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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Contact: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump brands anti-racism protests 'domestic terror' + Europe schools reopen as virus cases pass 4 mn + Charlie Hedbo republishes Mohammed cartoons + Lebanon leaders pledge cabinet 'within two weeks' + Serena Williams enters fray at US Open US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump says on a visit to Kenosha, the latest US city to be roiled by the police shooting of a black man, that recent anti-racism protests were acts of "domestic terror" committed by violent mobs. 700 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video Also moved: US-politics-vote-unrest,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Millions of mask-wearing European children return to school with governments determined to get pupils back in class despite still-rising coronavirus infections which surged over four million across the continent for the first time. 800 words moved by Eleonore Hughes with Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao in Hong Kong and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-France-Belgium-Europe-pandemic,lead France-attacks-trial-media,WRAP PARIS French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the target of a massacre by Islamist gunmen in 2015, is republishing hugely controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to mark the start of the trial this week of alleged accomplices in the attack. 700 words moved by Frederic Pouchot and Stuart Williams. Picture. File picture Lebanon-blast-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's leaders have promised to form a cabinet within two weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron says as he visits the disaster-hit country, urging deep political reforms and promising to return in December to follow up on progress. 750 words 2000 GMT by Jerome Rivet. Picture. Graphic. Video. Live video Also moved: Lebanon-blast-politics,CHRONO Lebanon-blast-protest-politics Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Six-time winner Serena Williams enters the fray at a US Open like no other, being played without spectators and with stringent measures to prevent Covid-19 infections. 600 words 2130 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-China-military-nuclear,lead WASHINGTON The Chinese military is pressing to double its 200-plus nuclear warheads and expand launch capabilities in a sweeping plan to achieve military parity or superiority over the United States by mid-centurey, the Pentagon says. 500 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture US-Russia-IT-politics-Facebook,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO Facebook says it caught a budding Russia-linked campaign to fuel political chaos in the US, working off a tip from the FBI in its latest take-down of coordinated inauthentic behavior at the leading social network. 600 words 2000 GMT by Glenn Chapman US-politics-books-family-Melania NEW YORK A new book dishes on the supposed icy relationship between Melania Trump and her stepdaughter Ivanka, delighting gossips eager to speculate about first family rivalries. 550 words 2000 GMT. Picture Brazil-economy-growth-health-virus,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's economy, the biggest in Latin America, contracted by a record 9.7 percent in the second quarter of 2020, plunging into recession as coronavirus lockdowns hit home, the official statistics agency says. 650 words moved by Jorge Svartzman. Picture. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Police in Belarus detain several dozen university students as they marked the first day of school with protests against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko. 600 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture Germany-China-rights-diplomacy,lead BERLIN Germany calls out China over its security law imposed on Hong Kong and the treatment of minority Uighurs during a visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that was marked by protests outside the foreign ministry. 600 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video Britain-France-migrants,SCENE AT SEA, United Kingdom As dawn breaks over the Channel, a small black dot on the horizon slowly morphs into an increasingly familiar sight: a dinghy overloaded with people desperate to reach Britain. 750 words moved by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Britain-Australia-trade-Brexit-health-Abbott,lead LONDON Australia's right-wing former prime minister Tony Abbott defends his record after reports he will become a British trade envoy sparked criticism of him as a "climate change-denying, Trump-worshipping misogynist". 500 words 1600 GMT by Jitendra Joshi -- MIDDLE EAST -- UAE-Israel-US-diplomacy,WRAP ABU DHABI A US-Israeli delegation leaves Abu Dhabi after a historic visit to discuss future ties between the UAE and the Jewish state after their landmark American-brokered deal to establish relations. 650 words moved by Sarah Stewart. Picture. Video Also moved: UAE-US-Israel-diplomacy-military Iran-nuclear-politics-UN-EU,WRAP VIENNA The signatories to the Iran nuclear deal say they stand by the faltering accord and China slamms US efforts to restore international sanctions on the Islamic republic and extend an arms embargo. 600 words moved by Julia Zappei Europe-migrants-Syria-conflict,lead BERLIN The aunt of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian boy whose image became a tragic symbol of the 2015 refugee crisis after his body was washed up on a Turkish beach, called on the world not to ignore the plight of refugees. 500 words moved by Yannick Pasquet. Video -- AFRICA -- Senegal-US-people-music DAKAR Rapper Akon has set his sights on building a sprawling $6 billion city in his Senegal homeland to welcome Africans of the diaspora to their "home back home". 500 words moved by Philippe Siuberski. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-prisoners,WRAP KABUL Afghan authorities resume a controversial release of Taliban inmates, an insurgent spokesman says, marking an important step toward breaking an impasse that has delayed the start of peace talks for months. 500 words 2030 GMT India-China-conflict-border NEW DELHI A Tibetan-origin soldier with India's special forces is killed in the latest border showdown with Chinese troops on their contested Himalayan border, a Tibetan representative says. 450 words 1930 GMT China-politics-education-minorities-language-Mongolian,lead BEIJING Tens of thousands of people in an ethnic Mongolian region of northern China have joined rare protests and school boycotts against a new curriculum they fear will wipe out their minority culture, residents say. 600 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS -- US-retail-logistics-computers-Walmart, WRAP NEW YORK The battle for online supremacy is on as Walmart announces the coming launch of a membership program that provides free delivery as the world's biggest retailer takes direct aim at e-commerce behemoth Amazon. 600 words 2030 GMT by John Biers -- SPORTS -- Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020,WRAP ORCIERES-MERLETTE, France Race favourite Primoz Roglic edges the first summit finish of the Tour de France to win the fourth stage, but fails to drop any of his key rivals in the process, including overall leader Julian Alaphilippe. 600 words moved by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic afp
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