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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Obama stumps for Biden 13 days before US election + Pope Francis backs civil unions for gay couples + Nigerians torch buildings after protest shootings + France prosecuting seven over teacher's beheading + New 'Borat' movie targets Trump fans and Giuliani US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Former US president Barack Obama hits the campaign trail for Joe Biden in a bid to drum up support for his former vice president among young Americans and Black voters in the final stretch of the White House race. 650 words 2030 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Moved: US-vote-campaign,POINTS Pope-homosexuality-marriage,lead ROME Pope Francis defends the right of gay couples to enter into legally recognised civil unions in a documentary premiering at the Rome Film Festival. 500 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Nigeria-unrest,WRAP LAGOS Buildings are torched in Nigeria's biggest city Lagos as authorities shut down the economic hub after the shooting of peaceful protesters by security forces caused international outrage. 850 words moved by Sophie Bouillon with Emmanuel Anule in Abuja. Picture. Video. Graphic France-attack,WRAP PARIS France will prosecute seven people over last week's beheading of a history teacher, including two teenagers accused of pointing him out to his killer, anti-terror authorities say as the nation pays homage to the slain educator. 700 words 1930 GMT by Mariette Le Roux and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-Borat,FOCUS LOS ANGELES Borat is back on the big screen -- and the fictional Kazakh journalist's return spells bad news for Holocaust deniers, Donald Trump supporters and the president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. 550 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP DUBLIN Millions of people in Ireland face a second national lockdown, the first European country to take the drastic step as the continent battles a persistent surge in coronavirus cases. 650 words moved by Joe Stenson with AFP bureaus. Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead MADRID Spain becomes the first European Union nation to surpass a million coronavirus infections, official data shows, as the government mulls fresh restrictions on public life to curb the spread of the disease. 650 words moved by Daniel Silva. File picture. File video Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON More than a million people in northern England will be banned from mixing with other households under new coronavirus rules, sparking warnings of "months of agony" ahead. 600 words moved by James Pheby and Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video -- US VOTE -- US-vote-debate-moderator,PROFILE NEW YORK NBC News journalist Kristen Welker has the difficult task of moderating Thursday's final TV debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden following a chaotic first head-to-head between the presidential candidates. 450 words 1930 GMT by Thomas Urbain US-vote-diplomacy-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON With his insults of US allies, soft spot for autocratic rulers and contempt for international agreements, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy on its head over a chaotic four years. But behind the bombast, is there a method behind the madness on which voters will decide on November 3? 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture Also moved: US-vote-campaign-advertising,FOCUS Please see our special advisory for full coverage -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict, WRAP YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan rules out a diplomatic solution to the conflict with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, dealing a fresh blow to efforts by world powers to secure a lasting truce. 600 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Germany-crime-justice-terrorism,WRAP BERLIN A knife attack that killed one tourist and seriously injured another in the German city of Dresden in early October is being treated as a suspected Islamist terrorist attack. 600 words moved by Femke Colborne -- MIDEAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-UN-diplomacy,WRAP GENEVA Libya's rival factions have agreed to maintain a lull in fighting and open internal land and air routes, the UN's envoy to the troubled North African country says, expressing optimism about prospects for a ceasefire 750 words moved by Robin Millard with Rim Taher in Tripoli. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-Aoun,lead BEIRUT Crisis-hit Lebanon's next prime minister, the third in a year, will have to spearhead reforms and battle corruption, warns President Michel Aoun. 450 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-Pakistan-stampede,WRAP JALALABAD, Afghanistan At least 11 women are killed in a stampede at an Afghan football stadium where thousands of people had gathered to apply for Pakistani visas, authorities say. 500 words moved by Noorullah Shirzada. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-royals-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Thailand's embattled premier announces he might lift an emergency decree that has failed to stifle a growing protest movement demanding he step down and also reforms to the monarchy. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KUNDUZ, Afghanistan At least 25 Afghan security force personnel are killed in an ambush blamed on the Taliban, officials say, as spiralling violence imperils ongoing peace talks. 500 words moved by Hakim Hasas -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote-unrest-toll,lead ABIDJAN Ivory Coast has plunged into a wave of pre-election intercommunal violence which has left at least seven people dead and 40 others injured in recent days in and around a port town near Abidjan, officials say. 400 words moved Also moved: Guinea-vote-unrest,WRAP -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-pharma-health-addiction-Purdue,WRAP WASHINGTON US drugmaker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to criminal charges for pushing sales of prescription opioid OxyContin, which stoked a nationwide addiction crisis. 650 words moved by Paul Handley US-IT-politic-antitrust-Google,ANALYSIS WASHINGTON Google's long-running business model based on free services and advertising will be put to the test in the landmark antitrust lawsuit filed this week by the US Justice Department. 600 words 1930 GMT by Rob Lever France-food-industry-expo,FOCUS PARIS Biodegradable chewing-gum, a chick-pea dessert and drinks made from cocoa shells were all singled out for recognition by a food fair focused on ecology and affordability this year. 600 words moved by Isabel Malsang afp
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