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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +(0)6 4016 8343 -- TOP STORIES -- + World leaders see chance for peace in Israel-UAE deal + Global virus death toll passes 750,000 + Freed Belarusians tell of torture in vote crackdwon + Trump pushes false birther theory for Kamala Harris + Michael Jordan's sneakers sell for $615,000 Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy,WRAP DUBAI World leaders voice hopes that a historic deal between the UAE and Israel could kickstart moribund Middle East peace talks, even as the Palestinians and their supporters denounce the move to normalise ties as a betrayal of their cause. 750 words 1000 GMT by Mohamad Ali Harissi and Sarah Stewart. Picture. Video Also moving: Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-world,REAX Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Half a million Britons holidaying in France are faced with the choice of returning in a hurry or staying put after the UK announces a two-week coronavirus quarantine for travellers arriving from over the Channel. 600 words 0930 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK Hundreds of people in Belarus are being released from jail after they were detained in a post-election crackdown, with many giving harrowing accounts of beatings and torture. 750 words 1030 GMT by Valery Kalinovsky. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Belarus-vote-unrest-jail,SCENE US-politics-vote-racism-Trump-Harris WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump says he has heard Democratic vice-presidential running mate Kamala Harris was not eligible to serve, stoking a false claim echoing the baseless "birther" theory he promoted about Barack Obama. 500 words moved USA-Basket-NBA-sport-auction-Jordan NEW YORK A pair of Michael Jordan's game-worn sneakers sells for $615,000, shattering a record set just months ago by the sale of another pair of the basketball legend's shoes. 250 words moved. File picture. File video -- MIDEAST -- Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-Gulf,FOCUS DUBAI The historic agreement to normalise relations between the UAE and Israel may prompt other Arab countries to follow suit, but the region's heavyweight Saudi Arabia is likely to be cautious, with a more complex political calculation to make. 600 words 1100 GMT by Shatha Yaish Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-Iran,FOCUS TEHRAN Iran strongly condemns an agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise ties, blasting the move as as an act of "strategic stupidity" that will only strengthen the Tehran-backed "axis of resistance". 600 words 1000 GMT by Amir Havasi Lebanon-blast,WRAP BEIRUT Ten days after the deadly Beirut explosion, rescue workers recover the remains of firefighters killed while battling the blaze that likely caused the blast, as authorities appoint a well-respected judge to lead the investigation. 650 words 1030 GMT by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video Lebanon-blast-diplomacy,SCENE BEIRUT Arriving in Lebanon after the deadly Beirut blast, US envoy David Hale bypasses politicians to head straight to a hard-hit neighbourhood where young volunteers are assisting victims abandoned by their state. 750 words 0930 GMT by Hashem Osseiran. Picture. Video Saudi-politics-rights,FOCUS RIYADH A former Saudi intelligence czar's lawsuit in the US courts makes a host of incendiary claims, including that the powerful crown prince tried to have him killed, and threatens to spill more royal secrets. 800 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture. Cyprus-independence-Britain,FOCUS NICOSIA Cyprus marks 60 years since independence from Britain without fanfare on Sunday, as the small island remains divided and home to foreign bases and a UN peacekeeping force. 800 words moved by Haro Chakmakjian. File picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Belarus-vote-unrest-jail,SCENE MINSK Emerging from a jail in Minsk with other Belarusians detained in post-election unrest, 27-year-old math teacher Yana Bobrovskaya says she never expected to make it out alive. "We thought we would be buried here," she tells AFP. 600 words 1100 GMT by Valery Kalinovsky. Picture. Video EU-diplomacy-Belarus-Turkey-politics,FOCUS BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers meet to begin the process of imposing sanctions on Belarus and to express support for Greece and Cyprus in their maritime stand-off with Turkey. 500 words 1000 GMT by Christian Spillmann Health-virus-Britain-France-Netherlands,WRAP LONDON British holidaymakers scramble to get home after the government says it will reimpose a 14-day quarantine for travellers from France and the Netherlands, prompting Paris to quickly announce a "reciprocal measure". 