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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Factory workers confront Belarus leader + US Democrats gather behind Biden + Virus forces New Zealand to delay vote + Spain's ex-king in United Arab Emirates + US Death Valley hits highest global temperature Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK Workers at a state-run factory confront Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko with chants of "Leave!" as pressure builds for him to step down over a disputed election. 850 words 1430 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Belarus-vote-unrest-Lukashenko,PROFILE Belarus-vote-unrest-Tikhanovskaya,PROFILE Belarus-vote-unrest,CHRONO US-politics,WRAP MILWAUKEE American voters will be offered competing visions for the future when former first lady Michelle Obama addresses the opening night of the now-virtual Democratic National Convention set to anoint Joe Biden, and President Donald Trump holds a rally in Wisconsin. 700 words 1530 GMT by Elodie Cuzin with Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic. Picture. Video Health-virus,WRAP WELLINGTON New Zealand postpones its election to focus on fighting a second wave of the coronavirus as Europe tightens restrictions to curb fresh outbreaks of the disease. 700 words moved by Neil Sands. Picture. Video. Graphic Spain-royals-people-UAE,WRAP MADRID Juan Carlos, the former king of Spain who went into exile this month in the face of graft allegations, is in the United Arab Emirates, the royal palace says, ending the mystery on his whereabouts. 500 words 1530 GMT by Daniel Silva. File picture Weather-climate-environment-US,lead WASHINGTON A temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4 degrees Celsius) -- recorded in California's Death Valley by the US National Weather Service -- could be the hottest global temperature ever measured with modern instruments, officials say. 500 words 1530 GMT by Ivan Couronne -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-education,FOCUS LONDON After months of criticism over its response to coronavirus, the British government is facing a new battle -- from students in revolt over the grading of cancelled exams. 600 words 1600 GMT by Alice Ritchie and Mathilde Bellenger. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's health minister warns that hospitals are reaching maximum capacity to treat coronavirus patients after the deadly Beirut blast overwhelmed clinics and COVID-19 cases have mounted. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-exodus,FOCUS BEIRUT From his Beirut office, Shady Rizk had a front-row view of the catastrophic explosion. Some 350 stitches later, he sees his survival as a miracle, a second chance at a life he is determined not to spend in Lebanon. 800 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-Gaza,WRAP GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories Egyptian mediators enter Gaza after a week of clashes in which Israel has launched military strikes in response to airborne incendiary devices that have ignited wildfires. 650 words moved. Picture. Video Libya-conflict,WRAP TRIPOLI German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, visiting war-torn Libya's capital, warns of a "deceptive calm" since fighting has stalled around Sirte, the central hometown of fallen dictator Moamer Kadhafi. 500 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video Israel-UAE-diplomacy-Saudi,FOCUS RIYADH The UAE's decision to normalise ties with Israel could propel Saudi Arabia to deepen its furtive relations with the Jewish state as Riyadh seeks to entice investments to fund an ambitious economic transformation, analysts say. 850 words moved by Anuj Chopra Also moved: Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-aviation Lifestyle-Qatar-parkour,FOCUS DOHA Three friends perform synchronised backflips off a dry stone fountain near one of Doha's top luxury hotels -- an unusual sight in the normally staid Gulf city. 500 words moved by Gregory Walton. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- I.Coast-politics-vote-unrest, FOCUS DAOUKRO, Ivory Coast Political tension in Ivory Coast ahead of a looming presidential vote is stoking friction along ethnic lines, reminding the country of post-election turmoil that gripped it nearly a decade ago. 600 words 1530 GMT by Evelyne Aka. Pictures. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-IT-China-politics-Huawei,WRAP WASHINGTON The US administration expands sanctions on China's Huawei, a move aimed at further limiting the tech giant's access to computer chips and other technology amid heightened tensions between the world's two biggest economies. 550 words 1530 GMT by Rob Lever -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI India's official coronavirus death toll soars past 50,000 as the pandemic rages through smaller cities and rural areas where health care is feeble and stigmatisation rife. 600 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video Health-virus-SKorea-religion,Lead SEOUL Thousands of members of a Protestant church linked to a coronavirus cluster in Seoul are asked to quarantine, South Korean authorities say, as they accused the group's firebrand conservative leader -- who has reportedly tested positive -- of obstruction. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Japan-economy-GDP,WRAP TOKYO Japan's economy shrank a record 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter, the worst contraction in the nation's modern history, data shows, as the coronavirus deepens the country's economic woes. 650 words moved by Hiroshi Hiyama. Picture -- ENVIRONMENT -- SAfrica-conservation-animal- transport,FEATURE PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa Generators hum loudly in the background as a tour boat bobs past a towering vessel filled with ship fuel, anchored in Algoa Bay, a stone's throw away from the world's largest breeding colony of African penguins. 1,200 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Picture. Video China-environment-climate,PROFILE GUILIN, China While most of her peers are preparing for university or enjoying summer vacation, 17-year-old Howey Ou is braving intimidation and criticism in China to save the world from climate catastrophe. 750 words moved by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video afp
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