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| - Duty Editor: Sarah Titterton Email: sarah.titterton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Trumps pushes for court nominee after Ginsburg death + Belarus police detain hundreds of women at protest + US vs the world over Iran 'snapback' sanctions push + China launches sanctions regime after US targets TikTok + Pogacar's Tour de France triumph marks generational shift -- TOP STORIES -- US-politics-justice-court,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump urges Republican lawmakers to confirm his upcoming nomination for the Supreme Court "without delay" as the issue upends the election after the death of liberal stalwart Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 700 words 2100 GMT by Brian Knowlton. Picture. Video. Graphic Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Riot police in Belarus bundle hundreds of women, including a great-grandmother who has become an icon of the protest movement, into vans as opposition marchers rally in Minsk seeking an end to President Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video US-Iran-UN-sanctions,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States will unilaterally declare this weekend that UN sanctions against Iran are once again in force, a move that risks increasing Washington's diplomatic isolation while also stoking international tensions. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi with Philippe Rater at the United Nations US-China-IT-politics-security-TikTok-WeChat,WRAP SHANGHAI China launches a mechanism that would allow it to sanction foreign companies, upping the ante in a tech war with the United States a day after Washington moved to curb popular Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat. 800 words moved by Dan Martin. File picture Also moved: US-IT-China-politics-rights,FOCUS Cycling-FRA-Tour-2020-,WRAP PARIS In a dramatic last-gasp turnaround Tadej Pogacar wins the Tour de France as the overnight leader Primoz Roglic suffers a mountainside meltdown during a thrilling individual time-trial on the last day of real racing. 500 words 1930 GMT by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-justice-court-Ginsburg-feminism,FOCUS WASHINGTON Ruth Bader Ginsburg racked up numerous wins in the fight for women's rights in the United States long before she joined the US Supreme Court, but her death now puts at risk one of US feminists' key victories: the right to have abortions. 750 words 2000 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. Picture Also moved: US-court-justice-Ginsburg,PROFILE US-court-justice-Ginsburg-life,DATES US-court-justice-Ginsburg,FACTS Also moving: US-court-justice-Ginsburg-successor,FACTS US-China-IT-politics-security-WeChat-finance,FOCUS WASHINGTON Washington's crackdown on WeChat will disrupt communications between millions of people in the United States and their friends, families and business partners in China. 600 words moved by Paul Handley. File picture US-Venezuela-Colombia-diplomacy,WRAP BOTOGA US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wraps up a tour of Venezuela's neighbors as key South American ally, Colombian President Ivan Duque, calls for Nicolas Maduro to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. 600 words 1930 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Picture. Video Health-virus-UN-diplomacy-summit,ADVANCER UNITED NATIONS The United Nations will mark its 75th anniversary Monday, celebrating the mantra that "multilateralism is not an option but a necessity," even as the coronavirus has underscored the fragility of international cooperation. 750 words moved. File picture. Peru-politics-Congress,WRAP LIMA Peru's President Martin Vizcarra survives an impeachment vote in Congress as his opponents fail to win the votes necessary to remove him from power. 500 words moved -- ASIA -- Thailand-politics-royals-protest,WRAP BANGKOK Thousands of Thai student activists are set to defy authorities and march to the seat of government after staging one of the largest rallies in years in which protesters are demanding reform to the unassailable monarchy. 800 words 2100 GMT. Picture. Video Taiwan-US-China-politics-diplomacy,lead TAIPEI A top US diplomat attends the funeral for former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui which featured a eulogy by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama before wrapping up a visit overshadowed by Chinese military exercises. 500 words moved. Picture Bangladesh-politics-Shafi DHAKA Tens of thousands of people gather to mourn the head of Bangladesh's largest Islamist group at his funeral in a rural town in the country's southeast, police say. 500 words moved. Picture -- EUROPE -- Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany-crime,WRAP MOSCOW Russia's leading opposition politician Alexei Navalny announces that he can now walk with a "tremble", and gives the first detailed account of his recovery nearly a month after being poisoned. 600 words moved by Anna Malpas. Picture. File picture. Video Serbia-Kosovo-US-Israel-diplomacy-economy,ANALYSIS BELGRADE 'Truly historic', 'a real breakthrough' and 'very big' -- US President Donald Trump let the superlatives flow when he announced a deal between Serbia and Kosovo, earning himself a second Nobel Peace Prize nomination this year. 800 words moved by Miodrag Sovilj with Ismet Hajdari in Pristina. File picture. File video Spain-eviction-animal-offbeat MADRID Animal charities in southern Spain urgently seek homes for 110 cats after they and their owner were evicted from a flat in the Valencia region. 200 words moved. File picture -- SPORTS -- Football-ENG-PR-ESP-LIGA-TOTTENHAM-REALMADRID-BALE LONDON Gareth Bale completes his return to Tottenham Hotspur on a season-long loan deal from Real Madrid, where he won four Champions League and two La Liga titles after moving for a then world-record fee of £85 million in 2013. 550 words 1930 GMT by Kieran Canning. File Picture RugbyU-Super-AUS,lead CANBERRA, Australian Capital Territory The ACT Brumbies withstand a late onslaught to edge a gutsy Queensland Reds 28-23 and clinch the Super Rugby AU title, solidifying their status as the kings of Australian rugby. 500 words moved. Picture afp
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