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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump to name Supreme Court pick at end of week + Chinese tycoon jailed after branding Xi a clown + Australia battles to rescue 180 stranded whales + Arctic summer sea ice second smallest on record + Two in custody over Tour de France doping probe US-vote-court,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he will announce his nominee for the empty Supreme Court seat at the end of this week, kickstarting a political fight set to upend the already nail-biting US election. 650 words moved by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-court-Barrett,PROFILE US-vote-justice,FACTS China-politics-arrest-rights,WRAP BEIJING A Chinese property tycoon who called President Xi Jinping a clown and criticised his handling of the coronavirus outbreak is jailed for 18 years on graft charges. 600 words 0630 GMT by Laurie Chen and Beiyi Seow. File Picture We will also move: China-politics-graft,FACTS Australia-animal-environment,WRAP SYDNEY Dozens of whales have died after becoming stranded in a remote southern Australian bay but a "challenging" race to save nearly 200 others has some early successes. 550 words 0700 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic We will also move: Australia-animal-environment-whale,FACTS Climate-Arctic-environment,WRAP WASHINGTON Arctic summer sea ice melted in 2020 to the second smallest area since records began 42 years ago, US scientists announce, offering further stark evidence of the impact of global warming. 500 words moved by Ivan Couronne. File picture Cycling-Tour-FRA-2020-investigation-doping,WRAP MARSEILLE, France French police detain two people as part of an investigation into suspected doping at this year's Tour de France in the Arkea-Samsic team, prosecutors announce. 500 words moved -- AMERICAS -- UN-summit,WRAP UNITED NATIONS The United Nations General Assembly, the annual extravaganza of world leaders' speeches and round-the-clock diplomacy, opens in a quiet hall as a virtual summit addresses the global crisis of Covid-19. 600 words 0530 GMT by Philippe Rater. Picture. Video Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The United States edges close to registering 200,000 Covid-19 deaths, the latest grim milestone for the country just weeks before voters decide if Donald Trump stays in office. 750 words moved by Issam Ahmed. File picture. File video Also moved: Health-virus,WRAP US-politics-vote-court-swingstates,FOCUS MONROE, Michigan Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death is roiling the US presidential race, with the battle over her replacement looming large in swing states likely to determine the outcome of an election just six weeks from Tuesday. 800 words 0600 GMT by Michael Mathes, with Bastien Inzaurralde in Swanton, Ohio. Picture. Video US-UN-Iran-sanctions-summit,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump says he is imposing sanctions on Iranians for violating a UN arms embargo and demands enforcement by US allies, who roundly dispute that he has any such authority. 700 words moved by Shaun Tandon and Cyril Julien with Philippe Rater at the United Nations. Pictures. Video Also moved: US-Iran-UN-sanctions,CHRONO Entertainment-US-television-Emmys-Watchmen,FOCUS LOS ANGELES The creators of Emmy-winning "Watchmen" -- a timely blend of superheroes and political satire that confronts US racism -- are proud to draw attention to the nation's historic traumas, highlight modern-day injustices and whet fans' appetites for a possible follow-up. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture US-China-IT-politics-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump throws into doubt a deal to restructure the popular video app TikTok, saying he would block any deal allowing its Chinese parent firm to retain any control. 650 words moved by Rob Lever. File picture. File video. Graphic Also moving: US-IT-China-TikTok,POINTS -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-Germany-Navalny-crime,lead MOSCOW Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that Western laboratories found traces of a Novichok nerve agent in and on his body, and demands that Moscow return his clothes. 400 words moved. Picture Italy-vote,WRAP MILAN, Italy The far-right concedes defeat after a fierce battle in Italy's regional elections for the left-wing bastion of Tuscany, providing a major boost for the fragile national government. 600 words moved by Alexandria Sage with Ella Ide in Rome. Picture. Video EU-diplomacy-Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP BRUSSELS EU foreign ministers fail to agree sanctions over the political crisis in Belarus, despite a plea for support from opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. 700 words moved by Damon Wake. Picture. Video Britain-Scotland-health-drugs-addiction,FOCUS GLASGOW Peter Krykant bought a minibus and converted it into a safe consumption facility for Glasgow's addicts but his initiative faces opposition, despite drug fatalities being deemed a public health emergency in Scotland. 750 words moved by Stuart Graham. Picture. Video Vatican-religion-pope-China-US-diplomacy,FOCUS VATICAN CITY The Vatican and China are preparing to renew a historic deal on the appointment of bishops that has slightly thawed icy relations -- much to the displeasure of the US. 600 words moved by Catherine Marciano -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-blast-trial,FOCUS BEIRUT Elie Hasrouty, who lost his father to the August 4 Beirut port blast, is one of at least 1,228 grieving Lebanese preparing to file a lawsuit against the state. 800 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. File picture Algeria-trial-media-rights,WRAP ALGIERS Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune accuses press watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) of working to "destabilise" the country with its campaign against the jailing of journalist and RSF correspondent Khaled Drareni. 500 words moved. Picture. Video Iran-Iraq-conflict-anniversary,lead TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the Islamic republic's 1980-88 war with Iraq showed the country can defend itself. 400 words. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-coup,WRAP BAMAKO Mali's military junta announces the leaders of a new transition government in the Sahel state, which will retain strong army links despite international pressure to appoint civilians. 500 words moved by Kassim Traore. Video afp
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