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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Rapid virus tests to be rolled out as toll tops 1m + Trump on defensive ahead of debate over tax report + Thousands flee California wine country wildfires + Azerbaijan, Armenia forces clash despite ceasefire call + Nadal, Serena off to winning starts in record bid Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Coronavirus tests that deliver results in 15-30 minutes are to be rolled out across the United States and in scores of poorer countries, as health authorities worldwide try to get a handle on a disease that has now killed more than a million people. 650 words moved by AFP Bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reels on the eve of his first televised debate against challenger Joe Biden after a bolt-from-the-blue report shows he has avoided paying almost any federal income tax for years. 700 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moved: US-vote-politics-debate,FOCUS US-vote-taxation-Trump,Q&A US-fires-California,WRAP SANTA ROSA, California Tens of thousands of Californians are forced to flee their homes in the world-famous Napa and Sonoma wine regions, as another new wildfire fanned by fierce winds leaves three people dead. 750 words 0700 GMT by Samuel Corum with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco. Picture. Video Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,WRAP YEREVAN Fierce fighting rages between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces, sparking bellicose rhetoric from regional power Turkey despite international pleas for a halt in fighting between the long-time enemies. 800 words moved Mariam Harutyunyan with Emil Guliyev in Baku. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict,Q&A Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Rafael Nadal begins his pursuit of a record-tying 20th men's Grand Slam title with a straight-sets victory at the French Open while Serena Williams makes a slow but successful start in her latest bid to equal Margaret Court's all-time mark. 700 words moved by Martyn Wood. Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Canada-China-US-court-extradition,WRAP VANCOUVER Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers return to a Canadian court to press for her release, arguing the US misled Canada about the strength of their case against her. 650 words moved by David Ball. Picture US-vote-Parscale MIAMI Donald Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale had 10 guns in his Florida home and his wife accused him of beating her, police say, after he was dramatically detained outside his house. 300 words moved -- ASIA -- Health-virus-SKorea-festival,FOCUS WANJU, South Korea Sitting in her tiny home, 83-year-old Moon Haeng-ja is struggling to master a new skill as the coronavirus pandemic plays havoc with South Korea's harvest celebrations: making video calls. 550 words moved by Sunghee Hwang. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- China-virus-health-test, FOCUS BEIJING In a Beijing lab, a printer-sized contraption carries hopes of breakthrough in the battle to contain the coronavirus -- the 'Flash 20' -- described as the "world's fastest" Covid-19 test machine that inventors say is as reliable as a lab test that can take much longer 600 words by Ludovic Ehret. Photo. Video. Health-virus-Africa,FOCUS SOWETO, South Africa "Things are getting back to normal, even though it will never be like it was before," says a relieved Petunia Maseko, relaxing in a bar in South Africa's Soweto township. 800 words moved by Michelle Gumede with AFP African bureaus. File picture Health-virus-Britain-education-university,FOCUS COVENTRY, United Kingdom Poring over her books in the library at Coventry University, far from her home in Equatorial Guinea, Agnes Genoveva Cheba Ade is determined to keep up her studies despite coronavirus restrictions. 700 words moved by Martine Pauwels. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS Britain stands by its provocative bid to change the terms of its EU divorce deal, as a make-or-break week of post-Brexit trade talks begins under a storm cloud. 650 words moved by Alex Pigman and Clement Zampa. Picture. Video PARIS Confusion emerges over the identity of the man who injured two people in a meat cleaver attack in Paris last week, which was condemned by the French government as an act of "Islamist terrorism". 600 words moved by Alexandre Hielard Albania-crime-assault-health-marriage,FOCUS TIRANA Her face swollen and arms darkened by bruises, Ana's eyes dart anxiously around her flat in eastern Albania, where she is trapped with a violent husband whose blows have worsened during the pandemic. 800 words moved by Briseida Mema. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iraq-politics-protest,FOCUS BAGHDAD Back in October 2019, unprecedented protests demanded the fall of Iraq's ruling class. One year on, with a new government in place and nearly 600 protesters killed, almost nothing has changed. 750 words moved by Maya Gebeily and Sarah Benhaida. File Picture. File Video Also moving: Iraq-politics-protest,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-independence-history-politics KANO, Nigeria It was just after midnight in Lagos, on a horse-racing track turned square, when Nigeria's new white and green flag was hoisted officially for the first time, replacing Britain's Union Jack. 950 words moved by Aminu Abubakar, with Louise Dewast in Abuja. File picture Also moving: Nigeria-independence-history-poltics,CHRONO -- ENVIRONMENT -- Climate-oceans-environment PARIS Global warming is making the oceans more stable, increasing surface temperatures and reducing the carbon they can absorb, according to research by climate scientists who warn that the findings have "profound and troubling" implications. 450 words moved by Kelly Macnamara -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-France-fashion-women PARIS Paris women's fashion week opens just as the city limited public gatherings in a bid to slow rocketing virus infections in France. 600 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons and Olga Nedbaeva. File picture -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA,PREVIEW ORLANDO, United States LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers begin the final challenge in their bid to return to the summit of basketball when they take on the Miami Heat team in game one of the NBA Finals. 750 words afp
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