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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump demands probe into 'criminal' Biden + US sues Google in big anti-trust case + Lagos hit by curfew over 'monster' protests + Danish sub killer nabbed after escape bid + NASA probe to touch down on asteroid US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump calls on the US attorney general to investigate his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, calling him "a criminal," as he heads to a rally in the key state of Pennsylvania two weeks before election day. 650 words 1700 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic US-IT-politics-antitrust-Google,WRAP WASHINGTON The US government sues Google in what stands to be the biggest antitrust case in decades, setting the stage for a long battle that could have major implications for Big Tech. 500 words 1430 GMT by Rob Lever Nigeria-demonstration-unrest-police,WRAP LAGOS Authorities in Nigeria's economic hub Lagos impose a 24-hour curfew in the face of increasingly violent youth-driven protests over deep-rooted social grievances. 600 words 1700 GMT by Sophie Bouillon and Emmanuel Anule. Picture. Video Denmark-Sweden-crime,WRAP COPENHAGEN The Danish man sentenced to life in jail for the murder of journalist Kim Wall aboard his homemade submarine is arrested after a failed prison escape bid led to a standoff with police. 600 words 1500 GMT. Picture US-space-astronomy-NASA WASHINGTON After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles from Earth. 500 words 1500 GMT by Ivan Couronne. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy,2ndlead MILAN, Italy Italy's northern Lombardy region prepares to impose a night-time curfew for three weeks, the most restrictive anti-coronavirus measure the country has seen since it emerged from a national lockdown in mid-May. 650 words moved by Celine Cornu. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain MANCHESTER, England The British government is set to impose tougher coronavirus restrictions on the English city of Manchester, defying the wishes of local leaders for the first time under a new system of localised curbs. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-India-economy,FOCUS SINNAR, India India will likely soon have the world's most coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets people are back at work -- and eager to forget the epidemic for festival season. 750 words moved by Ammu Kannampilly with Satyajit Shaw in Kolkata. Picture. Video Health-virus-Spain-economy,FOCUS MADRID Fresh virus restrictions imposed in Spain's two regional economic powerhouses, Catalonia and Madrid, have darkened the country's already bleak growth forecasts and angered business leaders. 650 words moved by Emmanuelle Michel. Picture Also moved: Health-virus-Spain-hospital,FOCUS -- EUROPE/CENTRAL ASIA -- France-attacks,WRAP PARIS French authorities move to close a Paris mosque in a clampdown on radical Islam that has yielded over a dozen arrests following the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. 650 words 1500 GMT by Alexandre Hielard and Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video. Graphic Kyrgyzstan-politics-corruption,WRAP BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan authorities detain on corruption charges a powerbroker to former president Sooronbay Jeenbekov, as a new acting leader seeks to consolidate power with an anti-graft drive. 600 words 1500 GMT by Tolkun Namatbayeva Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,SCENE MARTAKERT, Azerbaijan Dressed in military fatigues, the mayor of Martakert, a town in northeastern Karabakh, sits behind a desk with two landline phones, his Kalashnikov resting against the wall behind him. But most of its 5,000 inhabitants have fled for safety. 600 words 1430 GMT by Emmanuel Peuchot. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict-virus,SCENE TERTER, Azerbaijan Even on the frontline of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the coronavirus is a threat that is far from forgotten. But as civilians hunker down in cramped basements the fear of potentially deadly shelling is much more real. 700 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-UAE-diplomacy,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel and the United Arab Emirates agree to visa-free travel, an unprecedented arrangement signed after the first ever official UAE delegation landed in Tel Aviv. 600 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Guinea-vote,WRAP CONAKRY Tensions remain high in Guinea after a night of unrest sparked by an opposition claim to victory in an election against President Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term. 700 words 1700 GMT by Laurent Lozano and Carol Valade. Picture. Video. Graphic Sudan-US-diplomacy-politics KHARTOUM Sudan hails US plans to remove it from its state sponsors of terrorism blacklist, saying this will facilitate debt relief and pave the way to economic recovery. 400 words 1500 GMT. Picture. Video DRCongo-unrest-prison,WRAP BENI, DR Congo A feared militia attacks a prison in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, freeing hundreds of inmates, local officials and police say, as the Islamic State group claims responsibility. 550 words 1530 GMT Kenya-environment-climate-geography-tourism,FOCUS BARINGO, Kenya Peering into the lake, the village elder struggled to pinpoint where beneath the hyacinth and mesquite weeds lay the farm he lived his entire life, until this year when the water rose like never before, and swallowed everything. 850 words moved by Nick Perry. Picture. Video Kenya-politics-constitution,WRAP KISII, Kenya Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on pushes for constitutional changes to resolve the cycles of election violence in the country, a hot button issue that has divided the political class. 550 words moved. Video -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics,WRAP BANGKOK A Thai news outlet connected to exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is ordered to close over its coverage of anti-government protests that have rocked the capital for nearly a week. 550 words moved. Picture. Video Thailand-politics-royals-unrest-HongKong,FOCUS BANGKOK Umbrellas as shields, secure chat groups and hand signals as warnings of a pending police crackdown -- Thailand's pro-democracy protesters have taken lessons from their counterparts in Hong Kong to amplify calls for democratic reforms. 700 words moved by Vijitra Duangdee and Dene-Hern Chen. File Picture. File Video China-economy-wealth-business-Hurun BEIJING China's super wealthy have earned a record $1.5 trillion in 2020, more than the past five years combined, as e-commerce and gaming boomed during pandemic lockdowns, an annual rich list says. 450 words moved -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-poverty-racism,FOCUS BALTIMORE, Maryland Demon Lane says his east Baltimore neighborhood will still be blighted by drug dealing, deadly gunfire, rat-infested vacant houses and hopelessness, no matter who wins America's presidential election in November. 700 words moved by Joshua Melvin. Pictures by Brendan Smialowski. Video by Gilles Clarenne US-vote-Israel-Palestinians-conflict,FOCUS GOLAN HEIGHTS On a dusty plain in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a golden-lettered sign with Israeli and American flags stands before a rusty wire fence as the gateway to "Trump Heights". 800 words moved by Rosie Scammell. Video. Picture Also moved: US-vote-Mideast-Gulf-diplomacy,FOCUS US-vote-diplomacy-trade-China,FOCUS Please see our special advisory for full coverage afp
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