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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Contact: ben.sheppard@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Azerbaijan and Armenia in deadly clashes + Trump demands drug test for Biden + Swiss reject EU immigration limits + Global virus toll edges toward one million + Vardy hat-trick downs Man City Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict,WRAP YEREVAN Arch foes Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of initiating deadly clashes that claimed at least 23 lives over a decades-long territorial dispute and threatened to draw in regional powers Russia and Turkey. 850 words 1930 GMT by Mariam Harutyunyan with Emil Guliyev in Baku. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote-debate,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump demands that his Democratic rival Joe Biden take a drug test for their opening debate, which will bring them face to face for the first time in the volatile US presidential campaign. 800 words 2130 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture Switzerland-vote-immigration-EU-politics,WRAP GENEVA Swiss voters reject efforts to slash immigration from the EU, leaving free movement in the heart of Europe intact, and embrace offering paid paternity leave for the first time. 650 words moved by Nina Larson. File Picture. File Video Health-virus,WRAP MADRID New infection control restrictions in Europe stir anger and frustration as the global coronavirus toll inches towards one million dead. 800 words 2030 GMT by Daniel Silva. Picture. Graphic. Video Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Jamie Vardy's hat-trick dealt an early blow to Manchester City's hopes of wrestling back the Premier League title as they conceded three penalties in a 5-2 defeat to Leicester, while Newcastle's late spot-kick to snatch a 1-1 draw at Tottenham sparked fresh debate over the handball rule. 550 words moved by Kieran Canning. Picture -- EUROPE -- Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Belarusian police detain around 200 people as tens of thousands take to the streets in support of protest figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya days after the country's strongman president staged a secret inauguration. 700 words moved by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic France-attack-Pakistan,WRAP PARIS French investigators study a video claiming responsibility for the meat cleaver attack in Paris that targeted satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo as the government condemned an act of "Islamist terrorism". 650 words 2030 GMT by Alexandre Hielard and Guillaume Daudin. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron ups the pressure on Lebanon's leaders to form a government in the wake of the Beirut port blast, saying their lack of progress represented a "collective betrayal". 750 words moved by Stuart Williams and Didier Lauras with Bachir El Khoury in Beirut. Picture. Yemen-conflict-prisoners-peace-UN,WRAP DUBAI The warring sides in Yemen's long conflict have agreed to exchange over 1,080 prisoners, the United Nations mediator says, following talks in Switzerland. 600 words moved by Mohamed Hasni with Agnes Pedrero in Glion, Switzerland. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-court-health-Biden,lead WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of rushing to install a new Supreme Court justice to "eliminate the entire Affordable Care Act," known as Obamacare, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. 400 words moved US-China-IT-politics-court-TikTok,WRAP WASHINGTON A US judge readies a crucial decision on whether to allow or block a Trump administration ban on downloads of the popular video-sharing app TikTok. 500 words 1930 GMT by Rob Lever US-China-IT-TikTok,FOCUS WASHINGTON "I never thought I would have a voice, but this app has given me one and people have been listening," said Rebecca Fisher-Tringale, adding she has no doubt that TikTok will survive -- despite the Sword of Damocles that President Donald Trump has been dangling above the social network. 800 words moved by Julie Jammot US-vote-Ohio,FOCUS YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio Four years after carrying bellwether Ohio and winning the US presidency, Donald Trump again needs the support of disenchanted Democrats in the critical state if he is to earn a second White House term. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. File picture -- ASIA -- China-coal-environment-pollution-climate,FOCUS BEIJING China's surprise announcement that the country will reduce its carbon footprint to zero by 2060 was met with applause, but new investments in coal to rev up the virus-hit economy are taking the wind out of efforts to boost renewables and create a low carbon future. 700 words moved. File picture Australia-animal-environment SYDNEY A lone whale is rescued from among hundreds of carcasses, taking to 110 the number of creatures that survived a mass stranding in southern Australia. 250 words moved -- AFRICA -- Mali-politics-coup-unrest-PM,2ndlead BAMAKO Former Malian foreign minister Moctar Ouane is named prime minister by the country's interim president Bah Ndaw, state television announces. 400 words moved. File picture. -- SPORTS -- Tennis-FRA-Open,WRAP PARIS Roland Garros gets underway in the "ridiculous" chill and damp of Paris with Victoria Azarenka walking off court, complaining that it was "too cold" to play, before Stan Wawrinka brushes aside fellow three-time major winner Andy Murray in the day's marquee clash. 750 words 1930 GMT by Dave James. Picture Auto-Prix-RUS-stewards-Hamilton-Mercedes SOCHI, Russia Lewis Hamilton accuses stewards at the Russian Grand Prix of "trying to stop me" after he was handed two five-second penalties that wrecked his hopes of a record-equalling 91st victory. 550 words moved Fbl-GER-Bundesliga-Bayern BERLIN European champions Bayern Munich suffered a first defeat for 10 months when their 23-match winning run was ended by a shock 4-1 Bundesliga loss at Hoffenheim. 550 words moved by Ryland James. Picture Fbl-ESP-Liga MADRID Lionel Messi makes his first start for Barcelona in La Liga since pushing for a move away in the summer. 500 words 2130 GMT by Tom Allnutt. Picture afp
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