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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Contact: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump set to reveal Supreme Court nominee + WHO warns two million virus deaths 'likely' + Lebanon premier quits as cabinet talks fail + Teen admits to Paris 'Islamist' knife attack + American sued over bad Thai resort review US-court-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is expected to name Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, setting in motion a rush by Republicans to cement a strongly conservative majority at the court before a tense and potentially disputed US election. 650 words 2000 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-vote-offbeat,POINTS Health-virus,WRAP GENEVA Coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million without collective action against the pandemic, the World Health Organization warns, as Australia's prime minister urges any nation that develops a vaccine to share it with the world. 650 words moved by Robin Millard with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Lebanon-politics,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon's premier-designate steps down, saying he has been unable to form a reform-minded government to lift the country out of its worst economic crisis in decades. 670 words 1930 GMT by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video. Also moved: Lebanon-politics-Adib,PROFILE Lebanon-blast-politics,CHRONO France-attack,WRAP PARIS A Pakistan-born teenager admits to stabbing two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, say investigators, with nine people now detained over what the government condemned as "Islamist terrorism". 800 words 1930 GMT by Wafaa Essalhi and Guillaume Daudin. Picture. Video. Graphic. Thailand-US-tourism-internet-crime BANGKOK An American has been sued by an island resort in Thailand over a negative Tripadvisor review, authorities say, and could face up to two years in prison if found guilty. 250 words moved -- EUROPE -- Ukraine-accident-aviation-military,WRAP CHUGUIV, Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praises the only survivor of a military plane crash as the death toll climbs to 26, after another cadet dies and three more bodies are found. 650 words moved, by Serbei Bobok. Picture. Video. UN-summit-health-virus-Britain LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges world leaders to "unite and turn our fire" against coronavirus, announcing a "five-point" plan to tackle future pandemics during an address to the UN General Assembly. 500 words moved Also moved: Britain-health-virus-demonstration -- MIDDLE EAST -- Cyprus-Iran-Turkey-asylum,FOCUS NICOSIA Dissident Iranian singer Omid Tootian has for days been sleeping in a tent in the buffer zone of the world's last divided capital, after being refused entry by the Republic of Cyprus. 680 words moved by Valentine Graveleau and Susannah Walden. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Nigeria-unrest-jihadists,lead KANO, Nigeria The death toll from a jihadist attack on the convoy of the regional governor in northeast Nigeria rises to 30, say security sources. 400 words moved. SAfrica-politics-indigenous-Khoisan,FOCUS PRETORIA A giant statue of Nelson Mandela overlooks the tent where activists from the Khoisan indigenous people live, campaigning for two years for the official recognition of their languages and to negotiate land ownership. 700 words moved by Alessandro Parodi. Picture. File video -- ASIA -- China-auto-show BEIJING Crowds pack a mega motor show in Beijing -- the only major international auto event this year -- as manufacturers hope to boost the world's biggest car market despite the coronavirus battering demand. 400 words moved. Picture. Video India-film-crime-Bollywood MUMBAI Indian police haul in Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone for questioning in an escalating drugs probe following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. 300 words moved. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open-Djokovic PARIS Novak Djokovic insists there will be no repeat of his sensational US Open disqualification at Roland Garros as the world number one promised: "I won't make the same mistake twice". 450 words moved by Dave James Tennis-FRA-Open-Serena PARIS Serena Williams admits she is still feeling the lingering effects of an Achilles problem but says it will not derail her protracted pursuit of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam at the French Open. 500 words moved by Martyn Wood Auto-Prix-RUS-pole SOCHI, Russia Runaway Formula One series leader Lewis Hamilton emerged from a "horrible" red-flagged qualifying session at Sochi with a stunning pole position for Sunday's Russian Grand Prix. 550 words moved Cycling-world-women IMOLA, Italy Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen caps a stellar season by winning the women's road race world title for a double after claiming time-trial gold in Imola two days ago. 400 words moved. Picture afp
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