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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Pressure on Belarus strongman as new protests planned + Japanese cabinet members visit Yasukuni shrine + Tourists hit as Europe tightens virus controls + Iran hails UN arms vote, says US 'isolated' + End of an era as Barca humiliated Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK The opposition in Belarus gears up for a weekend of new demonstrations with pressure growing on strongman leader Alexander Lukasenko from the streets and European leaders. 700 words 1000 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-WWII-history-conflict-Yasukuni,WRAP TOKYO Four Japanese cabinet ministers pay their respects at a war shrine seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo's past militarism, in the first such visit since 2016. 500 words moved. Picture Health-virus,WRAP LONDON British holidaymakers returning from parts of Europe are forced to self-isolate under new restrictions, as a second wave of virus infections threatens more disruption and economic chaos on the continent. 750 words 1030 GMT by Joe Jackson with AFP bureaus. Video. Picture. Graphic US-Iran-UN-arms-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran hails a UN Security Council vote rejecting a US bid to extend an arms embargo on the Islamic republic, saying its foe has "never been so isolated". 750 words 1030 GMT by David Vujanovic with Peter Hutchison at the United Nations. Video Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-GER-Barcelona-Bayern,WRAP LISBON A merciless Bayern Munich inflict a humiliating, record defeat on Barcelona, recording a scarcely believable 8-2 victory in their Champions League quarter-final in Lisbon to leave Lionel Messi forlorn and surely hastening in the end of an era in Catalonia. 700 words moved by Andy Scott. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-Gulf,FOCUS DUBAI The shock announcement that the UAE and Israel are normalising relations has been applauded by allies and booed by rivals, but for many Gulf citizens there is deep unease over the embrace of a longtime enemy. 600 words 0930 GMT by Aziz El Massassi and AFP correspondents in the Gulf Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-settler,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's historic deal with the United Arab Emirates has earned praise abroad -- but sparked fury from Jewish settlers over the suspension of annexation plans for the occupied West Bank. 600 words 1100 GMT. Video. File Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Germany-prostitution,VIDEOESSAY BERLIN Berlin's brothels were allowed to reopen last week after months of closure due to coronavirus restrictions -- but full-on sex is still off-limits. 400 words 0930 GMT by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-racism-Trump-Harris,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump has stoked false claims that Democratic vice-presidential contender Kamala Harris is ineligible to hold that office because her parents were foreign born. 600 words moved by Ian Timberlake. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Biden-strategy,FOCUS WASHINGTON Despite being gaffe-prone, getting up in years and barely heading out on the campaign trail, Democrat Joe Biden is leading in the polls as the coronavirus epidemic and economic crisis make the November presidential election a referendum on Donald Trump. 700 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. Picture Also moved: US-politics-Democrats-Florida,FOCUS US-politics-vote-Democrats-convention-steps,FACTS US-politics-election-Biden-Scranton,SCENE US-space-military-UFO-offbeat WASHINGTON The Pentagon says it is setting up a new task force under the US Navy to investigate UFO sightings. 350 words moved US-history-racism-slavery,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON At 88, Dan Smith has witnessed some of the defining moments in America's fraught battle for racial equality. He also represents a living link to the nation's dark past: his father Abram was born a slave, 157 years ago. 1,000 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-politics-diplomacy,WRAP NEW DELHI India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches a new warning to China over deadly border tensions using his most important speech of the year to promise a stronger military. 500 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video. Live Video Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-victims,FOCUS KABUL The decision to release hundreds of the Taliban's most dangerous prisoners has stirred painful memories for the loved ones of those killed in Afghanistan's war, with many questioning whether the move will help bring peace. 600 words moved by Usman Sharifi with Rashid Durrani in Kandahar. Picture. Video China-food-politics-internet BEIJING A restaurant in central China apologises for its controversial policy of asking customers to weigh themselves before entry -- an overzealous response to a new nationwide campaign against food waste. 400 words moved afp
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