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| - Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Russia, China hackers 'targeting US vote' + Deadly wildfires devastate US West Coast + Taliban ready to join Afghan peace talks + Rio Tinto CEO out over Aboriginal fiasco + Naomi Osaka reaches US Open tennis final US-IT-vote-hacking,WRAP WASHINGTON Microsoft says it thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, as technology giants scramble to protect election security less than two months ahead of the US vote. 800 words moved by Rob Lever with Julie Jammot in San Francisco. File picture US-fires,WRAP CLOVIS, California California firefighters battle the state's largest ever inferno, as tens of thousands of people flee blazes up and down the US West Coast and officials warn the death toll could shoot up in coming days. 700 words 0300 GMT by Javier Tovar. Picture. Video. Graphic. Videographic Afghanistan-conflict-talks,WRAP KABUL Long-delayed peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators will begin Saturday in Qatar, officials say, marking a potentially momentous milestone in Afghanistan's 19-year-old war. 550 words moved by Usman Sharifi with Rasheed Durrani in Kandahar Australia-mining-indigenous-RioTinto,WRAP SYDNEY Rio Tinto's CEO and two other top officers resign after an uproar over the mining giant's destruction of a sacred Aboriginal site to expand an iron ore mine in Australia. 550 words 0130 GMT by David Millikin Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Japan's two-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka defeats 28th seed Jennifer Brady to reach the US Open final and stay on course for a crunch meeting with Serena Williams. 600 words 0200 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-UN-ACT,lead GENEVA The United Nations calls for an immediate "quantum leap" in funding for globally shared programmes to combat the coronavirus pandemic and get the planet back to prosperity. 450 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-race-PPE Health-virus-Mexico-tourism-history,FOCUS TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico After months in hibernation because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mexico's ancient "City of Gods" is slowly coming back to life as tourists return to the majestic pyramids of Teotihuacan. 500 words 0130 GMT by Patrick Anidjar. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump insists that he never lied to Americans about the dangers of coronavirus after a bombshell new book by journalist Bob Woodward revealed that he deliberately tried to downplay the crisis. 750 words 0200 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moved: US-media-politics-Woodward,PROFILE US-banking-executive-Citigroup,WRAP NEW YORK Citigroup's Jane Fraser will become the first woman to lead a major Wall Street firm after the banking giant picks her as its next chief executive. 700 words moved by John Biers Brazil-environment-fires,FOCUS RIO DE JANEIRO The Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, is burning at record-shattering pace this year as drought-fueled fires devastate its vegetation and celebrated wildlife in an environmental catastrophe. 700 words 0130 GMT by Louis Genot. Video. File picture Colombia-unrest-police,WRAP BOGOTA At least 10 people are killed and hundreds wounded after rioting breaks out in the Colombian capital Bogota during protests over the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police, authorities say. 700 words moved by Hector Velasco and Linn Vanegas. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Indonesia-Myanmar-Bangladesh-Rohingya-migration,FOCUS Lhokseumawe, Indonesia When hundreds of Rohingya paid traffickers to escape their squalid refugee camp in Bangladesh earlier this year they were promised they were just a week away from a new life in Malaysia. 650 words 0330 GMT by Sarina with Peter Brieger in Jakarta. Picture. Video. Graphic India-film-Bollywood-suicide-media,FOCUS MUMBAI India has over four million coronavirus cases and an explosive border standoff with China, but the story dominating television news for months is how a Bollywood actress supposedly drove her ex-boyfriend to suicide with pot and black magic. 750 words 0330 GMT by Ammu Kannampilly. File Picture Taiwan-art-miniature,FOCUS TAIPEI From a bucolic rural grocery shop to fictional battlefields and robot warrior bases, Taiwanese artisans are meticulously hand-crafting miniature worlds that fuse reality and fantasy. 600 words 0330 GMT by Amber Wang. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- Greece-EU-immigration-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos languish on roadsides, homeless and hungry after the country's largest camp burned down, as France, Germany and the Netherlands offer to take in some of them, especially children. 800 words 0200 GMT by Marina Rafenberg with John Hadoulis in Athens. Picture. Video Also moved: Europe-migrants-Greece-fire-Germany,FOCUS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade.WRAP LONDON Britain's government defies threats from the European Union of legal action over contentious Brexit legislation, and pushes back against a brewing revolt within its own ranks for violating a binding treaty. 800 words moved by Jitendra Joshi with Dave Clark in Brussels and Joe Stenson in Dublin. Graphic. Picture. Video. File picture Also moved: Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade-law,Q&A Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-text,POINTS Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,CHRONO Britain-NIreland-conflict-peace,FACTS Russia-politics-vote,FOCUS NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia Russia is holding regional elections in a precarious political climate, with rallies rocking the Far East, an economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus, and the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. 700 words 0200 GMT by Romain Colas. Picture. Video Entertainment-Britain-television-theatre-film,WRAP LONDON Stars of stage and screen pay tribute to Diana Rigg, the award-winning British actress who shot to fame in the 1960s television series "The Avengers" and won new fans in "Game of Thrones", after her death aged 82. 600 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture Also moved: Entertainment-Britain-television-theatre-film-Rigg,OBIT -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-fire,WRAP BEIRUT A huge fire at a Beirut port warehouse containing food aid threatens to disrupt humanitarian operations and sparks outrage among Lebanese still reeling from a devastating dockside explosion last month. 650 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel and Anwar Amro. Picture. Video. Iraq-history-Saddam-Baathist-archive,FOCUS BAGHDAD A trove of Saddam-era files secretly returned to Iraq has pried open the country's painful past, prompting hopes some may learn the fate of long-lost relatives along with fears of new bloodshed. 800 words 0230 GMT by Maya Gebeily. File picture Sudan-floods-archaeology,SCENE AL-BAJRAWIYA, SUDAN Archaeologists feared the worst when record Nile floodwaters in Sudan put a world heritage site in danger of being overwhelmed, but prompt action saved the day -- for now, at least. 550 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-Canada-US-film-Toronto LOS ANGELES Spike Lee kicks off a unique Toronto film festival with a tribute to black victims of police violence, as his latest movie premieres online and at drive-in screenings due to coronavirus. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal with Michel Comte in Ottawa. File picture -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr,PREVIEW LONDON Jurgen Klopp has warned Liverpool's title rivals that splashing out on new signings is no guarantee of success as the Premier League champions start their new campaign against Leeds on Saturday. 700 words 0130 GMT by Steven Griffiths. File picture afp
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