REUTERS AMERICA NEWS PLAN FOR MONDAY AUGUST 29

08/29/2016 9:52

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LATEST AND PLANNED U.S. NEWS COVERAGE (ALL TIMES ET)

TOP STORIES

Roche says FDA issues emergency use authorization for Zika test

ZURICH - The Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued emergency authorization for a Zika diagnostics test from Swiss drug maker Roche, skirting normal approval channels as the regulator moves to fight the disease's spread. (ROCHE-ZIKA/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 6 a.m., 322 words)

Turkish forces extend Syria offensive, draw U.S. rebuke

BEIRUT/KARKAMIS - Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper into north Syria but drew a rebuke from Turkey's NATO ally the United States, which said it was concerned the battle for territory had shifted away from targeting Islamic State. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 2), moved at 7:41 a.m., 708 words) See also: U.S. says clashes between Turkish forces and opposition in Syria "unacceptable" (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY-USA, moved at 5:30 a.m., 230 words) and U.S. says uncoordinated actions in north Syria help Islamic State (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY-USA-PENTAGON, moved at 7:45 a.m., 147 words)

Study says many more U.S. counties to see Obamacare marketplace monopoly

NEW YORK - Nearly a third of U.S. counties will likely be served by only one insurer that participates in an Affordable Care Act marketplace in 2017, according to an analysis published Sunday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The 31 percent of U.S. counties that will have just a single option of insurers within the ACA's exchanges would represent an increase from 7 percent this year, the nonpartisan group found. (USA-HEALTHCARE/, moved at 10:50 p.m., 252 words)

Italy's vulnerable beauty lacks funds and attention against earthquakes

ROME - The basilica of Saint Benedict in the medieval town of Norcia swayed but held up last week when a 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked mountainous central Italy. Picture-postcard Norcia has consistently invested in anti-seismic protection for its ancient buildings while its less famous neighbors have not. (ITALY-QUAKE/PROTECTION (PIX), moved at 6 a.m., By Giulia Segreti, 1,100 words)

CAMPAIGN

Trump to give speech on illegal immigration on Wednesday

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweets that he will make a major speech on illegal immigration in Arizona. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 9 p.m., 376 words)

Bosnian Serbs Make Shoes for Melania Trump's White House walk in

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia - A Bosnian Serb factory on Monday presented two pair of shoes, gift for the wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Slovenian-born Melania, in a support for the Trump's White House quest. (BOSNIA-TRUMP/SHOES (TV, PIX), moved at 9 a.m., 296 words)

Harry Reid, in last round, jabs outside money in Nevada succession fight

LAS VEGAS - Outside political money is pouring into a race in Nevada to replace U.S. Democratic Senator Harry Reid, who is retiring and who told Reuters that the main reason his favored successor isn't winning easily is cash from beyond the state's borders. (USA-ELECTION/NEVADA-SENATE (PIX, TV), moved at 6 a.m., by David Morgan, 800 words)

WASHINGTON

European Commission says "ball still rolling" on U.S. trade deal after German comments

BRUSSELS - The European Union's executive said on Monday it had a unanimous mandate from the bloc's 28 members to finalize negotiation." s on a free trade deal with the United States, a day after Germany's economy minister said the talks had "de facto failed." (EU-USA/TTIP-EUROPEANCOMMISSION, moved at 7:24 a.m., 327 words)

Iran says U.S. drone enters airspace, leaves after warning

ANKARA - Iran's military detected a U.S. drone entering Iranian airspace on Monday and issued a warning for it to leave, which it subsequently did, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported. (IRAN-USA/DRONES (UPDATE 1), moved at 6:48 a.m., 126 words)

Kerry says Islamic State "connected" to Bangladesh, offers security aid

DHAKA - The United States believes that elements of Islamic State are connected to operatives in Bangladesh, Secretary of State John Kerry said on a visit to the South Asian nation that has faced a wave of attacks by Islamist militants. (BANGLADESH-USA/SECURITY (UPDATE 1), moved at 7:40 a.m., 619 words)

U.S. condemns move of Venezuela ex-mayor to prison from house arrest

WASHINGTON - The United States condemns the Venezuelan government's decision to move Daniel Ceballos, a former opposition mayor accused of fomenting protests, to prison from house arrest and calls for his immediate release. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/USA, moved, 339 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Louisiana authorities search for three escaped prisoners

-- Louisiana law enforcement officials on Monday were searching for three inmates who scaled razor wire fencing to escape from a medium-security prison, the local sheriff's department said. (LOUISIANA-ESCAPEES/, moved at 9:17 a.m., 133 words, will be led)

