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| - Duty Editor: Adam Plowright Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump reels after leaked tax returns + Global virus deaths surpass one million + Fears rise of major Caucasus conflict + French model agency boss faces rape claims + Japan Airlines adopts gender-neutral greetings US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reels on the eve of his first televised debate with challenger Joe Biden after a report shows he has been avoiding paying almost any federal income tax for years. 600 words 1500 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moving: US-vote-taxation-Trump,Q&A Also moved: US-vote-politics-debate,FOCUS US-vote-registration-sports-NBA,FOCUS Health-virus,WRAP PARIS More than one million people have died from coronavirus, according to an AFP toll, marking a grim milestone in the spread of the disease that has ravaged the world economy, inflamed diplomatic tensions and upended lives from Indian slums to New York City. 850 words 1600 GMT by Simon Malfatto with AFP bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,UPDATE YEREVAN Fierce fighting rages between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces, sparking bellicose rhetoric from regional power Turkey and fears of a major conflict in the volatile Caucasus region. 800 words 1430 GMT Mariam Harutyunyan with Emil Guliyev in Baku. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict,BACKGROUND France-crime-minors-rape-model-fashion,WRAP PARIS The former boss of one of the world's biggest model agencies is to be investigated for rape and abusing an under-age girl as well as other women, French prosecutors announce. 550 words 1530 GMT by Guillaume Daudin Japan-gender-aviation-rights TOKYO Japan Airlines is ditching the phrase "ladies and gentlemen" and instead embracing gender neutral terms during in-flight and airport announcements from next month, the company says. 250 words moved -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia,WRAP MADRID Spain's top court upholds a court ruling disqualifying Catalan separatist president Quim Torra from office for disobedience, triggering immediate calls for protest in the wealthy northeastern region. 500 words 1430 GMT Belarus-politics-unrest-France,WRAP VILNIUS French President Emmanuel Macron says he is ready to meet with Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya during a visit to Lithuania in what would be a major show of support for the 38-year-old activist. 450 words 1400 GMT by Laurence Benhamou and Anna Maria Jakubek in Warsaw. Picture. Video France-attack-Pakistan,WRAP 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 government as an act of "Islamist terrorism". 550 words 1530 GMT Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS Britain stands by its controversial bid to change the terms of its EU divorce deal as a make-or-break week of post-Brexit talks begins in difficulty. 500 words 1530 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Trump-court-Catholic,FOCUS JACKSON, Mississippi Catholics in the US Deep South are divided over President Donald Trump's deeply religious, conservative nominee to the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett. 650 words 1600 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture. Video US-China-IT-politics-court-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON A US federal judge halts a politically charged ban ordered by the Trump administration on downloads of the popular video app TikTok, hours before it was to go into effect. 500 words moved by Rob Lever Also moved: US-China-IT-TikTok,FOCUS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics,Q&A BEIRUT With Lebanon already mired in multiple crises, where does the failure to form a government despite intense international pressure leave the country? 800 words moved. by Alice Hackman Egypt-history,FOCUS CAIRO Fifty years since Gamal Abdel Nasser's death, controversy over the legacy of the charismatic Egyptian president who championed Arab unity lives on in Egypt as deep divisions beset the Middle East. 750 words moved by Menna Zaki. File Picture Also moved: Egypt-history-Nasser,FACTS Sudan-economy-exiles,FOCUS KHARTOUM After 33 years in exile, El Sadig Mohamed gave up the easy life in Canada to return to help rebuild Sudan as it emerges from three decades of autocratic rule. 630 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest-conflict,FOCUS DJUGU, DR Congo "The future is dark," sighs Joachim Lobo, a teacher who longs "to pick up the chalk" and be reunited with his pupils, if ever peace is restored to northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 800 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole. Picture. Video Rwanda-genocide-France-trial,ADVANCER PARIS A top French appeals court is to rule Wednesday on whether Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga should stand trial in France or face a UN tribunal in Tanzania. 450 words moved by Eleonore Dermy -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI India reports a sixth millionth coronavirus case and its surging numbers take it closer to the United States as the most-infected nation, but authorities press on with efforts to ignite the economy. 600 words moved by Aishwarya Kumar. Picture. Video India-garbage-children-accident Rescuers search frantically for a 12-year-old girl believed buried for two days under a vast garbage heap which collapsed while she was scavenging in western India. 200 words moved Thailand-sport-health-longboard BANGKOK Cruising on an empty Bangkok highway, 63-year-old Nongluck Chairuettichai -- the oldest member of Thailand's longboard national team -- says taking up the sport set her on the road to recovery from breast cancer. 450 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS US Open winner Dominic Thiem navigates a testing French Open first-round tie against former major champion Marin Cilic while Serena Williams starts another pursuit of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. 650 words 1500 GMT by Martyn Wood. Picture Basket-NBA,WRAP MIAMI, Florida The Miami Heat pour it on in the fourth quarter to beat the Boston Celtics 125-113 and book an NBA Finals showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers in the league's bio-secure bubble in Orlando. 650 words moved. Picture -- LIFESTYLE -- Lifestyle-France-fashion-Chanel-exhibition,FOCUS PARIS Coco Chanel is the great unsung hero of modern women's fashion, say the curators of the first Paris museum exhibition ever dedicated to the designer. 750 words 1600 GMT by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video afp
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