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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

BELARUS-ELECTION

Hackers leak personal data of 1,000 Belarusian police on weekend of protests

(Reuters) - Anonymous hackers leaked the personal data of 1,000 Belarusian police officers in retaliation for a crackdown on street demonstrations against veteran President Alexander Lukashenko, as protesters geared up for another mass rally on Sunday.

THAILAND-PROTESTS

Thai protesters challenge monarchy as huge protests escalate

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Openly challenging the monarchy of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, thousands of protesters marched in Bangkok on Sunday to present demands that include a call for reforms to curb his powers.

U.S.

USA-COURT-GINSBURG-SENATE

Death of U.S. Supreme Court's Ginsburg raises stakes in battle for Senate control

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate, forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base.

USA-COURT-GINSBURG

Trump will nominate a woman next week to succeed Ginsburg on Supreme Court

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will nominate a woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, a move that would tip the court further to the right following the death of liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

BUSINESS

USA-CHINA-TIKTOK

China's ByteDance gets Trump nod to avoid TikTok shutdown

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States, even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for China's ByteDance to divest the video app.

USA-TRADE-CHINA-ENTITIES

China does not have a timetable for 'unreliable entities list'

NINGBO, China (Reuters) - China said it did not have a timetable or pre-set names of companies on its 'unreliable entities list' but if foreign firms violate Chinese laws or commit "illegal acts" they could be added to this list and face measures.

ENTERTAINMENT

FASHION-LONDON-BORA-AKSU

Designer Bora Aksu presents pandemic-inspired collection at London Fashion Week

LONDON (Reuters) - Turkish designer Bora Aksu said the coronavirus pandemic inspired his latest collection, which looks back over one hundred years to the Spanish flu pandemic and the end of World War One.

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-GERMANY-OKTOBERFES

Kegs tapped in Munich pubs for mini-Oktoberfest in shadow of COVID-19

MUNICH (Reuters) - Innkeepers in Munich tapped their barrels on Saturday for revellers determined to make the most of a scaled-down Oktoberfest after the world's biggest beer festival was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

SPORTS

TENNIS-ROME/

"I'm not perfect," says Djokovic after losing cool at Italian Open

(Reuters) - Less than two weeks after being disqualified from the U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic's frustration boiled over once again as he smashed his racket in a fit of rage during his 6-3 4-6 6-3 win over Dominik Koepfer in the Italian Open quarter-finals on Saturday.

GOLF-USOPEN/

Lee withdraws from U.S. Open after 18th hole meltdown

(Reuters) - New Zealand golfer Danny Lee withdrew from the U.S. Open citing a wrist injury after a disastrous finish to his third round on Saturday left him 13 strokes behind leader Matthew Wolff.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-COURT/ELECTION-SCOTUS

If U.S. election winds up in Supreme Court, Ginsburg's death will loom large

The death of liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday could spell bad news for Democrats if a legal battle over the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election reaches the high court, as it did in 2000.

20 Sep 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

IVORYCOAST-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV)

Ivory Coast opposition presidential candidates meet to decide election strategy

The three Ivory Coast opposition candidates in the Oct. 31 presidential election meet to decide a common strategy to thwart President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a hird term. Options could include demonstrations and boycotting the election.

20 Sep 12:00 ET / 16:00 GMT

ITALY-VOTE/ (PIX) (TV)

Italy holds regional elections, referendum to cut parliamentarians

Numerous elections taking place across the country on Sept 20-21. The entire nation is voting on a referendum to sanction a proposed cut in the number of parliamentarians. In addition, seven regions are up for grabs, including Tuscany, Puglia and Veneto and there are mayoral races in some 1,100 municipalities. Polls close on Monday at 3 p.m. local.

21 Sep

ETHIOPIA-POLITICS/

Ethiopian opposition activists to face terrorism charges in court

Ethiopian opposition activist Jawar Mohammed, along with prominent opposition leader Bekele Garba and others, will be taken to court to answer various charges including violation of anti-terrorism laws.

21 Sep

BRITAIN-EU/BILL (TV)

British parliament debates and votes on Internal Market Bill

Britain's parliament debates and votes upon the Internal Market Bill, legislation which has plunged Brexit talks into chaos and threatens a rebellion within Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party. If the principle of the bill is approved on Monday, the debate moves on to a four day discussion of the fine print of the bill. Decision on amendments and the law's progression to the next stage of approval is expected to be subject to votes.

21 Sep

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

AWARDS-EMMYS/ (PIX) (TV)

Television's highest honors are handed out in all virtual ceremony

The primetime Emmy Awards, the highest honors in television, are handed out at an all virtual ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic with no audience, no red carpet and nominees taking part on Zoom.

20 Sep 20:00 ET / 00:00 GMT

AWARD-EMMYS/WINNERS

Key winners at the Emmy Awards

Factbox-style list of key winners at the Emmy Awards for television

20 Sep 23:00 ET / 03:00 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/INDIA-CHILD-EXPLOITATION (PIX) (TV)

India's Nobel laureate fears upsurge in child labour as pandemic shrivels economy

For four decades Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse amid the intense pressures of the coronavirus pandemic.

21 Sep 21:00 ET / 01:00 GMT

SWISS-VOTE/JETS (PIX)

'Who is our enemy?' Neutral Switzerland votes on fighter jets

Switzerland, which last fought a foreign war more than 200 years ago and has no discernable enemies, wants to spend billions on new fighter jets.

Many oppose the idea, saying the neutral Alpine republic can neither afford nor needs cutting-edge warplanes to defend a country which takes just 10 minutes to fly across.

21 Sep

ITALY-ESCOOTERS/ROME (PIX) (TV)

E-scooters gone wild! Rome boosts electric mobility amid lax rules

Thousands of electric scooters are filling the ancient cobbled streets of central Rome as people seek alternatives to public transport amid the COVID-19 pandemic, although rules governing them remain lax.

21 Sep

TURKEY-ECONOMY/ALBAYRAK

Turkish finance minister to discuss weak lira, pandemic recovery

Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak will discuss the record low lira, a recent Moody's downgrade and prospects for economic recovery from the pandemic fallout in an interview on broadcaster NTV.

21 Sep

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

USA-WILDFIRES/CLIMATECHANGE (TV)

Once agents of rebirth, U.S. fires are now sounding death knells for forests

We talk to scientists about the relationship between climate change and wildfires in the western United States, Australia and the Arctic. Are the fires now so intense that they might be burning away some forests' chances of ever growing back?

21 Sep

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/PHILIPPINES-NURSES

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to decide whether to relax deployment ban on nurses

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to decide whether to approve a proposal to expand exemptions from the travel ban to nurses who had contracts abroad as of Aug. 31. So far it is only those with contracts as of March 8 who have been allowed to travel.

21 Sep

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/WHO-VACCINE

WHO expected to announce final figures for countries joining global COVAX vaccine facility

The World Health Organization (WHO) is due to announce how many countries have signed up for its global COVAX vaccine facility, last count was some 172 including 80 wealthy self-financing countries. No further details.

21 Sep

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

CAMEROON-SECURITY/

Cameroon court to rule on soldiers accused of shooting women and children

A military tribunal in Cameroon is expected to deliver a verdict in the trial of seven Cameroonian soldiers accused of participating in the killing of two women and two children, a video of which sparked an international outcry.

21 Sep