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| - Duty Editor: Qasim Nauman Tel: +852 2829 6341 -- TOP STORIES -- + French schoolteacher beheaded in 'Islamist' attack + Azerbaijan cities hit in sharp Karabakh escalation + Trump campaigns in key states to fight Biden surge + World sees highest single-day spike in virus cases + Mexico ex-minister facing cartel-linked US charges France-attack,WRAP PARIS A French teacher who had recently shown students cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed is beheaded outside his school, in what President Emmanuel Macron called an "Islamist terrorist attack". 750 words 0300 GMT by Jurgen Hecker. Picture. Video Also moved: France-attack-police,CHRONO Armenia-Azerbaijan-Karabakh-conflict,WRAP GANJA, Azerbaijan A missile strike levels a row of homes in Azerbaijan's second city of Ganja, killing and badly injuring people in their sleep in a sharp escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. 0300 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video US-vote,WRAP MACON, Georgia, United States President Donald Trump fights to recover from sinking election polls by campaigning in Florida with a hardline pitch to America's right wing, claiming that his Democratic opponent Joe Biden would deliver communism and a "flood" of criminal immigrants. 650 words 0130 GMT by Brendan Smialowski, with Sebastian Smith and Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-Biden-Michigan Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Coronavirus cases in the United States top eight million as the world sees the highest-ever number reported in a single day, while European countries tighten measures to control the pandemic's spread. 850 words moved by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Health-virus-US-vaccine Health-virus-treatments,FACTS Mexico-US-politics-arrest,WRAP NEW YORK A former Mexican defense minister has been detained in the United States and charged with drug trafficking and money laundering in the latest high-profile arrest linked to the country's powerful cartels. 700 words moved by Laura Bonilla, with Sofia Miselem in Mexico City. File Picture. Video. File Video Also moved: Mexico-US-politics-drugs,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Arizona-rancher,FOCUS LOS ANGELES In 2016, Arizona rancher Jim Chilton was so excited about the election of Donald Trump as president that he said his socks were "rolling up and down." Four years later, the 81-year-old is just as enthusiastic about the upcoming US election and has no doubt which candidate is getting his vote. 750 words 0130 GMT by Jocelyn Zablit. File Picture US-vote-society-women,FOCUS STAMFORD, Connecticut Donald Trump says suburban women will reelect him president, but in Connecticut female voters calling themselves The S.W.A.T. Team are campaigning against his efforts to court the crucial voting bloc. 700 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video Health-virus-Venezuela-education-internet,FOCUS CARACAS Thumbing his mobile phone, Jonathan Figueroa sits on his doorstep in a desperate daily quest for a Wifi signal to download his homework. Battered by the pandemic and economic collapse, Venezuela's lost generation of schoolchildren have little chance of linking up regularly with online classes given the country's fickle internet coverage. 600 words 0130 GMT by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- NZealand-vote-health-virus-polling WELLINGTON Polling booths open in New Zealand's general election, with voters queueing at schools and community halls across the South Pacific nation to cast their ballots. 250 words moved Thailand-politics-royals-demonstration,WRAP BANGKOK Thai police use water cannons against protesters in central Bangkok, as the pro-democracy activists defy an emergency decree banning gatherings for a second night running. 750 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic -- EUROPE -- Russia-US-politics-defence,WRAP MOSCOW Russia and the United States are at a new impasse over the last major nuclear arms reduction accord, with the United States calling President Vladimir Putin's proposal for an unconditional one-year extension a non-starter. 700 words moved by Anna Smolchenko. Picture. Video Britain-EU-politics-Brexit,WRAP LONDON European and British negotiators will be in touch Monday to discuss the "structure" of post-Brexit trade talks, despite London's threat to walk away unless there was a major shift in Brussels' approach. 750 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Alice Ritchie, with Dave Clark in Brussels. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Health-virus-Turkey-theatre,FOCUS ISTANBUL Asmali Sahne, an independent theatre in Istanbul, applied for desperately needed state funds as it tried to survive the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, but its request was turned down. 850 words 0300 GMT by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Guinea-politics-vote-economy,FOCUS CONAKRY Fatou Conte and Diabate Famoro, two low-income workers in Guinea's bustling seaside capital Conakry, are divided on President Alpha Conde's economic success, just one illustration of the controversy over his bid for a third term. 700 words moved by Laurent Lozano and Carol Valade. Picture. Video Also moved: Guinea-politics-vote,ADVANCER Guinea-politics-vote,COUNTRY FACTFILE Nigeria-protests-police-youth,SCENE LAGOS Dancing, chanting and determined: thousands of young Nigerians jam the streets of megacity Lagos to protest against police violence and vent at a society they feel sidelines them. 700 words moved by Sophie Bouillon. Picture. Video Also moved: Nigeria-protests-police,FACTS -- HEALTH & SCIENCE -- Health-US-flu-vaccine-misinformation,FOCUS WASHINGTON US health officials are pushing Americans to get vaccinated against the flu to help prevent hospitals already busy battling Covid-19 from being overwhelmed this winter, but false claims are threatening their efforts. 750 words 0130 GMT by Marisha Goldhamer. File Picture -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- China-economy-growth-poll,ADVANCER BEIJING China's economic recovery gathered pace in the third quarter, according to an AFP poll of analysts, with consumer spending gradually picking up as coronavirus fears eased, helping a wider rebound spurred by investment and exports. 500 words 0230 GMT by Jessica Yang and Beiyi Seow afp
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