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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

USA-SECURITY/FRANCE-AUSTRALIA

Australia made 'huge mistake' in cancelling submarine deal, says French envoy

MELBOURNE/PARIS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Australia has made a "huge" diplomatic error by ditching a multi-billion-dollar order for French submarines in favour of an alternative deal with the United States and Britain, France's envoy to Canberra said on Saturday.

HONGKONG-SECURITY/ELECTION

Hong Kong's first 'patriots-only' election kicks off

HONG KONG, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Fewer than 5,000 Hong Kong people from mostly pro-establishment circles vote on Sunday for candidates vetted as loyal to Beijing, who will pick the city's next China-backed leader.

U.S.

USA-IMMIGRATION/BORDER

U.S. authorities accelerate removal of Haitians at US-Mexico border

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico, Sept 18 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities moved some 2,000 people to other immigration processing stations on Friday from a Texas border town that has seen an influx of Haitian and other migrants, the Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday.

USA-CAPITOL/SECURITY

Amid high security, small pro-Trump crowd rallies at U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Police and media vastly outnumbered protesters around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday at a sparsely attended rally by supporters of the people who breached the building on Jan. 6, trying to overturn former President Donald Trump's election defeat.

BUSINESS

FACEBOOK-PLATFORM

Facebook says WSJ allegations are 'mischaracterizations,' confer 'false motives'

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Saturday slammed a Wall Street Journal series of articles about the social media company's platform as containing "deliberate mischaracterizations" and said the articles "conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees."

GOOGLE-INDIA/ANTITRUST

India antitrust probe finds Google abused Android dominance, report shows

NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its "huge financial muscle" to illegally hurt competitors, the country's antitrust authority found in a report on its two-year probe seen by Reuters.

SPORTS

TENNIS-DAVISCUP

Tennis-Teen Ostapenkov stuns Schwartzman in Davis Cup

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Belarusian Daniil Ostapenkov, a teenager who had not played professional-level match before, stunned world number 15 Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-3 in their World Group I Davis Cup match against Argentina on Saturday.

SOCCER-ENGLAND-LIV-CRY

Soccer-Liverpool go top with win over Palace as City held by Saints

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Liverpool went top of the Premier League with a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, while champions Manchester City were held to a goalless draw at home to Southampton.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

UN-ASSEMBLY/

World leaders return to U.N. with focus on pandemic, climate

World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which last year forced them to send video statements for the annual gathering.

19 Sep 00:01 ET / 04:01 GMT

RUSSIA-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV)

Final day of voting in a Russian parliamentary election expected to be dominated by the ruling pro-Putin United Russia party

Russians vote on day 3 and main day of parliamentary election

19 Sep 01:00 ET / 05:00 GMT

PHILIPPINES-POLITICS/

Rival faction in ruling Philippine political party led by Manny Pacquiao holds its own national assembly

A rival faction in ruling Philippine political party led by Manny Pacquiao holds its own national assembly.

19 Sep 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT

GERMANY-ELECTION/FDP (PIX)

Free Democratic Party holds party congress one week before general election in Germany

Free Democratic Party holds party congress one week before general election in Germany

19 Sep 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

NETHERLANDS-HOLOCAUST/MONUMENT (TV)

Dutch unveil Holocaust monument naming 102,000 war victims

A new national Holocaust monument by Daniel Libeskind that names 102,000 Dutch victims will be unveiled by King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Amsterdam.

19 Sep 07:30 ET / 11:30 GMT

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