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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + New demo as pressure mounts on Belarus leader + Japanese ministers visit war shrine + Iran hails UN arms vote, says US 'isolated' + Afghan women's rights trailblazer attacked + End of an era as Barca humiliated Belarus-vote-unrest,WRAP MINSK The opposition in Belarus keeps up the pressure on President Alexander Lukashenko with a new demonstration in Minsk, as the strongman reaches out to Russia in an apparent plea for help. 700 words 1530 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Japan-SKorea-diplomacy-politics-WWII,WRAP TOKYO Four Japanese cabinet ministers pay their respects at a war shrine seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo's past militarism, in the first such visit since 2016. 500 words moved by Shingo Ito, with Kang Jin-kyu in Seoul. Picture US-Iran-UN-arms-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran hails a UN Security Council vote rejecting a US bid to extend an arms embargo on the Islamic republic, saying its foe has "never been so isolated". 750 words moved by David Vujanovic with Peter Hutchison at the United Nations. Video Afghanistan-conflict-women-attack-Koofi,WRAP KABUL Trailblazing Afghan women's rights campaigner Fawzia Koofi, a member of the negotiating team that will hold peace talks with the Taliban, has been wounded in a gun attack near Kabul, officials say. 500 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi and Elise Blanchard. File picture. File video Fbl-Eur-C1-ESP-Barcelona-Messi,FOCUS MADRID Lionel Messi's body language said it all as Barcelona were sent into full-blown meltdown in their historic Champions League quarter-final humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich. 600 words moved by Thomas Allnutt. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP LONDON British travellers returning home from parts of Europe and beyond begin having to quarantine under new restrictions, while Russia says it has produced the first batch of its controversial coronavirus vaccine. 800 words 1500 GMT by Joe Jackson with AFP bureaus. Video. Picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Trump,FOCUS BEDMINSTER, New Jersey Maybe it was the beautiful sunset, or the crowd of tough-looking men cheering his name, or even the comfort of some secret polling, but Donald Trump did not sound at all like a president risking election humiliation in less than 80 days. 600 words 1630 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture US-politics-vote-racism-Trump-Harris,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump has stoked false claims that Democratic vice-presidential contender Kamala Harris is ineligible to hold that office because her parents were foreign born. 600 words moved by Ian Timberlake. Picture. Video US-politics-vote-Democrats-convention,ADVANCER MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin US Democrats kick off an unprecedented political experiment from Monday -- an all-virtual national convention to nominate Joe Biden as their White House candidate to battle Donald Trump in the heat of a deadly pandemic. 800 words moved by Elodie Cuzin with Michael Mathes in Washington Also moved: US-politics-vote-Biden-Scranton,SCENE US-politics-Democrats-Florida,FOCUS US-politics-vote-Democrats-convention-steps,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-Gulf,FOCUS DUBAI The shock announcement that the UAE and Israel are normalising relations has been applauded by allies and booed by rivals, but for many Gulf citizens there is deep unease over the embrace of a longtime enemy. 700 words 0930 GMT by Aziz El Massassi and AFP correspondents in the Gulf Israel-UAE-US-diplomacy-settler,FOCUS EFRATA, Palestinian Territories Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's historic deal with the UAE won praise abroad but generates discontent from right-wing supporters and settlers over the suspension of land annexation plans. 650 words 1100 GMT by Ahikam Seri with Alexandra Vardi in Jerusalem. Video. File Picture -- ASIA -- India-politics-diplomacy,WRAP NEW DELHI India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi issues a new warning to China over deadly border tensions, using his most important speech of the year to promise to build a stronger military. 500 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-victims,FOCUS KABUL The decision to release hundreds of the Taliban's most dangerous prisoners has stirred painful memories for the loved ones of those killed in Afghanistan's war, with many questioning whether the move will help bring peace. 650 words moved by Usman Sharifi with Rashid Durrani in Kandahar. Picture. Video Thailand-Myanmar-Britain-crime-court BANGKOK Two Myanmar migrant workers on death row for the brutal murder of a pair of British backpackers in Thailand have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment following a mass royal pardon. 300 words moved China-food-politics-internet BEIJING A restaurant in China apologises for its controversial policy of asking diners to weigh themselves before entry in an overzealous response to a new national campaign against food waste. 300 words moved afp
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