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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump and Biden clash in rancorous debate + Armenia-Azerbaijan fighting rages on + First auto boss on trial in Germany over 'dieselgate' + Disney to lay off 28,000 theme park workers + Scientists measure total matter in Universe US-vote,WRAP CLEVELAND, Ohio Democrat Joe Biden tells a raging President Donald Trump to "shut up" in an opening debate that turned almost immediately into a shouting match 35 days ahead of the most tense US election in recent memory. 700 words moved by Saul Loeb with Sebastian Smith and Shaun Tandon in Washington. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-Trump-Biden,POINTS Armenia-Azerbijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia and Azerbaijan reject international calls for negotiations and a halt to fighting as clashes over the disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh spill into a fourth day. 650 words 1000 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan with Emil Guliyev in Baku. Picture. Video. Graphic Germany-automobile-court-fraud-Volkswagen-Audi,WRAP MUNICH Five years after "dieselgate" emissions cheating revelations rocked the car industry, ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler becomes the first top executive to stand trial in Germany. 650 words 1200 GMT by Ralf Isermann with Michelle Fitzpatrick in Frankfurt. Picture. Video. Live video Already moved: Germany-automobile-pollution-court-Volkswagen,CHRONO US-layoffs-economy-Disney LOS ANGELES Disney will cut 28,000 jobs from its US theme parks division, singling out California restrictions that have prevented the giant Disneyland resort from reopening due to the coronavirus crisis. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal Science-US-cosmology-Universe,FOCUS WASHINGTON A team of US astrophysicists has produced what they say is the most accurate measure ever for the total amount of matter in the Universe, a long-held goal that could help scientists untangle the mysteries of the cosmos. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed -- US ELECTION DEBATE -- US-vote-debate-Biden,FOCUS CLEVELAND Donald Trump has long derided his White House rival as "Sleepy Joe" Biden but the US president gets a rude awakening as he faces fierce pushback from a candidate who manages to keep an indignant incumbent at bay at Tuesday's debate. 600 words moved by Saul Loeb with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. US-vote,FACTCHECK WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden clash in their first televised debate, trading accusations over the economy, the coronavirus and voter fraud. AFP examines what the candidates said about these key issues. 800 words moved by Arthur MacMillan, W.G. Dunlop and Claire Savage. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Kuwait-politics-emir,WRAP KUWAIT CITY Kuwait appoints its new emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and prepares to receive the body of his half-brother, the late ruler Sheikh Sabah who died in the US at the age of 91. 650 words 1030 GMT by Salima Lebel. Picture. Video. Live video Also moving: Kuwait-politics-emir-successor,PROFILE Kuwait-country,FACTS Lebanon-blast-women-pregnancy,FOCUS BEIRUT Seven months ago, Lebanese mother-to-be Rana Mneimneh was ecstatic she was pregnant, but after a massive explosion at Beirut's port, she lives in constant fear for her baby girl. 700 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-politics JERUSALEM Israel's parliament approves a law restricting demonstrations as part of a coronavirus-related state of emergency that critics say is aimed at silencing protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 400 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Belgium-politics,WRAP BRUSSELS Belgian political leaders finally announce the formation of a new seven-party coalition government, after 21 months with no ruling majority. 550 words 1200 GMT by Matthieu Demesteere. Picture. Video Vatican-pope-religion-finances,FOCUS VATICAN CITY Pope Francis once likened sorting out the Vatican's tangled accounts to "cleaning the Sphinx of Egypt with a toothbrush". By dismissing a close aide linked to a murky London property deal in a move described as "the most significant firing of his papacy", analysts say Francis has deployed a pressure washer to alleged in-house financial impropriety. 750 words 1030 GMT by Catherine Marciano and Alexandria Sage EU-politics-law,WRAP BRUSSELS The EU launches a fresh broadside at Hungary and Poland as it unveils its first ever report on the democratic health of all 27 member states. 500 words 1130 GMT by Anne-Laure Mondesert Also moved: Hungary-education-arts-politics,SCENE France-history-museum-Africa-court PARIS Five activists go on trial in Paris for trying to take an African funeral staff from France's pre-eminent indigenous art museum, hoping to pressure the government to restitute items they claim were stolen. 450 words moved. File picture Denmark-Islam-media-cartoons,FOCUS COPENHAGEN Author Kare Bluitgen, the man behind the Danish Mohammed cartoons that set off a firestorm when they were published 15 years ago, refuses to give in and is publishing a new illustrated Koran. 700 words moved by Camille Bas-Wohlert, Video. Picture Also moved: Denmark-media-France-religion-Islam-attacks,FACTS -- ASIA -- India-assault-crime NEW DELHI Indian police are accused of cremating the body of a 19-year-old woman against her family's will after she was allegedly gang-raped by four men in the country's latest horrific sexual assault. 500 words 1100 GMT by Jalees Andrabi HongKong-China-politics HONG KONG Relatives of 12 Hong Kong fugitives detained on the Chinese mainland after trying to flee the financial hub petition Beijing's office in the city, pleading for their loved ones to be returned. 450 words moved. Picture -- AFRICA -- Mali-religion-politics,FOCUS NIORO DU SAHEL, Mali Cattle herders, traders and heads of state are among the people who have sought the ear of the sharif of Nioro, one of Mali's most influential men, to whom they voice their needs, grievances and hopes. 900 words moved by Amaury Hauchard. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Mexico-culture-minorities,FOCUS CUAJINICUILAPA DE SANTA MARIA, Mexico With dancing devils, fireworks and traditional musical instruments like the donkey jawbone, Afro-Mexicans proudly celebrate a heritage that is often forgotten in the Latin American country despite a centuries-old presence. 650 words moved by Jean Luis Arce. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Rafael Nadal looks to build on a promising start to his quest to match Roger Federer's 20 Grand Slam titles at the French Open while Serena Williams faces a familiar foe in round two of her latest push to equal Margaret Court's all-time mark. 650 words 1200 GMT by Martyn Wood. Picture Basket-NBA-Lakers-James ORLANDO LeBron James says leading the Los Angeles Lakers into the NBA Finals after nearly three months inside the league's "bubble" in Orlando ranks as the biggest challenge of his career. 500 words moved afp
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