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Washington, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Aug, 2018 ) :Duty Editor: Susan Stumme Tel: +1 202 414 0542 -- TOP STORIES -- + Trump calls off Pompeo trip to NKorea, blasts China + Ecuador opens 'humanitarian corridor' for Venezuela migrants + Veteran US senator McCain halts cancer treatment + Spain passes decree to exhume Franco from mausoleum + French winemakers cheer vintage year US-NKorea-nuclear-politics-diplomacy-Pompeo,WRAP WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump pulls the plug on his top diplomat's planned weekend trip to North Korea, while taking a swipe at China over stalled efforts to disarm the nuclear state.

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Peru-Venezuela-migration,WRAP QUITO Ecuador opens a "humanitarian corridor" to allow masses of migrants escaping Venezuela's freefalling economy to stream towards the Peruvian border, hours before new restrictions on entry go into force.

750 words 1930 GMT by Paola Lopez with Francisco Jara in Tumbes, Peru. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-McCain,WRAP WASHINGTON Veteran US senator and war hero John McCain -- a towering figure in American politics for decades -- has stopped treatment for brain cancer, his family announced Friday, one year after the Republican went public with his diagnosis.

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Spain-politics-history,WRAP MADRID Spain's Socialist government passes a decree allowing the exhumation of the remains of Francisco Franco from his vast mausoleum, a decision that divides Spaniards and has opened old wounds.

700 words moved by Daniel Silva. File picture. File video. Graphic Also moved: Spain-politics-history-dictators,FACTS Spain-politics-history-Franco-mausoleum,FACTS Lifestyle-France-wine-harvest,FOCUS PARIS The year 2018 is shaping up to be a vintage year for French wine, with a bumper crop of high-quality grapes.

650 words moved by Fiachra Gibbons. File picture. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Weather-US-hurricane-Hawaii-emergency,WRAP HAWAIIAN OCEAN VIEW Torrential rains pummel Hawaii as Hurricane Lane crawls toward the island state, triggering landslides and "catastrophic" flooding, and forcing hundreds to flee to emergency shelters.

650 words 2000 GMT by Rohit Fahl. Picture. Video. Graphic US-politics-Trump-Sessions,WRAP WASHINGTON Arch-conservative Attorney General Jeff Sessions becomes an unlikely champion of opponents of Donald Trump as the president again Pounds him over the Russia investigation.

700 words moved by Paul Handley. Picture US-religion-Vatican-Ireland-abuse,INTERVIEW NEW YORK Shaun Dougherty is "sick and tired of being conned." On the eve of Pope Francis's visit to Ireland, the US survivor of clerical sexual abuse wants the head of the Catholic Church to finally help victims get justice.

750 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video -- business and ECONOMY -- US-economy-bank-rate-Trump-politics,WRAP WASHINGTON Avoiding any direct reference to US President Donald Trump's renewed criticism of the Federal Reserve's handling of the economy, its chief Jerome Powell said the central bank will do "whatever it takes" to head off inflation or react to a new crisis.

750 words moved by Heather Scott -- middle EAST -- Yemen-conflict-UN-children,2ndlead UNITED NATIONS Saudi-led coalition air strikes have killed 26 children in Yemen, UN officials say, triggering fresh calls for an independent probe of attacks against civilians in the three-year war.

550 words 1930 GMT by Carole Landry -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Italy-EU,WRAP ROME Italy's populist government warns it will pull European Union funding unless it agrees to take some of the 150 people stranded on an Italian coastguard ship, sparking a fresh immigration row with the bloc.

800 words 2000 GMT by Terry Daley. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Australia-politics,WRAP SYDNEY Scott Morrison is sworn in as Australia's seventh prime minister in 11 years after a stunning party revolt against Malcolm Turnbull, which the new leader admits has left the government "bruised and battered".

750 words moved by Martin Parry. Picture Also moved: Australia-politics-Morrison,PROFILE Australia-politics-leaders,FOCUS China-politics-press-US,lead BEIJING The United States is "deeply concerned" about China's treatment of foreign and domestic journalists, the US embassy says, after Chinese authorities declined to renew the visa of BuzzFeed news's Beijing bureau chief.

550 words moved Indonesia-religion-Islam JAKARTA Indonesia's jailing of a woman for complaining about the volume of a mosque loudspeaker has sparked a wave of criticism, with a petition calling for her release gaining more than 100,000 supporters.

400 words moved. File Picture -- AFRICA -- Zimbabwe-vote-court,WRAP HARARE Zimbabwe's top court dismisses an opposition bid to have presidential election results thrown out over alleged rigging in favour of Robert Mugabe's successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa.

700 words moved by Fanuel Jongwe. Picture. Video. Graphic -- ENVIRONMENT -- India-weather-climate-flood,FOCUS PARIS Once-a-century rains that have pounded the Indian state of Kerala and displaced 1.3 million people are in line with the predictions of climate scientists, who warn that worse is to come if global warming continues unabated.

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