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| - Duty Editor: Frankie Taggart Email: frankie.taggart@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Navalny accuses Putin over poisoning + Lebanon, Israel to hold first talks in 30 years + Trump cuts refugee numbers, rails against migrants + Armenian, Azerbaijani forces intensify shelling + Porn scandal lifts lid on abuse in French industry Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,WRAP BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accuses President Vladimir Putin of being behind his poisoning, as he vows to return to Russia to press on with his opposition campaign. 700 words moved by Hui Min Neo with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow. File picture. File video Also moved: Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,FOCUS Russia-politics-Navalny-Germany,CHRONO Russia-politics-Navalny-Putin,3rdLEAD Lebanon-Israel-border-UN-US,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon and Israel say they will hold US-brokered negotiations on their disputed maritime border, in what Washington hails as a "historic" agreement between two sides technically still at war. 700 words moved by Bachir El Khoury. Picture. File picture. Video US-diplomacy-refugee-politics,3rdlead WASHINGTON The United States will admit a record low of no more than 15,000 refugees over the coming year despite surging global displacement, as President Donald Trump rallies against migrants on the campaign trail. 650 words 2000 GMT by Shaun Tandon. Pictures Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,UPDATE STEPANAKERT Armenian and Azerbaijani forces intensify their shelling as French President Emmanuel Macron says jihadist militants have been deployed to Nagorny Karabakh in a "serious new" development. 900 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict, SCENE France-pornography-abuse-investigation,FOCUS PARIS A rape investigation targeting a prominent French pornography website is prompting actresses to disclose their own experiences of abuse, a moment of reckoning for an industry where speaking out has long been taboo. 800 words moved by Nicolas Kienast and Caroline Taix -- AMERICAS -- US-conflict-IS-Justice,FOCUS WASHINGTON The United States has repatriated and prosecuted 27 nationals who joined the Islamic State group, while European allies continue to balk at doing so. 500 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley US-climate-travel,SCENE SAN FRANCISCO The Silverado Trail has long been a place dreams for Napa Valley wine lovers as it winds gently through vineyards and on to Calistoga, but the "Glass Fire" has turned much of that dream to ash. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- EU-summit,WRAP BRUSSELS EU leaders debate the diplomatic crisis with Turkey, haggling over the bloc's red lines as they try to defuse a stand-off in the Mediterranean and conflict in Azerbaijan. 750 words 2000 GMT by Damon Wake and Dave Clark. Picture. Video Britain-migration-politics,FOCUS LONDON Britain is said to be considering holding asylum-seekers on disused ferries or other offshore sites, including some thousands of miles away, following a recent surge in illegal migration across the Channel. 800 words moved by Joe Jackson and Martine Pauwels. File picture. File video -- MIDEAST -- Algeria-US-diplomacy,WRAP ALGIERS US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper holds talks in Algeria on renewing a strategic alliance as the North African state tries to mediate in war-ravaged Libya and Mali while battling extremists at home. 650 words moved by Sylvie Lanteaume with Philippe Agret in Tunis Sudan-conflict-peace,ADVANCER KHARTOUM Sudan's government and rebels are to sign a landmark peace deal Saturday in a bid to end decades of war in which hundreds of thousands died -- a historic achievement, if it holds. 700 words moved by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali -- AFRICA -- DRCongo-unrest-rights-justice,FOCUS KINSHASA Nobel Peace laureate Denis Mukwege says that anyone denying crimes against humanity and genocide had been committed in DR Congo is acting "in bad faith" as he lobbies for an international criminal tribunal into rights abuses in his country. 650 words 2030 GMT. File picture Health-virus-SAfrica-travel-aviation,WRAP CAPE TOWN International flights land in South Africa for the first time in over six months, touching down amid a flurry of celebrations in some airports as coronavirus-linked travel restrictions are lifted. 550 words moved by Tanya Steenkamp. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- HongKong-China-politics,WRAP HONG KONG Dozens of democracy supporters are arrested in Hong Kong for defying a protest ban as the city marks China's National Day and its leader hails Beijing's new security law for restoring stability to the restive finance hub. 700 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Health-virus-China-travel-tourism,PHOTOESSAY BEIJING Hundreds of millions in China hustle to enjoy their first major national holiday since the country beat its coronavirus outbreak, filling airports and train stations. 550 words moved by Nicolas Asfouri. Picture. Video. Live video -- HEALTH -- Health-virus,WRAP MADRID Europe faces up to ever-worsening pandemic indicators, notably in Spain, Britain and France, as China revels in its first post-coronavirus Golden Week holiday, with hundreds of millions on the move around the country. 750 words 2000 GMT by Hazel Ward and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video Health-virus-science-Neanderthals-coronavirus PARIS Covid-19 patients with a particular snippet of Neanderthal DNA that crossed into the human genome some 60,000 years ago run a higher risk of severe complications from the disease, researchers say. 450 words moved by Marlowe Hood -- ENVIRONMENT -- Brazil-environment-Amazon-fires,WRAP RIO DE JANEIRO The number of forest fires in Brazil's Amazon increased sharply in September, satellite images show, fueling growing criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policies. 550 words 2030 GMT by Louis Genot. File Picture -- BUSINESS AND TECH -- US-economy-unemployment-manufacturing,WRAP WASHINGTON Downbeat statements by US lawmakers dampen expectations for the passage of more fiscal stimulus as government data released Thursday shows continuing strain on consumers impacted by the coronavirus downturn. 800 words 1930 GMT by Chris Stein EU-digital-computers-summit BRUSSELS EU leaders will back plans to impose unprecedented rules against big tech, promising to make Europe a global rule-maker against the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon. 550 words moved by Alex Pigman afp
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