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| - Duty Editor: Joshua Melvin Email: joshua.melvin@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Covid chaos for Trump reelection bid + Europe, US battle virus surge + Backlash over Macron's Islam comments + Hamilton grabs Formula One win record US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump's reelection campaign is buffeted by another Covid-19 outbreak in his team, surging infections across the United States, and an uncomfortable admission by his chief of staff. 700 words 2100 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus, WRAP MADRID Spain declares a national state of emergency on Sunday to tackle a second coronavirus wave as the World Health Organization reports a third straight day of record new infections across the world. 800 words 2030 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic France-politics-religion-Islam,WRAP ISTANBUL The backlash against President Emmanuel Macron's comments on Islam intensifies, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again urging him to have "mental checks" and protests flaring in Muslim-majority nations. 650 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Auto-Prix-POR,WRAP PORTIMAO, Portugal Lewis Hamilton becomes Formula One's record all-time race-winner when he claims his 92nd victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix to pass Michael Schumacher at the top of the list. 650 words moved. Picture -- US VOTE -- US-vote,FOCUS WAUKESHA, Wisconsin In a single day, he covered more than 3,000 kilometers (1,800 miles) aboard Air Force One, hitting three different campaign rallies from the country's south to the midwest. 750 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture. Video, Graphic US-vote-NewYork,SCENE NEW YORK Wary of taking Donald Trump's defeat for granted in spite of the polls, New Yorkers in this strongly Democratic city turn out massively to vote early as they hope to ensure a "really big win" for Joe Biden. 700 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video US-vote-Harris,SCENE ATLANTA, Georgia As she speaks to cheering crowds, drops in to neighborhood coffee shops or pays "surprise" visits to college students, 56-year-old Kamala Harris has brought a jolt of youthful energy to the low-key presidential campaign of her 77-year-old running mate, Democrat Joe Biden. 850 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video -- Please see our special advisory for full election coverage -- -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy ROME Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tightens nationwide coronavirus restrictions after the country registers a record number of new cases, despite opposition from regional heads and street protests. 700 words moved by Ella Ide. Picture. Video. Belarus-politics-strike-demonstration, WRAP MINSK Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya calls on the country to strike from Monday as 100,000 people take to the streets of Minsk to protest against embattled strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko. 750 words moved. Picture. Ukraine-politics-vote KIEV Ukrainians vote in local elections seen as a test for President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose popularity has suffered in the year and a half since he came unexpectedly to power. 500 words moved by Olga Shylenko. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Seychelles-vote,WRAP VICTORIA Wavel Ramkalawan wins the presidential election in the Seychelles, the first opposition victory in the race since the Indian Ocean archipelago's independence from Britain over four decades ago. 400 words moved. Picture Cameroon-unrest, 2ndlead YAOUNDE Cameroon is in shock after a massacre at a school in the English-speaking southwest of the country, which the government has blamed on separatist militants there. 600 words moved. File Picture. -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Sudan-Israel-diplomacy,FOCUS KHARTOUM Sudan's move to normalise relations with Israel has laid bare deep societal splits, with some bashing it as a betrayal and others viewing it as a way to save the sinking economy. 800 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-protest,WRAP BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces and protesters clash in Baghdad during demonstrations to mark the first anniversary of mass anti-government protests demanding the ouster of the ruling class. 700 words 2000 GMT by Ayman Henna. Picture. Video Also moved: Iraq-politics-protest,CHRONO -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-justice-court-Senate WASHINGTON A divided US Senate narrowly advances President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, setting up her contentious but all-but-certain final confirmation on Monday, just eight days before the presidential election. 350 words moved Chile-referendum,WRAP SANTIAGO Chileans flock to the polls in a referendum on whether to change a dictatorship-era constitution seen as underpinning the nation's glaring inequalities. 750 words 2200 GMT by Denis Barnett. Picture. Video Also moved: Chile-referendum-politics,SCENE Chile-referendum-politics,FACTFILE -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Thailand-politics-royals-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Thousands gather at a major Bangkok intersection to renew calls for Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha to resign, after he ignored a deadline to step down set by protesters who have issued unprecedented challenges to the regime. 700 words moved by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-AlQaeda,WRAP KABUL Afghan forces kill a top Al-Qaeda militant wanted by the United States, as the government accuses the Taliban of eeping close ties with the Islamist militant group. 450 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi -- SPORT -- Cycling-ITA-Giro MILAN Britain's Tao Geoghegan Hart wins the Giro d'Italia by just 39 seconds ahead of Australian Jai Hindley as the three-week race went down to the wire in the 21st and final stage time-trial. 600 words by Jean Montois moved Picture afp
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