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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Russia votes in shadow of Navalny poisoning + At Afghan peace talks, the hard work begins + Trump to visit California as deadly wildfires rage + Defiant Belarus protesters to march despite crackdown + Osaka beats Azarenka to win third Grand Slam Russia-politics-vote,WRAP NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia Russians vote in regional polls overshadowed by the poisoning of the main opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who had called for tactical voting to push out the ruling party that backs President Vladimir Putin. 700 words 1030 GMT by Romain Colas. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-talks,WRAP DOHA Peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators get down to business, with the search for a lasting ceasefire one of many key issues up for discussion. 600 words 1200 GMT by Gregory Walton with Elise Blanchard in Kabul. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Afghanistan-conflict-talks-women,FOCUS US-fires,WRAP PORTLAND, Oregon US President Donald Trump says he will meet emergency services in California as record fires that have killed 27 people smother the West Coast in dense smog. 750 words moved by Cyril Julien. Picture. Video. Graphic Belarus-politics-unrest-protest,WRAP MINSK Protesters in Belarus gear up for a new mass demonstration against strongman Alexander Lukashenko ahead his talks with his main ally, Russia's Vladimir Putin. 650 words 1130 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture, video. Tennis-Open-USA-women,WRAP NEW YORK Japan's Naomi Osaka comes from a set down to beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus to win the US Open and clinch her third Grand Slam title. 550 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture Also moved: Tennis-open-USA-women-Osaka-JPN,REAX -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON Ireland rejects Prime Minister Boris Johnson's incendiary claim that the EU is plotting to destabilise the UK, as another week of Brexit high drama beckons a month before a make-or-break European summit. 700 words 1030 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. File picture Greece-migrants-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Greece says it hopes thousands of asylum seekers left homeless by fires at Europe's largest migrant camp could be rehoused within a week to end a crisis that has seen clashes with police. 600 words 1000 GMT by Vasssilis Kyriakoulis and Marina Rafenberg. Picture Lifestyle-Ireland-museum-animals,FOCUS DUBLIN A huddle of specialised staff at Dublin's "dead zoo" perform a high-wire puzzle, delicately disassembling two whale skeletons that have dangled airborne for over a century. 700 words moved by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video Health-virus-Turkey-weddings,FOCUS ISTANBUL Her bridal hair and makeup done just right, Ayse Keles looked ravishing and relieved: she managed to sneak her wedding day in before Turkey's latest wave of coronavirus restrictions hit. 750 words moved by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Iraq-funeral,FOCUS NAJAF, Iraq Mohammad al-Bahadli digs into Iraq's hot desert sand with bare hands to reach his father's corpse. After the easing of restrictions, Iraqis are exhuming coronavirus victims to rebury them in their rightful place in family cemeteries. 700 words moved by Qassem al-Kaabi. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-elections-integrity,FOCUS WASHINGTON "The only way we're going to lose this election is if the election is rigged." President Donald Trump's astonishing remark last month -- and his escalating efforts to sow doubt about the integrity of November's vote -- have highlighted a growing concern: can the United States assure a free and fair election in 2020? 850 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. File picture US-fires-environment-climate ESTACADA, Oregon "This is just stuff. We're gonna move on from it," says Margi Wyatt, holding back tears as she stares at her burned-out mobile home destroyed by one of the fires raging through the US state of Oregon. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Nissan-Ghosn-Japan-automobile-trial,ADVANCER TOKYO The lengthy saga of ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn takes a new turn next week when the auto titan-turned-fugitive's former assistant Greg Kelly goes on trial in Tokyo. 650 words moved by Etienne Balmer. File picture. Graphic Thailand-travel-lifestyle-aviation-pandemic BANGKOK With millions around the world stuck at home due to the pandemic, "plane cafes" in Thailand are offering customers the chance to pretend they are in the sky -- and the idea seems to have taken off. 300 words moved. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS / TECHNOLOGY -- US-China-internet-telecommunication-Apple,ADVANCER SAN FRANCISCO Apple is expected to spotlight its smartwatch, iPad and subscription services on Tuesday as it strives to reignite growth with a must-have holiday line-up. 650 words moved by Glenn Chapman US-IT-lifestyle-charity-Seva,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO As the pandemic disrupted the global economy, Sean Kelly and two others created Seva, which bills itself as the world's first independent, socially conscious search engine that lets people feed hungry children by browsing the internet. 550 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture -- SPORTS -- Basket-NBA,2ndlead MIAMI LeBron James had 29 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists as the Los Angeles Lakers advanced to their first NBA Western Conference final in a decade with a 119-96 blowout win over the Houston Rockets. 650 words moved. Picture Oly-2000-AUS,FOCUS SYDNEY When Cathy Freeman lit the cauldron in Sydney to launch the "best-ever" Olympics 20 years ago Tuesday, then donned a full bodysuit to become the first Aboriginal to win an individual gold medal, she etched her name in sporting folklore. 800 words moved by Martin Parry. File Picture Tennis-Open-USA-women-Osaka NEW YORK Naomi Osaka said she wants to be known for more than just tennis, suggesting she will keep campaigning for racial justice after winning her third Grand Slam at the US Open. 530 words moved by Peter Hutchinson. Pictur -- ENVIRONMENT -- Panama-environment-science-nature-animals PANAMA CITY Cocooned from the outside world, some 200 critically endangered golden frogs are living a sheltered existence in Panama, protected from a devastating fungus that threatens to wipe out a third of the country's amphibian species. 700 words moved by Juan Jose Rodriguez -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-film-Canada-US OTTAWA Oscar-nominated actress Naomi Watts has worked with Hollywood icons such as David Lynch and Sean Penn, but admits that a magpie stole her scenes in "Penguin Bloom," premiering at the Toronto film festival. 550 words moved by Michel Comte. File picture afp
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