Duty Editor: Alex Nicoll Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Brexit trade talks reach crisis point + Giuliani tests positive for Covid-19 + Venezuela votes as opposition boycotts + Record low turnout in tight Romania poll + Liverpool join Spurs at top of league Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-trade,WRAP BRUSSELS EU and UK post-Brexit trade talks reach crisis point with the outcome highly uncertain and the risk of a damaging "no-deal" still alive. 600 words 0230 GMT by Alex Pigman. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-politics-Giuliani,3rdlead WASHINGTON Donald Trump says his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for Covid-19, the latest member of the president's inner circle -- where mask wearing is rare -- to contract the disease. 600 words 0200 GMT. File picture Venezuela-parliament-vote,WRAP CARACAS President Nicolas Maduro is set to tighten his grip on power and further weaken US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido after Venezuelans vote in parliamentary polls boycotted by the main opposition. 700 words 0200 GMT by Margioni Bermudez. Picture. Video Romania-politics-vote,WRAP BUCHAREST Romania's opposition Social Democrats (PSD) gain a better than expected result in parliamentary elections marred by record low turnout but are unlikely to be able to return to government, partial results show. 650 words moved by Mihaela Rodina. Picture. Video Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Liverpool turn on the style for their returning fans, beating Wolves 4-0 to join Tottenham at the top of the Premier League after another episode of the Son Heung-min and Harry Kane show. 650 words moved by John Weaver. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-Germany-court-Nazis-treasure,WRAP WASHINGTON The US Supreme Court is to hear a case involving an important medieval art collection that Nazi Germany acquired from Jewish dealers with works that are now on exhibit in a Berlin museum. 650 words 0200 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File picture Health-virus-US-politics WASHINGTON US health officials express alarm over the refusal of many Americans to wear masks as the nation faces a soaring daily Covid-19 death toll and Donald Trump holds a packed rally where basic health measures are flouted. 550 words moved by Brian Knowlton. Picture -- ASIA -- Animal-China,FOCUS CHONGQING, China Twenty years ago, Wen Junhong saved an abandoned dog from the streets of Chongqing in southern China. She now shares her home with more than 1,300 of them, and they keep on coming. 650 words 0330 GMT by Helen Roxburgh and Qian Ye. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Syria-conflict-heritage,FOCUS DAMASCUS Strolling through the alleyways of war-torn Syria's capital, Rania Kataf snaps photos of the city's famed houses, capturing their nooks and crannies for posterity. 750 words 0200 GMT by Maher al-Mounes. Picture. Video Morocco-economy-IT-education,FOCUS KHOURIBGA, Morocco With its rows of sleek computers and ultra-modern study methods, Morocco's 1337 campus is a dream come true for budding geeks, in a country where IT skills are in high demand. 750 words 0300 GMT by Sophie Pons. Picture. Video Ethiopia-conflict-Sudan-church,SCENE UM RAQUBA, Sudan Under Sudan's merciless midday sun, an Ethiopian woman wearing a long white veil holds her hands up towards the sky in desperate prayer, her gaze fixed on a cross painted on a refugee church. 500 words 0300 GMT by Peter Gume. Picture. Video Israel-Palestinians-conflict-diplomacy-Saudi,WRAP MANAMA An influential Saudi prince launches a bitter attack on Israel at a regional conference, drawing retorts from the Jewish state's foreign minister who addresses the gathering virtually. 600 words moved by Sarah Stewart. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ghana-vote ACCRA More than 17 million people are eligible to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana on Monday with the race for the top job expected to be a close-run fight between incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo and longtime opponent John Mahama. 500 words 0400 GMT by Kent Mensah and Louise Dewast. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Ghana-vote-politics,CHRONO Ghana-vote-politics,COUNTRYFACTFILE afp