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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Navalny expected to be flown to Germany + 'Golden State Killer' gets life in jail + Warring rivals announce Libya ceasefire + WHO sees pandemic over within two years + Washington zoo welcomes giant panda cub Russia-politics-opposition-Navalny,WRAP OMSK, Russia Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny is expected to fly out of Siberia for Germany to undergo treatment following a suspected poisoning his aides have blamed on the Kremlin. 800 words 0200 GMT by Andrey Borodouline with Anna Malpas in Moscow. Picture. Video. Graphic US-crime-murder-California,WRAP SACRAMENTO, California A US former policeman dubbed the "Golden State Killer" is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, as he finally apologizes to his victims for a brutal decade-long crime spree that terrorized California. 700 words moved by Sebastien Vuagnat with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles. Picture. Video. Live video Libya-conflict-peace,WRAP TRIPOLI Libya's warring rival administrations announce separately that they will cease all hostilities and organise nationwide elections, drawing praise from the UN, the EU and several Arab countries. 750 words moved by Rim Taher. File picture. File video. Graphic Also moved: Libya-conflict-Sirte,FACTS Libya-conflict,CHRONO Libya-conflict-Tripoli,CHRONO Libya-conflict-UN-diplomacy,CHRONO Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The world should be able to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years, the World Health Organization says, as European nations battle rising numbers of new cases. 800 words moved by Nina Larson with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic US-China-animal-panda WASHINGTON Washington zoo officials herald the arrival of "a precious giant panda cub," following the much-watched birth of panda Mei Xiang's latest baby, four years after her last pregnancy. 300 words moved. Picture. Live video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON The Republican Party is to make its case next week for four more years of President Donald Trump after his Democratic opponent Joe Biden wrapped up his party's convention with a vow to end what he called a "chapter of American darkness." 700 words moved by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-Democrats-convention-takeaways,FOCUS WASHINGTON A unified party, an on-point Joe Biden and his rising-star running mate are among the upshots from the Democratic National Convention, which drew on party nobility like the Obamas while showcasing the next generation. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-politics-vote-Republican-convention-Trump,ADVANCER WASHINGTON Launching political grenades -- and real fireworks -- President Donald Trump's Republican party will use next week's convention to ignite its base ahead of the most divisive US election in decades. 600 words 0130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-vote-Pennsylvania,SCENE SCRANTON, Pennsylvania It is not hard to miss the border between the industrial, mostly Democratic city of Scranton, Pennsylvania -- Joe Biden's hometown -- and its decidedly more right-leaning outskirts. Amid all the American flags, the "Biden for president" lawn signs quickly give way to "Trump-Pence" placards. 750 words 0130 GMT by Antoine Boyer. Picture. Video Health-virus-US,FOCUS WASHINGTON New daily cases of the coronavirus have been dropping sharply in the United States for weeks -- but experts don't know if Americans will have the discipline to bring the epidemic truly under control. 700 words moved by Ivan Couronne Health-virus-Latam-poverty,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Almost six months after it was first detected in Latin America, the coronavirus death toll has reached 250,000 and exacerbated poverty and inequality, threatening to undo a decade of slow social progress. 800 words moved by Lucia Lacurcia with AFP bureaus in Latin America. Health-virus-Brazil-prison,FOCUS BRASILIA Squalid, overcrowded and prone to deadly riots, Brazil's prisons now face a new problem as COVID-19 spreads inside them, pushing already precarious health services to the brink and increasing inmates' isolation from their families. 700 words moved by Valeria Pacheco. File picture -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP VILNIUS Belarus opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya voices defiance after President Alexander Lukashenko's government opens a criminal probe into attempts by the opposition to "seize power". 650 words moved by Dario Thuburn. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-museum-tourism,FOCUS LONDON Getting close to the animated T-Rex at London's Natural History Museum normally requires long queues and sharp elbows, but today, only a handful of children shriek in delight as it roars. 650 words 0330 GMT by Alice Ritchie. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza-Hebrew,FOCUS KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories When Abdel Rahman al-Najjar works among the plants in his Gaza nursery, Hebrew words still slip from his lips, a legacy of Israel's long presence which ended 15 years ago. 650 words 0300 GMT by Adel Zaanoun. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Marmont,FOCUS LOS ANGELES For nearly a century Chateau Marmont has been a playground for Hollywood's elite. But the storied institution that prides itself on being highly selective about who it admits is about to get a whole lot more private, its owner tells AFP. 700 words 0130 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-Eur-C1-FRA-PSG-politics-Qatar,FOCUS LISBON If Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich in Sunday's Champions League final in Lisbon, the pictures will probably be of Neymar's tears of joy or wild scenes of celebration in the French capital, but basking in the glory of it all will be the Emir of Qatar. 850 words 0130 GMT by Andy Scott with Gregory Walton in Doha. Picture. Video Also moving: Fbl-Eur-C1-GER-FRA-Bayern-PSG,FOCUS afp
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