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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Bombshell report claims Trump avoided taxes + Global virus deaths surpass one million + Dozens killed in two days of Karabakh clashes + Belarus opposition leader seeks Macron mediation + Nadal, Serena Williams enter French Open fray US-vote-debate,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump faces allegations that he paid little or no income tax for years before he came to power, as his cloudy financial past stoke controversy ahead of the first election debate. 800 words moved by Ben Sheppard. Picture Also moved: US-vote-debate-tax,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP PARIS More than one million people have died from the coronavirus, according to an AFP toll, with no let-up in a pandemic that has ravaged the world economy, inflamed diplomatic tensions and upended lives from Indian slums and Brazilian jungles to America's biggest city. 850 words 1200 GMT by Simon Malfatto with AFP bureaus. Graphic. Picture. Video. Live video. Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,WRAP YEREVAN Azerbaijani and Armenian forces battle for a second day after dozens were killed in an outbreak of heavy fighting that has raised fears of an all-out war between the longtime enemies. 700 words 1000 GMT Mariam Harutyunyan with Emil Guliyev in Baku. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Azerbaijan-Armenia-conflict,BACKGROUND Belarus-politics-unrest-Tikhanovskaya-France,INTERVIEW WARSAW Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in an interview with AFP urges France's president to mediate in the political crisis in Belarus and calls for sanctions against businesses supporting the government. 600 words 0930 GMT by Laurence Benhamou with Dario Thuburn in Warsaw. Picture. Video. Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Rafael Nadal embarks on what he has described as his "most difficult ever Roland Garros" while Serena Williams launches another attempt to clinch an elusive 24th Grand Slam title on her least successful surface. 650 words 1130 GMT by Martyn Wood. Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-China-IT-politics-court-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON TikTok wins a last-minute reprieve as a US federal judge halts enforcement of a politically charged ban ordered by the Trump administration on downloads of the popular video app, hours before it was set to take effect. 750 words moved by Rob Lever US-vote-politics-debate,FOCUS NEW YORK With just over a month before the US presidential election, Donald Trump and Joe Biden are set to take the debate stage Tuesday, the first show pitting the rivals against each other that's sure to have millions of Americans glued to their screens. 800 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture US-vote-registration-sports-NBA,FOCUS CLEVELAND, Ohio New Cleveland resident Steven Catudal was eager to register to vote in his adopted state of Ohio. He found an unlikely ally to thank for smoothing that process during a turbulent election year: basketball superstar LeBron James. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Canada-China-US-court-extradition 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 her alleged crimes to secure her detention on foreign soil. 650 words moved by David Ball -- EUROPE -- US-vote-politics-Germany-China,INTERVIEW BERLIN Europe and the United States need to face up to a "new Cold War with China" together, regardless of who wins the White House in November, Germany's point man on transatlantic ties tells AFP. 650 words moved by Deborah Cole Turkey-Kurds-water-history-tourism,FOCUS HASANKEYF, Turkey Just two roofs poke through the vast expanse of an artificial lake that has swallowed a Turkish town whose caves and pre-Ottoman ruins once drew in global tourists. 700 words moved by Raziye Akkoc. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics,Q&A BEIRUT What's next for Lebanon, a country mired in crises after its prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib resigned following the failure of talks to form a reform-orientated government? 500 words 1030 GMT 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 -- 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 1030 GMT 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 1000 GMT by Eleonore Dermy 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. 650 words moved by Sammy Ketz. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,2ndlead NEW DELHI India reports its sixth millionth coronavirus case as 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 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 -- Fbl-ESP-Liga-Messi,lead MADRID Lionel Messi scores in his first game since trying to leave Barcelona as Ronald Koeman began his tenure as coach by overseeing a 4-0 Liga demolition of Villarreal. 650 words moved by Tom Allnutt. 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 afp
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