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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump returns to stage, flirts with 2024 run + Scores killed in attack in northwest Nigeria + Vote test in Germany ahead of post-Merkel era + El Salvador moves to make Bitcoin legal tender + Federer ponders withdrawal from French Open US-politics-election-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON Former President Donald Trump returns to the stage for his first speech in months, framing next year's midterm elections as a battle for the "survival of America." 650 words moved by Elodie Cuzin Nigeria-crime,WRAP KANO The death toll from attacks by criminal gangs in northwest Nigeria has risen to 88, police say, in a region where nearly 700,000 people are internally displaced due to worsening violence. 500 words 0900 GMT Germany-vote-politics,WRAP MAGDEBURG, Germany Germans in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt head to the polls, with the far-right posing a tough challenge to Angela Merkel's conservatives in the final major test before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran chancellor. 650 words 0930 GMT by Julien Gathelier with Femke Colborne in Berlin. Picture. Video ElSalvador-politics-economy-bitcoin SAN SALVADOR El Salvador may become the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, President Nayid Bukele announces, saying he would soon propose a bill that could transform the remittance-dependent economy. 300 words moved Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Roger Federer ponders ending his French Open career which has stretched over four decades with an injury-enforced withdrawal as his fellow Grand Slam superstar Serena Williams looks to extend hers at Roland Garros. 650 words by Martyn Wood 1100GMT Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Egypt-education-rights-prisoners,FOCUS CAIRO Clutching his passport and ticket to Seattle, Waleed Salem had a sinking feeling he would be prevented from boarding his flight from Cairo because of his academic research. His hunch proved right. 700 words moved by Farid Farid -- EUROPE -- France-Britain-war-diplomacy-history,WRAP VER-SUR-MER, France A memorial to almost 22,500 servicemen and women under British command killed during D-Day and subsequent battles is unveiled in northern France, a tribute seen as a long overdue commemoration of their sacrifice. 650 words 1030 GMT by Chloe Coupeau. Picture. Live Video Bosnia-Serbia-trial-genocide-warcrimes-UN,ADVANCER THE HAGUE Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic will on Tuesday hear the decision on his appeal against his genocide conviction, in a Hague tribunal's final verdict on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. 650 words moved by Danny Kemp with Rusmir Smaijilhodzic in Kalinovik Also moving: Bosnia-Srebrenica-massacre,CHRONO Bosnia-Serbia-Kosovo-war,FACTS -- MIDDLE EAST -- Palestinians-Israel-conflict,FOCUS JERUSALEM For decades, Sheikh Jarrah was just another neighbourhood in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, but its story has gone viral online since protests flared against the planned expulsion of Palestinians from houses there. 800 words moved by Shatha Yaish. Picture UAE-Israel-Palestinians-conflict-trade,INTERVIEW DUBAI Last month's Israeli-Palestinian violence triggered "uncomfortable conversations" between business partners in Israel and the United Arab Emirates just months after the countries normalised ties, the deputy mayor of Jerusalem tells AFP. 750 words moved. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-internet-Twitter,WRAP ABUJA The UK, US, EU, and other diplomatic missions in Nigeria jointly expressed their "disappointment" over the government's indefinite ban of Twitter in Africa's most populous country. 500 words 1000 GMT. Video Burkina-unrest,WRAP OUAGADOUGOU Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 138 civilians in Burkina Faso's volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials say. 600 words moved by Armel Baily. File Picture. Graphic. -- AMERICAS -- Peru-vote LIMA Peruvians face a polarising choice between right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori and radical leftist Pedro Castillo when they elect a new president on Sunday, in a country desperate for a return to normalcy after years of political turbulence. 700 words moved by Francisco Jara with Carlos Mandujano in Cajamarca. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Peru-vote,CHRONO Peru-vote,COUNTRY FACTFILE Mexico-vote,WRAP MEXICO CITY Mexicans vote Sunday in elections seen as pivotal to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's promised "transformation" of a country shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, a deep recession and drug-related violence. 650 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez and Daniel Rook. Graphic. Picture. Video US-EU-health-pandemic-travel-family,FOCUS WASHINGTON Julien Rocher has been able to see his son Zadig, who lives in the United States, only once in 15 months since Washington shut the country's borders over the Covid-19 pandemic. 700 words moved by Cyril Julien. File picture -- ASIA -- SriLanka-Singapore-ship-fire-pollution COLOMBO A black box from a ship loaded with chemical and plastic that is sinking off Sri Lanka is located, officials say, as investigators probe what caused the vessel to catch fire. 300 words moved. Also moved: SriLanka-India-China-transport-trade,Q&A Taiwan-US-politics-diplomacy-China-health-virus TAIPEI A bipartisan delegation of three United States senators lands in Taiwan and announces that Washington would donate 750,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to its ally. 400 words moved. Live video. Video -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Britain-Women-television-assault-award,FOCUS LONDON The hard-hitting British television series "I May Destroy You", which depicts the impact of a sexual assault on a young woman, has won praise from real-life survivors of sexual violence. 650 words moved by Charlotte Durand. File picture. File video afp
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