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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump reels after leaked tax returns + Global virus deaths surpass one million + Fear rise of major Caucasus conflict + Wildfires scorch California wine country + Elite Models ex-boss faces child rape claim 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 2030 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Also moving: US-vote-taxation-Trump,Q&A Also moved: US-vote-politics-debate,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. 950 words moved by Simon Malfatto with AFP bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Health-virus-India,2ndlead Health-virus-Spain,2ndlead 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 US-fires-California,WRAP SANTA ROSA, California Thousands of people are forced to flee their homes in California's Napa Valley as wildfires fanned by fierce winds rip through the region's world-famous wine country. 700 words 2100 GMT by Samuel Corum. Picture. Video France-crime-minors-rape-model-fashion,WRAP PARIS A former top 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. 700 words 2000 GMT by Guillaume Daudin -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-WHO-tests GENEVA Some 120 million rapid tests for Covid-19 will be made available to poorer countries at $5 each, says the World Health Organization -- if it can find the money. 500 words moved by Robin Millard. Video -- EUROPE -- Spain-politics-Catalonia,WRAP BARCELONA Spain's top court upholds a court ruling disqualifying Catalan separatist president Quim Torra from office for disobedience, triggering protests in the wealthy northeastern region. 650 words 2030 GMT by Daniel Bosque. File picture. 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 French government as an act of "Islamist terrorism". 600 words moved by Alexandre Hielard 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 -- 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 2100 GMT by David Ball. Picture 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 -- Iraq-conflict-US,WRAP BAGHDAD Three Iraqi children and two women from the same family are killed when a rocket targeting Baghdad airport, where US troops are stationed, falls instead on their home. 570 words moved by Sarah Benhaida 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 -- 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 -- ASIA -- 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 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 1930 GMT by Martyn Wood. Picture. Graphic -- 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 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. 700 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video afp
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