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| - Duty Editor: Joe Boyle Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe gears up for fresh virus restrictions + Belarus tries to muzzle opposition at UN + US bans TikTok, WeChat downloads + Red Bull heir faces driving, drug charges + Emmys scrambles to create post-pandemic show Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Parts of Europe gear up for broad new restrictions to stop the coronavirus and Israel is set to enforce a second nationwide shutdown as infections worldwide top the 30-million mark. 750 words 1500 GMT by Hazel Ward with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Belarus-unrest-demonstration-rights-UN,WRAP GENEVA Belarus and several allies try to block a statement from opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya at the UN Human Rights Council, in which she urges "the strongest" international response to Minsk's abuses. 750 words 1430 GMT by Nina Larson. Picture. Video US-China-IT-politics-security-TikTok-WeChat,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States orders a ban on downloads of the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok and use of the messaging and payment platform WeChat over national security concerns. 650 words 1500 GMT by Ben Sheppard and John Biers. File picture. Graphic Thailand-crime-politics BANGKOK The heir to the Red Bull billions will be indicted for reckless driving and cocaine use in a fatal hit-and-run, Thailand's attorney general says, following public outrage after his charges were dropped in July. 350 words moved. File picture Entertainment-US-television-Emmys,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES No red carpet, no star-studded audience and no "Game of Thrones" -- this year's Emmys honoring the best in television promise to be radically different as producers scramble to create Hollywood's first major pandemic-era awards show. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture. Graphic. Also moved: Entertainment-US-television-Emmys-nominees,FACTS -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-religion-Ukraine-Israel,UPDATE KIEV More than 1,000 Jewish pilgrims that massed for several days along Ukraine's border return to Belarus after Kiev denied their entry citing a ban on foreigners due to new coronavirus infections. 550 words 1430 GMT by Dmytro Gorshkov. Picture Syria-conflict-Turkey-UN-rights GENEVA War crimes may have been committed amid grave violations of international law in parts of northern Syria controlled by Turkish forces and their affiliates, the UN rights chief says. 450 words moved Greece-migrants-fire,WRAP ATHENS The UN refugee agency warns Greece that a new camp on Lesbos island hastily built to house thousands of migrants left homeless by a fire last week can only be temporary. 650 words 1500 GMT by Camille Bouissou with Natasa Papanikolaou in Lesbos. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-media-US,FOCUS NEW YORK While institutions, governments, elected officials, companies, and sports federations are all having to adapt to new constraints under the coronavirus pandemic, experts say they are often using the health crisis as an excuse to restrict journalists' access. 700 words moved by Thomas Urbain with AFP bureaus US-virus-health-wedding,FEATURE MILLINOCKET, United States A wedding in rural Maine becomes a coronavirus "superspreader" event, leaving seven people dead and 177 infected, and renewing fear of the disease in the northeastern US state that had hoped the worst of the pandemic was behind it. 450 words moved by Joseph Prezioso. Picture. Video US-fires-world,FACTS PARIS The US West Coast is the latest territory around the world to be devastated by wildfires, fanned by global warming and scorching by for economic purposes. 600 words 1600 GMT US-Britain-Brexit-EU-Nireland,FOCUS WASHINGTON Joe Biden, with his defense of the Northern Ireland peace accord, has issued a warning to Britain over Brexit and support for an EU bruised by Donald Trump while making it clear he would preside over the Atlantic alliance. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi. File picture -- AFRICA -- Somalia-vote-unrest MOGADISHU Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed appoints a new prime minister hours after brokering an agreement with regional leaders for elections next year that abandons a promised one-person, one-vote model. 450 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Israel,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel imposes a second nationwide lockdown to tackle one of the world's highest coronavirus infection rates, despite public protests over the new blow to the economy. 550 words moved by Rosie Scammell. Picture. Video. Live Video Yemen-conflict-donkeys-economy-social,FOCUS ADEN, Yemen Abu Mohammed fusses over the donkeys he's selling in war-torn Yemen, where the animal has become a must-have commodity at a time of biting fuel and currency crises. 500 words moved by Talib al-Mamari. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals BANGKOK A pro-democracy protest expected to draw thousands of young Thais onto the streets this weekend will again demand reform to the country's unassailable and hugely wealthy monarchy, a prominent student leader says. 550 words moved. File video. File picture China-military-Taiwan-US,3rdlead BEIJING China says it is conducting military exercises near the Taiwan Strait, as a top US diplomat visits the self-ruled island in a move that has angered Beijing. 550 words moved Health-animals-China BEIJING Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant making animal vaccines last year. 300 words moved India-China-conflict-border,FOCUS ATAL ROHTANG TUNNEL, India A tunnel nearing completion in the Indian Himalayas will slash by hours the time it takes troops to reach the frontier, part of an infrastructure blitz that is gathering pace since a bloody border clash with China. 750 words moved by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video. Graphic HongKong-China-politics-police-internet,FOCUS HONG KONG A sophisticated and shady website called HK Leaks has ramped up publishing the personal details of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures, targeting those it says have broken a sweeping new national security law. 650 words moved by Rachel Blundy with Esther Chan in Sydney. Picture Health-virus-China-entertainment-film-Weiwei,INTERVIEW PARIS China's coronavirus response has been both hugely efficient and chillingly inhumane, says artist and activist Ai Weiwei after releasing a documentary about the world's first virus lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan. 500 words by Joelle Garrus. File picture -- BUSINESS -- WTO-trade-diplomacy-Africa-women,lead GENEVA Three women -- two Africans and a South Korean -- are among the five candidates still in the running to take the helm of the World Trade Organization after the field is whittled down. 450 words moved Also moved: WTO-trade-candidates,PROFILE ITlifestyle-games-consoles PARIS The upcoming release of next generation games consoles by Sony and Microsoft will offer consumers entertainment comfort during the pandemic -- but could comprise their swan song as the habits of gamers change in the direction of the cloud 750 words by Jules Bonnard, moved India-economy-cricket-IPL-gambling-IT-Google MUMBAI Google removes one of India's biggest digital payment apps from its online store for breaching gambling rules, a day before the start of the lucrative Indian Premier League cricket tournament. 350 words moved -- SPORTS -- Cycling-Tour-FRA,WRAP CHAMPAGNOLE, France Primoz Roglic looks to tighten his grip on the Tour de France on a flat stage 19 as the finish in Paris on Sunday looms. 500 words 1630 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture Tennis-FRA-Open-JPN-Osaka,WRAP LOS ANGELES Freshly crowned US Open champion Naomi Osaka pulls out of the French Open with an injury, in a fresh blow to the coronavirus-hit Grand Slam which is already missing world number one Ashleigh Barty. 650 words moved. File picture Athletics-SWE-Pvault-Duplantis,PROFILE ROME Armand Duplantis has pole-vaulted into history aged just 20, eclipsing the outdoor world record of Sergey Bubka that has stood since 1994 to give track and field a fresh-faced new star. 500 words moved. Picture afp
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