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| - Duty Editor: Sarah Titterton Email: sarah.titterton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Kabul, Taliban open 'momentous' peace talks + Warning of mass deaths as US fires rage + Greek police fire tear gas at Lesbos migrants + Iran says it executed young wrestler + Whales take wrong turn into Australia river Afghanistan-conflict-talks,WRAP DOHA Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government open in Qatar, marking what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heralded as a "truly momentous" breakthrough in nearly two decades of relentless conflict. 800 words 1930 GMT by Gregory Walton with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-talks-Abdullah,INTERVIEW Afghanistan-conflict-talks,CHRONO Afghanistan-conflict-talks,Q&A US-fires,WRAP PORTLAND, Oregon Thick smoke from raging wildfires fills downtown Portland as the US west coast grapples with epic blazes that have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and killed at least 16. 650 words 2300 GMT by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic Greece-migrants-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Greek riot police fire tear gas at protesting asylum seekers on Lesbos island, as thousands demand help after being left homeless by the fire that destroyed Europe's largest migrant camp. 750 words moved by Marina Rafenberg with Katerina Nikolopoulou in Athens. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Greece-migrants-fire,SCENE Iran-execution-wrestling,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it has executed a young wrestler over the murder of a public sector worker during anti-government protests in 2018, eliciting shock from the International Olympic Committee. 650 words moved by Amir Havasi. Animal-Australia SYDNEY A trio of humpback whales -- usually bound for Antarctica this time of year -- take a wrong turn, heading up a crocodile-infested north Australian river with scientists hoping they will all return to the sea safely. 350 words moved. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-environment-politics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Covid-19, the economy and racial justice protests may be dominating the 2020 election news cycle -- but, as wildfires rage on in the western US, climate change is set to play a bigger part of voter's choices than ever before. 750 words 2000 GMT by Issam Ahmed -- EUROPE -- France-politics-protest,WRAP PARIS France's "yellow vest" protesters clash with police in Paris and other French cities, as the movement's hopes for a mass September comeback fail to materialise. 600 words by 1930 GMT by Daphne Rousseau. Picture. Video Greece-France-Turkey-defence,WRAP ATHENS Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a "robust" arms purchase programme and an overhaul of the country's military amid rising tension with Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean. 650 words 2030 GMT by John Hadoulis Health-virus-vaccine-AstraZeneca-Britain,2ndlead LONDON Pharma giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University say they have resumed a Covid-19 vaccine trial after getting the all-clear from British regulators, following a pause caused by a UK volunteer falling ill. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused the European Union of threatening to tear the UK apart by imposing a food "blockade" between Britain and Northern Ireland, throwing new fuel on the fire of simmering Brexit talks. 700 words moved by Jitendra Joshi with Alex Pigman in Berlin. File Picture -- MIDEAST -- Israel-Bahrain-US-diplomacy-politics,WRAP TEHRAN Iran angrily accuses Bahrain of stirring instability after US President Donald Trump announces Manama and Israel are establishing ties in a landmark deal that reinforces America's push to redraw Middle East conflicts. 830 words moved by Amir Havasi with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture. Video Also moved: Bahrain-Israel-US-diplomacy-politics,REAX Mideast-Gulf-Israel-politics,BACKGROUND Israel-Bahrain-Arab-history,CHRONO Israel-Bahrain-diplomacy,CHRONO Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy-UAE-Bahrain,ANALYSIS JERUSALEM The Palestinian cause has long cemented ties between Middle East nations with divergent interests, but amid shifting regional alliances they are increasingly isolated and in need of new friends, analysts say. 850 words moved by Claire Gounon Saudi-Bahrain-Israel-US-diplomacy RIYADH Bahrain's move to normalise relations with Israel could not have happened without Saudi Arabia's green light, another step in what observers call Riyadh's "quasi normalization" of ties with the Jewish state. 750 words moved by Anuj Chopra -- AFRICA -- Mali-coup-politics,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's ruling junta has vowed to install an 18-month transition government in the fragile Sahel state, following three days of talks on the end of military rule following last month's coup. 550 words 1930 GMT by Serge Daniel and Kassim Traore. File picture DRCongo-accident-mine,WRAP BUKAVU, DRCongo About 50 people are feared dead after an artisanal gold mine flooded in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rain. 500 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Pakistan-religion-protest,lead KARACHI, Pakistan Tens of thousands of anti-Shiite protesters including demonstrators linked to Sunni extremists rally in Pakistan's Karachi, in the second day of protests that have sparked fears of sectarian violence. 450 words moved. Picture. Video Animals-China BEIJING China announces it is banning imports of pork products from Germany after the European country confirmed its first case of African swine fever. 250 words moved -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Mohamed Salah hits a hat-trick as Liverpool kick off their Premier League title defence with a thrilling 4-3 win against Marcelo Bielsa's newly-promoted Leeds, while Arsenal turn on the style in a 3-0 victory at Fulham. 650 words 1930 GMT by Steven Griffiths. Picture Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020,WRAP LYON, France Slovenian race leader Primoz Roglic again looks in fabulous form and survives a test of nerves in Lyon as the Tour de France heads into a mouthwatering series of mountain stages over the next week. 450 words moved by Damian Mcall. Picture afp
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