Two dead, 41 hurt in bus crash involving Louisiana flood-relief volunteers

-- A bus with an unlicensed driver spun out of control near New Orleans on Sunday, killing two people and injuring 41, while taking volunteers to help with Louisiana flood relief, officials said. (LOUISIANA-BUS CRASH/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 7:30 p.m., 412 words)

Gaston becomes season's first major Atlantic hurricane, poses no threat to land yet

-- Gaston strengthened into the first major Atlantic hurricane of the season on Sunday east of Bermuda, packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour with more powerful gusts but posing no threat to any land mass. (STORM-GASTON/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 5:30 p.m., 160 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Fifteen killed at Iraqi wedding party

BAGHDAD - At least 15 people were killed at a wedding party near Iraq's southern Shi'ite city of Kerbala late on Sunday, police said on Monday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-BLAST (UPDATE 1), moved, 131 words)

UN says more than 70 tents burnt down in Iraqi refugee camp

BAGHDAD - More than 70 tents were destroyed by fire on Monday in the refugee camp of Yahayawa, near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, but no one was injured, the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR said. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-REFUGEES, moved at 8 a.m., 166 words)

Iran says deploying Russian-made S-300 missiles at its Fordow nuclear site

ANKARA - Iran has deployed the Russian-supplied S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system around its Fordow underground uranium enrichment facility, Iranian state media reported on Monday. (IRAN-MISSILES/FORDOW, moved at 6:17 a.m., 284 words)

WORLD

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff takes stand in impeachment trial

BRASILIA - Suspended President Dilma Rousseff took the stand in Brazil's Senate in her impeachment trial widely expected to remove her from office and end more than a decade of leftist rule by her Workers Party. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ROUSSEF (PIX, TV), moved at 8:48 a.m., by Anthony Boadle, 93 words, will be led)

Militants kill three Tunisian soldiers in ambush near Algerian border

TUNIS - Islamist militants killed three Tunisian soldiers and wounded seven others on Monday, opening fire on them with rifles and rocket propelled grenades after their patrol hit anti-tank landmines, an army spokesman said. (TUNISIA-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 9:17 a.m., 273 words)

Hand grenade thrown at Kosovo state TV chief's home

PRISTINA - A hand grenade was thrown at the home of the head of Kosovo's state broadcaster RTK, police said on Monday, the second incident in a week to target the TV channel or its executives. (KOSOVO-BLAST/, moved at 5:20 a.m., 330 words)

Arson at Brussels criminology institute, no casualties

BRUSSELS - Belgium's criminal forensics laboratory was set alight in the early hours of Monday in an attack that prosecutors said was more likely linked to organized crime than terrorism. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/BELGIUM (UPDATE 4 PIX, TV), moved at 9:13 a.m., 220 words)

Duterte takes war on drugs to the stage

MANILA - Philippine police, heavily criticized by rights groups for killing hundreds of drug dealers and users, are using a comedy puppet of Rodrigo Duterte to get the president's war on drugs message across to Manila school children. (PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/PUPPETS (TV), moved at 7:12 a.m., 367 words) See also: Philippines' Duterte offers reward for corrupt police linked to drugs (PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/ (PIX), moved, 576 words)

Uzbek leader in intensive care after brain hemorrhage

ALMATY - Authoritarian Uzbek leader Islam Karimov, whose Central Asian country is a stage for strategic rivalry between Russia, China and the West, is in stable condition in an intensive care ward after suffering a brain hemorrhage on Saturday, his daughter said. (UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moving shortly, 692 words)

Gabon opposition candidate calls on President Bongo to "acknowledge his defeat"

(GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 234 words)

Australia's Turnbull faces tough parliament after election setback

(AUSTRALIA-POLITICS/, moved at 3:24 a.m., 444 words)

Pakistan Supreme Court dismisses civilian appeals against military convictions

(PAKISTAN-MILITARY/COURT (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 4:40 a.m., 350 words)

China's Xi reshuffles key party posts ahead of congress

(CHINA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 567 words)

Thai police link beach-town bombings to Muslim insurgency

(THAILAND-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 6 a.m., 430 words)

BREXIT

Merkel silence complicates path to soft Brexit landing

BERLIN - Triggering the procedure for Britain to exit the European Union is like turning off the engines on an airplane, a top European diplomat says: best only do it if you can see a landing strip. Otherwise, all parties risk a messy outcome. (BRITAIN-EU/GERMANY (PIX), moved at 4 a.m., by Paul Carrel, 860 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Singapore mass sprays residences as Zika expected to spread

