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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + WHO warns 'no silver bullet' for virus + 29 killed in IS raid on Afghan prison + SpaceX brings NASA astronauts home safe + Microsoft still in talks to buy TikTok + Storm Isaias barrels up US east coast Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA The World Health Organization warns there might never be a "silver bullet" for the coronavirus, as Australia's second-largest city goes under curfew and the number of global infections passes 18 million. 700 words 1500 GMT by Robin Milliard with Carly Waters in Melbourne and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-WHO-China,2ndlead Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP JALALABAD, Afghanistan At least 29 people are killed in a raid on an Afghan prison claimed by the Islamic State group, officials say, as the country waits to see if a government ceasefire with the Taliban will rupture after its formal expiration. 650 words moved by Noorullah Shirzada with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. Video. Picture. Graphic US-space-NASA-SpaceX,WRAP WASHINGTON America's first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returns safely to Earth, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture. Video. Graphic US-China-politics-Internet,WRAP WASHINGTON Microsoft says it is pressing on with talks to acquire the US operations of TikTok, after President Donald Trump seemingly backed off a threat to outright ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. 650 words 1530 GMT by Julie Jammot US-weather-hurricane,WRAP MIAMI Tropical Storm Isaias rumbles up the US East Coast towards the Carolinas, where it could regain dangerous hurricane strength after brushing past Florida. 450 words 1630 GMT. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-NIreland-Hume-politics,WRAP LONDON Tributes pour in from across the political spectrum following the death of John Hume, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending decades of deadly sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. 650 words 1500 GMT by Joe Jackson. File picture Italy-transport-accident-bridge,WRAP GENOA, Italy Italy inaugurates a sleek new bridge in Genoa, although relatives of the 43 people killed when the old viaduct collapsed say the pomp and ceremony risk overshadowing the tragedy. 600 words 1800 GMT by Giovanni Grezzi with Ella Ide in Rome. Picture. Video. Live Video Health-virus-Russia-vaccines,lead MOSCOW Russia says it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out "several million" doses per month by next year. 500 words moved by Maria Antonova Health-virus-France-politics,2ndlead PARIS Prime Minister Jean Castex urges France "not to let down its guard" in the fight against the coronavirus in order to prevent a new national lockdown, as concern grows over a surge in cases. 550 words moved by Clement Melki and Jeremy Marot. Picture. Video. France-health-justice-Sanofi PARIS French prosecutors have indicted pharma giant Sanofi for manslaughter over birth defects linked to an epilepsy drug, the company said Monday, in a long-running case that has also seen it charged with fraud. 400 words moved Health-virus-Germany-education,FOCUS ROSTOCK, Germany Lunchbox, books, pencil case -- masks? Germany watches anxiously as the first batch of children start a new school year with full-time classes, after months of home learning or curtailed hours due to the coronavirus pandemic. 600 words moved by David Courbet. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's foreign minister Nassif Hitti resigns in protest at the government's mishandling of a spiralling economic crisis, warning that if there is no will to reform "the ship will sink". 650 words 1430 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. File Picture. File video Health-virus-Lebanon-hospital,FOCUS BEIRUT Dr Firass Abiad was a little-known Beirut hospital director until the coronavirus pandemic propelled him into the spotlight and restored at least some faith in Lebanon's much-maligned public sector. 750 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video Israel-food-animal-environment,FOCUS GOLAN HEIGHTS From biblical plague to modern day protein, one Israeli firm wants to make locusts a sustainable food choice in the Holy Land and beyond. 850 words moved by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-Australia,SCENE MELBOURNE When Katherine Reed heard Melbourne's virus-inflicted lockdown would be tightened and extend for six more weeks, she began to cry. 600 words moved by Carly Waters. Picture. Video Health-virus-Philippines MANILA More than 27 million people in the Philippines -- about a quarter of the population -- will go back into lockdown after overwhelmed health workers warn the country is losing the battle against the coronavirus. 400 words moved -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-Brazil-politics-healthcare,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's public health care system, considered among the world's most advanced when it was launched, is being pushed to the brink by the coronavirus pandemic, which has exposed the impact of years of under-funding and mismanagement. 700 words moved by Louis Genot. File picture -- BUSINESS -- HongKong-Britain-HSBC-earnings,WRAP HONG KONG HSBC says profits for the first half of 2020 plunged by 69 percent on year as the banking giant was hammered by the coronavirus pandemic and spiralling China-US tensions. 650 words moved by Jerome Taylor. Picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-corruption-FIFA-Infantino-Switzerland-investigation GENEVA FIFA president Gianni Infantino will "respect any decision by the ethics committee", world football's governing body says after Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings against him last week. 450 words moved
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