just weeks ago. 500 words moved by Leo Mouren. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-film-cinemas,FOCUS NEW YORK With theaters closed in New York and Los Angeles and would-be movie goers across the country choosing to stay in, US cinemas are sending out a desperate SOS -- so far unanswered by Congress and studios 750 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture US-IT-lifestyle-games-pandemic,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO Mobile games are thriving as players turn to them for fun and friendship during the pandemic, with increasing numbers of women joining the trend. 850 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- EUROPE -- Nobel-peace OSLO The Nobel Peace Prize, the highlight of the annual awards week, will be announced Friday, with press freedom watchdogs, Greta Thunberg and the World Health Organization seen as possible laureates in a field wide open. 750 words moved. File Picture Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP SHUSHA Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of shelling a historic cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh while international mediators seeking to halt escalating fighting over the disputed region were expected to meet in Geneva. 750 words moved by Herve Bar. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-Christianity,SCENE Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-refugee,SCENE TEGH, Armenia "We've become vagabonds," says Knarik Movsisyan, among the tens of thousands forced to flee fighting between Armenian separatists and the Azerbaijani army in the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh after the worst fighting since a 1990s war forces hundreds of families to escape across the border into Armenia. 450 words moved by Andrei Borodouline with Maxime Popov in Yerevan. Picture. Video Also moving: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-history-diplomacy,FOCUS Misinformation-children-Facebook-QAnon,FACTCHECK PARIS A surge in child trafficking misinformation pushed by QAnon conspiracy theorists is stirring public panic, generating violence and interfering with official efforts to protect minors, experts warn. 850 words moved by Charlotte Mason with AFP bureaus Germany-science-Arctic-environment,ADVANCER BERLIN The biggest Arctic expedition in history is returning to the German port of Bremerhaven after a year-long mission, bringing home observations from scientists that sea ice is melting at a "dramatic rate" in the region. 700 words moved by Yannick Pasquet. File picture. File video Entertainment-Nordic-television-crime-horror,FOCUS TURKU, Finland For over a decade, Nordic crime series such as "The Bridge" and "Wallander" have captivated TV audiences with brooding detectives and bleak landscapes. Now a new wave of productions from Europe's far north is turning to genres from period drama to teen horror. 800 words moved by Sam Kingsley and Nordic bureaus. Video. File picture WTO-trade-politics-Nigeria-SKorea,WRAP GENEVA The World Trade Organization is set to have its first female leader after Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee make it through to the final run-off. 600 words moved by Robin Millard. Picture Also moved: WTO-trade-diplomacy-politics-OkonjoaIweala,PROFILE WTO-trade-politics-SKorea-Yoo,PROFILE -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Health-virus-Israel,FOCUS JERUSALEM Public anger has deepened in Israel over a bitterly unpopular second coronavirus lockdown after reported violations by high profile figures, including a hairdresser visiting the prime minister's wife. 550 words 0300 GMT by Michael Blum and Alexandra Vardi. Picture afp
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