SINGAPORE - Officials sprayed insecticide and cleared drains of stagnant water in residential areas of Singapore at high risk of further Zika infections on Monday after 41 locally transmitted cases were confirmed in the city state. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SINGAPORE (PIX,TV, GRAPHICS), moved at 3:48 a.m., 472 words)

Southeast Asia needs to up its game to combat Zika

BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR - The spread of the Zika virus across tropical Southeast Asia is likely to be significantly under-reported as local health authorities fail to conduct adequate screening, regional experts said on Monday. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SOUTHEASTASIA (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 8:28 a.m., 697 words)

Pro tennis players may be risking health by popping pain pills

NEW YORK - For all the talk of banned performance-enhancing drugs in sport, mundane over-the-counter anti-inflammatory pain medications may be more of an issue on the pro tennis tour, according to numerous players. Indeed, players competing at the U.S. Open which starts on Monday could be risking their long-term health by playing through pain to achieve their goals. (TENNIS-OPEN/PAIN, moved at 8 a.m., by Simon Cambers, 636 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Beyonce storms Video Music Awards, Rihanna gets lifetime award

NEW YORK - Beyonce dominates the MTV Video Music awards, prowling the stage with a 15-minute medley from her powerful "Lemonade" album and taking home eight statuettes, including the top prize - video of the year. (AWARDS-MTVVMA/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved at 1:10 p.m., by Jill Serjeant, 447 words) See also: Key winners at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards (AWARDS-MTVVMA/WINNERS (FACTBOX), moved at 12:50 a.m., 131 words)

France's Sarkozy says would change constitution to ban burkinis

PARIS - Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy said on Monday he would change the country's constitution to ban full-body burkini swimsuits if he is re-elected to his former role in a vote next April. (RELIGION-BURQA/FRANCE, moved at 6:37 a.m., 285 words)

Vikander, Fassbender's love story powers 'Light Between Oceans'

NEW YORK - What's a better bet than a Hollywood weepie based on a best-selling book? When the stars fall in love in real life while filming it. That's the draw of "The Light Between Oceans," a heart-wrenching tale based on M. L. Stedman's 2013 novel of the same name that stars Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender. It opens in U.S. theaters on Friday. (FILM-LIGHTBETWEENOCEANS/ (TV), expect by 10 a.m., 396 words)

Mexican singer Juan Gabriel dies of heart attack aged 66

(MEXICO-JUANGABRIEL/, moved at 7:22 p.m., 164 words)

Mr. Fuji, WWE Hall of Famer, Dies at 82

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-BIZ/OBITUARIES-PEOPLE-NEWS), moved at 8:52 a.m., 287 words)

ANALYSIS

Global central bankers, stuck at zero, unite in plea for help from governments

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - Central bankers in charge of the vast bulk of the world's economy delved deep into the weeds of money markets and interest rates over a three-day conference here and emerged with a common plea to their colleagues in the rest of government: please help. (USA-FED/FISCAL (PIX), moved at 6 a.mn., by Howard Schneider, 690 words)

Cyber threat grows for bitcoin exchanges

NEW YORK - When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cyber theft -- the second largest by an exchange since hackers took roughly $350 million in bitcoins at Tokyo's Mt Gox exchange in early 2014 -- is hardly a rare occurrence in the emerging world of crypto-currencies. (BITCOIN-CYBER/ (ANALYSIS), moved at 7 a.m., by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, 974 words)

China wants a successful G20 but suspects West may derail agenda

BEIJING - China is hoping to cement its standing as a global power when it hosts leaders from the world's biggest economies this weekend, but suspects the West and its allies will try to deny Beijing what it sees as its rightful place on the international stage. (G20-CHINA/ (PIX), moved, by Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina, 869 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Herbalife may have misled investors, SEC on impact of FTC deal, one short-seller says

BOSTON - After U.S. multi-level marketing company Herbalife settled a probe of its sales practices with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last month, top executives assured investors that the company would be able to thrive under the new rules. (HERBALIFE-SHORTSELLER/, moved at 7 a.m., 1,00 words)

Automobiles boost U.S. consumer spending; inflation still tame

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer spending increased for a fourth straight month in July amid strong demand for automobiles, pointing to a pickup in economic growth that could pave the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1, GRAPHIC), moved at 8:51 a.m., 448 words)

BlackRock withheld support from two key Exxon directors -filings

BOSTON - BlackRock withheld support from two high-profile directors at Exxon Mobil Corp securities filings show, a rare spat apparently driven by a board communications policy at the world's largest energy company. (EXXON-DIRECTORS/BLACKROCK, moved at 7 a.m., 490 words)

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