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| - Duty Editor: Jonny Jacobsen Email: jonny.jacobsen@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + US posts record virus cases for second day + Trump, Biden chase votes in Midwest finale + 27 dead as quake rattles Turkey and Greece + Tense Ivory Coast elections underway + Irish confident ahead of Six Nations clash Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States hit a record number of new coronavirus infections for the second day running with over 94,000 cases, just days before voters decide if President Donald Trump should remain in the White House. 700 words 1200 GMT by Sarah Titterton with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-toll,FACTS US-vote,WRAP SAINT PAUL, Minnesota Joe Biden intensifies his attacks on President Donald Trump as they battle over the American Midwest, chasing every last vote with four days to go in a region that propelled the Republican to victory in 2016. 750 words moved by Jim Watson, with Mandel Ngan in Greenbay, Wisconsin and Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic. Picture. Video Turkey-Greece-quake BAYRAKLI, Turkey Rescuers race against the clock to save people buried under rubble as hundreds spent a terrified night in tents after a powerful earthquake claimed 27 lives in Turkey and Greece. 800 words by Raziye Akkoc 0900 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic. ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara seeks reelection in a presidential vote marked by an opposition boycott and clashes over his bid to secure a contested third term. 600 words 1100 GMT by Patrick Markey. Picture. Video. Graphic RugbyU-6Nations LONDON Ireland believe they have a "cracking opportunity" to win the Six Nations when they face France in Saturday's coronavirus-delayed final round of matches. 600 words moved by Julian Guyer. Picture. -- US VOTE -- US-vote-Biden-100days,POINTS WASHINGTON Every candidate in the heat of a US presidential campaign talks up their goals for the first 100 days in office, and Joe Biden has done so for months, whether it be promising to battle the coronavirus, rejoin the Paris climate agreement or offering a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. 800 words moved by Michael Mathes. File picture Also moved: US-vote-transition,POINTS US-vote-Pence,PROFILE US-vote-Harris,PROFILE US-vote-candidates,FACTS US-vote-campaign-signs,SCENE NEWTOWN, Pennsylvania The millions of signs that Americans place on their lawns during election season are increasingly being vandalized or removed by disgruntled neighbors, a sign of the acutely hostile political climate. 600 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture. Video -- Please see our special advisory for full election coverage -- -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Russia says it will provide "necessary" assistance to Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh if fighting reaches Armenian territory, after Yerevan requests help. 650 words 1030 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan. France-attack,WRAP PARIS French police seek to ascertain if a young Tunisian suspected of stabbing to death three people in a knife rampage in a Nice church had outside help as they arrest another man believed to have contacted him in the run-up to the killings 600 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video. Georgia-vote-parliament,WRAP TBILISI Georgians vote in tightly contested parliamentary elections pitting an unlikely union of opposition forces against the increasingly unpopular ruling party led by the country's richest man. 650 words 1100 GMT by Irakli Metreveli. Picture. Video. Health-virus-Slovakia,lead BRATISLAVA Slovakia begins a programme to screen its entire population for coronavirus with antigen tests in what would be a global first, but critics say the plan is poorly thought out. 500 words 0930 GMT by Laszlo Juhasz. Picture. Video. Poland-abortion-demonstration,INTERVIEW WARSAW Seven years ago she had an abortion despite stringent Polish legislation against it. Now, Natalia Broniarczyk is helping other women with their own terminations and campaigning against a further tightening of the law. 500 words 1330 GMT by Bernard Osser. Picture. Video. France-attack-media-technology,FOCUS PARIS As France reels from a string of jihadist attacks, experts say the country has been caught up in a perilous fight: protecting citizens against extremist propaganda whose potency seems to increase with each horrific killing. 650 words 1200 GMT by Didier Lauras. -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Palestinians-politics-US-France,VIDEOESSAY RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories Palestinian shoemaker Imad Mohammad makes handcrafted footwear with a difference: they are stamped with the names of the US and French presidents in Arabic calligraphy to show his disapproval of them. 400 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Philippines-weather-typhoon,LEAD LEGAZPI, Philippines More than 200,000 people in the Philippines are ordered to evacuate their homes as the most powerful typhoon of the year so far barrels towards the country, with authorities warning of "destructive" winds and storm surges. 500 words 1000 GMT. Pictures -- SPORT -- Tennis-ATP-AUT-Djokovic,WRAP VIENNA Novak Djokovic shrugs off his heaviest defeat by insisting he had achieved his goal of wrapping up the year-end world number one spot for a record-equalling sixth time. 500 words moved Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON Fresh from their successful midweek Champions League trip to Marseille Manchester City open the weekend's Premier League action at Sheffield United aiming to make up ground after a stuttering start which has left Pep Guardiola's men lagging five points behind champions Liverpool, in action later, and Everton. 500 words at 1330 GMT. Picture. afp
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