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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Biden edges ahead as Trump claims fraud + England joins Europe's virus lockdown + Iceberg threatens penguin sanctuary + Hunter-gatherer gender roles get rethink US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON The knife-edge US presidential race tilts toward Democrat Joe Biden, with wins in Michigan and Wisconsin bringing him close to a majority, but President Donald Trump claims he is being cheated and goes to court to try and stop vote counting. 800 words 0930 GMT by Sebastian Smith with Peter Hutchison in Wilmington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-paths,POINTS US-vote-results,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP LONDON England's 56 million people join much of western Europe in a second coronavirus lockdown, as close to 100,000 new infections in the United States set a daily record. 700 words 1230 GMT by Jitendra Joshi with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Climate-environment-Antarctica-icebergs-penguins PARIS The world's biggest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote South Atlantic island that is home to thousands of penguins and seals, and could impede their ability to gather food, scientists tell AFP. 600 words moved by Eleonore Hughes. Picture Science-archaeology-biology-Americas-women,FOCUS PARIS A new study says a woman's place might never have been at home to begin with after scientists discovered the 9,000-year-old remains of a young woman in the Peruvian Andes alongside a well-stocked big game hunting toolkit. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- US VOTE -- US-politics-Trump,FOCUS NEW YORK The US presidential election is still up in the air, but one thing is for certain: the movement created by Donald Trump is alive and well, and more solid than pundits expected. No matter if he wins or loses, Trumpism looks set to live on. 650 words moved by Thomas Urbain US-vote-Oregon-border,FOCUS PORTLAND, Oregon As a hotly contested election highlights the United States's deep divisions, rural voters in liberal blue-state Oregon have approved a radical solution -- splitting off to join neighboring deep-red conservative Idaho. 550 words moved by Andrew Marszal US-vote-fraud,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON Allegations of fraud and foul play in the 2020 election spread across the internet as officials count ballots in battleground states that will determine the outcome of the closely fought vote between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. 650 words moved Also moved: US-vote-Trump,FACTCHECK US-vote-IT-internet,FOCUS WASHINGTON Twitter and Facebook limit the reach of President Donald Trump's misleading comments about vote counting as a battle over the knife-edge US election spills into social media. 600 words moved by Rob Lever Also moved: US-climate-politics,FOCUS US-vote-Bush-Gore,FACTS US-vote-court-justice,FOCUS WASHINGTON Democrats and Republicans gird for a legal showdown to decide the winner of the tight presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden 700 words moved by Paul Handley US-vote-polls,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has said that, like in 2016, pollsters underestimated the enthusiasm of his legions of supporters. But if Democrat Joe Biden ends up squeaking out a win, the polls may prove to have been more accurate than when Trump upset Hillary Clinton four years ago. 650 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi and Thomas Urbain in New York -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-cancer PARIS Delaying cancer treatment by just a month can put patients at a sharply greater risk of dying, according to research that sounds the alarm over the coronavirus pandemic's impact on other health conditions. 550 words moved by Kelly Macnamara Health-virus-Britain-politics,2ndlead LONDON After downing a final round of drinks, queueing outside soon-to-close shops or getting a last haircut, England's 56 million people enter a second coronavirus lockdown with more doubts about the stringent policy than the first time around. 650 words 1200 GMT by James Pheby and Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video Also moved: Health-virus-Britain-rate-economy-BoE -- ASIA -- Myanmar-vote-Rohingya-army-rights,FOCUS NAYPYIDAW As Aung San Suu Kyi is villified internationally for denying genocide against the Rohingya, her opponents in this week's election in Myanmar are ramping up the rhetoric against the Muslim minority. 650 words moved by Hla-Hla Htay and Richard Sargent. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Germany-aviation-tourism,FACTS BERLIN Drab and outdated but beloved for its convenience and quirky hexagonal design, Berlin's Tegel airport will finally close for good on Sunday after more than 60 years. 550 words moved by Femke Colborne -- AFRICA -- Mali-Sahel-France-conflict,FOCUS GAO, Mali Inside a military base in northern Mali, a concrete bollard emblazoned with French, Estonian and Swedish flags marks a zone reserved for a new anti-jihadist unit of elite European troops. 550 words moved by Daphne Benoit. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-economy-Aleppo,FOCUS DAMASCUS Under the elegant arches and domes of an Ottoman-era compound, Joseph Tobjian displays his aromatic Aleppo soap at a trade fair designed to revive Syria's exports-starved arts and crafts. 500 words moved by Maher Al Mounes. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY -- China-HongKong-ecommerce-AntGroup-IPO,FOCUS SHANGHAI China's last-minute abandonment of Ant Group's record-breaking IPO is part of an intensifying battle for the soul of the nation's financial system that the fintech giant and its charismatic leader Jack Ma helped ignite. 800 words moved by Dan Martin with Beiyi Seow in Beijing Japan-technology-gaming-Nintendo-earnings,WRAP TOKYO Japanese gaming giant Nintendo says its first-half net profit soared 243.6 percent on-year as it upgraded its full-year sales and profit forecasts, with coronavirus lockdowns driving extraordinary demand. 600 words moved. File picture afp
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