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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Two Americans, 240 rebel backers freed in Yemen + Trump, Biden duel after debate scrapped + Azerbaijan strikes Armenia in Karabakh war + Paris under curfew as new Covid cases surge + Teen activist Greta Thunberg in EU climate plea US-Yemen-conflict-diplomacy-prisoners,WRAP WASHINGTON Two captive Americans are freed Wednesday in Yemen as more than 200 supporters of the country's Huthi rebels are allowed to return home, in an apparent swap involving Saudi Arabia and Oman. 600 words 2130 GMT by Shaun Tandon with Mohammad Ali Harissi in Dubai US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Donald Trump and White House challenger Joe Biden will duel in rival televised town hall events Thursday night, after their second head-to-head debate was scrapped following the president's Covid-19 diagnosis. 750 words 2130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP STEPANAKERT Azerbaijan says it destroyed missile launchers inside Armenia that were targeting its cities, an escalation that threatens to further draw regional powers Russia and Turkey into the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. 900 words moved by Dmitry Zaks and Aris Messinis in Stepanakert. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus,WRAP PARIS France becomes the latest European nation to toughen infection controls, imposing a curfew in capital Paris and eight other cities, in step with nightlife shutdowns and local confinements across the continent aimed at slowing a surge in new infections. 850 words moved by Juergen Hecker with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic EU-climate-environment,INTERVIEW STOCKHOLM Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg urges EU leaders to "do as much as possible" to step up the bloc's ambitions to reduce carbon output at this week's summit. 400 words 2000 GMT by March Preel and Tom Little. Video. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Climate-health-virus-emissions,lead PARIS Pandemic restrictions saw an unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions in the first half of 2020 -- larger than during the 2008 financial crisis and even World War II -- experts say. 500 words moved by Patrick Galey. Graphic Health-virus-WHO-TB-coronavirus,lead GENEVA The novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to reverse progress towards eliminating tuberculosis, until now the top infectious disease killer globally, the World Health Organization warns. 650 words moved by Agnes Pedrero. File picture. Videographics. Also moved: Health-virus-mortality,lead Health-virus-Belgium-beer,FOCUS -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Trump-strategy,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is down in the polls, time is running out, and the coronavirus is coming back. Yet three weeks before election day and seemingly headed toward defeat, he is doing nothing to change course. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. Picture US-vote-Senate,FOCUS WASHINGTON Donald Trump is not the only Republican in election jeopardy. With the US president's poll numbers tanking with 20 days to go, his party is furiously scrambling to save red-state Senate seats and maintain control of the chamber. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-vote-Florida-senior,FOCUS MIAMI, Florida It should have been an idyllic retirement in coastal Florida for Gregory Zec and his wife. Instead, their sunset years are being overshadowed by uncertainty and fear because of a viral outbreak that has laid low friends and family alike. 800 words moved by Leila Macor. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Greece-trial-politics-farright-GoldenDawn-racism,WRAP ATHENS The leader of Greece's neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn and his inner circle are handed 13-year prison sentences as a trial seen as one of the most important in the country's modern political history nears its conclusion. 650 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou. Picture. Live Video. Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP BRUSSELS Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will decide whether or not to pursue last-ditch efforts to agree a post-Brexit trade deal with Europe after a crunch call Wednesday with EU leader Ursula von der Leyen. 750 words moved by Dave Clark with Alice Ritchie in London. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDEAST -- Health-virus-G20-economy,WRAP RIYADH G20 nations announce a six-month extension to a debt suspension initiative for the world's poorest countries ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, triggering criticism from campaigners who say it does not go far enough. 700 words 1930 GMT by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Video Lebanon-Israel-diplomacy-border,WRAP NAQURA, Lebanon Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, hold unprecedented talks under UN and US auspices to settle a maritime border dispute and clear the way for oil and gas exploration within "reasonable time". 850 words moved by Rouba El Husseini and Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Graphic. File Video -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Thousands of Thai protesters demanding the prime minister's resignation rally through the night outside his office in Bangkok after scuffling with royalists opposed to the youth-led movement's calls for reforms to the monarchy. 800 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video Australia-environment-climate-coral-reef BRISBANE, Australia Half of the Great Barrier Reef's corals have died over the past 25 years, scientists say, warning that climate change is irreversibly destroying the underwater ecosystem. 650 words moved by Holly Robertson. Picture -- AFRICA -- Guinea-politics-election-ethnicity,FOCUS CONAKRY In Wanindara, a predominantly Fulani suburb of Guinea's capital Conakry, few say they will vote for Alpha Conde, the 82-year-old bidding for a controversial third presidential term on Sunday. 750 words moved by Laurent Lozano and Mouctar Bah. Picture. Video. Graphic Nigeria-unrest-demonstration,WRAP LAGOS Demonstrations against police violence rage on in Nigeria's main cities, with unidentified men in the capital Abuja targeting protesters by hacking their vehicles with machetes according to witnesses. 500 words moved. Also moved: Nigeria-unrest-demonstration-police-youth,FOCUS SAfrica-crime-racism-religion-politics,SCENE SENEKAL, South Africa Dozens of Christians pray for peace and unity in a small South African town rocked by racial tensions after white farmers stormed a courthouse where two black suspects were on trial over the killing of a 22-year-old farm manager. 500 words moved by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video -- ECONOMY AND BUSINESS -- IMF-economy-recession-health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The IMF and World Bank opened their annual meetings with a renewed call for the wealthy to help the poorest deal with the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, both within national borders and globally. 650 words 1930 GMT by Heather Scott. Video US-vote-politics-economy,WRAP WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says despite some progress, he still has not reached an agreement with Democratic lawmakers on a stimulus package, dampening hopes of a new cash injection for the US economy before the presidential election. 600 words 2000 GMT by Chris Stein afp
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