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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Obama hits campaign trail for Biden + Nigeria unrest spreads after 'deadly' shooting + 11 women killed in Afghan stampede + France to prosecute seven over teacher's beheading + Mysterious vandal attacks in Berlin museums US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Former US president Barack Obama hits the campaign trail for Joe Biden in a bid to drum up support among young Americans and Black voters for his former vice president. 650 words 1630 GMT by Chris Lefkow. Picture. Video. Graphic Nigeria-unrest,WRAP LAGOS Buildings in Nigeria's main city of Lagos are torched and sporadic clashes erupt after the shooting of peaceful protesters in which Amnesty International said security forces killed several people. 700 words 1430 GMT by Sophie Bouillon. Picture. Video Also moved: Nigeria-unrest,CHRONO Afghanistan-Pakistan-stampede,WRAP JALALABAD, Afghanistan At least 11 women are killed in a stampede at an Afghan football stadium where thousands of people had gathered to apply for Pakistani visas, authorities say. 500 words moved by Noorullah Shirzada. Picture. Video France-attack,WRAP PARIS France will prosecute seven people for "complicity" in the beheading of a history teacher, including two teenagers who pointed him out to his killer for payment of a few hundred euros. 700 words 1500 GMT by Mariette le Roux and Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-museums-crime,WRAP BERLIN Vandals have damaged dozens of artworks and artifacts at some of Berlin's most renowned museums, police say, in a stunning attack kept quiet by authorities for more than two weeks. 550 words moved by Felix Hoffmann. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP DUBLIN Millions of people in Ireland are getting ready for a second national lockdown, the first time a European country has taken the drastic step as the continent struggles with a persistent surge in coronavirus cases. 600 words 1530 GMT by Joe Stenson with AFP bureaus. Graphic. Video. Picture Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON More than one million people in northern England will be banned from mixing with other households under new coronavirus rules to come into force this weekend, sparking warnings of "months of agony" ahead. 600 words 1600 GMT by Alice Ritchie. Picture. Video -- US VOTE -- US-vote-diplomacy-Trump,FOCUS WASHINGTON With his insults of US allies, soft spot for autocratic rulers and contempt for international agreements, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy on its head over a chaotic four years. But behind the bombast, is there a method behind the madness on which voters will decide on November 3? 750 words moved by Shaun Tandon. File picture US-vote-campaign-advertising,FOCUS WASHINGTON Hyper-visible on the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump has been far more discreet in on-air advertising than his rival Joe Biden in a presidential race that is shattering ad spending records. 750 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. File picture Please see our special advisory for full coverage -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says there is no diplomatic solution to the conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as Russia and the United States work to broker a ceasefire between his country and Azerbaijan. 600 words 1530 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Also moving: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,BACKGROUND Denmark-Sweden-crime COPENHAGEN Danish police suspect that Peter Madsen, who is serving a life sentence for the grisly murder of a journalist aboard his homemade submarine, may have had accomplices in his failed jailbreak. 350 words moved. Picture Britain-EU-politics-trade-business-health-virus,FOCUS LONDON Hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, UK businesses face a double-whammy from Brexit and are furious at the government for insisting the onus lies on them to get ready for life outside the EU. 650 words moved by Jitendra Joshi -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- Libya-conflict-UN-diplomacy,WRAP GENEVA Libya's rival factions have agreed to maintain a lull in fighting and open internal land and air routes, the UN's envoy to the troubled North African country says, voicing optimism about prospects for a ceasefire. 750 words moved by Robin Millard with Rim Taher in Tripoli. Picture. Video Lebanon-politics-Aoun BEIRUT Crisis-hit Lebanon's next prime minister, the third in a year, will have to spearhead reforms and battle corruption, warns President Michel Aoun. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Iran-prisoners-politics-rights TEHRAN Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been moved to a women's detention centre outside the capital Tehran instead of receiving the hospital treatment she needs, her husband says. 350 words moved -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals-unrest,WRAP BANGKOK Thailand's embattled premier announces he might lift an emergency decree that has failed to stifle a growing protest movement demanding he step down and also reforms to the monarchy. 700 words 1430 GMT. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict,WRAP KUNDUZ, Afghanistan At least 25 Afghan security force personnel are killed in an ambush blamed on the Taliban, officials say, as spiralling violence imperils ongoing peace talks. 500 words moved by Hakim Hasas -- AFRICA -- Burundi-politics-conflict-Buyoya,WRAP BAMAKO Burundi's ex-president Pierre Buyoya rejects a life sentence he received in absentia for his alleged role in the 1993 assassination of his successor, calling the trial a sham. 500 words moved by Serge Daniel. File picture Kenya-politics-election-constitution,FOCUS NAIROBI Kenya's deputy president William Ruto is being sidelined by his political allies in what analysts say is a concerted strategy to block the ambitious leader's promised elevation to the top job in 2022. 750 words moved by Marion Douet. File Video. File Picture. -- ENVIRONMENT -- Environment-pollution-health-cost-Europe PARIS Air pollution costs inhabitants of European cities more than 160 billion euros ($190 billion) each year due to long- and short-term health impacts, a group of environmental and social watchdogs says. 400 words moved Science-environment-pollution-nuclear-bees PARIS Bumblebees exposed to levels of radiation found within the Chernobyl exclusion zone suffered a "significant" drop in reproduction, in new research that scientists say should prompt a rethink of international calculations of nuclear environmental risk. 400 words moved Environment-science-genetics-salmon-Ireland PARIS Releasing captive-bred Atlantic salmon into the ocean, a long-standing practice to boost stocks for commercial fishing, reduces the rate at which wild populations reproduce and may ultimately do more harm than good, researchers caution. 700 words 1630 GMT by Marlowe Hood -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-SKorea-festival-Busan,WRAP BUSAN, South Korea An anthology paying tribute to Hong Kong's cinematic heyday launches Asia's biggest film festival, which has been forced mainly online by the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words moved by Claire Lee. Graphic. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-China,INTERVIEW SUZHOU, China China wants to unite its 1.4 billion people through football while using the game as "a bridge to work with the rest of the world", says a top Football Association official as he explains what lies behind the country's aggressive push to become a major power in the sport by 2050. 600 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture afp
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