600 words 1000 GMT by James Pheby Health-virus-Italy-history-food-drink,FOCUS FLORENCE, Italy As 16th-century Florentines dropped like flies to the plague, survivors drowned their fears in wine, passed to them through small windows which are enjoying a renaissance during the coronavirus era. 500 words moved by Gildas Le Roux. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-economy-unemployment WASHINGTON The US Labor Department reports fewer than one million new weekly claims for unemployment benefits for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic struck in March. 550 words moved by Chris Stein US-politics-vote-Democrats,WRAP WILMINGTON White House hopeful Joe Biden calls for a nationwide mask-wearing mandate for the next three months, drawing a contrast with President Donald Trump as the challenger makes pandemic recovery a focal point of his campaign. 750 words moved by Mandel Ngan with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture US-China-economy-trade-diplomacy-tariff,ADVANCER WASHINGTON Negotiators from the United States and China will on Saturday discuss the "phase one" trade deal signed earlier this year -- before the coronavirus slammed the world economy and relations between the two economic powers took a turn for the worse. 600 words moved Venezuela-literature-politics,FOCUS CARACAS The Venezuelan literature prize Romulo Gallegos was once one of the most prestigious in Latin America and the Spanish-language world. But ahead of its awarding in November for the first time in five years, a politically polarized debate is raging between Venezuela's authorities and those opposed to the "dictatorship." 600 words moved by Guillaume Decamme. File picture -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-prisoners,WRAP KABUL Afghan authorities say they have started to release 400 Taliban prisoners, the final hurdle in long-delayed peace talks between the two warring sides, even as President Ashraf Ghani warns they are a "danger to the world". 600 words 0930 GMT by Usman Sharifi. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-NZealand,2ndlead AUCKLAND Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extends a lockdown in New Zealand's largest city, giving health authorities more time to trace and contain a strain of coronavirus previously unseen in the country. 550 words moved by Diego Opatowski. Video. Picture China-rights-gender-sexuality SHANGHAI China's longest-running LGBTQ group, ShanghaiPRIDE, says it is stopping all its activities and events "to protect the safety of all involved". 350 words moved by Jessica Yang -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-diplomacy PARIS United Nations experts accuse senior army and intelligence officials in Mali of deliberately obstructing a shaky 2015 peace accord, originally designed to reduce violence in the war-torn West African country. 700 words by Amaury Hauchard. File picture. Graphic SLeone-health-virus-malaria,FOCUS KENEMA, Sierra Leone Doctors in a rural Sierra Leone hospital may be accustomed to treating severely ill infants, but they recently admitted one of the worst cases they had ever seen. 750 words moved by Saidu Bah. Picture. Video DRCongo-unrest,ANALYSIS KINSHASA DR Congo's army launched an offensive last October aimed at fulfilling a pledge by President Felix Tshisekedi to root out the armed groups that infest the east of the vast country. 700 words moved by Marthe Bosuandole Also moving: DRCongo-unrest-facts,FACTS Health-virus-SAfrica-tradition,FOCUS PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa For the first time in living memory, South Africa's kings, princes and traditional leaders have suspended male initiation rituals because of the coronavirus. 600 words moved by Sofia Christensen. Picture -- BUSINESS & TECH -- US-IT-lifestyle-games-court-Apple-Fortnite,2ndlead SAN FRANCISCO Apple and Google pull video game sensation Fortnite from their mobile app shops after its maker Epic Games releases an update that dodges revenue sharing with the tech giants. 600 words moved by Glenn Chapman France-US-Microsoft-IT-aviation-games,ADVANCER BORDEAUX, France Many aircraft are still grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic. But would-be and real pilots will soon be able to travel anywhere in the world -- virtually -- thanks to the first update in years of Microsoft's Flight Simulator game. 650 words moved by Benoit Petit and Erwan Lucas in Paris -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-CIV-health-virus,INTERVIEW SHANGHAI When Tobi Junior makes his debut in China's second division it will be the realisation of a life-long dream stretched across three continents -- with coronavirus giving an unusual helping hand. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture afp
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