Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + Thousands flee after Greek migrant camp fire + Major Covid-19 vaccine trial paused + Another Belarus opposition figure held + Afghan VP targeted in deadly bombing + Kardashian reality show to end in 2021 Greece-migrants-fire,WRAP LESBOS ISLAND, Greece Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos are left homeless after fleeing to escape a huge fire that wiped out the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. 800 words 1030 GMT by Will Vassilopoulos with John Hadoulis in Athens. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Greece-immigration-fire,FACTS Health-virus,WRAP LONDON Clinical trials on one of the most advanced experimental Covid-19 vaccines, which is being developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University, are "paused" after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness. 650 words moved Belarus-politics-unrest,WRAP MINSK Masked men detain one of the last high-profile opposition figures still free in Belarus, his colleagues say, the latest in a series of arrests and expulsions of leaders of mass protests. 650 words 1000 GMT by Tatiana Kalinovskaya. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-blast-Saleh,WRAP KABUL Afghanistan's vice president Amrullah Saleh sustains minor injuries after his convoy is targeted in an explosion that killed at least 10 people, as government-backed negotiators and the Taliban prepare to hold peace talks. 600 words 1000 GMT by Emal Haidary. Video. Picture. Graphic Also moving: Afghanistan-conflict-blast-Saleh,PROFILE Entertainment-US-celebrity-television-Kardashian LOS ANGELES Fans will have to find another way to keep up with the Kardashians, as the mega-celebrity family announces that their reality show will end next year. 300 words moved -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-US-military,WRAP BAGHDAD US President Donald Trump is expected to announce further troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq, where several thousand American troops hunting jihadists face increasing attacks blamed on pro-Iran factions. 700 words 1100 GMT by Maya Gebeily. File picture Also moving: Iraq-US-military,CHRONO Iraq-politics-unrest,FOCUS BAGHDAD War-scarred Iraq hopes to launch reforms and revive its battered economy, but the drive is being derailed by a wave of violence blamed largely on shadowy pro-Iranian groups. 850 words moved by Ammar Karim. File picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-vote,WRAP MEKELE, Ethiopia Ageing war veterans and university students join long pre-dawn lines in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region to vote in parliamentary elections that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government has deemed illegal. 600 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic. Sudan-peace-rebels-politics,Q&A CAIRO Sudan's government and rebel forces have agreed a landmark deal aimed at ending decades of war in which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. What are the details, and will it bring peace? 800 words moved by Menna Zaki -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics-trade,WRAP LONDON Britain prepares to intentionally breach its EU divorce treaty with new legislation that critics warn would undermine its global standing and any hopes for an orderly exit out of the world's biggest single market. 650 words 1030 GMT by Jitendra Joshi. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Britain LONDON The UK government sets out tighter rules on social gatherings to curb the spread of the coronavirus, with concern mounting at rising infection rates among the young. 500 words moved by James Pheby -- ASIA -- Australia-China-security-media-diplomacy,lead BEIJING Beijing claims that Australian intelligence agencies questioned foreign correspondents working for Chinese state-run media, seizing computers and mobile phones in raids apparently linked to a billowing spy scandal. 400 words 1030 GMT by Andrew Beatty SKorea-social-law-tattoo,FOCUS SEOUL South Korean tattooist Doy counts Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt and members of K-Pop band EXO among his celebrity clients, but his delicate, detailed designs could land him in prison. 650 words moved by Claire Lee. Picture. Video Taiwan-lifestyle-religion-animal,FOCUS HSINCHU, Taiwan A festival in Taiwan where enormous pigs are slaughtered and displayed is drawing smaller crowds as animal rights activists alter perceptions of the controversial tradition. 550 words moved by Sean Chang. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina President Donald Trump savages his Democratic opponent Joe Biden at the start of a tour of swing states, but seemed to concede that his reelection campaign is running out of donors, requiring him to dip into his own pocket. 700 words moved by Mandel Ngan with Sebastian Smith in Washington. Picture US-police-racism-investigation NEW YORK The police chief in the US city of Rochester resigns following days of protest over the death of a black man whom police had hooded and forced face-down on a road. 400 words moved US-politics-justice-court-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON It's a promise he might be able to keep: battling for reelection, President Donald Trump is telling supporters he will pack the Supreme Court with conservative-leaning justices for a generation to come if he defeats Joe Biden in November. 700 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. File picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-state,FACTS Health-virus-US-economy-politics-budget,2ndlead WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's chief of staff says he is optimistic that Republicans and Democrats in Congress will reach agreement on a new pandemic emergency aid bill before the November 3 election. 550 words moved by Heather Scott ElSalvador-crime-politics-justice,FOCUS SAN SALVADOR Prosecutors in El Salvador are investigating alleged secret negotiations between government officials and a prominent organized crime gang that has long terrorized the Central American nation. 650 words moved by Oscar Batres. Picture. Video Mexico-archaeology-animal,FOCUS ZUMPANGO, Mexico Archaeologists in hard hats and face masks carefully remove earth from around enormous bones at the site of Mexico City's new airport, where construction work has uncovered a huge trove of mammoth skeletons. 500 words moved by Yussel Gonzalez. Picture. Video -- SPORT -- Tennis-Open-USA,WRAP NEW YORK Japan's Naomi Osaka sails into the semi-finals of the US Open as Alexander Zverev of Germany book his spot in the last four of the men's draw. 600 words moved by Peter Hutchison. Picture Amfoot-NFL,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES The NFL will kick off its new season shrouded in trepidation on Thursday as America's most popular sport grapples with the new realities of life in the age of COVID-19. 800 words moved by Rob Woollard -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-Canada-film,ADVANCER LOS ANGELES Hollywood's annual exodus to Toronto for North America's biggest film festival will take place online-only this week, as coronavirus and a closed Canadian border forces A-listers to stay home and peddle their upcoming films remotely. 600 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File picture Entertainment-Italy-film-Venice-Konchalovsky, INTERVIEW VENICE, Italy A paean to the "pure" soul of the Soviet people is one of the frontrunners for the top prize at the Venice film festival. 700 words 1230 GMT by Fiachra Gibbons. Picture. Video -- SCIENCE -- Science-animal-behavior-woodpeckers-US,lead WASHINGTON Acorn woodpeckers wage battle royales that last days in order to win valuable territory vacated by deceased counterparts, according to a new study that used radio tags to track the warring birds. 600 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Health-virus-economy-bonds-debt,FOCUS PARIS When the economic seas become stormy, investors usually tend to seek out "safe haven" assets in which to place their money -- but, as in other areas of society, the coronavirus pandemic has skewed long-held ways of thinking. 800 words moved by Ali Bekhtaoui afp